Total Number (per Capita) > Licensed Drivers statistics - states compared

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

DEFINITION
Total number of licensed drivers. 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

Transportation Statistics > Licensed Drivers > Total number (per capita) (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Vermont:

0.872 per capita

# 2

Alabama:

0.789 per capita

# 3

Connecticut:

0.758 per capita

# 4

Montana:

0.753 per capita

# 5

Nebraska:

0.746 per capita

# 6

Wyoming:

0.742 per capita

# 7

New Hampshire:

0.739 per capita

= 8

Alaska:

0.726 per capita

= 8

Massachusetts:

0.726 per capita

# 10

Florida:

0.725 per capita

# 11

Kansas:

0.724 per capita

# 12

Indiana:

0.723 per capita

# 13

North Dakota:

0.722 per capita

# 14

Arkansas:

0.719 per capita

# 15

South Dakota:

0.715 per capita

# 16

Oregon:

0.711 per capita

# 17

Maine:

0.706 per capita

# 18

Tennessee:

0.705 per capita

# 19

Washington:

0.701 per capita

# 20

West Virginia:

0.7 per capita

# 21

Michigan:

0.698 per capita

# 22

Delaware:

0.694 per capita

# 23

North Carolina:

0.693 per capita

# 24

Louisiana:

0.69 per capita

# 25

South Carolina:

0.686 per capita

# 26

Missouri:

0.684 per capita

= 27

Rhode Island:

0.68 per capita

= 27

Wisconsin:

0.68 per capita

# 29

Pennsylvania:

0.673 per capita

# 30

Kentucky:

0.671 per capita

# 31

Ohio:

0.668 per capita

= 32

Virginia:

0.667 per capita

= 32

Iowa:

0.667 per capita

# 34

Oklahoma:

0.662 per capita

# 35

New Jersey:

0.657 per capita

# 36

Hawaii:

0.654 per capita

# 37

Mississippi:

0.646 per capita

# 38

Idaho:

0.645 per capita

# 39

Arizona:

0.643 per capita

# 40

New Mexico:

0.641 per capita

# 41

Colorado:

0.638 per capita

# 42

Georgia:

0.635 per capita

# 43

Maryland:

0.634 per capita

# 44

Illinois:

0.631 per capita

= 45

Utah:

0.627 per capita

= 45

California:

0.627 per capita

# 47

Nevada:

0.616 per capita

# 48

Minnesota:

0.591 per capita

= 49

Texas:

0.59 per capita

= 49

New York:

0.59 per capita

# 51

District of Columbia:

0.569 per capita

Weighted average:

0.7 per capita

DEFINITION: Total number of licensed drivers. 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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

Transportation Statistics > Licensed Drivers > Total number (per capita) (most recent) by state

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