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Mississippi – State Statistical Abstracts 2011 – Office of Highway Policy Information – FHWA

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2011

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 2,978,512   1.0%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 46,907   1.3%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 1,597,321 74.3% 1.2%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 553,167 25.7% 1.5%
Total Fuel 2,150,488 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 1,535,375 97.1% 1.2%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 45,973 2.9% 1.2%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 64,107 85.3% 2.1%
Urban 11,011 14.7% 1.0%
Total 75,118 100.0% 1.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 703 0.9% 1.5%
Other Freeways & Expressways 71 0.1% 0.5%
Other Principal Arterials 2,920 3.9% 1.9%
Minor Arterial 4,626 6.2% 1.9%
Major Collector 13,260 17.7% 2.5%
Minor Collector 2,299 3.1% 0.9%
Local 51241 68.2% 1.8%
Total 75,120 31.8% 2.7%
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 2,846 1.8% 1.3%
Other Freeways/Expressways 233 0.1% 0.3%
Other Principal Arterials 9,724 6.2% 2.1%
Minor Arterial 9,865 6.3% 1.8%
Major Collector 26,746 17.1% 2.5%
Minor Collector 4,598 2.9% 0.9%
Local 102481 65.5% 1.8%
Total 156,493 100.0% 1.8%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 23,063 59.4% 2.4%
Urban 15,788 40.6% 0.8%
Total 38,851 100.0% 1.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 7,070 18.2% 1.0%
Other Freeways/Expressways 488 1.3% 0.2%
Other Principal Arterial 10,621 27.3% 1.6%
Minor Arterial 5,759 14.8% 1.1%
Major Collector 5,768 14.8% 1.6%
Minor Collector 455 1.2% 0.8%
Local 8,691 22.4% 2.2%
Total 38,852 100.0% 1.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 919,586 47.73% 0.88%
Female 1,007,017 52.27% 0.94%
Total 1,926,603 100.00% 0.91%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.184 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.184
Gasohol $0.184

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 1,050,978 51.61% 0.84%
Buses 9,012 0.44% 1.35%
Trucks 948,456 46.57% 0.80%
Total 2,008,446    
Motorcycles 28,078 1.38% 0.33%
Grand Total 2,036,524 100.00% 0.80%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 508 80.63% 2.88%
Urban 122 19.37% 0.85%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 630 100% 1.95%

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 $500,726 40.23% 0.80%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $49,075 3.94% 0.57%
Miscellaneous $6,162 0.50% 0.07%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $612,860 49.24% 1.52%
Local payments $75,918 6.10% 3.01%
Total $1,244,741 100.00% 0.82%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $855,328 0.6779257 1.17%
Maintenance and Services $108,459 0.0859637 0.52%
Administration and Misc. $75,850 0.0601181 0.87%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $36,096 0.0286094 0.40%
Interest $37,952 0.0300804 0.50%
Bond Retirement $51,613 0.040908 0.42%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $96,386 0.0763947 0.52%
Total $1,261,684 32.21% 0.84%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $422,127 87.06% 1.32%
Mass Transit Account $62,760 12.94% 1.27%
Total $484,887 100.00% 1.31%

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