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Household vehicle ownership shows a dramatic increase from 1960 to 1990. In 1960, nearly 79% of
households owned less than two vehicles; by 1990, it declined to 45%. Census data prior to 1990 indicated
that the majority of households owned one vehicle; in 1990 that changed to two vehicles.
Table 8.4
Household Vehicle Ownership, 1960–2000 Census
(percentage)
No
vehicles
One
vehicle
Two
vehicles
Three or
more
vehicles
a Estimates using Census Bureau data; these data on the total number of vehicles do not match the figures on
Table 8.1. The figures on Table 8.1, from R.L. Polk and Company, are the preferred data.
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003
Total
vehicles a
1960 21.53% 56.94% 19.00% 2.53% 54,766,718
1970 17.47% 47.71% 29.32% 5.51% 79,002,052
1980 12.92% 35.53% 34.02% 17.52% 129,747,911
1990 11.53% 33.74% 37.35% 17.33% 152,380,479
2000 9.35% 33.79% 38.55% 18.31% 179,417,526
Source:
U. S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Journey-to-
Work Trends in the United States and its Major Metropolitan Area, 1960–1990, Cambridge,
MA, 1994, p. 2-2.
2000 data - U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Fact Finder, factfinder.census.gov, Table QT-04,
August 2001. (Additional resources: www.census.gov)
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