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Table 5-8: Active Aviation Pilots and Flight Instructors: 20001
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Alabama |
7,262 |
1,170 |
3,065 |
1,649 |
1,084 |
294 |
920 |
Alaska |
8,638 |
833 |
3,686 |
2,130 |
1,906 |
83 |
1,118 |
Arizona |
17,429 |
2,329 |
6,508 |
3,345 |
4,654 |
593 |
2,617 |
Arkansas |
4,988 |
776 |
2,153 |
1,206 |
788 |
65 |
634 |
California |
71,053 |
10,173 |
31,571 |
13,448 |
12,786 |
3,075 |
8,984 |
Colorado |
17,539 |
2,320 |
6,256 |
3,144 |
5,138 |
681 |
2,549 |
Connecticut |
6,523 |
944 |
2,714 |
989 |
1,648 |
228 |
837 |
Delaware |
1,462 |
245 |
532 |
236 |
413 |
36 |
233 |
District of Columbia |
476 |
86 |
191 |
99 |
69 |
31 |
45 |
Florida |
47,191 |
6,672 |
16,324 |
10,059 |
13,267 |
869 |
6,890 |
Georgia |
18,087 |
2,441 |
6,053 |
2,845 |
6,448 |
300 |
2,107 |
Hawaii |
2,927 |
471 |
611 |
587 |
1,031 |
227 |
399 |
Idaho |
4,480 |
581 |
2,148 |
950 |
711 |
90 |
535 |
Illinois |
21,521 |
3,497 |
9,168 |
3,832 |
4,606 |
418 |
3,054 |
Indiana |
11,715 |
1,874 |
5,728 |
2,091 |
1,867 |
155 |
1,488 |
Iowa |
6,135 |
912 |
3,372 |
1,130 |
667 |
54 |
771 |
Kansas |
8,412 |
1,169 |
4,136 |
1,729 |
1,268 |
110 |
1,184 |
Kentucky |
6,720 |
988 |
2,397 |
1,155 |
2,104 |
76 |
919 |
Louisiana |
5,894 |
911 |
2,224 |
1,474 |
1,035 |
250 |
701 |
Maine |
3,105 |
444 |
1,494 |
608 |
522 |
37 |
384 |
Maryland |
8,383 |
1,217 |
3,499 |
1,535 |
1,869 |
263 |
1,194 |
Massachusetts |
9,692 |
1,583 |
4,535 |
1,711 |
1,480 |
383 |
1,242 |
Michigan |
17,755 |
3,008 |
8,517 |
3,008 |
2,852 |
370 |
2,388 |
Minnesota |
15,530 |
2,244 |
6,728 |
2,949 |
3,417 |
192 |
2,025 |
Mississippi |
4,111 |
594 |
1,595 |
1,086 |
750 |
86 |
490 |
Missouri |
11,070 |
1,549 |
5,008 |
2,045 |
2,312 |
156 |
1,548 |
Montana |
3,613 |
481 |
1,718 |
878 |
469 |
67 |
431 |
Nebraska |
4,141 |
654 |
2,054 |
884 |
524 |
25 |
432 |
Nevada |
6,270 |
691 |
2,131 |
1,141 |
2,095 |
212 |
864 |
New Hampshire |
4,242 |
499 |
1,544 |
676 |
1,417 |
106 |
613 |
New
Jersey |
11,403 |
1,826 |
4,909 |
1,833 |
2,417 |
418 |
1,517 |
New
Mexico |
4,406 |
787 |
1,788 |
916 |
772 |
143 |
549 |
New
York |
18,649 |
3,628 |
8,020 |
3,305 |
2,819 |
877 |
2,516 |
North
Carolina |
14,769 |
2,148 |
6,144 |
2,600 |
3,615 |
262 |
1,732 |
North
Dakota |
2,458 |
401 |
1,153 |
688 |
199 |
17 |
292 |
Ohio |
19,301 |
3,065 |
8,602 |
3,338 |
3,857 |
439 |
2,839 |
Oklahoma |
8,654 |
1,392 |
3,839 |
1,893 |
1,453 |
77 |
1,180 |
Oregon |
9,942 |
1,625 |
4,972 |
1,910 |
1,175 |
260 |
1,123 |
Pennsylvania |
18,022 |
2,683 |
7,604 |
3,075 |
4,124 |
536 |
2,575 |
Rhode
Island |
1,216 |
184 |
569 |
210 |
223 |
30 |
136 |
South
Carolina |
6,363 |
933 |
2,708 |
1,343 |
1,244 |
135 |
714 |
South
Dakota |
2,230 |
328 |
1,034 |
549 |
302 |
17 |
263 |
Tennessee |
12,132 |
1,675 |
4,351 |
2,024 |
3,826 |
256 |
1,600 |
Texas |
48,396 |
6,613 |
16,857 |
9,044 |
14,839 |
1,043 |
6,487 |
Utah |
6,591 |
1,205 |
2,678 |
1,116 |
1,468 |
124 |
768 |
Vermont |
1,487 |
220 |
681 |
261 |
264 |
61 |
162 |
Virginia |
14,640 |
1,987 |
5,114 |
2,835 |
4,299 |
405 |
2,055 |
Washington |
21,116 |
2,929 |
8,170 |
3,896 |
5,535 |
586 |
2,658 |
West Virginia |
1,992 |
312 |
953 |
399 |
293 |
35 |
274 |
Wisconsin |
11,275 |
1,768 |
5,682 |
1,884 |
1,830 |
111 |
1,455 |
Wyoming |
1,812 |
254 |
901 |
354 |
273 |
30 |
195 |
United States, total |
593,218 |
87,319 |
244,389 |
112,092 |
134,024 |
15,394 |
78,686 |
1 An active pilot is a person who holds a pilot certificate and a valid medical certificate issued within the last 25 months.
2 Includes pilots with an airplane only certificate and those with an airplane and a helicopter and/or glider certificate.
3 Includes helicopter, glider, and recreational pilots. Does not include pilots holding an airplane certificate. A recreational pilot may fly no more than one passenger in a light, single engine aircraft with no more than four seats during good weather and daylight hours and, unless authorized, no more than 50 miles from the home airport.
4 Not included in total. A flight instructor must hold a flight instructor certificate in addition to a pilot certificate.
NOTE: Excludes U.S. military personnel holding civilian certificates who are stationed in a foreign country and pilots in U.S. territories.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics 2000, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www.api.faa.gov/CivilAir/index.htm as of July 22, 2002.
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