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Table 1 - Comparison of Household Size and Number of Household Vehicles: 1977-1995

Monday, September 10, 2012

Table 1 - Comparison of Household Size and Number of Household Vehicles: 1977-1995

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Year Householdvehicles (thousands) Vehicles per household Persons per household
1977 120,098 1.59 2.86
1983 143,714 1.68 2.73
1990 165,221 1.77 2.63
1995 176,067 1.78 2.65

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Summary of Travel Trends: 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (Washington, DC: 2000); and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Households by Size: 1960 to Present, 2000, available at http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/tabHH-4.txt, as of Aug. 31, 2000.