Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2006

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	3,665,180	0.80	4,599,030	3,608,113	797	1,016
Alaska	489,024	0.74	670,053	489,922	730	998
Arizona	4,032,643	0.97	6,166,318	4,695,230	654	859
Arkansas	2,034,975	1.03	2,810,872	2,195,657	724	927
California	23,021,279	0.70	36,457,549	27,860,096	631	826
Colorado	3,341,275	1.89	4,753,377	3,683,686	703	907
Connecticut	2,805,124	0.93	3,504,809	2,781,385	800	1,009
Delaware	619,877	0.77	853,476	670,508	726	924
District of Columbia	357,569	1.72	581,530	476,458	615	750
Florida	13,988,630	0.87	18,089,888	14,482,508	773	966
Georgia	5,906,834	0.72	9,363,941	7,123,679	631	829
Hawaii	867,375	0.88	1,285,498	976,971	675	888
Idaho	1,008,016	0.81	1,466,465	1,113,960	687	905
Illinois	8,071,253	0.82	12,831,970	9,965,258	629	810
Indiana	4,246,189	0.87	6,313,520	4,919,169	673	863
Iowa	2,040,873	0.62	2,982,085	2,357,596	684	866
Kansas	2,003,112	0.85	2,764,075	2,134,101	725	939
Kentucky	2,896,460	0.83	4,206,074	3,302,633	689	877
Louisiana	3,014,191	0.80	4,287,768	3,309,565	703	911
Maine	1,005,160	0.96	1,321,574	1,074,953	761	935
Maryland	3,694,290	0.83	5,615,727	4,384,587	658	843
Massachusetts	4,711,735	0.89	6,437,193	5,159,263	732	913
Michigan	7,112,992	0.89	10,095,643	7,919,202	705	898
Minnesota	3,086,610	0.66	5,167,101	4,059,980	597	760
Mississippi	1,929,636	0.98	2,910,540	2,228,397	663	866
Missouri	4,139,632	0.84	5,842,713	4,581,028	709	904
Montana	723,976	0.70	944,632	751,206	766	964
Nebraska	1,327,916	0.79	1,768,331	1,368,804	751	970
Nevada	1,626,021	1.21	2,495,529	1,921,271	652	846
New Hampshire	1,027,582	0.99	1,314,895	1,054,743	781	974
New Jersey	5,834,227	1.01	8,724,560	6,875,159	669	849
New Mexico	1,338,246	0.87	1,954,599	1,494,826	685	895
New York	11,146,367	1.01	19,306,183	15,309,285	577	728
North Carolina	6,315,667	1.02	8,856,505	6,846,056	713	923
North Dakota	468,711	0.67	635,867	503,106	737	932
Ohio	7,739,410	0.73	11,478,006	9,033,772	674	857
Oklahoma	2,264,151	0.73	3,579,212	2,765,123	633	819
Oregon	2,767,291	0.95	3,700,758	2,946,248	748	939
Pennsylvania	8,526,204	0.87	12,440,621	9,988,610	685	854
Rhode Island	741,921	0.93	1,067,610	857,419	695	865
South Carolina	3,067,747	0.90	4,321,249	3,373,879	710	909
South Dakota	582,517	0.71	781,919	607,728	745	959
Tennessee	4,387,883	0.88	6,038,803	4,747,715	727	924
Texas	14,906,701	0.87	23,507,783	17,601,050	634	847
Utah	1,619,085	0.73	2,550,063	1,835,996	635	882
Vermont	532,041	0.92	623,908	508,653	853	1,046
Virginia	5,210,685	0.80	7,642,884	5,906,770	682	882
Washington	4,790,864	0.85	6,395,798	4,996,553	749	959
West Virginia	1,335,303	0.96	1,818,470	1,476,345	734	904
Wisconsin	4,049,450	0.83	5,556,506	4,406,223	729	919
Wyoming	390,538	0.63	515,004	405,254	758	964
United States, total	202,810,438	0.84	299,398,484	233,135,699	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 2006, Washington, DC: 2008, table DL-1C.

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Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2006

Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2006