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Household Characteristics Total.............................. 191.0 12.0 592 Census Region and Division  Northeast......................... 31.7 11.9 571  New England...................... 10.0 12.3 586  Middle Atlantic ................. 21.8 11.7 564  Midwest .......................... 47.1 11.9 588  East North Central............... 32.4 11.9 585  West North Central .............. 14.7 11.9 594  South............................. 70.2 12.4 615  South Atlantic................... 38.9 12.4 603  East South Central............... 11.7 12.3 623  West South Central............... 19.7 12.5 636  West.............................. 41.9 11.4 572  Mountain ........................ 12.2 11.3 594  Pacific ......................... 29.7 11.4 564 Urban Status  Urban ............................ 143.5 11.7 570  Rural ............................ 47.6 12.8 658 Household Size  1 Person ......................... 26.6 9.6 464  2 Persons ........................ 65.5 11.0 556  3 Persons ........................ 38.1 12.9 626  4 Persons......................... 37.0 13.4 657  5 Persons......................... 15.9 13.5 663  6 or More Persons ................ 7.9 13.9 699 Household Composition (EIA)1

 Households With Children.......... 79.8 13.5 665  Age of Oldest Child  Under 7 Years................... 20.0 13.7 666  7 to 15 Years................... 41.5 13.5 669  16 to 17 Years.................. 18.2 13.4 656  Households Without Children....... 111.2 10.9 539  One Adult........................ 26.6 9.6 464  Age of Householder  Under 35 Years................. 3.7 13.2 619  35 to 59 Years................. 11.5 10.9 526  60 Years or More............... 11.4 7.1 352  Two or More Adults............... 84.7 11.3 563  Age of Householder 
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 Under 35 Years................. 13.4 13.7 633  35 to 59 Years................. 41.0 11.8 591  60 Years or More............... 30.3 9.5 493 Household Composition (NHTS)2

 One adult, no children ........... 16.4 11.1 530  2+ adults, no children ........... 43.8 12.4 610  One adult, youngest child 0-5 .... 1.8 13.3 603  2+ adults, youngest child 0-5 .... 31.5 13.8 676  One adult, youngest child 6-15 ... 3.5 13.3 617  2+ adults, youngest child 6-15 ... 35.2 13.5 675  One adult, youngest child 16-21 .. 1.7 12.5 581  2+ adults, youngest child 16-21 .. 14.7 12.7 614  One adult, retired, no children .. 9.5 6.8 345  2+ adults, retired, no children .. 32.8 9.4 488 Race of Householder  White............................. 149.5 11.9 593  Black ............................ 16.6 12.1 564  Other ............................ 24.9 12.5 604 Hispanic Descent  Yes .............................. 15.0 12.9 622  No................................ 176.0 11.9 589 Family Income  Less than $5,000.................. 2.4 9.4 438  $5,000 to $9,999.................. 5.6 9.9 472  $10,000 to $14,999 ............... 6.7 9.4 455  $15,000 to $19,999 ............... 9.6 10.6 510  $20,000 to $24,999 ............... 9.0 10.3 502  $25,000 to $34,999................ 23.1 11.1 542  $35,000 to $49,999................ 37.3 12.1 598  $50,000 to $74,999 ............... 36.9 13.1 650  $75,000 or More .................. 48.9 13.1 652  Don't Know........................ 11.5 10.7 538 Income Relative to Poverty Line  Below 100 Percent................. 13.3 10.4 501  100 to 150 Percent ............... 11.5 11.3 539  Above 150 Percent ................ 154.6 12.3 608  Don't Know........................ 11.5 10.7 538 Number of Drivers  1................................. 37.8 10.0 483  2................................. 109.6 12.3 615  3................................. 32.0 12.7 616 
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 4 or More ........................ 11.2 13.8 663 Age of Primary Driver  16 to 17 Years.................... 2.4 11.6 529  18 to 22 Years.................... 8.6 14.2 634  23 to 29 Years.................... 16.1 14.1 647  30 to 39 Years.................... 33.5 13.6 671  40 to 49 Years.................... 38.7 13.0 647  50 to 59 Years.................... 31.6 11.9 595  60 to 69 Years.................... 19.4 10.0 516  70 to 79 Years.................... 13.3 7.6 395  80 Years and Over................. 3.9 6.0 310  Don't Know........................ 23.4 10.9 558 Sex of Householder  Male.............................. 80.3 12.1 603  Female ........................... 110.8 11.9 584 Vehicle Characteristics Model Year  2001 to 2002...................... 12.5 14.8 735  2000.............................. 16.0 14.5 716  1999.............................. 14.6 14.6 717  1998.............................. 13.9 14.1 686  1997.............................. 12.8 13.7 653  1996.............................. 11.6 13.0 627  1995.............................. 12.8 12.6 598  1992 to 1994...................... 31.1 12.0 585  1989 to 1991...................... 24.5 10.3 496  1986 to 1988...................... 16.1 9.3 460  1983 to 1985...................... 8.4 8.4 433  1980 to 1982...................... 2.8 7.1 393  1977 to 1979...................... 3.0 5.4 375  1976 or Earlier................... 5.4 11.2 574  Don't Know........................ 5.6 5.9 433 Type of Vehicle  Passenger Car .................... 112.4 11.4 489  Vans (Large and Minivans)......... 18.4 13.2 692  Sport Utility Vehicle ............ 23.2 13.7 802  Pickup Truck ..................... 35.6 12.1 706  Recreational Vehicle.............. 1.4 5.9 1,113 Fuel Economy (miles per gallon)  10.9 or Less...................... 6.1 2.4 366  11 to 12.9 ....................... 7.6 3.1 257 
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 13 to 15.9 ....................... 28.4 8.5 575  16 to 18.9........................ 40.2 11.5 662  19 to 21.9 ....................... 43.0 12.4 609  22 to 24.9 ....................... 34.7 14.8 637  25 to 29.9 ....................... 23.3 15.7 585  30 or More ....................... 7.7 17.0 518  1 = "Household Composition (EIA)" represents an equivalent category with previous household transportation studies coInformation 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.  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 OperatProduct 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.