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Licensed drivers per 1,000 residents: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Licensed drivers per 1,000 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: 707.3 (United States).

Washington: 765.8Idaho: 708.7Montana: 775.4North Dakota: 748.4Minnesota: 728.1Michigan: 771.3Ohio: 722.5Pennsylvania: 696.5New York: 626.7Vermont: 744.1New Hampshire: 776.7Maine: 771.6Arizona: 779.9California: 707.8New Mexico: 744.6Texas: 626.8Louisiana: 746.6Mississippi: 710Alabama: 740.5Florida: 735.2Georgia: 704.3South Carolina: 763North Carolina: 744.4Virginia: 688.1District of Columbia: 603.9Maryland: 694.8Delaware: 865.4New Jersey: 732.3Connecticut: 718Rhode Island: 695.2Massachusetts: 696Oregon: 744.7Utah: 659.3Wyoming: 770Nevada: 708.8Colorado: 765.4South Dakota: 756.9Nebraska: 743.3Kansas: 591.6Oklahoma: 629.2Iowa: 738.2Missouri: 695.5Wisconsin: 750.7Illinois: 693.2Kentucky: 606.9Arkansas: 962.6Tennessee: 717.7West Virginia: 648.5Indiana: 695.6Alaska: 751.3Hawaii: 682.6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 591.6 to 693.2
  • Group 2: 693.2 to 708.8
  • Group 3: 708.8 to 743.3
  • Group 4: 743.3 to 763
  • Highest: 763 to 962.6
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.

1Arkansas962.6
2Delaware865.4
3Arizona779.9
4New Hampshire776.7
5Montana775.4
6Maine771.6
7Michigan771.3
8Wyoming770
9Washington765.8
10Colorado765.4
11South Carolina763
12South Dakota756.9
13Alaska751.3
14Wisconsin750.7
15North Dakota748.4
16Louisiana746.6
17Oregon744.7
18New Mexico744.6
19North Carolina744.4
20Vermont744.1
21Nebraska743.3
22Alabama740.5
23Iowa738.2
24Florida735.2
25New Jersey732.3
26Minnesota728.1
27Ohio722.5
28Connecticut718
29Tennessee717.7
30Mississippi710
31Nevada708.8
32Idaho708.7
33California707.8
34Georgia704.3
35Pennsylvania696.5
36Massachusetts696
37Indiana695.6
38Missouri695.5
39Rhode Island695.2
40Maryland694.8
41Illinois693.2
42Virginia688.1
43Hawaii682.6
44Utah659.3
45West Virginia648.5
46Oklahoma629.2
47Texas626.8
48New York626.7
49Kentucky606.9
50District of Columbia603.9
51Kansas591.6

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 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-residents/

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