Licensed Driver Statistics

Or no license, updating the statistics reported in previous AAA Foundation studies. Background Unlicensed Driving Research Update Author: btefft Created Date.

This statistic represents the number of drivers licensed to operate a motor vehicle in the United States from 1990 to 2013. In 1995, there were around 177 million drivers holding a valid license in the U.S.

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• You can find the population, number of drivers, and number of vehicles for 2010 in section 6 and 7 of the publication Highway Statistics 2013 available from the.
• Free public information resource Comparison of states Licensed Drivers Total number. Most recent figures.
• Data Source: FHWA OHPI, Highway Statistics. The number of licensed drivers per 1,000 residents differs significantly from state to state.
• This statistic represents the total number of licensed drivers in the United States in 2013, with a breakdown by state. In that year, there were approximately 406,000.

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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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

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