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Arkansas – State Statistical Abstracts 2011 – FHWA

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2011

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Arkansas

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 2,937,979   0.9%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 52,068   1.5%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 1,426,266 70.2% 1.1%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 605,835 29.8% 1.6%
Total Fuel 2,032,101 100.0%  
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 54,043 3.8% 1.4%
On Highway Gasoline(Table MF-21) 1,357,060 96.2% 1.0%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 87,069 87.0% 2.9%
Urban 13,013 13.0% 1.2%
Total 100,082 100.0% 2.5%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 655 0.7% 1.4%
Other Freeways & Expressways 221 0.2% 1.4%
Other Principal Arterials 2,755 2.8% 1.8%
Minor Arterial 4,320 4.3% 1.8%
Major Collector 13,930 13.9% 2.6%
Minor Collector 7,032 7.0% 2.6%
Local 71168 71.1% 2.5%
Total 100,081 28.9% 3.6%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
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Total      
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 2,757 1.3% 1.3%
Other Freeways/Expressways 907 0.4% 1.3%
Other Principal Arterials 7,608 3.7% 1.6%
Minor Arterial 9,334 4.6% 1.7%
Major Collector 27,878 13.6% 2.6%
Minor Collector 14,063 6.9% 2.6%
Local 142336 69.5% 2.5%
Total 204,883 100.0% 2.4%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Rural/Urban in Millions) - (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 18,432 55.9% 1.9%
Urban 14,521 44.1% 0.7%
Total 32,953 100.0% 1.1%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 8,486 25.8% 1.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,435 4.4% 0.6%
Other Principal Arterial 7,476 22.7% 1.1%
Minor Arterial 5,951 18.1% 1.1%
Major Collector 5,291 16.1% 1.5%
Minor Collector 762 2.3% 1.3%
Local 3,554 10.8% 0.9%
Total 32,955 100.0% 1.1%
Driver Licenses (DL-1C) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 905,039 46.27% 0.86%
Female 1,051,052 53.73% 0.98%
Total 1,956,091 100.00% 0.92%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.215 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.225
Gasohol $0.215

NOTE: Tax rates do not include Federal gas tax of 18.4 cents or diesel of 24.4 cents

Vehicle Registrations (MV-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Autos 1,021,817 41.74% 0.81%
Trucks/Picks/SUVs 3,350 0.14% 0.50%
Buses 1,346,842 55.01% 1.14%
Total 2,372,009    
Motorcycles 76,301 3.12% 0.90%
Grand Total 2,448,310 100.00% 0.97%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 423 77.05% 2.40%
Urban 125 22.77% 0.87%
Unknown 1 0.18% 0.34%
Total 549 100% 1.70%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts     0.00%
Disbursements     0.00%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-2) ($000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $534,527 42.95% 0.85%
General Fund Appropriations $46,241 3.72% 0.74%
Other State Imposts $57,767 4.64% 0.67%
Miscellaneous $22,242 1.79% 0.26%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $560,655 45.04% 1.39%
Local payments $23,243 1.87% 0.92%
Total $1,244,675 100.00% 0.82%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $744,570 0.5551852 1.02%
Maintenance and Services $297,815 0.2220644 1.42%
Administration and Misc. $32,722 0.024399 0.38%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $88,598 0.0660627 0.99%
Interest $15,175 0.0113152 0.20%
Bond Retirement $162,240 0.1209735 1.34%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $0 0 0.00%
Total $1,341,120 44.48% 0.89%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $408,637 87.44% 1.28%
Mass Transit Account $58,681 12.56% 1.19%
Total $467,318 100.00% 1.27%

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