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88% own a car, but only 82% have a license? Interesting
You don't need a license to own a car. You need one to drive it.
legally
There are people, especially in the rural south, who own and operate a vehicle without a license.
Sometimes even congressmen
Something like 40% of drivers in San Antonio, Texas are unlicensed. The one time I’ve gotten in an accident, it was an uninsured, unlicensed driver.
I once let my license lapse for almost a year because I was working remotely and drove so little that I kept forgetting to renew it. Figure that 6% difference is only a few years in a lifetime, it's probably just lapsed licenses, and when people get to the age they stop driving they typically keep the car longer than the license
Probably bought the car then lost their license.