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FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  TEXAS	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	261,914	7.22%	2
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	20,736,000	7.40%	2
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	6,687,000	8.64%	1
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	14,049,000	6.92%	3
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	13,252,841	8.17%	2
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	10,428,049	8.09%	2
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	2,824,792	8.46%	1
GASOHOL	605,256	3.71%	9
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	7,396,837	5.59%	3
TRUCKS	6,098,055	7.17%	2
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	13,512,009	6.21%	2
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	13,462,023	7.06%	2
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	218,361	8.00%	2
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$2,573,239	8.48%	2
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.85		49
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	.84		51
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$1,784,047	7.83%	2
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$2,213,939	7.67%	2
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$369,741	7.85%	2
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$447,521	8.09%	2
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$297,009	7.67%	2
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$120,897	3.65%	5
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$83,037	6.15%	3
RECREATION TRAILS	$2,415	4.90%	2
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$13,211	6.86%	3
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$658,233	10.17%	1
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$129,606	4.66%	4
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$6,731,432	11.90%	2
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$659,643		1
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$30.83		2
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$5,260,513	7.03%	1
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$3,421,427	7.76%	1
MAINTENANCE	$1,021,985	7.99%	2
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$7,898,631	6.87%	3
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$3,817,563	6.67%	3
MAINTENANCE	$2,062,534	6.89%	4
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	20.00		22
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	10/01/1991

TEXAS CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	3,234	6.97%	1	3,234	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	13,034	8.08%	1	11,383	1,651
MINOR ARTERIALS	16,609	7.31%	2	11,511	5,098
COLLECTORS	63,310	7.98%	1	52,916	10,365
LOCAL	204,846	7.56%	1	250	204,142
TOTAL MILEAGE	301,033	7.65%	1	79,294	221,256
(by system)
INTERSTATE	3,234	6.97%	1
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	10,201	8.92%	1
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	13,435	8.36%	1
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	287,598	7.62%	1
TOTAL MILEAGE	301,033	7.65%	1
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	4.5%		25
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	48,085	8.18%	1
TOTAL DEFICIENT	10,555	6.43%	1
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	37,530	8.85%	1
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	15,034	13.15%	1
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	232	3.52%	7
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	1,896	10.75%	1
TOTAL DEFICIENT	2,128	8.78%	1
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	12,906	14.33%	1
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	33,051	6.98%	1
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	2,950	3.84%	8
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	5,477	8.68%	1
TOTAL DEFICIENT	8,427	6.03%	2
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	24,624	7.38%	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

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