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Licensed Drivers: Male | Young Male | Female | Young Female | Total Licensed Drivers | Total Young Licensed Drivers

Male Licensed Drivers: Distribution by Age Group 2024 (1)

February 2026
Sheet 1 of 6
Table DL-22

STATE 19 AND
UNDER
20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85 AND
OVER
TOTAL
Alabama 109,422 153,802 151,430 147,245 138,743 136,456 131,653 143,303 141,515 149,633 138,132 111,952 86,093 50,038 36,306 1,825,723
Alaska (2) 11,293 20,321 24,626 28,039 28,887 26,983 21,357 19,946 19,748 22,058 20,786 16,988 21,365 282,397
Arizona 94,063 224,024 256,727 272,002 263,284 254,999 239,215 248,800 241,856 247,929 196,723 164,049 133,430 79,518 52,742 2,969,361
Arkansas 79,694 116,676 122,999 123,997 117,719 113,578 104,714 103,393 100,772 109,331 100,961 85,793 70,398 48,415 61,771 1,460,211
California 433,007 1,121,416 1,294,500 1,435,010 1,395,706 1,316,127 1,165,053 1,155,209 1,128,511 1,111,985 960,522 716,266 497,795 271,528 176,294 14,178,929
Colorado 79,284 156,395 194,465 217,175 207,380 191,917 169,500 162,951 157,120 169,546 161,726 135,885 98,440 53,917 33,205 2,188,906
Connecticut 46,372 97,537 105,563 110,776 113,618 107,085 98,111 102,226 111,492 114,979 101,254 75,704 56,348 34,267 25,030 1,300,362
Delaware 19,669 32,007 34,441 38,631 36,373 33,635 29,072 29,961 32,756 36,591 35,899 30,269 23,786 14,995 12,868 440,953
Dist. of Col. 1,525 9,362 23,351 31,567 29,321 24,125 17,541 14,706 12,870 12,180 9,855 7,737 5,655 3,432 2,620 205,847
Florida 280,164 596,816 669,681 715,241 724,615 690,424 640,650 674,206 691,336 734,680 658,382 545,033 442,293 267,516 168,715 8,499,752
Georgia 168,685 331,525 339,597 341,635 318,383 300,613 277,205 287,357 271,567 259,567 219,136 180,743 146,981 93,808 81,581 3,618,383
Hawaii 13,611 30,672 32,356 40,088 40,776 42,210 38,827 40,324 39,974 42,956 41,036 36,667 26,176 12,904 7,509 486,086
Idaho 39,618 57,154 55,097 58,186 58,112 59,163 53,323 50,334 49,604 55,494 54,381 45,705 32,881 19,237 11,265 699,554
Illinois 205,486 360,244 379,656 394,504 393,266 385,373 356,267 345,621 335,831 343,441 311,800 248,443 175,997 107,398 44,208 4,387,535
Indiana 103,030 196,506 203,026 208,937 199,104 197,352 183,886 188,572 184,400 194,003 177,918 141,625 100,472 56,889 36,928 2,372,648
Iowa 99,398 95,683 93,173 95,992 95,540 95,517 85,872 83,609 85,583 94,820 89,784 74,856 50,943 28,658 20,003 1,189,431
Kansas 55,860 73,103 66,125 64,632 67,847 70,067 62,665 61,610 61,813 70,205 67,988 58,300 42,157 23,370 16,160 861,902
Kentucky 17,157 100,967 112,541 113,887 108,390 106,640 100,014 101,410 98,323 101,678 92,710 78,591 60,937 35,835 24,287 1,253,367
Louisiana 61,566 115,655 116,131 126,952 138,761 146,102 131,997 129,307 129,480 137,081 128,476 104,362 76,923 45,616 51,631 1,640,040
Maine 18,513 32,792 37,283 43,481 44,506 41,227 37,880 42,090 44,638 50,222 47,803 39,817 29,074 16,267 10,494 536,087
Maryland 55,230 151,839 173,339 190,771 206,483 201,639 177,356 171,260 172,911 176,245 151,199 116,209 86,938 51,017 36,248 2,118,684
Massachusetts 83,854 187,311 213,349 229,617 224,507 205,455 184,047 192,787 203,395 208,581 181,375 142,622 104,342 58,420 38,967 2,458,629
Michigan 150,281 274,625 299,920 339,384 331,890 315,695 291,910 304,167 307,272 323,502 303,016 245,291 178,598 106,926 87,484 3,859,961
Minnesota 128,623 178,497 185,284 175,701 180,290 192,862 161,898 153,745 164,451 171,879 158,197 114,804 77,307 50,326 31,176 2,125,040
Mississippi 43,284 85,588 77,968 73,618 70,367 73,059 71,795 76,011 76,230 83,319 78,959 65,976 51,016 29,395 22,800 979,385
Missouri 102,720 166,102 174,057 180,037 179,656 176,592 159,437 159,926 160,716 180,094 165,718 131,756 94,287 54,810 34,679 2,120,587
Montana 22,269 31,864 35,350 37,239 37,552 36,908 32,574 30,799 30,696 36,467 36,962 32,893 23,280 13,170 8,354 446,377
Nebraska (3) 45,544 64,095 63,782 64,900 65,248 64,219 55,808 52,515 51,437 57,488 54,249 44,659 31,881 18,299 14,330 748,454
Nevada 33,552 82,151 100,356 115,167 113,240 107,882 96,981 98,649 95,999 94,452 84,475 65,933 49,358 27,393 15,197 1,180,785
New Hampshire 19,092 36,403 39,837 44,110 43,864 40,111 35,321 39,051 43,374 49,733 47,529 37,805 29,041 16,839 12,080 534,190
New Jersey 123,186 283,920 305,091 321,098 318,831 301,676 276,622 276,222 280,748 282,718 243,351 182,549 135,562 82,176 65,811 3,479,561
New Mexico 30,558 61,600 66,024 71,006 71,443 69,598 60,627 57,191 56,110 63,743 60,999 53,917 39,040 18,121 10,467 790,444
New York 204,943 446,325 544,041 601,690 588,719 543,513 493,735 503,598 526,379 536,733 476,321 374,336 280,514 175,525 166,713 6,463,085
North Carolina 113,594 312,710 350,541 364,415 335,751 312,620 297,404 321,619 315,657 322,258 286,199 233,424 185,974 103,047 67,805 3,923,018
North Dakota 17,175 25,291 31,584 32,439 30,070 25,583 19,726 16,646 16,123 17,870 17,619 14,766 10,518 6,162 5,341 286,913
Ohio 185,923 334,234 346,388 363,877 355,999 342,197 316,213 332,275 333,251 352,259 332,546 262,744 187,385 106,092 73,026 4,224,409
Oklahoma 65,032 107,031 100,497 104,590 103,511 106,733 95,436 92,822 86,182 98,971 91,041 76,261 54,561 34,030 23,918 1,240,616
Oregon 59,925 105,295 120,883 140,296 141,815 137,071 124,202 119,142 111,523 116,508 116,228 108,868 84,766 50,055 39,116 1,575,693
Pennsylvania 160,664 325,420 346,682 383,641 385,575 365,037 332,882 353,549 372,776 401,919 373,912 295,342 207,560 123,679 89,532 4,518,170
Rhode Island 12,859 26,956 29,953 34,043 32,749 30,360 26,698 28,368 31,595 33,273 30,710 24,201 17,100 9,745 6,764 375,374
South Carolina 119,310 152,815 157,414 162,727 157,779 151,037 141,328 151,520 151,931 161,864 151,009 127,442 99,582 55,416 33,213 1,974,387
South Dakota 27,603 27,003 27,221 27,339 28,563 28,814 25,438 23,343 24,355 28,984 28,936 24,621 16,924 9,179 6,328 354,651
Tennessee 112,366 191,664 210,499 218,343 206,308 199,391 188,945 202,894 201,103 206,249 184,751 150,390 113,635 64,641 42,088 2,493,267
Texas 401,664 844,593 901,971 920,151 904,432 877,830 789,999 789,683 743,471 743,597 647,386 498,099 355,702 192,970 108,556 9,720,104
Utah 80,929 125,922 120,132 112,922 106,805 109,792 99,039 81,990 69,909 70,493 64,513 51,157 36,657 22,069 15,821 1,168,150
Vermont 8,591 13,652 15,292 18,542 20,165 20,063 17,723 18,114 18,914 20,883 20,222 17,462 13,281 8,209 8,536 239,649
Virginia 113,366 231,525 240,672 249,866 248,196 242,226 219,954 225,563 222,832 230,224 203,239 164,160 126,593 70,910 44,029 2,833,355
Washington 113,672 220,834 274,140 313,129 306,193 289,902 248,085 236,569 222,716 228,663 210,104 173,935 128,237 73,649 50,019 3,089,847
West Virginia 27,608 34,171 39,483 40,258 38,745 39,669 41,548 45,975 45,586 48,196 49,821 45,246 35,485 19,904 13,816 565,511
Wisconsin 99,199 164,517 174,272 184,721 184,174 182,620 165,803 162,163 173,281 194,294 182,349 149,499 106,879 62,432 48,093 2,234,296
Wyoming 12,844 17,526 17,362 18,247 19,322 19,664 17,551 16,428 15,687 18,359 19,435 16,267 11,294 6,272 4,081 230,339
Total 4,712,877 9,234,136 10,096,152 10,741,861 10,558,573 10,149,411 9,210,887 9,319,519 9,265,799 9,618,197 8,667,642 6,941,419 5,151,441 2,984,486 2,098,005 118,750,405

(1) Includes restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses (GDLs).

(2) State does not dissagregate data for 75-79 age group to report drivers for older age groups (75-79 and 80-84).

(3) FHWA confirmed that the State issues licenses for special circumstances to Under-16 individuals. Data is now being published accordingly.

 

Young Male Licensed Drivers: Distribution by Age Group 2024 (1)

February 2026
Sheet 2 of 6
Table DL-22

STATE UNDER 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Alabama 0 23,999 27,366 28,844 29,213 29,829 30,107 31,013 31,390 31,463
Alaska 0 1,732 2,706 3,221 3,634 3,838 3,561 3,934 4,295 4,693
Arizona 0 5,469 21,465 30,440 36,689 40,772 43,067 44,490 46,324 49,371
Arkansas 12,958 9,439 16,275 19,692 21,330 22,225 22,686 23,347 23,618 24,800
California 0 31,141 78,999 136,501 186,366 202,017 218,658 221,681 234,126 244,934
Colorado 0 10,192 18,145 23,981 26,966 28,734 28,961 30,923 32,390 35,387
Connecticut 0 3,867 11,371 14,430 16,704 18,382 19,292 19,217 20,587 20,059
Delaware 0 4,058 4,826 5,315 5,470 5,878 6,018 6,358 6,655 7,098
Dist. of Col. 0 13 228 494 790 966 1,397 1,767 2,346 2,886
Florida 0 30,745 59,753 87,433 102,233 109,720 116,275 118,806 124,182 127,833
Georgia 0 21,665 36,927 51,081 59,012 62,880 63,906 65,901 68,877 69,961
Hawaii 0 1,290 2,856 4,283 5,182 5,953 6,405 6,018 6,049 6,247
Idaho 2,384 6,790 9,360 9,877 11,207 11,522 10,733 11,328 11,784 11,787
Illinois 0 31,554 48,629 59,569 65,734 68,933 67,204 71,462 74,790 77,855
Indiana 0 11,141 25,418 31,596 34,875 37,921 38,206 38,350 40,766 41,263
Iowa 25,868 17,509 18,486 18,589 18,946 19,009 19,151 19,048 19,070 19,405
Kansas 6,227 9,379 12,859 13,890 13,505 13,176 16,128 15,521 14,382 13,896
Kentucky 0 0 927 5,186 11,044 16,484 17,616 19,870 22,926 24,071
Louisiana 0 7,209 14,682 18,884 20,791 22,172 22,860 23,091 23,650 23,882
Maine 0 2,495 4,593 5,516 5,909 6,125 6,299 6,623 6,750 6,995
Maryland 0 0 10,675 19,912 24,643 27,692 28,805 29,840 31,612 33,890
Massachusetts 0 4,958 19,823 27,256 31,817 34,886 35,915 36,756 38,939 40,815
Michigan 0 23,208 33,758 44,492 48,823 51,995 52,955 54,272 57,337 58,066
Minnesota 0 44,736 18,327 52,013 13,547 49,416 57,518 15,341 14,796 41,426
Mississippi 0 2,469 9,783 15,030 16,002 17,124 17,052 16,799 16,888 17,725
Missouri 0 17,750 25,438 28,790 30,742 32,146 32,939 32,813 33,473 34,731
Montana 1,617 4,218 5,136 5,594 5,704 6,128 6,411 6,346 6,413 6,566
Nebraska (2) 3,907 8,055 11,060 10,336 12,186 13,017 12,010 12,555 12,916 13,597
Nevada 0 3,572 6,771 10,312 12,897 14,477 15,519 16,305 17,861 17,989
New Hampshire 0 1,618 5,023 5,856 6,595 6,890 6,779 7,249 7,508 7,977
New Jersey 0 55 31,037 43,318 48,776 52,399 53,629 55,058 60,002 62,832
New Mexico 577 4,069 6,381 8,495 11,036 11,763 11,448 12,310 12,820 13,259
New York 0 24,065 46,259 61,748 72,871 75,658 84,530 89,499 96,192 100,446
North Carolina 0 4,081 16,739 41,517 51,257 55,896 58,394 61,436 66,940 70,044
North Dakota 1,835 2,986 3,633 4,229 4,492 4,386 4,942 4,919 5,432 5,612
Ohio 0 31,013 42,807 53,132 58,971 63,202 61,749 65,313 70,261 73,709
Oklahoma 0 10,684 16,338 19,796 18,214 21,219 22,394 21,127 20,324 21,967
Oregon 0 9,354 14,441 17,271 18,859 19,721 20,595 21,062 21,861 22,056
Pennsylvania 0 10,777 40,517 51,655 57,715 61,242 63,936 64,822 67,818 67,602
Rhode Island 0 917 3,227 4,004 4,711 5,090 5,255 5,472 5,479 5,660
South Carolina 14,544 21,603 26,289 28,045 28,829 29,703 29,991 30,294 31,136 31,691
South Dakota 6,540 4,703 5,358 5,539 5,463 5,552 5,253 5,241 5,281 5,676
Tennessee 325 18,918 26,766 31,861 34,496 36,258 35,721 37,846 40,108 41,731
Texas 0 49,155 85,467 117,430 149,612 159,408 165,668 169,571 177,171 172,775
Utah 0 15,074 20,320 21,952 23,583 24,611 24,784 24,988 25,782 25,757
Vermont 0 1,562 2,156 2,304 2,569 2,748 2,724 2,579 2,741 2,860
Virginia 0 8,941 25,855 36,907 41,663 44,362 45,369 46,184 46,886 48,724
Washington 0 17,197 26,499 32,748 37,228 40,150 41,876 42,640 46,733 49,435
West Virginia 0 8,697 5,756 6,534 6,621 6,140 6,973 7,306 7,217 6,535
Wisconsin 0 17,165 24,393 28,374 29,267 30,738 32,043 32,438 33,916 35,382
Wyoming 358 2,285 2,987 3,539 3,675 3,556 3,326 3,509 3,538 3,597
Total 77,140 603,572 1,034,890 1,408,811 1,588,464 1,734,109 1,805,033 1,810,638 1,900,338 1,984,018

(1) Includes restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses (GDLs).

(2) FHWA confirmed that the State issues licenses for special circumstances to Under-16 individuals. Data is now being published accordingly.

 

Female Licensed Drivers: Distribution by Age Group 2024 (1)

February 2026
Sheet 3 of 6
Table DL-22

STATE 19 AND UNDER 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 3/ 75-79 3/ 80-84 3/ 85 AND
OVER 3/
TOTAL
Alabama 106,852 150,661 153,131 155,227 150,655 149,105 143,503 152,973 151,463 163,318 155,585 140,097 101,348 61,799 49,242 1,984,959
Alaska (2) 10,145 17,754 21,934 26,384 27,313 24,793 19,893 18,596 18,349 19,966 19,206 15,109 17,973 257,415
Arizona 84,605 205,776 239,804 259,709 254,667 248,741 233,209 237,404 231,505 248,992 211,963 183,064 145,949 87,022 57,970 2,930,380
Arkansas 74,758 110,716 118,934 119,564 113,856 110,381 101,728 102,041 100,095 112,249 106,545 93,973 79,359 57,638 106,670 1,508,507
California 374,258 996,137 1,200,220 1,355,315 1,324,939 1,268,450 1,140,986 1,133,152 1,086,525 1,085,054 957,166 732,072 510,112 279,107 173,121 13,616,614
Colorado 85,816 166,693 205,657 237,277 228,934 207,374 180,723 177,294 168,134 175,971 170,396 145,303 106,043 54,111 31,633 2,341,359
Connecticut 43,797 90,551 99,672 107,558 111,705 106,696 98,809 105,764 116,180 119,629 107,371 83,606 65,917 42,250 34,378 1,333,883
Delaware 20,359 31,263 34,291 38,699 37,146 34,505 30,571 32,005 35,755 40,573 40,395 34,078 26,393 16,468 13,949 466,450
Dist. of Col. 1,435 9,867 28,351 34,435 30,038 23,746 16,846 13,914 12,198 11,482 10,422 9,461 7,081 4,129 2,944 216,349
Florida 218,618 537,532 641,683 702,722 724,462 699,440 656,331 690,624 712,311 772,106 711,962 606,549 484,457 296,926 182,250 8,637,973
Georgia 160,594 328,343 356,022 380,291 365,501 355,340 330,680 343,196 325,468 324,891 288,064 243,086 192,699 119,528 104,034 4,217,737
Hawaii 12,366 28,942 32,573 39,775 41,282 42,194 38,222 38,464 38,783 40,909 40,138 35,298 25,039 12,259 6,957 473,201
Idaho 43,322 61,938 60,541 61,051 59,653 60,255 55,164 51,550 50,029 54,387 52,381 44,219 32,568 18,400 11,149 716,607
Illinois 194,423 331,779 354,064 379,653 384,519 384,426 358,138 350,385 343,296 359,811 335,119 273,488 196,902 119,483 46,474 4,411,960
Indiana 97,804 186,034 195,779 207,220 201,690 198,703 184,962 190,281 187,987 205,340 193,233 158,862 117,913 70,011 47,396 2,443,215
Iowa 96,696 92,386 89,399 95,091 94,406 94,092 84,447 82,554 85,685 98,806 94,381 79,463 57,157 33,784 24,834 1,203,181
Kansas 55,132 69,626 60,184 62,645 67,676 71,456 64,129 63,134 63,735 75,535 71,014 63,975 46,689 28,055 20,373 883,358
Kentucky 17,486 102,943 119,643 126,845 124,713 126,203 120,372 125,153 126,384 136,250 128,770 107,426 80,014 47,112 32,232 1,521,546
Louisiana 60,003 116,894 122,121 137,476 150,692 156,325 138,161 135,412 137,475 148,852 141,068 117,915 88,902 57,449 72,867 1,781,612
Maine 17,441 31,120 36,623 42,161 43,332 41,146 38,116 42,547 46,841 53,225 51,331 42,677 30,676 17,690 11,576 546,502
Maryland 51,595 142,883 166,496 191,191 206,461 203,078 181,019 179,599 185,664 190,488 166,810 134,484 103,217 62,090 44,529 2,209,604
Massachusetts 77,481 173,058 203,381 222,893 222,020 205,437 187,379 198,388 211,526 217,085 194,933 157,579 118,799 69,329 46,517 2,505,805
Michigan 138,819 255,690 283,293 326,807 325,270 311,337 291,965 307,061 313,731 339,862 329,398 273,896 205,374 130,161 124,106 3,956,770
Minnesota 120,565 166,325 174,843 167,983 170,450 186,752 157,045 147,324 163,612 173,327 166,703 118,083 82,600 56,498 32,754 2,084,864
Mississippi 43,384 86,409 83,383 85,348 83,435 86,722 83,519 85,980 84,806 93,066 89,037 75,263 57,777 35,313 29,053 1,102,495
Missouri 96,956 158,482 169,500 181,969 183,549 181,657 164,485 165,943 169,158 194,061 183,204 149,534 108,645 64,853 40,666 2,212,662
Montana 21,225 29,249 32,610 35,060 35,648 34,679 30,450 29,279 30,357 37,647 38,435 32,977 22,666 13,210 9,341 432,833
Nebraska (3) 42,085 60,344 60,259 62,373 62,258 61,866 54,080 50,930 49,898 58,198 55,803 47,901 34,000 20,729 16,771 737,495
Nevada 30,745 73,821 94,219 109,123 106,444 101,758 91,668 93,187 89,490 91,227 84,121 68,196 49,990 27,186 14,179 1,125,354
New Hampshire 18,434 34,919 37,757 43,463 44,503 41,299 37,984 42,358 47,849 55,080 51,557 41,161 31,548 18,436 13,092 559,440
New Jersey 116,571 259,505 279,508 304,152 305,552 292,432 272,283 277,771 286,930 289,539 255,715 197,695 153,638 98,181 82,503 3,471,975
New Mexico 27,888 56,368 59,955 66,692 67,067 66,166 59,145 58,411 59,167 68,176 66,777 58,446 41,235 19,517 10,544 785,554
New York 170,585 373,464 478,364 536,223 524,154 491,505 450,241 468,470 493,554 508,415 456,638 369,829 289,817 188,646 176,390 5,976,295
North Carolina 109,721 305,725 356,801 382,427 360,388 338,333 323,011 346,051 340,872 357,879 325,732 271,381 213,946 118,730 77,030 4,228,027
North Dakota 16,177 23,091 28,872 30,936 28,846 25,881 20,694 19,143 19,328 22,391 22,461 17,731 12,689 7,672 8,011 303,923
Ohio 175,039 316,913 334,632 360,263 353,609 344,633 318,525 336,669 343,218 374,144 363,029 295,731 217,880 130,905 90,952 4,356,142
Oklahoma 63,358 109,721 113,488 117,513 110,706 109,512 97,520 95,626 88,053 104,361 96,878 84,677 62,168 40,426 29,897 1,323,904
Oregon 55,137 100,852 118,882 137,409 138,822 136,208 122,542 117,204 112,544 123,676 128,116 119,829 91,150 53,592 40,958 1,596,921
Pennsylvania 146,821 301,612 331,717 375,411 379,529 360,597 330,807 352,642 376,723 412,905 392,679 321,196 236,552 150,505 114,754 4,584,450
Rhode Island 11,933 25,688 30,156 34,440 33,069 30,881 27,984 30,159 33,864 36,235 33,708 27,041 19,400 11,824 8,746 395,128
South Carolina 117,633 153,502 163,872 178,371 174,092 166,949 154,485 165,204 169,088 184,569 176,175 151,862 114,773 65,335 41,519 2,177,429
South Dakota 26,202 25,161 24,627 25,917 26,843 26,975 24,345 22,616 23,481 28,746 28,680 24,459 16,760 10,036 7,941 342,789
Tennessee 108,739 189,839 216,986 227,778 217,838 210,539 199,047 213,572 212,550 225,449 208,869 174,034 133,199 79,888 61,322 2,679,649
Texas 364,113 778,649 864,456 916,922 919,726 899,814 812,752 811,813 751,849 763,842 677,663 540,676 387,230 214,372 119,677 9,823,554
Utah 77,020 120,014 113,373 107,154 102,522 106,355 95,578 79,352 68,403 71,300 66,331 53,936 38,666 23,292 15,600 1,138,896
Vermont 8,335 12,971 15,096 18,243 19,719 19,514 17,206 17,484 19,286 21,888 21,339 18,386 14,037 8,746 10,525 242,775
Virginia 110,497 227,076 246,830 269,750 275,326 270,894 247,631 254,147 257,015 267,048 241,472 197,770 151,911 85,695 52,805 3,155,867
Washington 104,425 199,786 245,208 283,125 279,687 267,682 232,357 224,271 216,447 229,163 219,049 186,952 138,243 78,937 53,380 2,958,712
West Virginia 27,102 32,621 39,033 40,495 39,646 41,532 43,827 47,013 47,466 52,134 53,579 48,078 36,173 20,144 13,426 582,269
Wisconsin 94,665 155,130 164,844 178,633 180,330 179,090 161,190 159,950 173,623 198,951 187,093 156,244 115,847 72,713 61,549 2,239,852
Wyoming 11,871 16,086 16,102 17,245 18,258 18,666 16,441 15,435 15,158 18,644 18,987 15,840 10,857 6,358 4,371 220,319
Total 4,361,031 8,631,909 9,719,169 10,604,407 10,532,946 10,222,114 9,342,195 9,499,495 9,492,908 10,056,842 9,287,481 7,640,588 5,723,978 3,406,540 2,482,957 121,004,560

(1) Includes restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses (GDLs).

(2) State does not dissagregate data for 75-79 age group to report drivers for older age groups (75-79 and 80-84).

(3) FHWA confirmed that the State issues licenses for special circumstances to Under-16 individuals. Data is now being published accordingly.

 

Young Female Licensed Drivers: Distribution by Age Group 2024 (1)

February 2026
Sheet 4 of 6
Table DL-22

STATE UNDER 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Alabama 0 23,966 27,014 27,724 28,148 28,337 29,888 30,456 30,710 31,270
Alaska 0 1,565 2,431 2,968 3,181 3,480 3,217 3,325 3,733 3,999
Arizona 0 5,145 19,506 27,152 32,802 36,416 39,360 41,152 43,110 45,738
Arkansas 10,279 8,993 15,822 19,122 20,542 21,295 21,376 21,984 22,531 23,530
California 0 30,366 70,725 113,122 160,045 174,240 189,983 197,940 211,205 222,769
Colorado 0 10,510 19,606 26,028 29,672 31,292 31,045 32,882 34,519 36,955
Connecticut 0 3,850 10,776 13,548 15,623 17,016 18,025 17,910 18,886 18,714
Delaware 0 4,249 5,115 5,478 5,517 6,002 6,002 6,096 6,417 6,746
Dist. of Col. 0 18 247 453 717 846 1,251 1,752 2,627 3,391
Florida 0 30,589 53,158 61,540 73,331 89,915 102,228 109,321 115,987 120,081
Georgia 0 21,057 36,010 47,710 55,817 60,513 62,761 65,357 69,214 70,498
Hawaii 0 1,247 2,669 3,913 4,537 5,234 5,621 5,897 5,996 6,194
Idaho 2,656 7,311 10,210 10,758 12,387 12,619 11,557 12,244 12,618 12,900
Illinois 0 30,980 47,076 56,384 59,983 63,585 62,578 65,857 68,569 71,190
Indiana 0 10,957 24,134 29,725 32,988 35,658 36,064 36,527 38,540 39,245
Iowa 25,276 17,074 17,941 18,068 18,337 18,242 18,788 18,267 18,721 18,368
Kansas 5,673 9,107 12,689 13,833 13,830 13,621 15,527 14,777 13,255 12,446
Kentucky 0 6 1,007 5,220 11,253 16,787 17,961 20,347 23,195 24,653
Louisiana 0 7,168 14,279 17,999 20,557 21,973 22,701 23,381 24,157 24,682
Maine 0 2,374 4,274 5,260 5,533 5,782 6,084 6,141 6,440 6,673
Maryland 0 0 10,112 18,584 22,899 26,191 26,876 28,015 29,957 31,844
Massachusetts 0 4,851 19,216 24,794 28,620 31,475 32,498 34,233 36,491 38,361
Michigan 0 21,404 31,073 41,468 44,874 47,700 49,685 50,890 53,144 54,271
Minnesota 0 43,014 17,940 48,866 10,745 53,474 45,588 13,891 13,438 39,934
Mississippi 0 2,604 9,956 14,904 15,920 16,989 16,994 16,901 17,471 18,054
Missouri 0 16,675 24,221 26,937 29,123 30,810 31,544 31,017 32,539 32,572
Montana 1,554 4,216 4,733 5,324 5,398 5,735 5,728 5,772 5,954 6,060
Nebraska (2) 3,557 7,460 9,991 9,733 11,344 11,893 11,097 11,988 12,347 13,019
Nevada 0 3,400 6,533 9,193 11,619 12,786 13,900 14,867 16,072 16,196
New Hampshire 0 1,529 4,911 5,763 6,231 6,702 6,723 6,872 7,327 7,295
New Jersey 0 32 30,145 40,691 45,703 49,321 49,051 50,931 53,758 56,444
New Mexico 516 3,714 5,787 8,037 9,834 10,549 10,692 11,280 11,847 12,000
New York 0 21,624 39,462 50,266 59,233 62,043 70,146 74,226 81,082 85,967
North Carolina 0 4,294 16,650 39,767 49,010 53,742 56,195 60,089 65,930 69,769
North Dakota 1,830 2,906 3,436 3,891 4,114 4,048 4,509 4,568 4,923 5,043
Ohio 0 30,571 40,635 49,277 54,556 59,220 58,734 62,094 66,948 69,917
Oklahoma 0 9,992 15,219 18,827 19,320 20,658 22,034 22,154 22,243 22,632
Oregon 2 8,622 13,371 15,897 17,245 18,559 19,489 20,171 21,312 21,321
Pennsylvania 0 10,027 37,605 46,762 52,427 55,596 59,176 59,984 63,294 63,562
Rhode Island 0 848 3,008 3,738 4,339 4,763 4,994 5,200 5,121 5,610
South Carolina 14,676 21,299 25,741 27,680 28,237 29,381 29,641 30,353 31,627 32,500
South Dakota 6,347 4,554 4,920 5,188 5,193 5,126 4,997 4,906 5,033 5,099
Tennessee 299 18,226 25,949 30,742 33,523 35,207 35,374 37,585 39,980 41,693
Texas 0 46,626 79,559 105,697 132,231 144,632 152,281 157,001 163,984 160,751
Utah 0 14,233 19,030 21,051 22,706 23,601 23,870 23,964 24,489 24,090
Vermont 0 1,522 2,141 2,251 2,421 2,480 2,583 2,603 2,646 2,659
Virginia 0 9,310 25,462 35,726 39,999 42,889 44,678 45,153 46,260 48,096
Washington 0 16,621 24,957 29,396 33,451 36,515 38,135 38,481 42,107 44,548
West Virginia 0 8,919 5,616 6,251 6,316 5,925 6,704 7,044 6,852 6,096
Wisconsin 0 16,795 23,626 26,650 27,594 28,968 30,435 30,796 31,894 33,037
Wyoming 324 2,242 2,702 3,206 3,397 3,460 3,000 3,118 3,184 3,324
Total 72,989 584,662 978,396 1,282,562 1,442,422 1,603,291 1,669,368 1,697,760 1,789,684 1,871,806

(1) Includes restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses (GDLs).

(2) State does not dissagregate data for 75-79 age group to report drivers for older age groups (75-79 and 80-84).

(3) FHWA confirmed that the State issues licenses for special circumstances to Under-16 individuals. Data is now being published accordingly.

 

Total Licensed Drivers: Distribution by Age Group 2024 (1)

February 2026
Sheet 5 of 6
Table DL-22

STATE 19 AND UNDER 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 3/ 75-79 3/ 80-84 3/ 85 AND
OVER 3/
TOTAL
Alabama 216,274 304,463 304,561 302,472 289,398 285,561 275,156 296,276 292,978 312,951 293,717 252,049 187,441 111,837 85,548 3,810,682
Alaska (2) 21,438 38,075 46,560 54,423 56,200 51,776 41,250 38,542 38,097 42,024 39,992 32,097 39,338 539,812
Arizona 178,668 429,800 496,531 531,711 517,951 503,740 472,424 486,204 473,361 496,921 408,686 347,113 279,379 166,540 110,712 5,899,741
Arkansas (4) 154,520 227,547 242,059 243,649 231,614 223,988 206,456 205,444 200,875 221,590 207,511 179,774 149,759 106,058 168,442 2,969,286
California (4) 809,439 2,121,963 2,499,330 2,793,993 2,722,706 2,585,714 2,306,621 2,288,759 2,215,340 2,197,231 1,917,826 1,448,413 1,007,943 550,645 349,420 27,815,343
Colorado (4) 165,250 323,740 401,045 455,154 436,698 399,494 350,307 340,297 325,278 345,524 332,140 281,201 204,484 108,030 64,838 4,533,480
Connecticut (4) 90,340 188,308 205,427 218,455 225,408 213,826 196,941 208,003 227,680 234,614 208,629 159,313 122,268 76,518 59,409 2,635,139
Delaware 40,028 63,270 68,732 77,330 73,519 68,140 59,643 61,966 68,511 77,164 76,294 64,347 50,179 31,463 26,817 907,403
Dist. of Col. 2,960 19,229 51,702 66,002 59,359 47,871 34,387 28,620 25,068 23,662 20,277 17,198 12,736 7,561 5,564 422,196
Florida 498,782 1,134,348 1,311,364 1,417,963 1,449,077 1,389,864 1,296,981 1,364,830 1,403,647 1,506,786 1,370,344 1,151,582 926,750 564,442 350,965 17,137,725
Georgia 329,279 659,868 695,619 721,926 683,884 655,953 607,885 630,553 597,035 584,458 507,200 423,829 339,680 213,336 185,615 7,836,120
Hawaii (4) 26,037 59,710 65,036 79,939 82,121 84,453 77,079 78,817 78,776 83,874 81,180 71,974 51,217 25,164 14,466 959,843
Idaho 82,940 119,092 115,638 119,237 117,765 119,418 108,487 101,884 99,633 109,881 106,762 89,924 65,449 37,637 22,414 1,416,161
Illinois 399,909 692,023 733,720 774,157 777,785 769,799 714,405 696,006 679,127 703,252 646,919 521,931 372,899 226,881 90,682 8,799,495
Indiana 200,834 382,540 398,805 416,157 400,794 396,055 368,848 378,853 372,387 399,343 371,151 300,487 218,385 126,900 84,324 4,815,863
Iowa 196,094 188,069 182,572 191,083 189,946 189,609 170,319 166,163 171,268 193,626 184,165 154,319 108,100 62,442 44,837 2,392,612
Kansas 110,992 142,729 126,309 127,277 135,523 141,523 126,794 124,744 125,548 145,740 139,002 122,275 88,846 51,425 36,533 1,745,260
Kentucky 34,643 203,910 232,184 240,732 233,103 232,843 220,386 226,563 224,707 237,928 221,480 186,017 140,951 82,947 56,519 2,774,913
Louisiana 121,569 232,549 238,252 264,428 289,453 302,427 270,158 264,719 266,955 285,933 269,544 222,277 165,825 103,065 124,498 3,421,652
Maine (4) 36,094 64,101 74,106 85,819 87,922 82,408 76,022 84,651 91,490 103,452 99,143 82,497 59,752 33,957 22,070 1,083,484
Maryland (4) 107,274 295,408 340,371 382,471 413,286 404,924 358,458 350,909 358,613 366,758 318,037 250,702 190,160 113,109 80,777 4,331,257
Massachusetts 161,335 360,369 416,730 452,510 446,527 410,892 371,426 391,175 414,921 425,666 376,308 300,201 223,141 127,749 85,484 4,964,434
Michigan (4) 289,560 531,108 583,880 666,651 657,419 627,157 583,925 611,258 621,020 663,374 632,423 519,191 383,976 237,087 211,590 7,819,619
Minnesota (4) 250,355 346,834 362,046 344,821 351,413 380,031 319,132 301,203 328,154 345,273 324,949 232,913 159,927 106,833 63,936 4,217,820
Mississippi 86,668 171,997 161,351 158,966 153,802 159,781 155,314 161,991 161,036 176,385 167,996 141,239 108,793 64,708 51,853 2,081,880
Missouri 199,676 324,584 343,557 362,006 363,205 358,249 323,922 325,869 329,874 374,155 348,922 281,290 202,932 119,663 75,345 4,333,249
Montana 43,494 61,113 67,960 72,299 73,200 71,587 63,024 60,078 61,053 74,114 75,397 65,870 45,946 26,380 17,695 879,210
Nebraska (3) 87,629 124,439 124,041 127,273 127,506 126,085 109,888 103,445 101,335 115,686 110,052 92,560 65,881 39,028 31,101 1,485,949
Nevada (4) 64,438 156,275 194,921 224,546 219,829 209,710 188,694 191,862 185,514 185,704 168,601 134,135 99,356 54,581 29,376 2,307,542
New Hampshire (4) 37,601 71,424 77,661 87,630 88,398 81,424 73,310 81,419 91,228 104,816 99,086 78,970 60,591 35,275 25,172 1,094,005
New Jersey (4) 239,888 543,654 584,796 625,395 624,454 594,164 548,921 554,001 567,689 572,259 499,073 380,246 289,201 180,357 148,314 6,952,412
New Mexico (4) 58,476 118,032 126,053 137,769 138,550 135,794 119,784 115,609 115,284 131,922 127,779 112,368 80,276 37,638 21,011 1,576,345
New York 375,528 819,789 1,022,405 1,137,913 1,112,873 1,035,018 943,976 972,068 1,019,933 1,045,148 932,959 744,165 570,331 364,171 343,103 12,439,380
North Carolina 223,315 618,435 707,342 746,842 696,139 650,953 620,415 667,670 656,529 680,137 611,931 504,805 399,920 221,777 144,835 8,151,045
North Dakota 33,352 48,382 60,456 63,375 58,916 51,464 40,420 35,789 35,451 40,261 40,080 32,497 23,207 13,834 13,352 590,836
Ohio 360,962 651,147 681,020 724,140 709,608 686,830 634,738 668,944 676,469 726,403 695,575 558,475 405,265 236,997 163,978 8,580,551
Oklahoma (4) 128,420 216,801 214,026 222,156 214,261 216,276 192,986 188,478 174,257 203,370 187,940 160,953 116,743 74,462 53,820 2,564,949
Oregon (4) 116,025 207,512 241,727 279,358 281,574 273,815 246,962 236,493 224,158 240,262 244,406 228,731 175,928 103,656 80,077 3,180,684
Pennsylvania (4) 308,493 628,180 679,459 759,830 765,526 725,826 663,779 706,227 749,526 814,848 766,602 616,540 444,112 274,186 204,287 9,107,421
Rhode Island 24,792 52,644 60,109 68,483 65,818 61,241 54,682 58,527 65,459 69,508 64,418 51,242 36,500 21,569 15,510 770,502
South Carolina (4) 236,954 306,330 321,297 341,113 331,880 317,990 295,819 316,731 321,027 346,443 327,193 279,314 214,362 120,752 74,734 4,151,939
South Dakota 53,805 52,164 51,848 53,256 55,406 55,789 49,783 45,959 47,836 57,730 57,616 49,080 33,684 19,215 14,269 697,440
Tennessee 221,105 381,503 427,485 446,121 424,146 409,930 387,992 416,466 413,653 431,698 393,620 324,424 246,834 144,529 103,410 5,172,916
Texas 765,777 1,623,242 1,766,427 1,837,073 1,824,158 1,777,644 1,602,751 1,601,496 1,495,320 1,507,439 1,325,049 1,038,775 742,932 407,342 228,233 19,543,658
Utah 157,949 245,936 233,505 220,076 209,327 216,147 194,617 161,342 138,312 141,793 130,844 105,093 75,323 45,361 31,421 2,307,046
Vermont 16,926 26,623 30,388 36,785 39,884 39,577 34,929 35,598 38,200 42,771 41,561 35,848 27,318 16,955 19,061 482,424
Virginia (4) 224,520 459,791 488,665 520,571 523,924 513,336 467,685 479,772 479,882 497,300 444,725 361,935 278,511 156,608 96,834 5,994,059
Washington (4) 219,652 422,403 521,438 597,949 586,831 558,038 480,652 460,940 439,229 457,877 429,189 360,906 266,485 152,588 103,399 6,057,576
West Virginia 54,710 66,792 78,516 80,753 78,391 81,201 85,375 92,988 93,052 100,330 103,400 93,324 71,658 40,048 27,242 1,147,780
Wisconsin 193,864 319,647 339,116 363,354 364,504 361,710 326,993 322,113 346,904 393,245 369,442 305,743 222,726 135,145 109,642 4,474,148
Wyoming 24,715 33,612 33,464 35,492 37,580 38,330 33,992 31,863 30,845 37,003 38,422 32,107 22,151 12,630 8,452 450,658
Total 9,083,348 17,881,504 19,831,612 21,358,884 21,098,561 20,375,375 18,554,893 18,820,177 18,759,524 19,675,632 17,955,557 14,582,259 10,875,551 6,391,081 4,580,986 239,824,944

(1) Includes restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses (GDLs).

(2) State does not dissagregate data for 75-79 age group to report drivers for older age groups (75-79 and 80-84).

(3) FHWA confirmed that the State issues licenses for special circumstances to Under-16 individuals. Data is now being published accordingly.

(4) Data includes drivers of unknown sex.

 

Total Young Licensed Drivers: Distribution by Age Group 2024 (1)

February 2026
Sheet 6 of 6
Table DL-22

STATE UNDER 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Alabama 0 47,965 54,380 56,568 57,361 58,166 59,995 61,469 62,100 62,733
Alaska 0 3,297 5,137 6,189 6,815 7,318 6,778 7,259 8,028 8,692
Arizona 0 10,614 40,971 57,592 69,491 77,188 82,427 85,642 89,434 95,109
Arkansas (3) 23,241 18,436 32,107 38,838 41,898 43,557 44,090 45,360 46,180 48,360
California (3) 0 61,673 150,127 250,295 347,344 377,041 409,492 420,495 446,258 468,677
Colorado (3) 0 20,725 37,777 50,055 56,693 60,100 60,137 63,933 67,053 72,517
Connecticut (3) 0 7,721 22,194 28,055 32,370 35,447 37,374 37,163 39,516 38,808
Delaware 0 8,307 9,941 10,793 10,987 11,880 12,020 12,454 13,072 13,844
Dist. of Col. 0 31 475 947 1,507 1,812 2,648 3,519 4,973 6,277
Florida 0 61,334 112,911 148,973 175,564 199,635 218,503 228,127 240,169 247,914
Georgia 0 42,722 72,937 98,791 114,829 123,393 126,667 131,258 138,091 140,459
Hawaii (3) 0 2,540 5,535 8,215 9,747 11,205 12,038 11,929 12,066 12,472
Idaho 5,040 14,101 19,570 20,635 23,594 24,141 22,290 23,572 24,402 24,687
Illinois 0 62,534 95,705 115,953 125,717 132,518 129,782 137,319 143,359 149,045
Indiana 0 22,098 49,552 61,321 67,863 73,579 74,270 74,877 79,306 80,508
Iowa 51,144 34,583 36,427 36,657 37,283 37,251 37,939 37,315 37,791 37,773
Kansas 11,900 18,486 25,548 27,723 27,335 26,797 31,655 30,298 27,637 26,342
Kentucky 0 6 1,934 10,406 22,297 33,271 35,577 40,217 46,121 48,724
Louisiana 0 14,377 28,961 36,883 41,348 44,145 45,561 46,472 47,807 48,564
Maine (3) 0 4,886 8,907 10,818 11,483 11,937 12,409 12,802 13,234 13,719
Maryland (3) 0 0 20,853 38,678 47,743 54,041 55,807 58,006 61,701 65,853
Massachusetts 0 9,809 39,039 52,050 60,437 66,361 68,413 70,989 75,430 79,176
Michigan (3) 0 44,676 64,966 86,108 93,810 99,850 102,791 105,352 110,668 112,447
Minnesota (3) 0 88,065 36,436 101,372 24,482 103,414 103,726 29,454 28,451 81,789
Mississippi 0 5,073 19,739 29,934 31,922 34,113 34,046 33,700 34,359 35,779
Missouri 0 34,425 49,659 55,727 59,865 62,956 64,483 63,830 66,012 67,303
Montana 3,171 8,434 9,869 10,918 11,102 11,863 12,139 12,118 12,367 12,626
Nebraska (2) 7,464 15,515 21,051 20,069 23,530 24,910 23,107 24,543 25,263 26,616
Nevada (3) 0 6,978 13,332 19,549 24,579 27,327 29,490 31,225 33,985 34,248
New Hampshire (3) 0 3,148 9,957 11,637 12,859 13,605 13,530 14,155 14,854 15,280
New Jersey (3) 0 87 61,210 84,053 94,538 101,770 102,725 106,028 113,803 119,328
New Mexico (3) 1,093 7,788 12,174 16,538 20,883 22,321 22,153 23,610 24,678 25,270
New York 0 45,689 85,721 112,014 132,104 137,701 154,676 163,725 177,274 186,413
North Carolina 0 8,375 33,389 81,284 100,267 109,638 114,589 121,525 132,870 139,813
North Dakota 3,665 5,892 7,069 8,120 8,606 8,434 9,451 9,487 10,355 10,655
Ohio 0 61,584 83,442 102,409 113,527 122,422 120,483 127,407 137,209 143,626
Oklahoma (3) 0 20,679 31,559 38,640 37,542 41,889 44,436 43,291 42,575 44,610
Oregon (3) 2 18,094 28,060 33,484 36,385 38,533 40,305 41,497 43,472 43,705
Pennsylvania (3) 0 20,841 78,345 98,811 110,496 117,108 123,342 124,994 131,337 131,399
Rhode Island 0 1,765 6,235 7,742 9,050 9,853 10,249 10,672 10,600 11,270
South Carolina (3) 29,223 42,905 52,031 55,726 57,069 59,088 59,634 60,648 62,766 64,194
South Dakota 12,887 9,257 10,278 10,727 10,656 10,678 10,250 10,147 10,314 10,775
Tennessee 624 37,144 52,715 62,603 68,019 71,465 71,095 75,431 80,088 83,424
Texas 0 95,781 165,026 223,127 281,843 304,040 317,949 326,572 341,155 333,526
Utah 0 29,307 39,350 43,003 46,289 48,212 48,654 48,952 50,271 49,847
Vermont 0 3,084 4,297 4,555 4,990 5,228 5,307 5,182 5,387 5,519
Virginia (3) 0 18,284 51,463 72,851 81,922 87,476 90,245 91,584 93,430 97,056
Washington (3) 0 34,043 51,929 62,612 71,068 76,987 80,319 81,454 89,241 94,402
West Virginia 0 17,616 11,372 12,785 12,937 12,065 13,677 14,350 14,069 12,631
Wisconsin 0 33,960 48,019 55,024 56,861 59,706 62,478 63,234 65,810 68,419
Wyoming 682 4,527 5,689 6,745 7,072 7,016 6,326 6,627 6,722 6,921
Total 150,136 1,189,261 2,015,370 2,694,602 3,033,979 3,340,451 3,477,527 3,511,269 3,693,113 3,859,144

(1) Includes restricted drivers and graduated driver licenses (GDLs).

(2) FHWA confirmed that the State issues licenses for special circumstances to Under-16 individuals. Data is now being published accordingly.

(3) Data includes drivers of unknown sex.

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