This statistic represents the miles traveled by passengers on highways in the United States from 1990 through 2019. In 2019, U.S. passengers covered a distance of around 5.57 trillion miles on highways.
Number of U.S. passenger-miles in highway traffic from 1990 to 2019
(in billions)
Characteristic
U.S. passenger-miles in billions
2019
5,579.13
2018
5,545.85
2017
5,482.19
2016
5,411.83
2015
5,282.71
2014
5,158.16
2013
5,083.12
2012
5,046.33
2011
4,997.05
2010
5,009.81
2009
5,000.59
2008
4,900.17
2007
4,959.77
2006
4,908.06
2005
4,867.61
2004
4,824.65
2003
4,701.83
2002
4,646.52
2001
4,623.4
2000
4,370.49
1999
4,285.3
1998
4,182.07
1997
4,071.14
1996
3,951.01
1995
3,848.46
1994
3,939.88
1993
3,747.07
1992
3,676.69
1991
3,578.58
1990
3,539.6
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Highway traffic includes passenger cars, motorcycles, other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles, single-unit 2 axle 6-tire or more and combination trucks, and buses.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (January 14, 2021). Number of U.S. passenger-miles in highway traffic from 1990 to 2019 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185769/us-passenger-miles-in-highway-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Number of U.S. passenger-miles in highway traffic from 1990 to 2019 (in billions)." Chart. January 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185769/us-passenger-miles-in-highway-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2021). Number of U.S. passenger-miles in highway traffic from 1990 to 2019 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185769/us-passenger-miles-in-highway-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Number of U.S. Passenger-miles in Highway Traffic from 1990 to 2019 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185769/us-passenger-miles-in-highway-traffic-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Number of U.S. passenger-miles in highway traffic from 1990 to 2019 (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185769/us-passenger-miles-in-highway-traffic-since-1990/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of U.S. passenger-miles in highway traffic from 1990 to 2019 (in billions) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, January 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185769/us-passenger-miles-in-highway-traffic-since-1990/
