Table 2-1:  Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2005,,,,,,
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State,Traffic fatalities,Licensed drivers (thousands),Registered vehicles (thousands),Vehicle-miles traveled (millions),Population (thousands),"Fatality rate per 100,000 Population"
Alabama,"1,131","3,637","4,545","59,661","4,558",24.8
Alaska,72,483,673,"5,035",664,10.9
Arizona,"1,177","3,943","3,972","59,799","5,939",19.8
Arkansas,648,"2,024","1,940","31,972","2,779",23.3
California,"4,329","22,896","32,487","329,267","36,132",12.0
Colorado,606,"3,341","1,808","47,962","4,665",13.0
Connecticut,274,"2,740","3,059","31,675","3,510",7.8
Delaware,134,534,737,"9,508",844,15.9
District of Columbia,48,330,237,"3,713",551,8.7
Florida,"3,543","13,374","15,691","201,531","17,790",19.9
Georgia,"1,729","5,940","8,063","113,509","9,073",19.1
Hawaii,140,856,948,"10,083","1,275",11.0
Idaho,275,978,"1,374","14,866","1,429",19.2
Illinois,"1,361","7,871","9,458","107,706","12,763",10.7
Indiana,938,"4,521","4,995","71,799","6,272",15.0
Iowa,450,"2,033","3,398","31,060","2,966",15.2
Kansas,428,"1,974","2,368","29,621","2,745",15.6
Kentucky,985,"2,861","3,428","47,466","4,173",23.6
Louisiana,955,"3,084","3,819","44,979","4,524",21.1
Maine,169,"1,004","1,075","14,925","1,322",12.8
Maryland,614,"3,710","4,322","56,319","5,600",11.0
Massachusetts,442,"4,613","5,420","55,458","6,399",6.9
Michigan,"1,129","7,105","8,247","104,052","10,121",11.2
Minnesota,559,"3,084","4,647","56,904","5,133",10.9
Mississippi,931,"1,965","1,978","42,186","2,921",31.9
Missouri,"1,257","4,135","4,589","68,754","5,800",21.7
Montana,251,716,"1,009","11,126",936,26.8
Nebraska,276,"1,321","1,703","19,291","1,759",15.7
Nevada,427,"1,596","1,349","20,776","2,415",17.7
New Hampshire,166,986,"1,174","13,429","1,310",12.7
New Jersey,748,"5,871","6,262","73,819","8,718",8.6
New Mexico,488,"1,305","1,548","23,966","1,928",25.3
New York,"1,429","11,072","11,863","137,521","19,255",7.4
North Carolina,"1,534","6,228","6,148","101,268","8,683",17.7
North Dakota,123,467,695,"7,570",637,19.3
Ohio,"1,323","7,708","10,634","110,491","11,464",11.5
Oklahoma,802,"2,234","3,725","47,019","3,548",22.6
Oregon,488,"2,693","2,897","35,282","3,641",13.4
Pennsylvania,"1,616","8,461","9,864","108,042","12,430",13.0
Rhode Island,87,746,812,"8,300","1,076",8.1
South Carolina,"1,093","2,988","3,339","49,434","4,255",25.7
South Dakota,186,566,854,"8,397",776,24.0
Tennessee,"1,270","4,352","4,980","70,814","5,963",21.3
Texas,"3,504","14,659","17,470","235,170","22,860",15.3
Utah,282,"1,600","2,210","25,158","2,470",11.4
Vermont,73,563,508,"7,713",623,11.7
Virginia,947,"5,113","6,591","80,337","7,567",12.5
Washington,647,"4,682","5,598","55,476","6,288",10.3
West Virginia,374,"1,328","1,352","20,523","1,817",20.6
Wisconsin,815,"3,993","4,725","60,017","5,536",14.7
Wyoming,170,384,646,"9,058",509,33.4
"United States, total","43,443","200,665","241,194","2,989,807","296,410",14.7
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"SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2005 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/TSF2005EE.PDF as of Dec. 5, 2006; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2005, Washington, DC: 2006; U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States 2006 Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ as of Dec. 26, 2006.",,,,,,