Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2005,,,,,,,,,,
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State,Number of licensed drivers,Licensed drivers per registered vehicle,Resident population,Driving age population            (16 and over),"Drivers per 1,000 total resident population","Drivers per 1,000  driving age population1",,,,
Alabama,"3,637,414",0.81 ,"4,557,808 ","3,595,385 ",798 ,"1,012 ",,,,
Alaska,"482,532",0.73 ,"663,661 ","498,113 ",727 ,969 ,,,,
Arizona,"3,943,180",1.00 ,"5,939,292 ","4,525,085 ",664 ,871 ,,,,
Arkansas,"2,024,466",1.06 ,"2,779,154 ","2,181,791 ",728 ,928 ,,,,
California,"22,895,965",0.72 ,"36,132,147 ","27,491,426 ",634 ,833 ,,,,
Colorado,"3,341,275",1.89 ,"4,665,177 ","3,612,126 ",716 ,925 ,,,,
Connecticut,"2,740,270",0.91 ,"3,510,297 ","2,775,008 ",781 ,987 ,,,,
Delaware,"533,943",0.74 ,"843,524 ","670,284 ",633 ,797 ,,,,
District of Columbia,"330,363",1.46 ,"550,521 ","448,107 ",600 ,737 ,,,,
Florida,"13,373,700",0.87 ,"17,789,864 ","14,190,232 ",752 ,942 ,,,,
Georgia,"5,939,513",0.75 ,"9,072,576 ","6,967,386 ",655 ,852 ,,,,
Hawaii,"856,163",0.92 ,"1,275,194 ","1,008,488 ",671 ,849 ,,,,
Idaho,"978,450",0.72 ,"1,429,096 ","1,098,342 ",685 ,891 ,,,,
Illinois,"7,870,872",0.84 ,"12,763,371 ","9,883,696 ",617 ,796 
Indiana,"4,521,329",0.93 ,"6,271,973 ","4,849,572 ",721 ,932 
Iowa,"2,033,157",0.61 ,"2,966,334 ","2,378,052 ",685 ,855 
Kansas,"1,974,238",0.84 ,"2,744,687 ","2,149,527 ",719 ,918 
Kentucky,"2,860,729",0.85 ,"4,173,405 ","3,305,220 ",685 ,866 
Louisiana,"3,083,516",0.82 ,"4,523,628 ","3,509,844 ",682 ,879 
Maine,"1,003,972",0.95 ,"1,321,505 ","1,081,625 ",760 ,928 
Maryland,"3,709,594",0.87 ,"5,600,388 ","4,360,371 ",662 ,851 
Massachusetts,"4,612,829",0.86 ,"6,398,743 ","5,111,066 ",721 ,903 
Michigan,"7,105,272",0.88 ,"10,120,860 ","7,894,477 ",702 ,900 
Minnesota,"3,083,757",0.67 ,"5,132,799 ","4,052,366 ",601 ,761 
Mississippi,"1,965,464",1.01 ,"2,921,088 ","2,258,274 ",673 ,870 
Missouri,"4,135,394",0.91 ,"5,800,310 ","4,587,168 ",713 ,902 
Montana,"715,512",0.73 ,"935,670 ","757,938 ",765 ,944 
Nebraska,"1,320,617",0.79 ,"1,758,787 ","1,377,558 ",751 ,959 
Nevada,"1,596,353",1.21 ,"2,414,807 ","1,858,037 ",661 ,859 
New Hampshire,"985,775",0.85 ,"1,309,940 ","1,045,765 ",753 ,943 
New Jersey,"5,870,720",0.96 ,"8,717,925 ","6,800,985 ",673 ,863 
New Mexico,"1,304,721",0.87 ,"1,928,384 ","1,497,629 ",677 ,871 
New York,"11,071,911",0.95 ,"19,254,630 ","15,235,439 ",575 ,727 
North Carolina,"6,227,817",1.03 ,"8,683,242 ","6,776,507 ",717 ,919 
North Dakota,"466,701",0.69 ,"636,677 ","518,009 ",733 ,901 
Ohio,"7,707,842",0.74 ,"11,464,042 ","9,031,678 ",672 ,853 
Oklahoma,"2,234,114",0.61 ,"3,547,884 ","2,793,338 ",630 ,800 
Oregon,"2,692,948",0.95 ,"3,641,056 ","2,890,194 ",740 ,932 
Pennsylvania,"8,460,530",0.87 ,"12,429,616 ","9,962,387 ",681 ,849 
Rhode Island,"746,465",0.93 ,"1,076,189 ","859,993 ",694 ,868 
South Carolina,"2,987,593",0.91 ,"4,255,083 ","3,347,854 ",702 ,892 
South Dakota,"566,255",0.68 ,"775,933 ","610,985 ",730 ,927 
Tennessee,"4,351,868",0.89 ,"5,962,959 ","4,732,978 ",730 ,919 
Texas,"14,659,390",0.86 ,"22,859,968 ","17,210,146 ",641 ,852 
Utah,"1,599,514",0.73 ,"2,469,585 ","1,803,246 ",648 ,887 
Vermont,"563,162",1.13 ,"623,050 ","508,772 ",904 ,"1,107 ",,
Virginia,"5,112,523",0.79 ,"7,567,465 ","5,950,539 ",676 ,859 ,,
Washington,"4,681,927",0.85 ,"6,287,759 ","4,979,820 ",745 ,940 ,,
West Virginia,"1,327,569",1.02 ,"1,816,856 ","1,480,308 ",731 ,897 ,,
Wisconsin,"3,993,348",0.86 ,"5,536,201 ","4,400,770 ",721 ,907 ,,
Wyoming,"382,735",0.61 ,"509,294 ","409,782 ",752 ,934 ,,
"United States, total","200,665,267",0.85 ,"296,410,404 ","231,323,688 ",677 ,867 ,,
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"1Some states report more licensed drivers than residents of driving age.  This may occur for several reasons: 1) the records of expired licenses, drivers who have moved out of state, and people who have died are only periodically purged from a state's drivers license database; 2) some drivers fraudulently obtain a license in more than one state; and 3) some drivers obtain a license in a state other than that in which they are a legal resident. ",,,,,,,,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2005, Washington, DC: 2006, table DL-1C.",,,,,,,,