what percentage of Americans vacation by age group

Between 62 and 63 percent of Americans take vacations.

Here is the breakdown by age group.

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Age Group      Percent
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Age 18-34       26%
Age 35-54       43%
Age 55+         31%
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Travel Industry Association of America?s (TIA) 
http://www.tia.org/Press/pressrec.asp?Item=300


Sources:

62 Percent of Americans Will Take a Vacation

 ?In total, 62 percent of Americans say they will take a leisure trip
this year, up from 55 percent in 2001.?
 
Source: American Express Leisure Travel Index 
http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/latestnews/leisure-travel-survey.asp


From an article dated July 09, 2003:

?Nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed plan to take a vacation.? 
Source: Sprint National consumer survey
http://www3.sprint.com/PR/CDA/PR_CDA_Press_Releases_Detail/0,3681,1111710,00.html


SIA Survey
 
 ?The study found that 63 percent of Americans say they will plan a
pleasure trip or vacation in the next six months, which falls in line
with the latest Travel Confidence Survey administered by the Travel
Industry Association of America. The TIA Study found that 62 percent
of Americans now plan on taking at least one leisure trip in the next
six months.?
SIA Survey : January 11, 2002 
http://www.skipressworld.com/us/en/daily_news/2002/01/sia_survey_travel_plans_returning_to_normal.html?cat=


Travel Statistics and Trends
http://www.tia.org/Travel/default.asp


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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 01 Mar 2004 08:43 PST

Additional information that may interest you:


?Seventy percent of working adults surveyed plan to take vacations in
2001, and nearly two-thirds of that group, 64 percent, think they will
travel when they do so. The numbers differ significantly between
full-time and part-time workers. Seventy-six percent of full-timers
plan to take vacation time, with 68 percent traveling. Only 52 percent
of part-timers think they will take time off. Almost all-51
percent-say they will travel if they do.

While nearly identical percent ages of men and women plan both to take
a personal vacation (72 percent and 70 percent, respectively) and to
travel during that time (65 percent and 64 percent, respectively), age
groups show significant differences in their plans:?

             Age 18-34  Age 35-54 Age 55 and over 
Travel       56%        70%       61% 
Not Travel    4%         5%       16% 

Xylo
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From an ABC News Report:
 
AGE:     No Vacation plans  
18-34    7%
65+      24%

ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/travel_poll020523.html

There is a major mistake in saying that the table in the beginning of
the answer shows the % of people who vacation in each age group.  As
you can see by the fact that the numbers total to 100, is that these
percentages are the proportion of vacations taken broken down by age
group.  For example, 31% of vacations are taken by people over 55.
This does NOT mean that 31% of people over 55 take vacations.  You
would also have to know what portion of the overall population is
represented by each age group to figure this out.