Transportation energy data book: edition 23 - Oak Ridge National ...

Vehicle-miles per capita have nearly reached 10,000 miles. There were 1.6 vehicles for every employed civilian
in the U.S. in 2001.
Table 8.2
Population and Vehicle Ratios, 1950–2001
Vehicles per Vehicle-miles
Vehicles per
civilian employed
Year
capita per capita
persons
1950 0.285 3,029 0.73
1955 0.338 3,656 0.90
1960 0.370 3,994 1.01
1965 0.424 4,587 1.15
1970 0.481 5,440 1.25
1975 0.557 6,162 1.40
1980 0.615 6,722 1.41
1985 0.660 7,460 1.47
1986 0.675 7,641 1.48
1987 0.690 7,929 1.49
1988 0.702 8,286 1.49
1989 0.713 8,494 1.50
1990 0.718 8,590 1.51
1991 0.717 8,586 1.54
1992 0.708 8,760 1.53
1993 0.717 8,835 1.55
1994 0.717 8,960 1.53
1995 0.726 9,098 1.55
1996 0.736 9,228 1.56
1997 0.737 9,396 1.55
1998 0.743 9,540 1.56
1999 0.751 9,644 1.57
2000 0.754 9,713 1.58
2001 0.761 9,766 1.60
Average annual percentage change
1950–2001 2.0% 2.3% 1.6%
1991–2001 0.5% 1.3% 0.4%
Source:
Resident population and civilian employed persons - U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical
Abstract of the United States–2002, 122nd edition, Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 8, 367, and annual.
(Additional resources: www.census.gov)
Vehicles in operation - The Polk Company. FURTHER REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. (Additional resources:
www.polk.com)
Vehicle-miles - U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2001, Table
VM-1 and annual.
(Additional resources: www.fhwa.dot.gov)
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003
8–3