Seat belt Usage by State 2003-2012 (%) [8] [7] STATE | 2012 | 2013 | |||||
Alabama | 88.9 | 97.3 | |||||
Alaska | 88.1 | 86.1 | |||||
Arkansas | 71.9 | 76.7 | |||||
Arizona | 82.2 | 84.7 | Florida | 87.4 | 87.2 | ||
California | 95.5 | 97.4 | Georgia | 93.4 | 95.5 | ||
Colorado | 80.7 | 82.1 | Idaho | 79 | 81.6 | ||
Connecticut | 86.8 | 86.6 | Indiana | 93.6 | 91.6 | ||
Delaware | 87.9 | 92.2 | Iowa | 93.6 | 91.9 | ||
District of Columbia | 92.4 | 87.5 | Kansas | 79.5 | 80.7 | ||
Hawaii | 93.4 | 94 | Kentucky | 83.7 | 85 | ||
Illinois | 93.6 | 93.7 | Mississippi | 83.2 | 74.4 | ||
Maine | 84.4 | 83 | Missouri | 79.4 | 80.1 | ||
Maryland | 91.1 | 90.7 | Montana | 76.3 | 74 | ||
Massachusetts | 72.7 | 74.8 | Nebraska | 78.6 | 79.1 | ||
Michigan | 93.6 | 93 | North Dakota | 80.9 | 77.7 | ||
Minnesota | 93.6 | 94.8 | Ohio | 82 | 84.5 | ||
New Jersey | 88.3 | 91 | Oklahoma | 83.8 | 83.6 | ||
New Mexico | 91.4 | 92 | South Dakota | 66.5 | 69.7 | ||
New York | 90.4 | 91.1 | Tennessee | 83.7 | 84.8 | ||
Oregon | 96.8 | 98.2 | Texas | 94 | 90.3 | ||
Pennsylvania | 83.5 | 84 | Utah | 81.9 | 82.4 | ||
Rhode Island | 77.5 | 85.6 | West Virginia | 84 | 82.2 | ||
Vermont | 84.2 | 84.9 | Wyoming | 77 | 81.9 | ||
Virginia | 78.4 | 79.7 | Louisiana | 79.3 | 82.5 | ||
Washington | 96.9 | 94.5 | South Carolina | 90.5 | 90.5 | ||
Wisconsin | 79.9 | 82.4 | North Carolina | 87.5 | 88.6 | ||
88.6 % | 83.8% | ||||||
11.4% | 16.6% | ||||||