Office of Highway Policy Information	OHPI > Highway Statistics Series > 2000 State Briefing > Louisiana

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  LOUISIANA	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	43,026	1.19%	33
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	4,332,000	1.55%	24
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	1,387,000	1.79%	21
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	2,945,000	1.45%	24
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	2,742,678	1.69%	25
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	2,160,513	1.68%	24
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	582,165	1.74%	24
GASOHOL	2,519	0.02%	34
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	1,925,331	1.46%	24
TRUCKS	1,547,644	1.82%	22
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	3,488,692	1.60%	24
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	2,759,120	1.45%	25
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	40,914	1.50%	27
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$527,753	1.74%	24
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.88		43
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.15		24
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$349,387	1.53%	25
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$456,016	1.58%	24
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$65,725	1.40%	33
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$89,471	1.62%	25
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$67,641	1.75%	23
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$91,893	2.78%	12
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$1,124	2.28%	11
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$2,588	1.34%	23
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$83,762	1.29%	26
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$43,654	1.57%	27
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$671,403	1.19%	29
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$500		36
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$16.41		42
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$1,251,572	1.67%	19
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$767,993	1.74%	20
MAINTENANCE	$169,903	1.33%	24
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,705,874	1.48%	23
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$832,642	1.46%	25
MAINTENANCE	$326,176	1.09%	27
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	20.00		22
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	01/01/1990

LOUISIANA CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	894	1.93%	25	894	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	2,137	1.32%	36	1,969	168
MINOR ARTERIALS	3,209	1.41%	32	2,474	735
COLLECTORS	12,544	1.58%	31	11,357	1,166
LOCAL	42,118	1.56%	32	6	41,509
TOTAL MILEAGE	60,902	1.55%	32	16,700	43,578
(by system)
INTERSTATE	894	1.93%	25
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,705	1.49%	34
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,599	1.62%	34
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	58,303	1.54%	32
TOTAL MILEAGE	60,902	1.55%	32
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	4.3%		28
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	13,426	2.28%	20
TOTAL DEFICIENT	4,591	2.80%	15
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	8,835	2.08%	24
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,575	2.25%	13
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	105	1.59%	21
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	530	3.01%	9
TOTAL DEFICIENT	635	2.62%	14
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,940	2.15%	17
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	10,851	2.29%	21
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	2,320	3.02%	13
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	1,636	2.59%	16
TOTAL DEFICIENT	3,956	2.83%	17
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	6,895	2.07%	22

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

Produced by the Office of Highway Policy Information (HPPI-10), Federal Highway Administration  8/14/02