Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2004

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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	3,613,138	0.81	4,530,182	3,561,826	798	1,014
Alaska	482,532	0.74	655,435	489,770	736	985
Arizona	3,783,927	1.01	5,743,834	4,356,838	659	869
Arkansas	1,862,430	0.99	2,752,629	2,153,785	677	865
California	22,761,088	0.74	35,893,799	27,328,932	634	833
Colorado	3,205,054	1.62	4,601,403	3,549,927	697	903
Connecticut	2,694,574	0.90	3,503,604	2,761,843	769	976
Delaware	533,943	0.76	830,364	658,857	643	810
District of Columbia	349,122	1.54	553,523	454,029	631	769
Florida	13,146,357	0.89	17,397,161	13,846,842	756	949
Georgia	5,793,143	0.75	8,829,383	6,745,607	656	859
Hawaii	843,876	0.91	1,262,840	996,946	668	846
Idaho	942,983	0.71	1,393,262	1,063,668	677	887
Illinois	8,057,683	0.88	12,713,634	9,830,577	634	820
Indiana	4,521,329	0.83	6,237,569	4,814,983	725	939
Iowa	2,003,723	0.60	2,954,451	2,356,294	678	850
Kansas	1,979,746	0.85	2,735,502	2,131,732	724	929
Kentucky	2,823,454	0.86	4,145,922	3,276,725	681	862
Louisiana	3,169,627	0.86	4,515,770	3,485,524	702	909
Maine	984,829	0.94	1,317,253	1,072,816	748	918
Maryland	3,594,251	0.88	5,558,058	4,322,066	647	832
Massachusetts	4,645,857	0.86	6,416,505	5,120,379	724	907
Michigan	7,103,404	0.86	10,112,620	7,873,617	702	902
Minnesota	3,083,007	0.68	5,100,958	4,009,941	604	769
Mississippi	1,896,008	0.98	2,902,966	2,238,159	653	847
Missouri	4,047,652	0.85	5,754,618	4,533,757	703	893
Montana	712,880	0.72	926,865	746,428	769	955
Nebraska	1,315,819	0.80	1,747,214	1,363,419	753	965
Nevada	1,548,097	1.23	2,334,771	1,792,565	663	864
New Hampshire	985,775	0.85	1,299,500	1,032,902	759	954
New Jersey	5,799,532	0.96	8,698,879	6,780,438	667	855
New Mexico	1,271,365	0.85	1,903,289	1,469,874	668	865
New York	11,246,675	1.03	19,227,088	15,172,163	585	741
North Carolina	6,122,137	1.00	8,541,221	6,649,859	717	921
North Dakota	461,780	0.67	634,366	513,525	728	899
Ohio	7,675,007	0.73	11,459,011	9,004,515	670	852
Oklahoma	2,369,621	0.77	3,523,553	2,762,663	673	858
Oregon	2,625,856	0.90	3,594,586	2,840,018	731	925
Pennsylvania	8,430,142	0.87	12,406,292	9,915,414	680	850
Rhode Island	741,841	0.93	1,080,632	865,598	686	857
South Carolina	2,972,369	0.93	4,198,068	3,289,727	708	904
South Dakota	563,298	0.69	770,883	603,607	731	933
Tennessee	4,247,884	0.86	5,900,962	4,666,755	720	910
Texas	14,543,528	0.88	22,490,022	16,892,766	647	861
Utah	1,582,599	0.77	2,389,039	1,724,327	662	918
Vermont	550,462	1.08	621,394	505,030	886	1,090
Virginia	5,112,523	0.80	7,459,827	5,858,053	685	873
Washington	4,504,581	0.82	6,203,788	4,892,534	726	921
West Virginia	1,292,036	0.96	1,815,354	1,476,888	712	875
Wisconsin	3,910,188	0.84	5,509,026	4,362,246	710	896
Wyoming	380,180	0.61	506,529	404,920	751	939
United States, total	198,888,912	0.85	293,655,404	228,621,674	677	870

¹ Some 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2004, Washington, DC: forthcoming, table DL-1C.

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Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2004

Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2004