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Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2015

Licensed Drivers By Sex And Ratio To Population - 2015 1/

February 2017
Table DL-1C

STATE	LICENSED DRIVERS					RATIO--LICENSED DRIVERS / PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED	POPULATION 3/				DRIVERS
	MALE DRIVERS	PERCENT MALE DRIVERS OF TOTAL	FEMALE DRIVERS	PERCENT FEMALE DRIVERS OF TOTAL	TOTAL DRIVERS		TOTAL RESIDENT	DRIVING AGE (16 AND OVER)			PER 1,000 TOTAL RESIDENT POPULATION	PER 1,000 DRIVING AGE POPULATION
	MALE DRIVERS	PERCENT MALE DRIVERS OF TOTAL	FEMALE DRIVERS	PERCENT FEMALE DRIVERS OF TOTAL	TOTAL DRIVERS		TOTAL RESIDENT	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL	PER 1,000 TOTAL RESIDENT POPULATION	PER 1,000 DRIVING AGE POPULATION
Alabama	1,896,942	48.55	2,010,096	51	3,907,038	0.73	4,858,979	1,856,630	2,027,412	3,884,042	804	1,006
Alaska 2/	251,993	47.26	281,234	53	533,227	0.67	738,432	303,164	268,654	571,818	722	933
Arizona	2,502,985	50.27	2,475,777	50	4,978,762	0.90	6,828,065	2,656,888	2,730,667	5,387,555	729	924
Arkansas	1,041,548	49.14	1,078,030	51	2,119,578	0.78	2,978,204	1,142,655	1,209,829	2,352,484	712	901
California	12,968,614	50.79	12,564,306	49	25,532,920	0.89	39,144,818	15,312,391	15,743,511	31,055,902	652	822
Colorado 2/	2,037,265	51.26	1,937,256	49	3,974,521	0.80	5,456,574	2,169,532	2,166,806	4,336,338	728	917
Connecticut	1,267,221	49.37	1,299,452	51	2,566,673	0.91	3,590,886	1,410,989	1,512,679	2,923,668	715	878
Delaware	360,931	48.61	381,593	51	742,524	0.78	945,934	365,838	398,937	764,775	785	971
Dist. of Col.	223,265	49.00	232,337	51	455,602	1.58	672,228	264,264	300,174	564,438	678	807
Florida	6,988,162	49.00	7,274,553	51	14,262,715	0.90	20,271,272	8,051,362	8,594,046	16,645,408	704	857
Georgia	3,292,710	47.68	3,613,481	52	6,906,191	0.87	10,214,860	3,848,476	4,143,883	7,992,359	676	864
Hawaii	470,553	51.72	439,244	48	909,797	0.75	1,431,603	582,093	570,536	1,152,629	636	789
Idaho	570,440	50.26	564,569	50	1,135,009	0.62	1,654,930	632,148	637,722	1,269,870	686	894
Illinois 2/	4,171,408	49.29	4,290,785	51	8,462,193	0.81	12,859,995	4,981,045	5,263,154	10,244,199	658	826
Indiana	2,191,875	49.06	2,275,973	51	4,467,848	0.74	6,619,680	2,546,934	2,675,588	5,222,522	675	855
Iowa	1,100,569	49.48	1,123,561	51	2,224,130	0.62	3,123,899	1,221,223	1,255,757	2,476,980	712	898
Kansas	1,004,041	49.49	1,024,616	51	2,028,657	0.78	2,911,641	1,125,540	1,145,916	2,271,456	697	893
Kentucky	1,489,840	49.31	1,531,426	51	3,021,266	0.74	4,425,092	1,719,407	1,808,687	3,528,094	683	856
Louisiana	1,616,983	48.17	1,740,108	52	3,357,091	0.88	4,670,724	1,778,150	1,900,915	3,679,065	719	912
Maine	504,049	49.42	515,830	51	1,019,879	0.94	1,329,328	536,021	569,057	1,105,078	767	923
Maryland	2,063,601	49.30	2,122,151	51	4,185,752	1.03	6,006,401	2,301,582	2,509,404	4,810,986	697	870
Massachusetts	2,473,050	49.06	2,567,612	51	5,040,662	1.01	6,794,422	2,673,282	2,901,700	5,574,982	742	904
Michigan	3,476,382	48.93	3,628,102	51	7,104,484	0.86	9,922,576	3,886,538	4,097,088	7,983,626	716	890
Minnesota	1,683,375	50.23	1,668,055	50	3,351,430	0.64	5,489,594	2,146,150	2,201,418	4,347,568	611	771
Mississippi	943,750	47.46	1,044,646	53	1,988,396	0.97	2,992,333	1,122,482	1,225,123	2,347,605	664	847
Missouri	2,048,659	48.62	2,164,643	51	4,213,302	0.76	6,083,672	2,354,612	2,496,673	4,851,285	693	868
Montana	397,220	50.83	384,207	49	781,427	0.48	1,032,949	416,688	415,155	831,843	757	939
Nebraska	699,394	50.16	694,907	50	1,394,301	0.72	1,896,190	730,256	745,902	1,476,158	735	945
Nevada	938,460	51.13	897,051	49	1,835,511	0.80	2,890,845	1,146,779	1,149,043	2,295,822	635	800
New Hampshire	539,007	50.15	535,759	50	1,074,766	0.84	1,330,608	540,284	559,986	1,100,270	808	977
New Jersey	3,033,720	49.09	3,145,598	51	6,179,318	1.06	8,958,013	3,473,439	3,721,914	7,195,353	690	859
New Mexico	730,816	49.79	736,966	50	1,467,782	0.82	2,085,109	808,633	834,819	1,643,452	704	893
New York	5,689,829	48.67	6,000,010	51	11,689,839	1.11	19,795,791	7,706,731	8,363,726	16,070,457	591	727
North Carolina	3,469,901	48.46	3,690,720	52	7,160,621	0.92	10,042,802	3,855,271	4,155,199	8,010,470	713	894
North Dakota	283,682	52.05	261,345	48	545,027	0.63	756,927	308,828	291,814	600,642	720	907
Ohio	3,839,738	48.46	4,083,701	52	7,923,439	0.76	11,613,423	4,501,948	4,793,103	9,295,051	682	852
Oklahoma	1,276,575	48.69	1,345,158	51	2,621,733	0.88	3,911,338	1,499,350	1,555,823	3,055,173	670	858
Oregon	1,384,681	49.30	1,423,867	51	2,808,548	0.80	4,028,977	1,602,541	1,662,443	3,264,984	697	860
Pennsylvania	4,436,952	49.61	4,506,015	50	8,942,967	0.85	12,802,503	5,051,811	5,379,733	10,431,544	699	857
Rhode Island	364,553	48.90	380,917	51	745,470	0.87	1,056,298	417,237	453,874	871,111	706	856
South Carolina	1,770,019	48.05	1,913,805	52	3,683,824	0.92	4,896,146	1,886,353	2,041,073	3,927,426	752	938
South Dakota	332,694	50.74	323,013	49	655,707	0.62	858,469	334,738	334,448	669,186	764	980
Tennessee	2,212,868	47.88	2,408,533	52	4,621,401	0.85	6,600,299	2,541,672	2,731,652	5,273,324	700	876
Texas	7,824,635	49.27	8,055,241	51	15,879,876	0.74	27,469,114	10,359,829	10,679,182	21,039,011	578	755
Utah	969,059	50.64	944,505	49	1,913,564	0.87	2,995,919	1,087,382	1,091,484	2,178,866	639	878
Vermont	272,862	49.72	275,937	50	548,799	0.85	626,042	254,483	266,860	521,343	877	1,053
Virginia	2,805,622	48.20	3,014,587	52	5,820,209	0.82	8,382,993	3,276,384	3,445,115	6,721,499	694	866
Washington	2,849,266	51.65	2,666,868	48	5,516,134	0.84	7,170,351	2,852,519	2,885,223	5,737,742	769	961
West Virginia	579,212	49.62	588,134	50	1,167,346	0.74	1,844,128	739,350	769,050	1,508,400	633	774
Wisconsin	2,092,911	49.89	2,101,848	50	4,194,759	0.78	5,771,337	2,282,044	2,344,645	4,626,689	727	907
Wyoming	215,799	51.08	206,651	49	422,450	0.52	586,107	235,241	226,502	461,743	721	915
Total	107,649,686	49.36	110,434,779	51	218,084,465	0.84	321,418,820	116,502,331	122,231,724	256,152,291	679	851

1/ Include restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses.

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

3/ Source: Bureau of the Census.

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