U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000


Skip to content
Facebook iconYouTube iconTwitter iconFlickr iconLinkedInInstagram

Policy and Governmental Affairs
Office of Highway Policy Information

FHWA Home / Policy & Governmental Affairs / Highway Policy Information / Highway Statistics Series / 2011 / Office of Highway Policy Information

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

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2011

Montana State Flag

Montana

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.
 

Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 998,199   0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 145,552   4.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 494,823 66.1% 0.4%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 254,254 33.9% 0.7%
Total Fuel 749,077 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 475,123 96.0% 0.4%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 19,699 4.0% 0.5%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 71,698 95.8% 2.4%
Urban 3,182 4.2% 0.3%
Total 74,880 100.0% 1.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 1,192 1.6% 2.5%
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 2,814 3.8% 1.8%
Minor Arterial 3,224 4.3% 1.3%
Major Collector 7,377 9.9% 1.4%
Minor Collector 8,817 11.8% 3.3%
Local 51456 68.7% 1.8%
Total 74,880 31.3% 2.7%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
State Highway Agencies      
County      
Town/Townships      
Other Jurisdictions      
Federal      
Total      
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 4,767 3.1% 2.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 6,224 4.1% 1.3%
Minor Arterial 6,558 4.3% 1.2%
Major Collector 14,703 9.6% 1.4%
Minor Collector 17,633 11.5% 3.3%
Local 102913 67.4% 1.8%
Total 152,798 100.0% 1.8%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 8,719 74.8% 0.9%
Urban 2,941 25.2% 0.1%
Total 11,660 100.0% 0.4%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 2,810 24.1% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 3,269 28.0% 0.5%
Minor Arterial 1,744 15.0% 0.3%
Major Collector 1,466 12.6% 0.4%
Minor Collector 438 3.8% 0.8%
Local 1,932 16.6% 0.5%
Total 11,659 100.0% 0.4%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 382,046 50.77% 0.36%
Female 370,437 49.23% 0.35%
Total 752,483 100.00% 0.36%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.278 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.285
Gasohol $0.238

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 435,575 35.73% 0.35%
Buses 4,789 0.39% 0.72%
Trucks 731,783 60.02% 0.62%
Total 1,172,147    
Motorcycles 47,011 3.86% 0.56%
Grand Total 1,219,158 100.00% 0.48%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 176 84.21% 1.00%
Urban 29 13.88% 0.20%
Unknown 4 1.91% 1.34%
Total 209 100% 0.65%

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 $199,281 27.12% 0.32%
General Fund Appropriations $299 0.04% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $6,803 0.93% 0.08%
Miscellaneous $48,107 6.55% 0.56%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $478,522 65.12% 1.19%
Local payments $1,808 0.25% 0.07%
Total $734,820 100.00% 0.48%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $480,009 0.6368777 0.66%
Maintenance and Services $121,427 0.1611098 0.58%
Administration and Misc. $29,462 0.0390903 0.34%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $55,470 0.0735978 0.62%
Interest $6,237 0.0082753 0.08%
Bond Retirement $9,740 0.0129231 0.08%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $51,346 0.0681261 0.27%
Total $753,691 36.31% 0.50%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $150,108 87.71% 0.47%
Mass Transit Account $21,041 12.29% 0.43%
Total $171,149 100.00% 0.46%

Office of Highway Policy Information
Federal Highway Administration

Page last modified on November 7, 2014
Federal Highway Administration | 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE | Washington, DC 20590 | 202-366-4000