Per Registered Vehicle > Licensed Drivers statistics - states compared

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

DEFINITION
Number of licensed drivers per registered vehicle. 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 registered vehicle (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

New York:

1.59

# 2

Colorado:

1.5

# 3

District of Columbia:

1.44

# 4

Nevada:

1.24

= 5

Arizona:

1.08

= 5

Vermont:

1.08

# 7

Arkansas:

1.07

# 8

North Carolina:

# 9

Mississippi:

0.98

= 10

South Carolina:

0.94

= 10

Hawaii:

0.94

= 12

Maryland:

0.93

= 12

Texas:

0.93

= 12

West Virginia:

0.93

# 15

Rhode Island:

0.92

= 16

Connecticut:

0.91

= 16

Florida:

0.91

= 18

Maine:

0.9

= 18

Missouri:

0.9

# 20

Tennessee:

0.89

# 21

Illinois:

0.88

= 22

Delaware:

0.87

= 22

Kansas:

0.87

= 22

New Jersey:

0.87

= 22

Pennsylvania:

0.87

= 26

Oregon:

0.86

= 26

Massachusetts:

0.86

= 26

New Hampshire:

0.86

= 26

Louisiana:

0.86

= 30

Michigan:

0.84

= 30

California:

0.84

= 30

Alabama:

0.84

= 30

Kentucky:

0.84

= 30

New Mexico:

0.84

# 35

Washington:

0.83

# 36

Wisconsin:

0.82

# 37

Virginia:

0.81

= 38

Nebraska:

0.8

= 38

Indiana:

0.8

= 40

Utah:

0.78

= 40

Oklahoma:

0.78

# 42

Alaska:

0.77

# 43

Georgia:

0.76

# 44

Ohio:

0.74

# 45

Idaho:

0.72

# 46

Montana:

0.71

# 47

South Dakota:

0.69

= 48

Minnesota:

0.68

= 48

North Dakota:

0.68

# 50

Wyoming:

0.63

# 51

Iowa:

0.6

Weighted average:

0.9

DEFINITION: Number of licensed drivers per registered vehicle. 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 via StateMaster

Transportation Statistics > Licensed Drivers > Per registered vehicle (most recent) by state

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