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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2011

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 4,574,836   1.5%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 43,562   1.2%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 2,305,390 75.3% 1.7%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 756,451 24.7% 2.0%
Total Fuel 3,061,841 100.0%  
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 85,401 3.7% 2.2%
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 2,196,683 96.3% 1.7%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 44,466 72.1% 1.5%
Urban 17,169 27.9% 1.6%
Total 61,635 100.0% 1.5%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 898 1.5% 1.9%
Other Freeways & Expressways 52 0.1% 0.3%
Other Principal Arterials 2,104 3.4% 1.3%
Minor Arterial 3,503 5.7% 1.4%
Major Collector 6,830 11.1% 1.3%
Minor Collector 3,153 5.1% 1.2%
Local 45096 73.2% 1.6%
Total 61,636 26.8% 2.2%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
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Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 3,853 3.0% 1.8%
Other Freeways & Expressways 240 0.2% 0.3%
Other Principal Arterials 7,279 5.6% 1.5%
Minor Arterial 8,434 6.5% 1.5%
Major Collector 14,206 10.9% 1.3%
Minor Collector 6,306 4.8% 1.2%
Local 90191 69.1% 1.6%
Total 130,509 100.0% 1.5%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 20,073 43.2% 2.1%
Urban 26,439 56.8% 1.3%
Total 46,512 100.0% 1.6%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 12,653 27.2% 1.8%
Other Freeways/Expressways 815 1.8% 0.3%
Other Principal Arterial 10,723 23.1% 1.6%
Minor Arterial 9,287 20.0% 1.8%
Major Collector 7,236 15.6% 2.1%
Minor Collector 1,462 3.1% 2.6%
Local 4338 9.3% 1.1%
Total 46,514 100.0% 1.6%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 1,539,671 48.32% 1.47%
Female 1,646,556 51.68% 1.54%
Total 3,186,227 100.00% 1.50%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.20 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.20
Gasohol $0.20

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 1,801,488 44.45% 1.43%
Buses 13,427 0.33% 2.02%
Trucks 2,169,221 53.53% 1.83%
Total 3,984,136    
Motorcycles 68,460 1.69% 0.81%
Grand Total 4,052,596 100.00% 1.60%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 348 51.56% 1.97%
Urban 327 48.44% 2.27%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 675 100% 2.09%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts      
Disbursements      
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) ($000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $760,244 28.21% 1.22%
General Fund Appropriations $112,303 4.17% 1.81%
Other State Imposts $51,366 1.91% 0.59%
Miscellaneous $93,869 3.48% 1.10%
Bonds $471,179 17.48% 1.99%
Federal payments $1,206,031 44.75% 2.99%
Local payments $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $2,694,992 100.00% 1.77%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $1,609,681 0.7050066 2.20%
Maintenance and Services $165,261 0.0723809 0.79%
Administration and Misc. $219,535 0.0961517 2.53%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $94,163 0.0412414 1.05%
Interest $133,035 0.0582665 1.76%
Bond Retirement $59,822 0.0262008 0.49%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $1,717 0.000752 0.01%
Total $2,283,214 29.50% 1.52%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $570,299   1.78%
Mass Transit Account $85,409   1.74%
Total      

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