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Figure 2-7: Number of Vehicles per Driver by Household Income, 2001 v. 2009

Friday, August 22, 2014
  2001 2009
< $25,000 $25,000 - $54,999 $55,000 - $99,999 > $100,000 UNK < $25,000 $25,000 - $54,999 $55,000 - $99,999 > $100,000 UNK
No Vehicle 65.91 14.65 4.08 2.41 13.15 64.66 16.37 4.27 3.09 11.6
Vehicles > Drivers 16.47 34.18 29.63 13.67 6.05 13.5 27.7 30.49 22.48 5.82
Vehicles < Drivers 35.49 33.43 17.35 6.76 6.97 36.89 30.13 16.68 10.84 5.46
Vehicles = Drivers 27.78 33.33 22.51 8.99 7.39 26.12 27.8 23.95 14.44 7.68

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2009 National Household Travel Survey, household file as of April 2013, http://nhts.ornl.gov