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New York – 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) 19,465,197   6.2%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 47,214   1.3%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 5,548,357 80.4% 4.1%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 1,350,322 19.6% 3.6%
Total Fuel 6,898,679 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 5,395,304 97.6% 4.1%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 130,530 2.4% 3.4%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 66,157 57.7% 2.2%
Urban 48,435 42.3% 4.4%
Total 114,592 100.0% 2.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 1,704 1.5% 3.6%
Other Freeways & Expressways 941 0.8% 6.0%
Other Principal Arterials 4,245 3.7% 2.7%
Minor Arterial 9,412 8.2% 3.9%
Major Collector 11,172 9.7% 2.1%
Minor Collector 9,593 8.4% 3.6%
Local 77526 67.7% 2.8%
Total 114,593 32.3% 4.1%
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 7,874 3.2% 3.6%
Other Freeways/Expressways 4,339 1.8% 6.2%
Other Principal Arterials 11,869 4.9% 2.5%
Minor Arterial 21,404 8.8% 3.8%
Major Collector 22,894 9.4% 2.1%
Minor Collector 19,186 7.9% 3.6%
Local 155051 63.9% 2.8%
Total 242,617 100.0% 2.8%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Rural/Urban in Millions)) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 32,805 25.1% 3.4%
Urban 97,921 74.9% 5.0%
Total 130,726 100.0% 4.4%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 26,170 20.5% 3.9%
Other Freeways/Expressways 17,567 13.8% 7.3%
Other Principal Arterial 21,471 16.8% 3.3%
Minor Arterial 22,188 17.4% 4.3%
Major Collector 11,633 9.1% 3.3%
Minor Collector 9,374 7.3% 16.5%
Local 19,322 15.1% 4.8%
Total 127,725 100.0% 4.4%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 5,772,229 51.49% 5.50%
Female 5,438,554 48.51% 5.08%
Total 11,210,783 100.00% 5.29%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.250 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.233
Gasohol $0.250

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 5,866,664 56.24% 4.67%
Buses 48,345 0.46% 7.26%
Trucks 4,169,695 39.98% 3.52%
Total 10,084,704    
Motorcycles 345,855 3.32% 4.10%
Grand Total 10,430,559 100.00% 4.12%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 532 45.51% 3.02%
Urban 637 54.49% 4.41%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 1169 100% 3.61%

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 $2,209,204 22.65% 3.53%
General Fund Appropriations $672,531 6.90% 10.82%
Other State Imposts $1,563,511 16.03% 18.04%
Miscellaneous $1,830,556 18.77% 21.46%
Bonds $1,625,089 16.66% 6.86%
Federal payments $1,829,474 18.76% 4.53%
Local payments $23,013 0.24% 0.91%
Total $9,753,378 100.00% 6.39%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $3,383,835 0.3973689 4.64%
Maintenance and Services $1,514,762 0.1778808 7.23%
Administration and Misc. $381,201 0.044765 4.39%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $402,611 0.0472792 4.49%
Interest $851,044 0.0999394 11.28%
Bond Retirement $1,609,604 0.1890182 13.25%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $372,545 0.0437485 1.99%
Total $8,515,602 60.26% 5.68%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $1,287,504 86.47% 4.03%
Mass Transit Account $201,455 13.53% 4.09%
Total $1,488,959 100.00% 4.03%

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