Table A9. U.S. Average Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Family Income and Poverty Statu

Miles per Household) 

ENERGY INFORMATION 

ADMINISTRATION / HOUSEHOLD 

VEHICLES 

ENERGY 

USE: LATEST AND 

TRENDS 

2001 Family Income (dollars) 

2001 Household Characteristics Total Less 

than 

5,000 

5,000 

to 

9,999 

10,000 

to 

14,999 

15,000 

to 

19,999 

20,000 

to 

24,999 

25,000 

to 

34,999 

35,000 

to 

49,999 

50,000 

or 

74,999 

75,000 

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Household Characteristics Total.............................. 23.1 13.3 13.5 13.2 16.3 16.4 19.3 23.9 28.1 31.0 19Census Region and Division  Northeast......................... 21.4 12.8 13.5 10.8 13.2 12.1 16.9 22.5 25.1 27.7 18 New England...................... 22.8 9.6 15.9 10.1 13.2 10.7 18.8 24.7 25.8 29.8 19 Middle Atlantic ................. 20.8 14.5 12.5 11.1 13.2 12.6 15.9 21.7 24.7 26.8 18

 Midwest .......................... 23.7 11.0 15.4 13.9 16.1 15.6 20.1 24.4 29.7 32.5 18 East North Central............... 23.6 11.2 15.1 14.6 17.3 14.1 19.0 24.1 28.2 33.2 18 West North Central .............. 24.1 10.7 15.8 12.6 13.3 18.1 22.4 25.1 33.2 30.9 16 South............................. 24.1 13.9 12.8 14.0 18.3 18.6 20.9 24.9 29.3 33.4 19 South Atlantic................... 23.6 14.6 12.4 12.8 17.0 18.1 18.9 24.1 28.2 32.7 19 East South Central............... 25.1 13.7 16.5 15.9 19.5 16.2 26.3 26.3 33.6 35.0 17 West South Central............... 24.5 13.1 10.7 15.4 19.9 20.9 21.6 25.7 29.6 34.3 19 West.............................. 22.3 13.9 13.1 12.7 15.1 16.1 17.7 22.2 27.2 29.2 19

 Mountain ........................ 22.7 16.4 14.0 10.6 15.5 16.7 19.4 22.4 29.7 28.7 18

 Pacific ......................... 22.1 13.2 12.8 13.4 15.0 15.9 17.0 22.1 26.0 29.3 20

Urban Status  Urban ............................ 21.6 12.8 13.1 12.2 14.6 15.2 17.3 21.7 26.1 29.2 18 Rural ............................ 28.6 15.0 14.6 16.3 21.6 20.1 25.7 30.8 35.2 40.7 23Household Size  1 Person ......................... 11.3 9.4 7.2 8.9 8.8 9.5 11.9 13.8 15.1 15.8 9 2 Persons ........................ 21.6 13.3 15.2 14.7 16.7 16.5 18.4 21.7 24.6 27.2 19 3 Persons ........................ 28.6 17.8 26.8 18.1 22.2 23.2 25.8 27.8 31.9 32.6 30

 4 Persons......................... 30.9 16.8 14.9 18.2 25.7 24.2 26.0 31.4 33.8 34.7 28 5 Persons......................... 31.8 19.2 26.0 17.0 23.4 20.3 26.9 30.9 34.6 38.7 30

 6 or More Persons ................ 35.0 7.7 35.3 17.7 24.9 20.6 26.1 38.9 41.3 42.8 50

Household Composition (EIA)1

 Households With Children.......... 29.0 14.2 20.1 16.4 22.9 20.9 24.8 28.8 32.6 34.1 28 Age of Oldest Child  Under 7 Years................... 27.0 9.5 21.5 14.6 22.0 22.5 23.2 27.7 30.4 31.2 21 7 to 15 Years................... 28.3 16.7 16.9 16.0 23.9 18.8 23.9 27.8 32.0 33.2 29

 16 to 17 Years.................. 34.1 11.2 29.6 19.6 22.0 23.9 30.0 34.2 37.2 40.2 34 Households Without Children....... 19.6 12.7 11.7 12.0 13.4 14.7 16.8 20.8 24.3 28.0 16 One Adult........................ 11.3 9.4 7.2 8.9 8.8 9.5 11.9 13.8 15.1 15.8 9 Age of Householder  Under 35 Years................. 14.5 16.3 12.8 13.2 11.5 12.6 15.0 15.7 16.9 14.3 12
Table A9. U.S. Average Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Family Income and Poverty Statu

Miles per Household) 

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84 ENERGY INFORMATION 

ADMINISTRATION / HOUSEHOLD 

VEHICLES 

ENERGY 

USE: LATEST AND 

TRENDS

2001 Family Income (dollars) 

2001 Household Characteristics Total Less 

than 

5,000 

5,000 

to 

9,999 

10,000 

to 

14,999 

15,000 

to 

19,999 

20,000 

to 

24,999 

25,000 

to 

34,999 

35,000 

to 

49,999 

50,000 

or 

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75,000 

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 35 to 59 Years................. 13.8 9.5 8.1 11.0 11.2 10.8 13.4 15.2 16.3 17.3 13 60 Years or More............... 8.1 7.4 6.1 7.4 7.3 7.6 8.9 9.7 10.7 12.1 8 Two or More Adults............... 24.3 17.1 19.3 16.6 18.3 18.9 20.3 24.4 27.4 29.9 21 Age of Householder  Under 35 Years................. 28.1 23.4 36.3 23.4 27.5 18.1 23.9 27.2 32.1 30.2 25 35 to 59 Years................. 27.9 14.5 14.7 16.7 19.6 24.1 24.4 28.2 28.3 32.1 28 60 Years or More............... 18.6 11.6 12.1 14.1 14.6 15.0 16.7 19.8 23.0 23.8 16Household Composition (NHTS)2

 One adult, no children ........... 13.3 10.7 8.4 11.3 10.4 11.0 13.1 14.6 15.9 15.9 13 2+ adults, no children ........... 27.2 21.1 30.3 20.8 21.2 23.9 23.0 26.9 27.6 30.3 26 One adult, youngest child 0-5 .... 16.2 10.3 12.5 11.6 16.2 22.4 18.7 18.8 21.2 19.8 10

 2+ adults, youngest child 0-5 .... 28.7 13.0 27.6 17.4 23.2 19.9 24.5 29.3 32.6 31.8 26 One adult, youngest child 6-15 ... 17.9 18.3 11.3 13.8 21.7 12.6 20.4 19.9 17.7 17.4 14

 2+ adults, youngest child 6-15 ... 31.6 15.6 23.5 18.5 26.4 24.4 27.5 30.3 33.3 35.7 32

 One adult, youngest child 16-21 .. 23.3 7.5 42.3 13.9 34.4 14.5 27.3 24.4 23.3 25.1 20

 2+ adults, youngest child 16-21 .. 37.2 13.0 17.4 22.1 26.8 29.3 26.5 34.1 44.0 41.6 38

 One adult, retired, no children .. 7.8 7.5 6.2 7.3 7.3 6.8 9.1 9.4 9.9 13.8 7 2+ adults, retired, no children .. 18.5 12.9 11.4 13.2 14.5 15.3 17.6 20.0 22.3 23.9 16Race of Householder  White............................. 23.4 14.1 12.1 13.1 16.1 15.6 19.2 23.7 28.1 31.2 18 Black ............................ 20.7 11.3 14.3 12.3 16.8 17.6 17.9 23.2 28.6 29.3 18 Other ............................ 23.3 13.9 17.7 14.6 16.6 18.6 20.8 25.5 27.9 30.1 24Hispanic Descent  Yes .............................. 23.4 14.4 18.3 14.8 16.2 18.4 22.1 25.0 30.2 33.9 24

 No................................ 23.1 13.1 12.8 13.0 16.3 16.1 19.0 23.8 28.0 30.8 18Number of Drivers  1................................. 12.0 10.6 8.4 9.6 9.9 10.3 12.5 14.0 15.9 15.7 10

 2................................. 25.5 15.9 19.8 18.2 21.9 20.0 22.0 25.0 28.0 29.3 22 3................................. 36.5 21.0 36.8 23.6 29.5 35.2 33.8 36.3 38.3 38.9 37

 4 or More ........................ 49.2 30.0 36.6 20.6 46.9 40.8 34.8 54.2 48.1 53.5 58 1 = "Household Composition (EIA)" represents an equivalent category with previous household transportation studies co

Information Administration (EIA).  2 = "Household Composition (NHTS)" represents an equivalent category in the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) cDepartment of Transportation.  # underlined = Estimate, when rounded, displays as a zero value.  # in red, italic format = Data withheld either because the relative standard error was greater than 50 percent or fewwere sampled. 
Table A9. U.S. Average Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Family Income and Poverty Statu

Miles per Household) 

 (Continued) 

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ADMINISTRATION / HOUSEHOLD 

VEHICLES 

ENERGY 

USE: LATEST AND 

TRENDS 

2001 Family Income (dollars) 

2001 Household Characteristics Total Less 

than 

5,000 

5,000 

to 

9,999 

10,000 

to 

14,999 

15,000 

to 

19,999 

20,000 

to 

24,999 

25,000 

to 

34,999 

35,000 

to 

49,999 

50,000 

or 

74,999 

75,000 

or 

More 

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 Notes: ▪ "Gallons" and "Miles Per Gallon" are displayed in Gallon of Gasoline Equivalent (GGE) units due to the non-gin the augmented NHTS data. ▪ Data in this table are for households with passenger vehicles operated for residential tr

for definitions used in this table. ▪ "Income Relative to Poverty Line" category was calculated by evaluating the categwith Poverty Thresholds for 2001 by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years (http://www.census.gov/as published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. ▪ Because of independent rounding, data may not suis defined as the person identified as the household respondent by the NHTS. 

 Sources: ▪ Energy Information Administration (EIA), Office of Oil and Gas, Form EIA-782A, "Refiners'/Gas Plant Operat

Product Sales Report," Form EIA-782B, "Resellers'/Retailers' Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report," Form EIA-888, "On-Survey," Form EIA-895, "Monthly Quantity and Value of Natural Gas Report," ▪ EIA, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric, and 

826, "Monthly Electric Utility Sales and Revenue Report with State Distributions." ▪ U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Travel Survey (NHTS), January 2004 public-use file augmented by EIA. See http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/rtecs/nhts_survey/on augmentations to NHTS public-use data.