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Massachusetts Statistics

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:
MASSACHUSETTS
Table 1 of 2
  PERCENT
OF US
TOTAL 1/
RANK
1/
 
 
 
 
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2001 CENSUS ESTIMATE 2/
7,839
0.22%
45
 
 
 
 
POPULATION - 2001 CENSUS ESTIMATE
6,379,000
2.25%
13
RURAL - 2001 CENSUS ESTIMATE
783,000
0.99%
33
URBAN - 2001 CENSUS ESTIMATE
5,596,000
2.73%
10
 
 
 
 
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2001 (1,000 GALLONS)
3,083,276
1.92%
18
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)
2,681,769
2.10%
16
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS
401,507
1.20%
32
GASOHOL
0
0.00%
36
 
 
 
 
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2001
 
 
 
AUTOMOBILES
3,513,020
2.58%
13
TRUCKS
1,616,401
1.80%
22
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)
5,140,532
2.27%
14
 
 
 
 
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2001
4,610,666
2.41%
13
 
 
 
 
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2001 (1,000,000 VMT)
53,015
1.91%
20
 
 
 
 
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2001 ($1,000)
$506,099
1.88%
20
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2001
1.15
 
37
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE
1.54
 
13
 
 
 
 
OBLIGATION LIMITATION - FY 2002 ($1000)
$412,769
1.81%
18
 
 
 
 
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2002 ($1,000)
$533,291
1.81%
19
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
$65,939
1.38%
33
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
$93,561
1.66%
24
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE
$66,314
1.69%
26
BRIDGE PROGRAM
$104,698
3.11%
9
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
$51,022
3.72%
7
RECREATION TRAILS
$768
1.56%
34
METROPOLITAN PLANNING
$5,581
2.85%
10
MINIMUM GUARANTEE
$81,913
1.31%
25
 
 
 
 
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2001 ($1,000)
$56,743
1.00%
38
 
 
 
 
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2001 ($1,000)
$968,553
1.71%
19
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000) 5/
$0
0.00%
37
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)
$19.77
 
32
 
 
 
 
EXPENDITURES-2001 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)
$3,582,834
4.54%
7
CAPITAL OUTLAY
$1,899,566
4.06%
7
MAINTENANCE
$221,439
1.67%
21
 
 
 
 
EXPENDITURES-2000 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)
$4,201,664
3.46%
8
CAPITAL OUTLAY
$2,452,098
4.00%
5
MAINTENANCE
$557,060
1.83%
20
 
 
 
 
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)
21
 
22
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE
01/01/91
 
 
 
MASSACHUSETTS CONTINUED
Table 2 of 2
STATE
TOTAL 3/
PERCENT
OF U.S.
TOTAL 1/
RANK 1/ STATE
JURIS-
DICTION
LOCAL
JURIS-
DICTION
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2001
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(by functional class)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INTERSTATE
566
1.22%
38
566
0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS
2,058
1.28%
37
1,189
868
MINOR ARTERIALS
3,773
1.66%
27
912
2,861
COLLECTORS
5,489
0.69%
40
401
5,078
LOCAL
23,524
0.86%
40
522
22,902
TOTAL MILEAGE
35,410
0.90%
40
3,590
31,709
 
 
 
 
 
 
(by system)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INTERSTATE
566
1.22%
38
 
 
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
1,399
1.22%
39
 
 
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM4/
1,965
1.22%
41
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
33,445
0.88%
40
 
 
TOTAL MILEAGE
35,410
0.90%
40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
 
 
 
 
 
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE
5.5%
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2002 BRIDGE INVENTORY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY
4,925
0.84%
36
 
 
TOTAL DEFICIENT
2,505
1.55%
25
 
 
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT
2,420
0.57%
40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM 4/
1,889
1.66%
27
 
 
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT
181
2.82%
9
 
 
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE
827
4.77%
4
 
 
TOTAL DEFICIENT
1,008
4.24%
5
 
 
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT
881
0.98%
37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
3,036
0.64%
38
 
 
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT
464
0.62%
32
 
 
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE
1,033
1.63%
24
 
 
TOTAL DEFICIENT
1,497
1.08%
30
 
 
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT
1,539
0.46%
40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PERSONS FATALLY INJURED IN CRASHES - 2001
477
1.13%
21
 
 
FATALITY RATE ( PER 100 MILLION VMT)
0.90
 
1
 
 

1/ Excludes Puerto Rico.
2/ Excludes inland water.
3/ Includes mileage under Federal jurisdiction.
4/ Reflects designated National Highway System submitted to Congress in May 1996, under NHS Designation Act.
5/ For all States with a zero for nontransportation distributions, the rank is the same.

Produced by the Office of Highway Policy Information (HPPI-10), Federal Highway Administration - 3/14/2003

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