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Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2018

Licensed Drivers By Sex And Ratio To Population - 2018 1/

December 2019
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	1,939,120	48.49	2,059,937	51.51	3,999,057	0.77	4,887,871	1,873,206	2,051,459	3,924,665	818	1,019
Alaska 2/	281,297	52.48	254,736	47.52	536,033	0.69	737,438	300,173	272,699	572,872	727	936
Arizona	2,645,777	50.06	2,639,193	49.94	5,284,970	0.92	7,171,646	2,822,894	2,893,459	5,716,353	737	925
Arkansas	1,052,671	49.07	1,092,663	50.93	2,145,334	0.77	3,013,825	1,160,540	1,229,433	2,389,973	712	898
California	13,755,501	50.87	13,283,899	49.13	27,039,400	0.89	39,557,045	15,584,687	15,992,312	31,576,999	684	856
Colorado	2,194,476	51.70	2,050,237	48.30	4,244,713	0.80	5,695,564	2,293,825	2,278,929	4,572,754	745	928
Connecticut	1,290,562	49.53	1,315,050	50.47	2,605,612	0.91	3,572,665	1,415,760	1,514,580	2,930,340	729	889
Delaware	382,824	48.67	403,680	51.33	786,504	0.78	967,171	376,776	410,009	786,785	813	1,000
Dist. of Col.	260,438	49.35	267,293	50.65	527,731	1.72	702,455	274,188	311,379	585,567	751	901
Florida	7,550,785	49.13	7,817,910	50.87	15,368,695	0.89	21,299,325	8,501,791	9,057,134	17,558,925	722	875
Georgia	3,423,998	47.76	3,744,735	52.24	7,168,733	0.86	10,519,475	3,987,512	4,317,489	8,305,001	681	863
Hawaii	488,143	51.47	460,274	48.53	948,417	0.76	1,420,491	571,073	576,941	1,148,014	668	826
Idaho	633,934	50.61	618,601	49.39	1,252,535	0.67	1,754,208	677,163	681,210	1,358,373	714	922
Illinois 2/	4,218,990	48.41	4,495,798	51.59	8,714,788	0.83	12,741,080	4,972,378	5,245,621	10,217,999	684	853
Indiana	2,253,445	49.10	2,335,960	50.90	4,589,405	0.74	6,691,878	2,590,051	2,715,093	5,305,144	686	865
Iowa	1,119,487	49.53	1,140,784	50.47	2,260,271	0.62	3,156,145	1,238,894	1,268,380	2,507,274	716	901
Kansas	1,070,810	49.82	1,078,620	50.18	2,149,430	0.81	2,911,505	1,129,904	1,154,412	2,284,316	738	941
Kentucky	1,489,984	49.13	1,542,546	50.87	3,032,530	0.71	4,468,402	1,743,468	1,830,309	3,573,777	679	849
Louisiana	1,645,587	48.04	1,779,848	51.96	3,425,435	0.90	4,659,978	1,777,964	1,906,587	3,684,551	735	930
Maine	514,341	49.43	526,241	50.57	1,040,582	0.94	1,338,404	542,488	575,989	1,118,477	777	930
Maryland	2,184,693	49.56	2,223,280	50.44	4,407,973	1.07	6,042,718	2,322,922	2,531,710	4,854,632	729	908
Massachusetts	2,442,439	49.40	2,502,227	50.60	4,944,666	0.98	6,902,149	2,737,188	2,964,328	5,701,516	716	867
Michigan	3,505,792	49.01	3,647,853	50.99	7,153,645	0.86	9,995,915	3,948,056	4,143,140	8,091,196	716	884
Minnesota	1,701,761	50.18	1,689,296	49.82	3,391,057	0.63	5,611,179	2,202,739	2,249,525	4,452,264	604	762
Mississippi	974,505	47.35	1,083,531	52.65	2,058,036	1.00	2,986,530	1,129,063	1,232,117	2,361,180	689	872
Missouri	2,078,099	48.63	2,194,861	51.37	4,272,960	0.78	6,126,452	2,383,213	2,522,946	4,906,159	697	871
Montana	409,836	50.84	396,368	49.16	806,204	0.44	1,062,305	430,270	428,175	858,445	759	939
Nebraska	712,326	50.15	707,991	49.85	1,420,317	0.74	1,929,268	745,508	758,716	1,504,224	736	944
Nevada	1,013,658	51.11	969,795	48.89	1,983,453	0.80	3,034,392	1,208,558	1,212,994	2,421,552	654	819
New Hampshire	587,031	50.53	574,634	49.47	1,161,665	0.87	1,356,458	556,757	574,068	1,130,825	856	1,027
New Jersey	3,119,373	49.18	3,223,503	50.82	6,342,876	1.06	8,908,520	3,472,212	3,711,830	7,184,042	712	883
New Mexico	720,611	49.41	737,822	50.59	1,458,433	0.81	2,095,428	819,874	849,025	1,668,899	696	874
New York	5,924,977	48.59	6,269,383	51.41	12,194,360	1.07	19,542,209	7,645,059	8,291,594	15,936,653	624	765
North Carolina	3,627,569	48.31	3,881,662	51.69	7,509,231	0.93	10,383,620	4,013,702	4,336,187	8,349,889	723	899
North Dakota	290,194	51.70	271,139	48.30	561,333	0.64	760,077	306,848	291,823	598,671	739	938
Ohio	3,896,537	48.51	4,136,128	51.49	8,032,665	0.74	11,689,442	4,560,299	4,839,799	9,400,098	687	855
Oklahoma	1,160,904	46.36	1,343,349	53.64	2,504,253	0.68	3,943,079	1,518,004	1,574,054	3,092,058	635	810
Oregon	1,438,753	49.09	1,491,949	50.91	2,930,702	0.76	4,190,713	1,680,548	1,735,101	3,415,649	699	858
Pennsylvania	4,452,466	49.52	4,538,904	50.48	8,991,370	0.85	12,807,060	5,079,203	5,390,635	10,469,838	702	859
Rhode Island	369,905	48.87	387,061	51.13	756,966	0.88	1,057,315	422,093	454,881	876,974	716	863
South Carolina	1,845,703	47.99	2,000,366	52.01	3,846,069	0.90	5,084,127	1,965,101	2,138,664	4,103,765	756	937
South Dakota	322,365	50.49	316,063	49.51	638,428	0.51	882,235	345,500	341,551	687,051	724	929
Tennessee	2,783,320	51.33	2,639,109	48.67	5,422,429	0.97	6,770,010	2,622,675	2,813,213	5,435,888	801	998
Texas	8,591,430	49.46	8,778,953	50.54	17,370,383	0.79	28,701,845	10,905,883	11,220,158	22,126,041	605	785
Utah	1,022,425	50.35	1,008,219	49.65	2,030,644	0.87	3,161,105	1,165,467	1,164,700	2,330,167	642	871
Vermont	280,981	49.74	283,911	50.26	564,892	0.93	626,299	256,814	267,780	524,594	902	1,077
Virginia	2,856,249	48.17	3,072,782	51.83	5,929,031	0.79	8,517,685	3,342,739	3,516,522	6,859,261	696	864
Washington	3,028,517	51.24	2,881,450	48.76	5,909,967	0.85	7,535,591	3,011,488	3,041,809	6,053,297	784	976
West Virginia	561,579	49.40	575,196	50.60	1,136,775	0.69	1,805,832	729,459	754,655	1,484,114	630	766
Wisconsin	2,149,326	50.12	2,138,845	49.88	4,288,171	0.77	5,813,568	2,315,476	2,370,801	4,686,277	738	915
Wyoming	214,331	51.12	204,925	48.88	419,256	0.51	577,737	232,568	224,826	457,394	726	917
Total	112,479,825	49.43	115,078,560	50.57	227,558,385	0.84	327,167,434	127,910,021	134,230,751	262,140,772	696	868

1/ Include restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses.

2/ Data for older age groups have been estimated based on the Census population figures for that State and age group.

3/ Source: Bureau of the Census.

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