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Highway Statistics 2006 - LICENSED DRIVERS BY SEX AND RATIO TO POPULATION - 2006 - Table DL-1C
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LICENSED DRIVERS BY SEX AND RATIO TO POPULATION - 2006 1/

OCTOBER 2007Table DL-1C
STATELICENSED DRIVERSRATIO--LICENSED
DRIVERS/PRIVATE
AND COMMERCIAL
MOTOR
VEHICLES
REGISTERED		POPULATION 4/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
Alabama1,797,412 49.04 1,867,768 50.96 3,665,180 0.80 4,599,030 1,719,706 1,888,407 3,608,113 797 1,016
Alaska 2/259,99253.17 229,03246.83 489,0240.74 670,053 246,295243,627489,922 730 998
Arizona 2,018,87250.06 2,013,77149.94 4,032,6430.97 6,166,318 2,326,5942,368,6364,695,230 654 859
Arkansas 2/1,007,02749.49 1,027,94850.51 2,034,9751.03 2,810,872 1,061,7231,133,9342,195,657 724 927
California 11,790,18751.21 11,231,09248.79 23,021,2790.70 36,457,549 13,772,85114,087,24527,860,096 631 826
Colorado 2/ 3/1,713,72551.29 1,627,55048.71 3,341,2751.89 4,753,377 1,834,3531,849,3333,683,686 703 907
Connecticut 1,391,45049.60 1,413,67450.40 2,805,1240.93 3,504,809 1,333,7011,447,6842,781,385 800 1,009
Delaware302,54148.81 317,33651.19 619,8770.77 853,476 319,593350,915670,508 726 924
Dist. of Col. 176,12449.26 181,44550.74 357,5691.72 581,530 218,535257,923476,458 615 750
Florida 6,922,94949.49 7,065,68150.51 13,988,6300.87 18,089,888 7,014,7377,467,77114,482,508 773 966
Georgia 2,849,67548.24 3,057,15951.76 5,906,8340.72 9,363,941 3,446,3963,677,2837,123,679 631 829
Hawaii455,40052.50 411,97547.50 867,3750.88 1,285,498 468,805508,166976,971 675 888
Idaho507,37550.33 500,64149.67 1,008,0160.81 1,466,465 555,982557,9781,113,960 687 905
Illinois 2/3,983,14749.35 4,088,10650.65 8,071,2530.82 12,831,970 4,844,1165,121,1429,965,258 629 810
Indiana 2/ 3/2,094,19749.32 2,151,99250.68 4,246,1890.87 6,313,520 2,395,7902,523,3794,919,169 673 863
Iowa1,000,75649.04 1,040,11750.96 2,040,8730.62 2,982,085 1,152,4071,205,1892,357,596 684 866
Kansas996,90749.77 1,006,20550.23 2,003,1120.85 2,764,075 1,042,9511,091,1502,134,101 725 939
Kentucky 1,433,35249.49 1,463,10850.51 2,896,4600.83 4,206,074 1,591,1841,711,4493,302,633 689 877
Louisiana 1,468,52248.72 1,545,66951.28 3,014,1910.80 4,287,768 1,579,8601,729,7053,309,565 703 911
Maine 2/497,24049.47 507,92050.53 1,005,1600.96 1,321,574 518,561556,3921,074,953 761 935
Maryland 1,784,28348.30 1,910,00751.70 3,694,2900.83 5,615,727 2,076,3192,308,2684,384,587 658 843
Massachusetts 2,346,96649.81 2,364,76950.19 4,711,7350.89 6,437,193 2,462,4782,696,7855,159,263 732 913
Michigan 3,514,60649.41 3,598,38650.59 7,112,9920.89 10,095,643 3,854,6284,064,5747,919,202 705 898
Minnesota 1,560,71050.56 1,525,90049.44 3,086,6100.66 5,167,101 2,001,4572,058,5234,059,980 597 760
Mississippi 924,30847.90 1,005,32852.10 1,929,6360.98 2,910,540 1,057,1091,171,2882,228,397 663 866
Missouri 2,039,77149.27 2,099,86150.73 4,139,6320.84 5,842,713 2,204,2642,376,7644,581,028 709 904
Montana 367,44750.75 356,52949.25 723,9760.70 944,632 372,196379,010751,206 766 964
Nebraska 666,53350.19 661,38349.81 1,327,9160.79 1,768,331 670,233698,5711,368,804 751 970
Nevada 845,66252.01 780,35947.99 1,626,0211.21 2,495,529 971,786949,4851,921,271 652 846
New Hampshire 515,71750.19 511,86549.81 1,027,5820.99 1,314,895 515,097539,6461,054,743 781 974
New Jersey 2,871,60249.22 2,962,62550.78 5,834,2271.01 8,724,560 3,314,0513,561,1086,875,159 669 849
New Mexico 662,53349.51 675,71350.49 1,338,2460.87 1,954,599 726,959767,8671,494,826 685 895
New York 5,790,52751.95 5,355,84048.05 11,146,3671.01 19,306,183 7,301,2438,008,04215,309,285 577 728
North Carolina3,147,18849.83 3,168,47950.17 6,315,6671.02 8,856,505 3,275,6033,570,4536,846,056 713 923
North Dakota 236,45750.45 232,25449.55 468,7110.67 635,867 249,301253,805503,106 737 932
Ohio 3,741,00948.34 3,998,40151.66 7,739,4100.73 11,478,006 4,346,4444,687,3289,033,772 674 857
Oklahoma1,038,45145.86 1,225,70054.14 2,264,1510.73 3,579,212 1,339,3901,425,7332,765,123 633 819
Oregon 1,401,46650.64 1,365,82549.36 2,767,2910.95 3,700,758 1,453,0751,493,1732,946,248 748 939
Pennsylvania4,247,94649.82 4,278,25850.18 8,526,2040.87 12,440,621 4,792,4045,196,2069,988,610 685 854
Rhode Island 366,52049.40 375,40150.60 741,9210.93 1,067,610 407,841449,578857,419 695 865
South Carolina 1,473,15448.02 1,594,59351.98 3,067,7470.90 4,321,249 1,607,1581,766,7213,373,879 710 909
South Dakota290,96949.95 291,54850.05 582,5170.71 781,919 300,130307,598607,728 745 959
Tennessee 2,138,19048.73 2,249,69351.27 4,387,8830.88 6,038,803 2,284,6522,463,0634,747,715 727 924
Texas7,475,26050.15 7,431,44149.85 14,906,7010.87 23,507,783 8,656,8548,944,19617,601,050 634 847
Utah 814,20050.29 804,88549.71 1,619,0850.73 2,550,063 913,749922,2471,835,996 635 882
Vermont 266,34750.06 265,69449.94 532,0410.92 623,908 247,873260,780508,653 853 1,046
Virginia 2,540,95548.76 2,669,73051.24 5,210,6850.80 7,642,884 2,822,1743,084,5965,906,770 682 882
Washington 2,475,76551.68 2,315,09948.32 4,790,8640.85 6,395,798 2,452,8232,543,7304,996,553 749 959
West Virginia 666,186 49.89 669,117 50.11 1,335,3030.96 1,818,470 715,168 761,177 1,476,345 734 904
Wisconsin 2,038,007 50.33 2,011,443 49.67 4,049,4500.83 5,556,506 2,172,250 2,233,973 4,406,223 729 919
Wyoming 200,697 51.39 189,841 48.61 390,5380.63 515,004 203,630 201,624 405,254 758 964
Total101,116,282 49.86 101,694,156 50.14 202,810,438 0.84 299,398,484 113,212,479 119,923,220 233,135,699 677 870

1/ Include restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses.

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

3/ Colorado and Indiana did not report 2006 data; used 2005.

4/ Source: Bureau of the Census.

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