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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
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States
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #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 | |
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Total: |
196,165,666 |
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Weighted average: |
3,846,385.6 |
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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
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