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Highway Statistics 2003 - LICENSED DRIVERS BY SEX AND RATIO TO POPULATION - 2003 - Table DL-1C
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LICENSED DRIVERS BY SEX AND RATIO TO POPULATION - 2003

OCTOBER 2004Table DL-1C
STATELICENSED DRIVERSRATIO--LICENSED
DRIVERS/PRIVATE
AND COMMERCIAL
MOTOR
VEHICLES
REGISTERED
POPULATION 2/DRIVERS
MALE DRIVERSPERCENT MALE DRIVERS OF TOTALFEMALE DRIVERSPERCENT FEMALE DRIVERS OF TOTALTOTAL DRIVERSTOTAL RESIDENTDRIVING AGE (16 AND OVER) PER 1,000 TOTAL RESIDENT POPULATIONPER 1,000 DRIVING AGE POPULATION
MALEFEMALETOTAL
Alabama1,774,175 49.31 1,823,859 50.69 3,598,034 0.84 4,500,752 1,677,006 1,842,855 3,519,861 799 1,022
Alaska 1/256,80953.34 224,67846.66 481,4870.77 648,818 249,713232,497482,210 742 999
Arizona 1,933,86350.63 1,885,56249.37 3,819,4251.08 5,580,811 2,094,3972,123,9494,218,346 684 905
Arkansas 1/995,22349.81 1,002,90450.19 1,998,1271.07 2,725,714 1,024,6381,096,9382,121,576 733 942
California11,714,81251.70 10,942,47648.30 22,657,2880.84 35,484,453 13,403,84813,668,24927,072,097 639 837
Colorado1,495,61950.27 1,479,71849.73 2,975,3371.50 4,550,688 1,769,6791,754,9793,524,658 654 844
Connecticut1,319,02649.59 1,340,89250.41 2,659,9180.91 3,483,372 1,312,6221,430,3722,742,994 764 970
Delaware286,14448.90 298,99251.10 585,1360.87 817,491 307,486333,219640,705 716 913
Dist. of Col.155,30449.61 157,72350.39 313,0271.44 563,384 216,398248,654465,052 556 673
Florida6,485,91450.26 6,419,89949.74 12,905,8130.91 17,019,068 6,551,6456,984,76413,536,409 758 953
Georgia2,844,82549.41 2,913,12850.59 5,757,9530.76 8,684,715 3,237,6883,394,6856,632,373 663 868
Hawaii440,58352.82 393,60547.18 834,1880.94 1,257,608 494,789498,440993,229 663 840
Idaho463,92350.36 457,36049.64 921,2830.72 1,366,332 516,069521,2931,037,362 674 888
Illinois 1/3,996,45049.62 4,057,78250.38 8,054,2320.88 12,653,544 4,738,6355,036,9979,775,632 637 824
Indiana 1/2,255,00049.71 2,281,20550.29 4,536,2050.80 6,195,643 2,315,9682,453,4634,769,431 732 951
Iowa972,91549.19 1,004,99450.81 1,977,9090.60 2,944,062 1,135,2901,199,2112,334,501 672 847
Kansas991,59649.90 995,65550.10 1,987,2510.87 2,723,507 1,034,4051,075,4882,109,893 730 942
Kentucky 1,389,38049.63 1,410,25550.37 2,799,6350.84 4,117,827 1,565,1071,670,4673,235,574 680 865
Louisiana1,544,46949.50 1,575,49150.50 3,119,9600.86 4,496,334 1,651,3111,805,4533,456,764 694 903
Maine 1/460,97249.44 471,48350.56 932,4550.90 1,305,728 509,005547,7171,056,722 714 882
Maryland1,712,08648.20 1,840,10151.80 3,552,1870.93 5,508,909 2,041,0972,245,0644,286,161 645 829
Massachusetts2,327,01450.09 2,318,69149.91 4,645,7050.86 6,433,422 2,434,6612,678,9495,113,610 722 908
Michigan3,502,80249.58 3,562,63650.42 7,065,4380.84 10,079,985 3,801,2694,033,0637,834,332 701 902
Minnesota1,538,96650.70 1,496,58749.30 3,035,5530.68 5,059,375 1,945,8222,015,4213,961,243 600 766
Mississippi908,62948.18 977,34551.82 1,885,9740.98 2,881,281 1,051,4521,154,4582,205,910 655 855
Missouri1,949,81849.17 2,015,79250.83 3,965,6100.90 5,704,484 2,146,7622,315,6634,462,425 695 889
Montana 358,32350.86 346,18649.14 704,5090.71 917,621 361,150369,029730,179 768 965
Nebraska661,28450.43 650,04849.57 1,311,3320.80 1,739,291 660,365690,1331,350,498 754 971
Nevada 775,80552.14 712,09447.86 1,487,8991.24 2,241,154 873,705844,8131,718,518 664 866
New Hampshire486,65350.29 481,11749.71 967,7700.86 1,287,687 496,834522,4431,019,277 752 949
New Jersey2,834,84449.48 2,894,13150.52 5,728,9750.87 8,638,396 3,232,0473,506,2736,738,320 663 850
New Mexico 610,88249.40 625,60650.60 1,236,4880.84 1,874,614 697,745734,3511,432,096 660 863
New York5,950,00752.39 5,406,98147.61 11,356,9881.59 19,190,115 7,219,3867,948,99515,168,381 592 749
North Carolina3,013,07350.09 3,001,70949.91 6,014,7821.00 8,407,248 3,176,4913,364,2936,540,784 715 920
North Dakota231,71550.40 228,07649.60 459,7910.68 633,837 250,955254,965505,920 725 909
Ohio3,710,04148.46 3,946,32151.54 7,656,3620.74 11,435,798 4,294,3644,652,0398,946,403 670 856
Oklahoma1,142,79748.66 1,205,65251.34 2,348,4490.78 3,511,532 1,333,2201,401,5602,734,780 669 859
Oregon1,310,14750.59 1,279,61749.41 2,589,7640.86 3,559,596 1,383,8901,424,5102,808,400 728 922
Pennsylvania4,180,64949.95 4,188,92650.05 8,369,5750.87 12,365,455 4,715,3645,163,2409,878,604 677 847
Rhode Island 362,39849.55 368,92550.45 731,3230.92 1,076,164 408,062452,258860,320 680 850
South Carolina 3/1,507,71751.65 1,411,24048.35 2,918,9570.94 4,147,152 1,554,0361,684,6453,238,681 704 901
South Dakota276,66849.89 277,88550.11 554,5530.69 764,309 292,174301,001593,175 726 935
Tennessee 2,055,58548.89 2,148,58151.11 4,204,1660.89 5,841,748 2,217,2072,386,5294,603,736 720 913
Texas6,531,66948.39 6,966,40251.61 13,498,0710.93 22,118,509 8,162,4578,383,91116,546,368 610 816
Utah782,57350.54 765,88349.46 1,548,4560.78 2,351,467 837,893847,5661,685,459 659 919
Vermont274,32150.48 269,09149.52 543,4121.08 619,107 242,852257,167500,019 878 1,087
Virginia2,479,46349.14 2,566,39450.86 5,045,8570.81 7,386,330 2,815,7442,972,8945,788,638 683 872
Washington2,265,05251.39 2,142,21748.61 4,407,2690.83 6,131,445 2,379,3212,430,4954,809,816 719 916
West Virginia641,245 50.41 630,890 49.59 1,272,1350.93 1,810,354 707,069759,5791,466,648 703 867
Wisconsin 1,875,681 49.81 1,889,963 50.19 3,765,6440.82 5,472,299 2,108,6582,194,5194,303,177 688 875
Wyoming 193,456 51.18 184,553 48.82 378,0090.63 501,242 198,116198,004396,120 754 954
Total98,228,365 50.07 97,937,301 49.93 196,165,666 0.89 290,809,777 109,845,867 116,107,520 225,953,387 675 868

1/ Age and/or sex segregation estimated by FHWA.

2/ Source: Bureau of the Census.

3/ The 2003 data unavailable; State submitted 2002 data.


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