DMV Facts & Statistics

DMV Key Facts

• About 4.1 million registered vehicles. Of those, about 3.2 million are passenger vehicles.
• Nearly 3.1 million licensed drivers.
• DMV provides direct services to customers by:
• Serving over 13,000 customers every day through 60 local offices around the state.
• Answering about 1.7 million customer phone calls per year.
• Responding to more than 3 million record requests per year from businesses and the general public.
• Fulfilling more than 60 million record requests by law enforcement per year.

Driver-related facts

• Monitors the driving privileges of about 3.1 million drivers.
• Issues nearly 200,000 new drivers’ licenses, and renews more than 350,000.
• Files nearly 100,000 accident reports.
• Reviews driver medical conditions and oversees re-testing on more than 4,000 drivers in our Medically At-Risk Driver Program.
• Suspends driving privileges nearly 450,000 times (some drivers receive multiple suspensions).
• Enters more than 400,000 driver convictions to driving records.
• Conducts more than 300,000 knowledge and 20,000 skills tests. Third-party testers, regulated by DMV, conduct almost 80,000 skills tests annually.

Vehicle-related Facts

• Registers about 1.8 million vehicles.
• Issues about 850,000 titles.
• Issues nearly 400,000 plates for vehicles. There are nearly 50 different types of vehicle plate designs, in addition to specialty, or custom, license plates.

Dealers/Business-related Facts

• Regulates more than 3,000 motor vehicle-related businesses, including vehicle dealers, commercial driver training schools, commercial and non-commercial driver testing businesses, vehicle appraisers, vehicle dismantlers and others.
• Sanctions offenders and conducts formal administrative hearings.