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SELECTED MEASURES FOR IDENTIFYING PEER STATES

OCTOBER 2004

Table PS-1
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STATE	GENERAL MEASURES											TRAVEL MEASURES
	2003 NET LAND AREA 1/ (SQUARE MILES)			2003 POPULATION 1/				2001 PERSONAL INCOME 2/		2001 GROSS STATE PRODUCT 2/		ANNUAL VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL (MILLIONS)					LANE-MILES
	RURAL	URBAN	PERCENT URBAN	RURAL (1,000)	URBAN (1,000)	PERCENT URBAN	TOTAL PER SQUARE MILE	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	RURAL		URBAN		TOTAL PER CAPITA	RURAL	URBAN
	RURAL	URBAN	PERCENT URBAN	RURAL (1,000)	URBAN (1,000)	PERCENT URBAN	TOTAL PER SQUARE MILE	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	ANNUAL VMT	PERCENT TRUCKS 3/	ANNUAL VMT	PERCENT TRUCKS 3/	TOTAL PER CAPITA	RURAL	URBAN
Alabama	47,555	3,189	6.3	2,089	2,424	53.7	89	109	24,477	122	27,299	30,158	14.7	28,479	6.8	12,993	150,222	45,461
Alaska	571,020	931	0.2	256	394	60.6	1	20	31,027	29	45,741	2,419	15.1	2,523	6.0	7,603	24,308	4,538
Arizona	111,063	2,572	2.3	1,126	4,433	79.7	49	137	25,878	161	30,337	16,556	23.6	37,340	12.8	9,695	74,055	49,516
Arkansas	50,906	1,162	2.2	1,312	1,397	51.6	52	61	22,750	68	25,232	19,473	19.3	11,166	10.6	11,310	177,403	23,218
California 9/	146,589	9,370	6.0	3,105	33,037	91.4	232	1,130	32,655	1,359	39,277	65,501	15.7	258,091	7.2	8,953	174,913	202,412
Colorado	101,252	2,466	2.4	1,061	3,489	76.7	44	148	33,455	174	39,269	13,935	12.7	29,444	5.7	9,534	139,736	40,438
Connecticut	2,773	2,072	42.8	375	3,085	89.2	714	145	42,377	166	48,326	3,970	8.4	27,462	6.5	9,084	12,452	32,515
Delaware	1,687	267	13.7	230	588	71.9	419	26	32,166	41	51,443	3,841	11.0	5,203	9.9	11,056	8,155	4,663
Dist. of Columbia	-	61	100.0	-	563	100.0	9,230	23	40,539	65	113,240	-	-	4,150	6.5	7,371	-	3,603
Florida	45,421	8,506	15.8	1,185	15,886	93.1	317	476	29,048	492	30,049	49,501	14.1	136,010	7.3	10,867	109,533	152,776
Georgia	54,239	3,667	6.3	3,462	5,222	60.1	150	240	28,523	300	35,689	50,624	15.1	58,622	9.1	12,580	181,521	64,174
Hawaii	5,778	645	10.0	316	935	74.7	195	36	29,034	44	35,860	2,771	4.1	6,541	2.9	7,444	4,402	4,946
Idaho	82,081	666	0.8	641	725	53.1	17	32	24,506	37	28,009	8,899	18.4	5,391	10.4	10,461	86,666	9,523
Illinois	51,480	4,104	7.4	2,829	9,687	77.4	225	413	32,990	476	38,019	31,934	17.7	74,602	8.5	8,512	206,714	82,901
Indiana	33,774	2,093	5.8	2,096	3,449	62.2	155	169	27,522	190	31,010	37,034	17.0	35,477	10.0	13,077	151,705	44,087
Iowa	54,718	1,151	2.1	1,185	1,792	60.2	53	80	27,225	91	31,037	19,194	13.0	11,914	7.6	10,449	209,110	24,458
Kansas	80,635	1,180	1.4	901	1,756	66.1	32	77	28,432	87	32,198	15,209	5.9	13,463	4.2	10,791	251,235	23,867
Kentucky	38,248	1,480	3.7	1,847	2,271	55.1	104	101	24,878	120	29,491	26,853	14.9	19,895	7.3	11,352	133,612	26,322
Louisiana	41,919	1,643	3.8	1,387	3,197	69.7	105	109	24,454	149	33,333	24,262	17.8	19,894	11.8	9,633	96,552	31,507
Maine	30,344	518	1.7	795	504	38.8	42	34	26,853	37	28,816	11,070	9.1	3,842	6.0	11,480	40,806	5,603
Maryland	7,972	1,802	18.4	738	4,559	86.1	542	190	35,279	195	36,205	13,536	13.3	41,165	8.0	10,327	29,003	38,393
Massachusetts	3,989	3,851	49.1	564	5,869	91.2	821	249	38,864	288	44,993	4,202	5.0	49,507	4.9	8,349	16,124	58,965
Michigan	52,109	4,695	8.3	2,515	7,711	75.4	180	297	29,629	321	32,081	31,080	10.8	69,676	7.0	9,853	176,988	79,844
Minnesota	77,151	2,459	3.1	1,607	3,452	68.2	64	165	33,059	188	37,713	26,750	10.1	28,546	6.3	10,930	234,737	36,012
Mississippi	45,114	1,793	3.8	1,456	1,541	51.4	64	62	21,653	67	23,427	22,999	16.5	14,468	11.8	12,502	130,123	23,284
Missouri 10/	66,693	2,193	3.2	2,077	3,597	63.4	82	159	28,221	182	32,287	31,469	16.4	36,694	8.3	12,013	217,307	37,372
Montana	145,232	320	0.2	484	434	47.3	6	22	24,044	23	25,414	8,304	13.2	2,570	4.5	11,845	135,912	5,853
Nebraska	76,438	434	0.6	581	1,133	66.1	22	50	28,861	57	33,140	11,501	19.4	7,515	5.1	11,095	176,659	12,625
Nevada	108,963	863	0.8	920	1,321	58.9	20	63	30,128	79	37,655	5,978	23.9	13,323	4.7	8,613	57,820	13,625
New Hampshire	8,443	525	5.9	665	474	41.6	127	43	33,969	47	37,331	7,955	8.1	5,225	6.4	11,572	25,813	6,414
New Jersey	3,616	3,801	51.2	452	8,186	94.8	1,165	329	38,625	365	42,886	6,778	9.5	63,000	9.6	8,078	15,276	68,946
New Mexico	120,779	577	0.5	759	1,114	59.5	15	42	23,081	55	30,038	13,379	24.6	9,465	10.3	12,196	118,135	15,693
New York	41,751	5,463	11.6	3,333	15,825	82.6	406	685	35,878	827	43,335	38,600	11.3	96,447	5.3	7,049	147,265	92,461
North Carolina	45,481	3,230	6.6	4,175	4,290	50.7	174	224	27,308	276	33,634	46,452	12.6	47,307	9.2	11,076	160,493	53,966
North Dakota	68,711	265	0.4	299	335	52.8	9	16	25,798	19	29,827	5,581	19.0	1,887	6.4	11,779	171,673	4,018
Ohio	35,377	5,571	13.6	2,277	9,159	80.1	279	327	28,699	374	32,836	37,017	17.6	71,921	8.3	9,526	164,405	97,871
Oklahoma	66,467	2,200	3.2	1,321	2,132	61.7	50	87	24,945	94	27,089	21,933	21.1	23,792	8.1	13,242	199,177	33,555
Oregon	94,990	1,007	1.0	977	2,564	72.4	37	98	28,222	120	34,552	17,531	16.6	17,567	7.2	9,912	111,918	23,812
Pennsylvania	39,370	5,447	12.2	2,913	9,452	76.4	276	378	30,752	408	33,163	40,550	16.1	65,797	8.3	8,601	169,374	81,470
Rhode Island	438	607	58.1	55	993	94.8	1,003	32	30,256	37	34,906	857	6.6	7,508	3.8	7,982	2,514	11,017
South Carolina	28,665	1,445	4.8	1,775	2,371	57.2	138	101	24,840	115	28,311	30,817	12.5	17,303	8.6	11,606	114,920	24,184
South Dakota	75,635	250	0.3	413	349	45.8	10	20	26,566	24	31,662	6,585	16.1	1,942	6.5	11,190	164,667	4,947
Tennessee	38,270	2,947	7.1	2,117	3,725	63.8	142	154	26,808	183	31,832	29,677	16.7	39,477	8.5	11,837	139,893	46,583
Texas	253,627	8,170	3.1	6,775	15,343	69.4	84	609	28,472	764	35,749	78,758	20.1	144,660	7.5	10,101	452,666	190,429
Utah	80,093	2,051	2.5	406	1,956	82.8	29	55	24,033	70	30,715	8,728	25.4	15,301	12.3	10,173	71,106	18,121
Vermont	9,021	229	2.5	385	234	37.8	67	18	28,756	19	30,995	6,034	10.1	2,275	6.2	13,423	26,625	2,901
Virginia	35,451	4,143	10.5	2,355	5,638	70.5	202	233	32,338	273	37,932	29,810	12.3	47,058	5.4	9,617	105,641	48,661
Washington	64,322	2,222	3.3	1,238	4,859	79.7	92	192	31,976	223	37,210	17,914	15.7	37,101	7.7	9,023	127,477	44,046
West Virginia	23,506	572	2.4	1,029	834	44.8	77	41	22,862	42	23,320	14,699	14.3	5,383	13.3	10,779	69,197	6,938
Wisconsin	52,781	1,529	2.8	2,247	3,667	62.0	109	158	29,196	177	32,741	29,931	9.3	29,684	7.3	10,080	188,819	44,665
Wyoming	96,608	492	0.5	211	290	57.9	5	15	29,587	20	40,486	6,776	25.7	2,435	12.5	18,385	51,644	5,451
U.S. Total	3,418,545	118,896	3.4	73,317	218,241	74.9	82	8,680	30,413	10,140	35,539	1,085,385	15.3	1,805,508	7.7	9,915	6,206,471	2,108,650
Puerto Rico	1,453	1,972	57.6	180	3,699	95.4	1,133					1,270	1.5	17,404	7.2	4,814	6,422	26,652
Grand Total	3,419,998	120,868	3.4	73,497	221,940	75.1	83					1,086,655	15.4	1,822,912	7.7	9,848	6,212,893	2,135,302

OCTOBER 2004

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STATE	STATE HIGHWAY AGENCY-OWNED ROADWAY SYSTEM MEASURES 4/
	RURAL							URBAN							RURAL AND URBAN
	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	PERCENT OF STATE WIDE TOTAL RURAL 5/			MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	PERCENT OF STATE WIDE TOTAL URBAN 5/			MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	PERCENT OF STATE WIDE TOTAL 5/
	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	MILES	LANE- MILES	DVMT	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	MILES	LANE- MILES	DVMT	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	MILES	LANE- MILES	DVMT
Alabama	8,959	21,185	49,901	2,355	12.2	14.1	60.4	1,933	6,577	43,207	6,569	9.2	14.5	55.4	10,892	27,762	93,108	3,354	11.5	14.2	58.0
Alaska	5,060	10,113	5,268	521	41.6	41.6	79.5	565	1,476	5,503	3,728	27.3	32.5	79.6	5,625	11,589	10,771	929	39.5	40.2	79.6
Arizona	5,869	14,512	36,217	2,496	16.5	19.6	79.9	917	3,672	36,531	9,948	4.2	7.4	35.7	6,786	18,184	72,748	4,001	11.8	14.7	49.3
Arkansas	15,027	32,019	45,134	1,410	17.1	18.0	84.6	1,355	4,137	21,183	5,120	12.5	17.8	69.2	16,382	36,156	66,317	1,834	16.6	18.0	79.0
California 9/	11,414	29,563	133,333	4,510	13.6	16.9	74.3	3,811	20,777	357,162	17,190	4.5	10.3	50.5	15,225	50,340	490,495	9,744	9.0	13.3	55.3
Colorado	7,693	17,738	29,286	1,651	11.2	12.7	76.7	1,420	5,236	43,233	8,257	7.8	12.9	53.6	9,113	22,974	72,519	3,157	10.5	12.8	61.0
Connecticut	1,288	2,789	8,198	2,940	21.0	22.4	75.4	2,430	6,982	57,391	8,220	16.2	21.5	76.3	3,718	9,771	65,589	6,713	17.6	21.7	76.2
Delaware	3,587	7,581	10,103	1,333	92.8	93.0	96.0	1,593	3,793	13,521	3,565	78.5	81.3	94.9	5,180	11,374	23,624	2,077	87.9	88.7	95.3
Dist. of Columbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,428	3,349	10,635	3,176	93.0	93.0	93.5	1,428	3,349	10,635	3,176	93.0	93.0	93.5
Florida	7,058	19,676	90,993	4,625	13.6	18.0	67.1	4,994	21,158	193,943	9,166	7.3	13.8	52.0	12,052	40,834	284,936	6,978	10.0	15.6	56.1
Georgia	14,859	35,228	89,087	2,529	16.9	19.4	64.2	3,013	11,501	100,254	8,717	10.6	17.9	62.4	17,872	46,729	189,341	4,052	15.3	19.0	63.3
Hawaii	675	1,392	5,037	3,619	31.0	31.6	66.4	260	1,003	10,348	10,317	12.2	20.3	57.7	935	2,395	15,385	6,424	21.7	25.6	60.3
Idaho	4,655	10,879	16,018	1,472	10.9	12.6	65.7	301	1,059	6,232	5,885	6.8	11.1	42.2	4,956	11,938	22,250	1,864	10.6	12.4	56.8
Illinois	11,619	26,717	60,275	2,256	11.4	12.9	68.9	4,542	15,114	108,570	7,183	12.3	18.2	53.1	16,161	41,831	168,845	4,036	11.7	14.4	57.8
Indiana	9,534	22,773	77,732	3,413	12.9	15.0	76.6	1,652	5,542	43,210	7,797	8.0	12.6	44.5	11,186	28,315	120,942	4,271	11.8	14.5	60.9
Iowa	7,920	19,076	36,491	1,913	7.7	9.1	69.4	961	3,529	16,075	4,555	9.0	14.4	49.2	8,881	22,605	52,566	2,325	7.8	9.7	61.7
Kansas	9,755	21,515	28,683	1,333	7.8	8.6	68.8	623	2,367	15,545	6,567	5.9	9.9	42.1	10,378	23,882	44,228	1,852	7.7	8.7	56.3
Kentucky	24,995	53,546	65,342	1,220	38.4	40.1	88.8	2,503	7,298	44,642	6,117	20.9	27.7	81.9	27,498	60,844	109,984	1,808	35.7	38.0	85.9
Louisiana	14,654	31,858	58,626	1,840	31.2	33.0	88.2	2,039	6,503	43,959	6,760	14.6	20.6	80.7	16,693	38,361	102,585	2,674	27.4	30.0	84.8
Maine	7,634	15,921	26,294	1,652	38.1	39.0	86.7	771	1,841	8,312	4,515	29.3	32.9	78.9	8,405	17,762	34,606	1,948	37.0	38.3	84.7
Maryland	3,099	7,251	26,793	3,695	22.3	25.0	72.2	2,037	7,373	75,065	10,181	12.1	19.2	66.6	5,136	14,624	101,858	6,965	16.7	21.7	68.0
Massachusetts	704	1,625	5,226	3,216	8.9	10.1	45.4	2,131	7,020	67,420	9,604	7.7	11.9	49.7	2,835	8,645	72,646	8,403	8.0	11.5	49.4
Michigan	7,145	16,916	62,943	3,721	8.2	9.6	73.9	2,596	10,668	96,472	9,043	7.4	13.4	50.5	9,741	27,584	159,415	5,779	8.0	10.7	57.8
Minnesota	10,806	24,891	52,392	2,105	9.3	10.6	71.5	1,123	4,249	42,757	10,063	6.9	11.8	54.7	11,929	29,140	95,149	3,265	9.0	10.8	62.8
Mississippi	9,583	22,337	41,200	1,844	15.1	17.2	65.4	1,330	4,160	23,169	5,569	12.5	17.9	58.5	10,913	26,497	64,369	2,429	14.7	17.3	62.7
Missouri 10/	30,682	64,451	75,720	1,175	28.6	29.7	87.8	1,766	5,582	56,223	10,072	10.0	14.9	55.9	32,448	70,033	131,943	1,884	26.0	27.5	70.7
Montana	7,684	17,952	16,528	921	11.5	13.2	72.6	196	630	2,484	3,943	7.1	10.8	35.3	7,880	18,582	19,012	1,023	11.3	13.1	63.8
Nebraska	9,650	21,069	25,108	1,192	11.0	11.9	79.7	336	1,270	8,166	6,430	5.8	10.1	39.7	9,986	22,339	33,274	1,489	10.7	11.8	63.9
Nevada	4,900	11,095	12,754	1,149	17.3	19.2	77.9	549	2,104	19,493	9,265	9.6	15.4	53.4	5,449	13,199	32,247	2,443	16.0	18.5	61.0
New Hampshire	3,674	7,970	19,197	2,409	29.2	30.9	88.1	440	1,140	8,242	7,230	14.5	17.8	57.6	4,114	9,110	27,439	3,012	26.3	28.3	76.0
New Jersey	453	1,241	7,851	6,326	6.1	8.1	42.3	1,860	7,249	75,118	10,363	5.9	10.5	43.5	2,313	8,490	82,969	9,773	5.9	10.1	43.4
New Mexico	10,593	25,041	30,048	1,200	18.5	21.2	82.0	814	2,947	13,486	4,576	11.9	18.8	52.0	11,407	27,988	43,534	1,555	17.8	20.9	69.6
New York	11,003	24,503	54,227	2,213	15.3	16.6	51.3	4,030	13,578	133,876	9,860	9.8	14.7	50.7	15,033	38,081	188,103	4,940	13.3	15.9	50.8
North Carolina	69,350	143,692	124,866	869	89.2	89.5	98.1	9,291	23,639	98,327	4,160	38.1	43.8	75.9	78,641	167,331	223,193	1,334	77.0	78.0	86.9
North Dakota	7,177	16,141	10,871	674	8.4	9.4	71.1	205	690	2,369	3,434	11.2	17.2	45.8	7,382	16,831	2,369	141	8.5	9.6	11.6
Ohio	14,264	31,833	65,700	2,064	17.8	19.4	64.8	5,027	16,792	119,276	7,103	11.6	17.2	60.5	19,291	48,625	184,976	3,804	15.6	18.5	62.0
Oklahoma	11,077	25,166	41,304	1,641	11.4	12.6	68.7	1,186	4,410	26,926	6,106	7.9	13.1	41.3	12,263	29,576	68,230	2,307	10.9	12.7	54.5
Oregon	6,813	15,692	33,586	2,140	12.4	14.0	69.9	732	2,565	24,501	9,552	6.6	10.8	50.9	7,545	18,257	58,087	3,182	11.4	13.5	60.4
Pennsylvania	29,558	62,453	85,418	1,368	35.7	36.9	76.9	10,335	25,778	136,035	5,277	27.4	31.6	75.5	39,893	88,231	221,453	2,510	33.1	35.2	76.0
Rhode Island	317	702	2,211	3,149	25.9	27.9	94.2	786	2,198	16,380	7,452	15.1	20.0	79.6	1,103	2,900	18,591	6,411	17.2	21.4	81.1
South Carolina	34,524	72,872	79,068	1,085	62.2	63.4	93.6	6,951	16,690	44,343	2,657	65.1	69.0	93.5	41,475	89,562	123,411	1,378	62.6	64.4	93.6
South Dakota	7,652	17,122	13,967	816	9.4	10.4	77.4	188	722	2,725	3,775	8.3	14.6	51.2	7,840	17,844	16,692	935	9.4	10.5	71.4
Tennessee	10,945	25,584	64,180	2,509	16.1	18.3	78.9	2,848	9,977	70,213	7,038	13.9	21.4	64.9	13,793	35,561	134,393	3,779	15.6	19.1	70.9
Texas	68,373	152,011	195,956	1,289	31.3	33.6	90.8	11,121	37,573	256,425	6,825	13.4	19.7	64.7	79,494	189,584	452,381	2,386	26.3	29.5	73.9
Utah	5,083	12,200	19,715	1,616	14.7	17.2	82.4	769	2,978	27,105	9,102	9.4	16.4	64.7	5,852	15,178	46,820	3,085	13.7	17.0	71.1
Vermont	2,453	5,575	10,920	1,959	18.9	20.9	66.1	177	470	2,207	4,696	12.8	16.2	35.4	2,630	6,045	13,127	2,172	18.3	20.5	57.7
Virginia	47,932	100,971	80,412	796	95.4	95.6	98.5	9,391	22,863	87,414	3,823	44.7	47.0	67.8	57,323	123,834	167,826	1,355	80.5	80.3	79.7
Washington	5,978	13,818	38,606	2,794	9.5	10.8	78.7	1,071	4,480	54,027	12,060	5.5	10.2	53.2	7,049	18,298	92,633	5,062	8.6	10.7	61.5
West Virginia	32,444	66,334	37,972	572	96.0	95.9	94.3	1,455	3,426	12,024	3,510	45.6	49.4	81.5	33,899	69,760	49,996	717	91.6	91.6	90.9
Wisconsin	10,000	22,840	57,331	2,510	10.8	12.1	69.9	1,772	6,297	41,190	6,541	8.7	14.1	50.6	11,772	29,137	98,521	3,381	10.4	12.5	60.3
Wyoming	6,351	14,382	14,699	1,022	25.4	27.8	79.2	409	1,213	3,033	2,500	16.3	22.3	45.5	6,760	15,595	17,732	1,137	24.6	27.3	70.3
U.S. Total	652,522	1,439,811	2,278,787	1,583	21.5	23.2	76.8	120,033	383,645	2,825,947	7,366	12.8	18.2	57.3	772,555	1,823,456	5,093,863	2,794	19.4	21.9	64.5
Puerto Rico	1,061	2,234	3,190	1,428	33.6	34.8	91.7	3,494	8,355	41,008	4,908	27.8	31.3	86.0	4,555	10,589	44,198	4,174	28.9	32.0	86.4
Grand Total	653,583	1,442,045	2,281,977	1,582	21.5	23.2	76.9	123,527	392,000	2,866,955	7,314	13.0	18.4	57.6	777,110	1,834,045	5,138,061	2,801	19.5	22.0	64.6

1/ Source is Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) summary data reported by the States. The total population generally reflects current estimates by the Bureau of the Census. The split between urban and rural is based on revisions by States and metropolitan planning organizations to urban boundaries defined by the Bureau of the Census.

2/ Source is U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis as published in Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2003. Per Capita for Personal Income is based on 2001 population. Per Capita for Gross State Product is based on 2001 population.

3/ Percent Trucks includes buses, single-unit trucks with at least 2 axles and 6 tires plus combination trucks. Data are based on HPMS sample data reported by each State. National average is weighted on vehicle-miles of travel.

4/ Includes roadways owned by the State highway agency. Excludes roadways owned by State toll, State park and other State agencies.

5/ Statewide totals for miles, lane-miles, and travel are found in tables HM-20, HM-60 and VM-2.

6/ May see differences from prior years; starting in 1999, number of lanes is coded for all systems except rural minor collector and rural/urban local.

7/ DVMT (Daily Vehicle-Miles of Travel) is in thousands.

8/ AADT means Annual Average Daily Traffic. AADT/Lane is a statewide average.

9/ California has been asked to review their 2003 data and may resubmit pending the resolution of review findings.

10/ 2002 data used.

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