Licensed Drivers per 1,000 driving age population (most recent) by state

SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2003, Washington, DC: 2004

DEFINITION
Number of licensed drivers per 1,000 driving age population. 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.

Transportation Statistics > Licensed Drivers > Per 1,000 driving age population (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Vermont:

1,087

# 2

Alabama:

1,022

# 3

Alaska:

999

# 4

Nebraska:

971

# 5

Connecticut:

970

# 6

Montana:

965

# 7

Wyoming:

954

# 8

Florida:

953

# 9

Indiana:

951

# 10

New Hampshire:

949

= 11

Arkansas:

942

= 11

Kansas:

942

# 13

South Dakota:

935

# 14

Oregon:

922

# 15

North Carolina:

920

# 16

Utah:

919

# 17

Washington:

916

= 18

Delaware:

913

= 18

Tennessee:

913

# 20

North Dakota:

909

# 21

Massachusetts:

908

# 22

Arizona:

905

# 23

Louisiana:

903

# 24

Michigan:

902

# 25

South Carolina:

901

# 26

Missouri:

889

# 27

Idaho:

888

# 28

Maine:

882

# 29

Wisconsin:

875

# 30

Virginia:

872

# 31

Georgia:

868

# 32

West Virginia:

867

# 33

Nevada:

866

# 34

Kentucky:

865

# 35

New Mexico:

863

# 36

Oklahoma:

859

# 37

Ohio:

856

# 38

Mississippi:

855

= 39

Rhode Island:

850

= 39

New Jersey:

850

= 41

Iowa:

847

= 41

Pennsylvania:

847

# 43

Colorado:

844

# 44

Hawaii:

840

# 45

California:

837

# 46

Maryland:

829

# 47

Illinois:

824

# 48

Texas:

816

# 49

Minnesota:

766

# 50

New York:

749

# 51

District of Columbia:

673

Weighted average:

891.1

DEFINITION: Number of licensed drivers per 1,000 driving age population. 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 2003, Washington, DC: 2004

Transportation Statistics > Licensed Drivers > Per 1,000 driving age population (most recent) by state

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