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Licensed drivers per 1,000 driving-age residents: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Licensed drivers per 1,000 driving-age residents. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Licensed drivers by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 872.1 (United States).

Washington: 938.5Idaho: 890.7Montana: 944.8North Dakota: 945Minnesota: 906.3Michigan: 942.9Ohio: 892Pennsylvania: 845.4New York: 761.2Vermont: 876.7New Hampshire: 918Maine: 911.1Arizona: 954.7California: 870.8New Mexico: 912.2Texas: 799.6Louisiana: 938.4Mississippi: 887.5Alabama: 918.1Florida: 884.9Georgia: 879.7South Carolina: 936.4North Carolina: 917.8Virginia: 849.3District of Columbia: 725.7Maryland: 861Delaware: 1,053.8New Jersey: 903.1Connecticut: 867.8Rhode Island: 829Massachusetts: 834.6Oregon: 895.6Utah: 859Wyoming: 950.7Nevada: 869.6Colorado: 932.6South Dakota: 959.3Nebraska: 944.3Kansas: 744.6Oklahoma: 794.4Iowa: 919.6Missouri: 861.9Wisconsin: 917.3Illinois: 850.9Kentucky: 755.7Arkansas: 1,202.1Tennessee: 889West Virginia: 782.9Indiana: 870.4Alaska: 957.8Hawaii: 838.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 725.7 to 845.4
  • Group 2: 845.4 to 876.7
  • Group 3: 876.7 to 911.1
  • Group 4: 911.1 to 938.5
  • Highest: 938.5 to 1,202.1
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Arkansas1,202.1
2Delaware1,053.8
3South Dakota959.3
4Alaska957.8
5Arizona954.7
6Wyoming950.7
7North Dakota945
8Montana944.8
9Nebraska944.3
10Michigan942.9
11Washington938.5
12Louisiana938.4
13South Carolina936.4
14Colorado932.6
15Iowa919.6
16Alabama918.1
17New Hampshire918
18North Carolina917.8
19Wisconsin917.3
20New Mexico912.2
21Maine911.1
22Minnesota906.3
23New Jersey903.1
24Oregon895.6
25Ohio892
26Idaho890.7
27Tennessee889
28Mississippi887.5
29Florida884.9
30Georgia879.7
31Vermont876.7
32California870.8
33Indiana870.4
34Nevada869.6
35Connecticut867.8
36Missouri861.9
37Maryland861
38Utah859
39Illinois850.9
40Virginia849.3
41Pennsylvania845.4
42Hawaii838.2
43Massachusetts834.6
44Rhode Island829
45Texas799.6
46Oklahoma794.4
47West Virginia782.9
48New York761.2
49Kentucky755.7
50Kansas744.6
51District of Columbia725.7

Source: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2024, Table DL-1C: Licensed Drivers by Sex and Ratio to Population. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by licensed drivers per 1,000 driving-age residents (2024). Data: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2024, Table DL-1C; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-licensed-drivers-per-1000-driving-age-residents/

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