Table 5.1. U.S. Number of Vehicles, Vehicle-Miles, Motor Fuel Consumption 

 and Expenditures, 1994

1993 Household and 

1994 Vehicle

Characteristics

RSE Column Factor:

Number of

Vehicles

Vehicle-Miles

Traveled

Motor Fuel

Consumption

Motor Fuel

Expenditures

RSE

Row

Factor:

(million) (percent) (billion) (percent)

(billion

gallons)

(gallon

percent)

(quadrillion Btu)(billion

dollars) (percent)

0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0

Household Characteristics

Total .................................................... 156.8 100.0 1,793 100.0 90.6 100.0 11.2 104.7 100.0 2.8

Census Region and Division

 Northeast ........................................... 26.6 17.0 299 16.7 14.5 16.0 1.8 17.2 16.4 5.7

 New England ................................... 7.6 4.8 84 4.7 4.1 4.5 0.5 4.8 4.6 13.8

 Middle Atlantic ................................. 19.0 12.1 215 12.0 10.4 11.4 1.3 12.4 11.8 5.8

 Midwest ............................................. 41.1 26.2 479 26.7 23.8 26.3 2.9 26.5 25.3 4.5

 East North Central ........................... 29.0 18.5 335 18.7 16.7 18.4 2.1 18.5 17.7 5.6

 West North Central .......................... 12.1 7.7 144 8.0 7.2 7.9 0.8 8.0 7.6 8.3

 South ................................................. 56.0 35.7 655 36.6 33.5 36.9 4.2 37.7 36.0 5.0

 South Atlantic .................................. 28.4 18.1 345 19.2 17.1 18.8 2.1 19.2 18.3 5.7

 East South Central .......................... 11.1 7.1 121 6.7 6.3 7.0 0.8 7.2 6.9 6.0

 West South Central ......................... 16.4 10.5 190 10.6 10.1 11.1 1.2 11.3 10.8 14.8

 West .................................................. 33.1 21.1 360 20.1 18.8 20.7 2.4 23.4 22.3 6.7

 Mountain ......................................... 9.8 6.2 105 5.8 5.9 6.5 0.7 7.2 6.9 12.0

 Pacific .............................................. 23.3 14.9 255 14.2 12.9 14.3 1.6 16.2 15.4 8.2

Largest Populated States

 California ............................................ 17.0 10.8 188 10.5 9.5 10.5 1.2 11.9 11.4 10.2

 Florida ................................................ 8.8 5.6 104 5.8 5.1 5.6 0.6 5.8 5.6 5.3

 New York ............................................ 7.8 5.0 89 5.0 4.3 4.7 0.5 5.0 4.8 9.2

 Texas ................................................. 11.0 7.0 124 6.9 6.6 7.3 0.8 7.3 7.0 16.6

Urban Status

 Urban ................................................ 119.4 76.2 1,360 75.9 67.5 74.5 8.4 78.6 75.0 2.7

 Central City ..................................... 40.1 25.6 434 24.2 21.4 23.6 2.7 25.1 24.0 8.8

 Suburban ......................................... 79.3 50.6 927 51.7 46.1 50.9 5.8 53.4 51.0 4.5

 Rural .................................................. 37.4 23.8 433 24.1 23.1 25.5 2.8 26.1 25.0 5.1

Household Size

 1 Person ............................................ 19.5 12.5 197 11.0 9.6 10.6 1.2 11.1 10.6 6.4

 2 Persons .......................................... 55.4 35.3 602 33.6 30.6 33.8 3.8 35.3 33.7 4.2

 3 Persons .......................................... 31.7 20.2 379 21.1 18.9 20.9 2.4 21.9 20.9 6.7

 4 Persons .......................................... 29.5 18.8 355 19.8 18.1 20.0 2.2 21.0 20.0 6.7

 5 Persons .......................................... 14.4 9.2 176 9.8 9.1 10.0 1.1 10.5 10.0 12.2

 6 or More Persons ............................. 6.3 4.0 84 4.7 4.2 4.7 0.5 5.0 4.7 18.2

Household Composition

 Households with Children ................. 64.6 41.2 796 44.4 40.4 44.6 5.0 46.7 44.6 4.5

 Age of Oldest Child

 Under 7 Years ............................... 17.1 10.9 206 11.5 10.3 11.4 1.3 12.0 11.4 10.1

 7 to 15 Years ................................. 32.3 20.6 399 22.2 20.5 22.6 2.5 23.7 22.6 6.3

 16 or 17 Years ............................... 15.2 9.7 191 10.7 9.6 10.6 1.2 11.1 10.6 10.8

 Households Without Children ............ 92.2 58.8 997 55.6 50.2 55.4 6.2 58.0 55.4 3.4

 One Adult ........................................ 19.5 12.5 197 11.0 9.6 10.6 1.2 11.1 10.6 6.4

 Age of Householder

 Under 35 Years ........................... 4.1 2.6 53 2.9 2.4 2.7 0.3 2.9 2.7 15.7

 35 to 59 Years ............................. 7.6 4.8 85 4.7 4.1 4.6 0.5 4.8 4.6 11.1

 60 Years or More ........................ 7.9 5.0 60 3.3 3.0 3.4 0.4 3.5 3.3 9.4

 Two or More Adults ......................... 72.6 46.3 800 44.6 40.6 44.8 5.0 46.9 44.8 3.9

 Age of Householder

 Under 35 Years ........................... 13.8 8.8 174 9.7 8.1 8.9 1.0 9.3 8.9 12.6

 35 to 59 Years ............................. 33.9 21.6 393 21.9 20.2 22.3 2.5 23.3 22.3 6.9

 60 Years or More ........................ 24.9 15.9 232 13.0 12.4 13.6 1.5 14.2 13.6 7.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5.1. U.S. Number of Vehicles, Vehicle-Miles, Motor Fuel Consumption 

 and Expenditures, 1994 (Continued)

1993 Household and 

1994 Vehicle

Characteristics

RSE Column Factor:

Number of

Vehicles

Vehicle-Miles

Traveled

Motor Fuel

Consumption

Motor Fuel

Expenditures

RSE

Row

Factor:

(million) (percent) (billion) (percent)

(billion

gallons)

(gallon

percent)

(quadrillion Btu)(billion

dollars) (percent)

0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0

Race of Householder

 White ................................................. 138.6 88.4 1,592 88.8 80.5 88.9 10.0 92.9 88.7 2.4

 Black ................................................. 11.2 7.1 125 7.0 6.3 7.0 0.8 7.3 7.0 13.1

 Other ................................................. 7.0 4.5 77 4.3 3.7 4.1 0.5 4.5 4.3 20.1

Hispanic Descent

 Yes .................................................... 10.7 6.8 122 6.8 6.2 6.8 0.8 7.3 7.0 14.4

 No ...................................................... 146.1 93.2 1,671 93.2 84.4 93.2 10.4 97.4 93.0 2.9

1993 Family Income

 Less than $5,000 ............................... 3.1 1.9 35 2.0 1.7 1.9 0.2 2.0 1.9 21.9

 $5,000 to $9,999 ............................... 7.8 5.0 77 4.3 4.0 4.4 0.5 4.6 4.3 14.8

 $10,000 to $14,999 ........................... 12.5 8.0 128 7.1 6.6 7.3 0.8 7.6 7.3 9.9

 $15,000 to $19,999 ........................... 14.2 9.1 152 8.5 8.0 8.8 1.0 9.1 8.7 10.1

 $20,000 to $24,999 ........................... 14.4 9.2 158 8.8 8.0 8.9 1.0 9.3 8.9 9.3

 $25,000 to $34,999 ........................... 24.1 15.4 287 16.0 14.7 16.2 1.8 16.9 16.2 6.4

 $35,000 to $49,999 ........................... 33.6 21.4 390 21.7 19.5 21.5 2.4 22.6 21.5 6.2

 $50,000 to $74,999 ........................... 28.0 17.9 331 18.5 16.2 17.9 2.0 18.7 17.9 7.0

 $75,000 or More ................................ 19.1 12.2 234 13.1 11.9 13.1 1.5 13.9 13.3 9.7

Below Poverty Line

 100 Percent ....................................... 12.4 7.9 133 7.4 6.9 7.6 0.9 8.0 7.7 11.2

 125 Percent ....................................... 18.2 11.6 199 11.1 10.3 11.4 1.3 11.9 11.4 10.4

 150 Percent ....................................... 25.7 16.4 285 15.9 14.7 16.3 1.8 17.0 16.3 9.8

Eligible for Federal Assistance1 ...... 31.8 20.3 347 19.4 17.9 19.7 2.2 20.7 19.7 8.6

Number of Drivers2 (Fall 1993)

 1 ........................................................ 32.4 20.6 334 18.6 16.5 18.2 2.0 19.2 18.3 5.4

 2 ........................................................ 91.6 58.5 1,061 59.2 54.3 59.9 6.7 62.8 59.9 3.3

 3 ........................................................ 22.2 14.2 267 14.9 13.4 14.8 1.7 15.5 14.8 9.3

 4 or More ........................................... 9.7 6.2 124 6.9 6.0 6.6 0.7 6.9 6.6 14.0

Age of Primary Driver

 16 to 17 Years ................................... 1.1 0.7 11 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.5 32.4

 18 to 22 Years ................................... 4.4 2.8 56 3.1 2.5 2.8 0.3 2.9 2.8 14.7

 23 to 29 Years ................................... 8.4 5.3 111 6.2 5.1 5.6 0.6 5.9 5.6 9.8

 30 to 39 Years ................................... 22.6 14.4 276 15.4 14.0 15.4 1.7 16.3 15.5 6.0

 40 to 49 Years ................................... 22.3 14.2 276 15.4 14.0 15.5 1.7 16.3 15.6 5.9

 50 to 59 Years ................................... 14.9 9.5 174 9.7 9.0 10.0 1.1 10.5 10.0 7.9

 60 to 69 Years ................................... 10.6 6.8 99 5.5 5.3 5.8 0.7 6.2 5.9 9.5

 70 to 79 Years ................................... 8.6 5.5 68 3.8 3.7 4.1 0.4 4.2 4.1 9.7

 80 Years and Over ............................ 2.6 1.6 16 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 18.5

 Don’t Know ........................................ 61.3 39.1 707 39.4 35.6 39.3 4.4 40.9 39.0 7.3

Sex of Primary Driver

 Female .............................................. 43.4 27.7 506 28.2 23.5 26.0 2.9 27.3 26.1 2.8

 Male .................................................. 52.2 33.3 581 32.4 31.5 34.7 3.9 36.5 34.9 3.1

 Don’t Know ........................................ 61.2 39.0 706 39.4 35.6 39.3 4.4 40.9 39.0 7.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5.1. U.S. Number of Vehicles, Vehicle-Miles, Motor Fuel Consumption 

 and Expenditures, 1994 (Continued)

1993 Household and 

1994 Vehicle

Characteristics

RSE Column Factor:

Number of

Vehicles

Vehicle-Miles

Traveled

Motor Fuel

Consumption

Motor Fuel

Expenditures

RSE

Row

Factor:

(million) (percent) (billion) (percent)

(billion

gallons)

(gallon

percent)

(quadrillion Btu)(billion

dollars) (percent)

0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0

Average Number of Vehicles per

Household During the Year

 Part-Year Vehicle .............................. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q NF

 Only 1 ................................................ 28.6 18.2 306 17.1 14.8 16.4 1.8 17.3 16.5 6.0

 Between 1 and 2 ............................... 8.4 5.4 107 6.0 5.4 6.0 0.7 6.3 6.0 13.6

 Only 2 ................................................ 56.9 36.3 659 36.7 32.9 36.4 4.1 38.1 36.4 4.5

 Between 2 and 3 ............................... 13.5 8.6 163 9.1 8.5 9.4 1.1 9.8 9.4 8.7

 Only 3 ................................................ 25.2 16.1 274 15.3 14.5 16.0 1.8 16.8 16.0 7.9

 Between 3 and 4 ............................... 7.9 5.1 100 5.6 4.9 5.5 0.6 5.6 5.4 14.8

 4 or More ........................................... 14.8 9.5 169 9.4 8.7 9.6 1.1 10.1 9.6 12.5

Vehicle Characteristics

Model Year 

 1994 to 1995 ..................................... 7.2 4.6 103 5.7 5.0 5.5 0.6 5.8 5.5 9.8

 1993 .................................................. 10.4 6.6 142 7.9 6.6 7.3 0.8 7.7 7.4 7.3

 1992 .................................................. 11.4 7.3 149 8.3 6.9 7.7 0.9 8.0 7.7 7.1

 1989 to 1991 ..................................... 35.0 22.3 436 24.3 20.7 22.8 2.6 23.9 22.8 4.1

 1986 to 1988 ..................................... 36.3 23.1 411 22.9 19.0 20.9 2.4 22.0 21.0 5.0

 1983 to 1985 ..................................... 25.6 16.3 270 15.1 13.3 14.7 1.7 15.3 14.6 6.5

 1980 to 1982 ..................................... 10.9 7.0 107 6.0 5.6 6.1 0.7 6.4 6.1 10.5

 1977 to 1979 ..................................... 9.5 6.0 88 4.9 6.3 7.0 0.8 7.3 7.0 12.9

 1976 or Earlier ................................... 10.6 6.8 87 4.9 7.2 7.9 0.9 8.2 7.8 13.9

Type of Vehicle

 Passenger Car .................................. 106.4 67.9 1,200 66.9 54.7 60.4 6.8 63.3 60.4 2.5

 Minivan .............................................. 8.1 5.2 108 6.0 5.5 6.1 0.7 6.3 6.0 8.5

 Sport Utility ........................................ 9.5 6.1 121 6.7 7.4 8.2 0.9 8.7 8.3 8.9

 Large Van .......................................... 3.4 2.2 40 2.2 2.9 3.2 0.4 3.3 3.1 14.9

 Pickup Truck ..................................... 28.8 18.4 320 17.8 19.6 21.7 2.4 22.6 21.6 5.4

 Other ................................................. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q NF

Fuel Efficiency (miles per gallon)

 10.9 or Less ...................................... 7.0 4.5 39 2.2 4.1 4.6 0.5 4.7 4.5 13.0

 11 to 12.9 .......................................... 8.9 5.7 79 4.4 6.5 7.2 0.8 7.6 7.3 12.0

 13 to 15.9 .......................................... 18.9 12.0 183 10.2 12.6 13.9 1.6 14.5 13.9 7.2

 16 to 18.9 .......................................... 26.5 16.9 278 15.5 15.9 17.5 2.0 18.4 17.6 6.0

 19 to 21.9 .......................................... 35.2 22.4 423 23.6 20.8 22.9 2.6 24.2 23.1 5.1

 22 to 24.9 .......................................... 28.2 18.0 361 20.1 15.5 17.1 1.9 17.8 17.0 6.1

 25 to 29.9 .......................................... 24.9 15.9 324 18.1 12.0 13.3 1.5 13.8 13.2 5.2

 30 or More ......................................... 7.2 4.6 105 5.9 3.2 3.5 0.4 3.6 3.5 13.5

Engine Size (liters)

 2.49 or Less ...................................... 59.8 38.2 699 39.0 27.4 30.3 3.4 31.7 30.2 3.9

 2.50 to 3.49 ....................................... 30.1 19.2 364 20.3 17.5 19.3 2.2 20.3 19.4 4.6

 3.50 to 4.49 ....................................... 24.0 15.3 283 15.8 15.1 16.6 1.9 17.3 16.5 6.5

 4.50 or Greater .................................. 42.8 27.3 448 25.0 30.6 33.8 3.8 35.5 33.9 4.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5.1. U.S. Number of Vehicles, Vehicle-Miles, Motor Fuel Consumption 

 and Expenditures, 1994 (Continued)

1993 Household and 

1994 Vehicle

Characteristics

RSE Column Factor:

Number of

Vehicles

Vehicle-Miles

Traveled

Motor Fuel

Consumption

Motor Fuel

Expenditures

RSE

Row

Factor:

(million) (percent) (billion) (percent)

(billion

gallons)

(gallon

percent)

(quadrillion Btu)(billion

dollars) (percent)

0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0

Number of Cylinders

 4 ........................................................ 61.5 39.2 713 39.8 28.3 31.2 3.5 32.6 31.2 3.5

 6 ........................................................ 52.3 33.4 631 35.2 32.3 35.7 4.0 37.4 35.7 3.5

 8 ........................................................ 41.6 26.6 435 24.3 29.4 32.5 3.6 34.1 32.5 4.8

 Other ................................................. 1.3 0.8 14 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.6 25.8

Type of Transmission

 Automatic .......................................... 117.5 75.0 1,337 74.6 69.8 77.1 8.6 80.6 77.0 2.2

 Manual Shift ...................................... 39.3 25.0 456 25.4 20.7 22.9 2.6 24.1 23.0 5.6

Type of Drive

 Front-Wheel ...................................... 74.9 47.8 891 49.7 38.1 42.1 4.7 44.0 42.0 3.0

 Rear-Wheel ....................................... 64.3 41.0 693 38.6 39.7 43.9 4.9 45.8 43.7 4.0

 4-Wheel ............................................. 17.6 11.2 209 11.7 12.7 14.0 1.6 14.9 14.2 7.4

Type of Fuel System

 Carburetor ......................................... 76.4 48.7 802 44.7 43.9 48.4 5.4 50.6 48.3 3.9

 Fuel Injection ..................................... 78.2 49.9 966 53.9 45.3 50.0 5.6 52.4 50.0 2.9

 Diesel Engine .................................... 2.2 1.4 25 1.4 1.4 1.6 0.2 1.8 1.7 19.7

Type of Fuel Purchased

 Motor Gasoline .................................. 153.4 97.9 1,752 97.7 88.3 97.5 11.0 102.0 97.4 2.8

 Unleaded ......................................... 151.5 96.7 1,736 96.8 87.0 96.1 10.9 100.6 96.0 2.8

 Regular Grade ............................... 104.2 66.4 1,199 66.9 59.9 66.1 7.5 66.3 63.3 2.5

 Intermediate Grade ....................... 20.6 13.2 238 13.3 11.7 12.9 1.5 14.2 13.6 6.5

 Premium Grade ............................. 26.7 17.1 299 16.6 15.4 17.0 1.9 20.0 19.1 6.4

 Leaded ............................................ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q NF

 Gasohol ............................................. 1.4 0.9 17 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 26.6

 Diesel Fuel ........................................ 1.8 1.1 22 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.2 1.5 1.4 22.1

Type of Primary Service

 Full-Service Pumps ........................... 13.8 8.8 137 7.6 6.8 7.5 0.8 8.0 7.7 16.1

 Self or Mini-Service Pumps ............... 139.8 89.2 1,624 90.5 82.0 90.5 10.2 94.6 90.3 2.2

 Both Equally ...................................... 2.9 1.8 30 1.6 1.6 1.7 0.2 1.9 1.8 28.2

 Bulk Sales/Other ............................... Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q NF

Vehicle Used for Commuting

to and from Work

 Yes .................................................... 95.3 60.8 1,175 65.5 58.2 64.2 7.2 67.3 64.2 2.6

 No ...................................................... 61.5 39.2 618 34.5 32.4 35.8 4.0 37.5 35.8 4.1

1 Below 150 percent of poverty line or 60 percent of median State income. 2 Approximately 0.5 percent of the vehicle stock was owned by households that had no drivers as of fall 1993.

NF = No applicable RSE row factor.

Q = Data withheld either because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were sampled.

Notes: • "Households with Children" category includes members under age 18 years old unless the member is the householder or spouse. • To obtain the

Relative Standard Error (RSE) percentage for any table cell, multiply the corresponding column and row factors. • Because of rounding, data may not sum to

totals. • Data in this table are for households with vehicles for personal transportation. • See Glossary for definition of terms used in this report.

Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Form EIA-457 A of the 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey

and Forms EIA-876 A, B, C, and D of the 1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey.