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Figure 2-8 Household Vehicle Ownership: 1960–2013

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

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Percent of households

Year No vehicles One vehicle Two vehicles 3+ vehicles
1960 21.5 56.9 19.0 2.5
1970 17.5 47.7 29.3 5.5
1980 12.9 35.5 34.0 17.5
1990 11.5 33.7 37.4 17.3
2000 9.4 33.8 38.6 18.3
2010 9.1 33.8 37.6 19.5
2013 9.1 33.9 37.3 19.7

SOURCES: 1960–1990–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. 2000–U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census, table QT-04. 2010 and 2013–U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, table CP04, as cited in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book, table 8.5, available at cta.ornl.gov/data as of February 2016.