Total Number > 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.

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

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

California:

22,657,288

# 2

Texas:

13,498,071

# 3

Florida:

12,905,813

# 4

New York:

11,356,988

# 5

Pennsylvania:

8,369,575

# 6

Illinois:

8,054,232

# 7

Ohio:

7,656,362

# 8

Michigan:

7,065,438

# 9

North Carolina:

6,014,782

# 10

Georgia:

5,757,953

# 11

New Jersey:

5,728,975

# 12

Virginia:

5,045,857

# 13

Massachusetts:

4,645,705

# 14

Indiana:

4,536,205

# 15

Washington:

4,407,269

# 16

Tennessee:

4,204,166

# 17

Missouri:

3,965,610

# 18

Arizona:

3,819,425

# 19

Wisconsin:

3,765,644

# 20

Alabama:

3,598,034

# 21

Maryland:

3,552,187

# 22

Louisiana:

3,119,960

# 23

Minnesota:

3,035,553

# 24

Colorado:

2,975,337

# 25

South Carolina:

2,918,957

# 26

Kentucky:

2,799,635

# 27

Connecticut:

2,659,918

# 28

Oregon:

2,589,764

# 29

Oklahoma:

2,348,449

# 30

Arkansas:

1,998,127

# 31

Kansas:

1,987,251

# 32

Iowa:

1,977,909

# 33

Mississippi:

1,885,974

# 34

Utah:

1,548,456

# 35

Nevada:

1,487,899

# 36

Nebraska:

1,311,332

# 37

West Virginia:

1,272,135

# 38

New Mexico:

1,236,488

# 39

New Hampshire:

967,770

# 40

Maine:

932,455

# 41

Idaho:

921,283

# 42

Hawaii:

834,188

# 43

Rhode Island:

731,323

# 44

Montana:

704,509

# 45

Delaware:

585,136

# 46

South Dakota:

554,553

# 47

Vermont:

543,412

# 48

Alaska:

481,487

# 49

North Dakota:

459,791

# 50

Wyoming:

378,009

# 51

District of Columbia:

313,027

Total:

196,165,666

Weighted average:

3,846,385.6

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.

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

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

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