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Table 4-2: Licensed Drivers: 2012

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

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State Number of licensed drivers1 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 population
Alabama 3,827,522 0.82 4,822,023 3,826,250 794 1,000
Alaska 526,371 0.72 731,449 564,702 720 932
Arizona 4,697,579 0.95 6,553,255 5,111,887 717 919
Arkansas 2,199,164 0.94 2,949,131 2,315,932 746 950
California 24,200,997 0.92 38,041,430 29,887,391 636 810
Colorado 3,807,673 0.88 5,187,582 4,088,349 734 931
Connecticut 2,485,708 0.96 3,590,347 2,895,194 692 859
Delaware 720,290 0.80 917,092 735,489 785 979
District of Columbia 400,993 1.34 632,323 533,859 634 751
Florida 13,896,581 0.93 19,317,568 15,786,188 719 880
Georgia 6,581,534 0.90 9,919,945 7,704,060 663 854
Hawaii 915,033 0.78 1,392,313 1,122,168 657 815
Idaho 1,092,977 0.70 1,595,728 1,215,112 685 899
Illinois 8,235,745 0.85 12,875,255 10,170,525 640 810
Indiana 5,375,973 0.94 6,537,334 5,127,883 822 1,048
Iowa 2,217,304 0.67 3,074,186 2,432,450 721 912
Kansas 2,018,029 0.87 2,885,905 2,240,694 699 901
Kentucky 2,985,234 0.85 4,380,415 3,474,891 681 859
Louisiana 2,923,744 0.78 4,601,893 3,605,874 635 811
Maine 1,008,190 0.91 1,329,192 1,096,292 758 920
Maryland 4,102,154 1.08 5,884,563 4,696,980 697 873
Massachusetts 4,733,936 0.99 6,646,144 5,415,554 712 874
Michigan 7,018,713 0.94 9,883,360 7,893,685 710 889
Minnesota 3,321,760 0.69 5,379,139 4,246,454 618 782
Mississippi 1,957,980 0.98 2,984,926 2,322,911 656 843
Missouri 4,288,488 0.79 6,021,988 4,778,391 712 897
Montana 757,812 0.58 1,005,141 808,520 754 937
Nebraska 1,363,596 0.76 1,855,525 1,441,891 735 946
Nevada 1,728,060 0.85 2,758,931 2,170,537 626 796
New Hampshire2 1,064,604 0.88 1,320,718 1,081,545 806 984
New Jersey 6,039,623 0.81 8,864,590 7,079,358 681 853
New Mexico 1,430,475 0.84 2,085,538 1,627,856 686 879
New York2 11,248,617 1.13 19,570,261 15,816,841 575 711
North Carolina 6,677,693 0.89 9,752,073 7,716,549 685 865
North Dakota 502,807 0.66 699,628 561,713 719 895
Ohio 8,006,183 0.83 11,544,225 9,194,561 694 871
Oklahoma 2,400,358 0.73 3,814,820 2,978,207 629 806
Oregon 2,769,757 0.81 3,899,353 3,137,292 710 883
Pennsylvania 8,842,587 0.89 12,763,536 10,356,706 693 854
Rhode Island 749,706 0.93 1,050,292 860,659 714 871
South Carolina 3,455,931 0.93 4,723,723 3,762,790 732 918
South Dakota 606,779 0.67 833,354 651,297 728 932
Tennessee 4,573,871 0.89 6,456,243 5,131,683 708 891
Texas 15,252,192 0.79 26,059,203 19,825,822 585 769
Utah 1,788,822 0.95 2,855,287 2,055,649 626 870
Vermont 529,501 0.93 626,011 517,799 846 1,023
Virginia 5,538,480 0.81 8,185,867 6,537,791 677 847
Washington 5,227,889 0.94 6,897,012 5,489,673 758 952
West Virginia 1,241,586 0.91 1,855,413 1,515,885 669 819
Wisconsin 4,056,649 0.84 5,726,398 4,560,760 708 889
Wyoming 421,580 0.56 576,412 455,379 731 926
United States, total 211,814,830 0.88 313,914,040 248,625,928 675 852

1Includes restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses.

2State did not provide current data, estimated by FHWA.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, DL-1C, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of June 2014.