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Highway Statistics Series
State Statistical Abstracts 2011
North Carolina
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| Population / Land Area |
|
Distri-bution |
% of National |
| Total Population – (Census 2011) |
9,656,401 |
|
3.1% |
| Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) |
48,711 |
|
1.4% |
| Motor Fuel Usage (000) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) |
4,381,817 |
81.5% |
3.2% |
| Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) |
997,771 |
18.5% |
2.7% |
| Total Fuel |
5,379,588 |
100.0% |
|
| On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) |
4,197,818 |
96.9% |
3.2% |
| Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) |
134,598 |
3.1% |
3.5% |
| Public Road Length (Table
HM-20) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Rural |
70,197 |
66.3% |
2.4% |
| Urban |
35,673 |
33.7% |
3.3% |
| Total |
105,870 |
100.0% |
2.6% |
| Public Road Length (Miles)
by Functional System (HM-20) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Interstate |
1,173 |
1.1% |
2.5% |
| Other Freeways & Expressways |
476 |
0.4% |
3.0% |
| Other Principal Arterials |
3,713 |
3.5% |
2.4% |
| Minor Arterial |
5,882 |
5.6% |
2.4% |
| Major Collector |
10,798 |
10.2% |
2.0% |
| Minor Collector |
6,545 |
6.2% |
2.5% |
| Local |
77281 |
73.0% |
2.7% |
| Total |
105,868 |
27.0% |
3.8% |
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 |
5,602 |
2.5% |
2.6% |
| Other Freeways/Expressways |
2,006 |
0.9% |
2.9% |
| Other Principal Arterials |
12,694 |
5.7% |
2.7% |
| Minor Arterial |
14,135 |
6.3% |
2.5% |
| Major Collector |
22,107 |
9.9% |
2.0% |
| Minor Collector |
13,090 |
5.8% |
2.5% |
| Local |
154563 |
68.9% |
2.7% |
| Total |
224,197 |
100.0% |
2.6% |
| Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Rural |
40,267 |
38.8% |
4.1% |
| Urban |
63,505 |
61.2% |
3.2% |
| Total |
103,772 |
100.0% |
3.5% |
| Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Interstate |
21,240 |
20.5% |
3.1% |
| Other Freeways/Expressways |
5,640 |
5.4% |
2.3% |
| Other Principal Arterial |
20,557 |
19.8% |
3.1% |
| Minor Arterial |
17,218 |
16.6% |
3.3% |
| Major Collector |
14,122 |
13.6% |
4.0% |
| Minor Collector |
3,417 |
3.3% |
6.0% |
| Local |
21,579 |
20.8% |
5.4% |
| Total |
103,773 |
100.0% |
3.6% |
| Driver Licenses (DL-22) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Male |
3,186,895 |
48.51% |
3.04% |
| Female |
3,382,446 |
51.49% |
3.16% |
| Total |
6,569,341 |
100.00% |
3.10% |
| Motor
Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($) |
|
| Gasoline |
$0.353 |
Tax
Rates as
of Dec. 2011 |
| Diesel |
$0.353 |
| Gasohol |
$0.353 |
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 |
3,264,444 |
52.23% |
2.60% |
| Buses |
18,582 |
0.30% |
2.79% |
| Trucks |
2,743,261 |
43.90% |
2.32% |
| Total |
6,026,287 |
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| Motorcycles |
223,305 |
3.57% |
2.65% |
| Grand Total |
6,249,592 |
100.00% |
2.47% |
| Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Rural |
835 |
68.05% |
4.73% |
| Urban |
391 |
31.87% |
2.71% |
| Unknown |
1 |
0.08% |
0.34% |
| Total |
1227 |
100% |
3.79% |
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-1) ($000) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Highway User Revenues |
$2,159,068 |
49.19% |
3.45% |
| General Fund Appropriations |
$0 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Other State Imposts |
$470,100 |
10.71% |
5.42% |
| Miscellaneous |
$41,635 |
0.95% |
0.49% |
| Bonds |
$233,920 |
5.33% |
0.99% |
| Federal payments |
$1,467,380 |
33.43% |
3.63% |
| Local payments |
$17,055 |
0.39% |
0.68% |
| Total |
$4,389,158 |
100.00% |
2.88% |
| State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Capital Outlay |
$2,528,826 |
0.5865272 |
3.46% |
| Maintenance and Services |
$767,544 |
0.1780215 |
3.67% |
| Administration and Misc. |
$296,833 |
0.0688464 |
3.42% |
| Highway Law Enforcement & Safety |
$378,369 |
0.0877576 |
4.22% |
| Interest |
$83,341 |
0.0193298 |
1.10% |
| Bond Retirement |
$120,618 |
0.0279757 |
0.99% |
| Grants-in-aid to Locals |
$135,993 |
0.0315417 |
0.73% |
| Total |
$4,311,524 |
41.35% |
2.88% |
| Attributed Federal Trust
Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) |
% Dist. |
% Nat'l. |
| Highway Account |
$977,209 |
86.39% |
3.06% |
| Mass Transit Account |
$154,008 |
13.61% |
3.13% |
| Total |
$1,131,217 |
100.00% |
3.07% |
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