Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2008
Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2008
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 | 3,753,550 | 0.80 | 4,661,900 | 3,671,200 | 805 | 1,022 |
Alaska | 503,162 | 0.74 | 686,293 | 528,405 | 733 | 952 |
Arizona | 4,315,579 | 1.00 | 6,500,180 | 4,975,709 | 664 | 867 |
Arkansas | 2,055,189 | 1.02 | 2,855,390 | 2,233,398 | 720 | 920 |
California | 23,697,667 | 0.72 | 36,756,666 | 28,492,781 | 645 | 832 |
Colorado | 3,605,682 | 2.29 | 4,939,456 | 3,865,113 | 730 | 933 |
Connecticut | 2,883,324 | 0.94 | 3,501,252 | 2,788,471 | 824 | 1,034 |
Delaware | 651,877 | 0.76 | 873,092 | 690,990 | 747 | 943 |
District of Columbia | 373,735 | 1.76 | 591,833 | 492,806 | 631 | 758 |
Florida | 14,033,844 | 0.87 | 18,328,340 | 14,796,088 | 766 | 948 |
Georgia | 6,257,484 | 0.74 | 9,685,744 | 7,417,769 | 646 | 844 |
Hawaii | 884,767 | 0.95 | 1,288,198 | 1,035,429 | 687 | 854 |
Idaho | 1,038,314 | 0.80 | 1,523,816 | 1,156,761 | 681 | 898 |
Illinois | 8,260,940 | 0.85 | 12,901,563 | 10,088,978 | 640 | 819 |
Indiana | 5,550,469 | 0.97 | 6,376,792 | 4,974,895 | 870 | 1,116 |
Iowa | 1,989,663 | 0.59 | 3,002,555 | 2,374,594 | 663 | 838 |
Kansas | 2,021,905 | 0.84 | 2,802,134 | 2,180,905 | 722 | 927 |
Kentucky | 2,932,659 | 0.82 | 4,269,245 | 3,378,568 | 687 | 868 |
Louisiana | 2,998,162 | 0.77 | 4,410,796 | 3,432,616 | 680 | 873 |
Maine | 1,006,057 | 0.96 | 1,316,456 | 1,077,777 | 764 | 933 |
Maryland | 3,786,650 | 0.85 | 5,633,597 | 4,455,297 | 672 | 850 |
Massachusetts | 4,674,058 | 0.89 | 6,497,967 | 5,245,355 | 719 | 891 |
Michigan | 7,118,378 | 0.91 | 10,003,422 | 7,913,100 | 712 | 900 |
Minnesota | 3,190,183 | 0.67 | 5,220,393 | 4,113,132 | 611 | 776 |
Mississippi | 1,935,764 | 0.97 | 2,938,618 | 2,259,986 | 659 | 857 |
Missouri | 4,196,682 | 0.87 | 5,911,605 | 4,659,430 | 710 | 901 |
Montana | 738,982 | 0.82 | 967,440 | 774,664 | 764 | 954 |
Nebraska | 1,346,406 | 0.79 | 1,783,432 | 1,387,409 | 755 | 970 |
Nevada | 1,678,550 | 1.21 | 2,600,167 | 2,004,027 | 646 | 838 |
New Hampshire | 1,031,158 | 0.86 | 1,315,809 | 1,060,287 | 784 | 973 |
New Jersey | 5,782,155 | 0.95 | 8,682,661 | 6,877,132 | 666 | 841 |
New Mexico | 1,365,249 | 0.89 | 1,984,356 | 1,539,499 | 688 | 887 |
New York | 11,284,545 | 1.04 | 19,490,297 | 15,624,059 | 579 | 722 |
North Carolina | 6,457,000 | 1.05 | 9,222,414 | 7,228,860 | 700 | 893 |
North Dakota | 473,019 | 0.67 | 641,481 | 515,794 | 737 | 917 |
Ohio | 7,962,266 | 0.74 | 11,485,910 | 9,085,157 | 693 | 876 |
Oklahoma | 2,301,848 | 0.72 | 3,642,361 | 2,839,156 | 632 | 811 |
Oregon | 2,856,085 | 0.94 | 3,790,060 | 3,025,474 | 754 | 944 |
Pennsylvania | 8,646,273 | 0.84 | 12,448,279 | 10,033,800 | 695 | 862 |
Rhode Island | 748,351 | 0.95 | 1,050,788 | 850,951 | 712 | 879 |
South Carolina | 3,185,408 | 0.90 | 4,479,800 | 3,539,603 | 711 | 900 |
South Dakota | 597,326 | 0.67 | 804,194 | 629,010 | 743 | 950 |
Tennessee | 4,450,644 | 0.89 | 6,214,888 | 4,907,628 | 716 | 907 |
Texas | 15,374,063 | 0.87 | 24,326,974 | 18,315,472 | 632 | 839 |
Utah | 1,687,306 | 0.70 | 2,736,424 | 1,972,123 | 617 | 856 |
Vermont | 541,990 | 0.95 | 621,270 | 509,882 | 872 | 1,063 |
Virginia | 5,301,182 | 0.82 | 7,769,089 | 6,155,777 | 682 | 861 |
Washington | 4,953,872 | 0.84 | 6,549,224 | 5,191,341 | 756 | 954 |
West Virginia | 1,360,926 | 1.00 | 1,814,468 | 1,475,218 | 750 | 923 |
Wisconsin | 4,075,764 | 0.83 | 5,627,967 | 4,472,917 | 724 | 911 |
Wyoming | 404,489 | 0.63 | 532,668 | 419,262 | 759 | 965 |
United States, total | 208,320,601 | 0.85 | 304,059,724 | 238,734,055 | 685 | 873 |
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 2008 (Washington, DC: 2010), table DL-1C, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/ as of Apr. 13, 2010.