When it comes to elevation, the highest point in the U. The summit of Denali Mountain is 20, feet. The lowest point in the U. The elevation is feet. That includes 3,, square miles of land and , square miles of lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water. It's the third-largest country in the world behind Russia and Canada.
Another way to understand the size of the U. Including Alaska and Hawaii, the country has 95, of coastline, including shoreline. The average man drives 16, miles per year, while the average woman drives 10, miles. This gender difference holds true across all age groups.
Americans do the most driving during middle age and the least driving during retirement. Americans between 35 and 54 years of age drive 15, miles per year on average. Those over age 64 average only 7, miles annually. Women over the age of 65 drive the least of any age group, averaging only 4, miles each year. This may be due to generational differences in male and female roles and the high rate of retirement in this demographic. Of all Americans, men aged drive the most miles.
These drivers, possibly commuting to and from work, log 18, miles each year. The average American aged years old drives 7, miles each year. Teenaged boys drive slightly more than teenage girls, with males logging 8, miles annually to females' 6, miles. The FHWA also keeps statistics about the miles driven by drivers in each state. According to the FHWA , these are the top five states for annual miles driven:. The U. The distance is around two-thirds of the United States. S is four and a half times wider than France, which extends miles from Strasbourg in the east to Brest in the west.
However, Americans have not always been so mobile. The number of miles driven topped off around 10, in after rising consistently for almost 60 years. After , the number of driving miles started to decline in almost every state.
Americans rediscovered their passion for driving in , putting a record 3. Since then, the average miles per year on a car has been rising consistently. The number of licensed drivers in was more than million, an increase of roughly 4 million over At around The average miles driven per year by teenagers is the lowest across all age groups.
According to the latest available data, there were just 1. While teenagers as a group seem to have put the breaks on their average miles per year, more grandpas and grandmas are hitting the open road than ever. Research shows drivers over 85 have nearly doubled from 1. Across all age groups, The age bracket with the highest number of drivers by percentage is 50 to Arguably, young people have more free time on their hands, and as such should be clocking more miles than other age groups.
But is that the case? Research reveals that people between 35 and 55 years of age drive an average of 15, miles per year. Or maybe they are not as interested in driving as their elders. Whatever the reason, research shows people aged between 16 and 19 years have the lowest annual mileage across all age groups — only 7, miles. The average annual mileage driven for this age group is 15, Research shows that people over 65 are hitting the road more often than the previous generations of seniors.
Arguably, this is because Americans are living longer — and perhaps healthier — than their grandparents. Or maybe the growing physical distance between families is the real reason behind their logging more miles per year. Whatever the case, one thing is certain: Americans like it behind the wheel, even in their golden years. Americans are driving more than ever, but this uptick is not spread evenly among the states.
Some states have significantly higher vehicle miles driven per licensed driver than others. The residents of Wyoming have an average annual mileage of 21,, whereas Alaskans log in just 9, miles.
Georgia earns the second spot with an average of 18, miles per driver while Oklahoma is a close third at 18, miles.
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