Best States for Teen Drivers

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About the Rankings/Methodology

Rank	State	Number of Teen Drivers	U.S. News Score
1	District of Columbia	2,914	84.99
2	California	943,083	76.54
3	Colorado	151,128	76.42
4	Maryland	159,402	75.76
5	Illinois	438,962	75.1
6	New Jersey	250,323	75.08
7	Oregon	103,913	72.45
8	Minnesota	177,707	72.09
9	Utah	167,931	71.94
10	Washington	211,655	71.17
11	Arkansas	111,054	70.5
12	Tennessee	264,352	70.29
13	Louisiana	121,925	70.03
14	New York	377,731	69.73
15	North Carolina	220,566	69.58
16	Alaska	23,703	68.93
17	Delaware	28,801	68.4
18	Rhode Island	26,685	68.19
19	Georgia	286,269	67.47
20	New Hampshire	55,887	64.93
21	Florida	760,179	62.44
22	Connecticut	102,378	62.13
23	Nevada	59,125	62.01
24	Massachusetts	184,196	60.54
25	New Mexico	36,832	60.51
26	Hawaii	29,364	60.48
27	Arizona	173,626	58.94
28	Kentucky	104,506	58.91
29	Texas	703,989	58.68
30	Maine	43,709	58.22
31	Ohio	520,570	56.78
32	Alabama	249,906	56.7
33	Virginia	227,223	56.68
34	South Carolina	224,387	56.01
35	Michigan	480,952	55.7
36	Missouri	221,973	54.76
37	Pennsylvania	346,005	53.88
38	Indiana	219,954	53.42
39	Nebraska	81,804	53.27
40	Mississippi	121,886	52.95
41	Wisconsin	214,880	52.33
42	Vermont	22,995	52.04
43	Montana	41,233	51.62
44	West Virginia	66,805	51.61
45	Idaho	63,451	50.61
46	Kansas	159,655	49.44
47	Oklahoma	158,432	49.24
48	Wyoming	23,610	47.02
49	Iowa	107,645	45.57
50	North Dakota	32,081	42.86
51	South Dakota	46,593	41.72