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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) 8,096,604   2.6%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 39,594   1.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 3,826,137 80.2% 2.8%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 946,661 19.8% 2.6%
Total Fuel 4,772,798 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 3,748,711 98.1% 2.9%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 74,365 1.9% 2.0%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural     50,391 67.7% 1.7%
Urban                24,070 32.3% 2.2%
Total 74,461 100.0% 1.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % D ist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 1,120 1.5% 2.4%
Other Freeways & Expressways 261 0.4% 1.7%
Other Principal Arterials 2,768 3.7% 1.8%
Minor Arterial 5,722 7.7% 2.4%
Major Collector 11,949 16.0% 2.2%
Minor Collector 2,450 3.3% 0.9%
Local 50190 67.4% 1.8%
Total 74,460 32.6% 2.6%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
State Highway Agencies      
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Town/Townships      
Other Jurisdictions      
Federal      
Total      
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 5,401 3.3% 2.5%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,126 0.7% 1.6%
Other Principal Arterials 10,832 6.7% 2.3%
Minor Arterial 14,021 8.7% 2.5%
Major Collector 24,714 15.3% 2.3%
Minor Collector 4,901 3.0% 0.9%
Local 100381 62.2% 1.8%
Total 161,376 100.0% 1.9%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 29,620 36.6% 3.0%
Urban 51,354 63.4% 2.6%
Total 80,974 100.0% 2.7%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 24,062 29.7% 3.7%
Other Freeways/Expressways 3,395 4.2% 1.4%
Other Principal Arterial 19,341 23.9% 2.9%
Minor Arterial 15,618 19.3% 3.0%
Major Collector 9,112 11.3% 2.6%
Minor Collector 545 0.7% 1.0%
Local 8,901 11.0% 2.2%
Total 80,974 100.0% 2.8%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 2,646,835 48.41% 2.52%
Female 2,820,210 51.59% 2.64%
Total 5,467,045 100.00% 2.58%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) (Cents)  
Gasoline $0.175 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.175
Gasohol $0.175

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 3,827,026 54.68% 3.05%
Buses 21,194 0.30% 3.18%
Trucks 2,954,336 42.21% 2.49%
Total 6,802,556    
Motorcycles 195,829 2.80% 2.32%
Grand Total 6,998,385 100.00% 2.76%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 405 53.01% 2.30%
Urban 279 36.52% 1.93%
Unknown 80 10.47% 26.85%
Total 764 100% 2.36%

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 $1,481,631 34.61% 2.37%
General Fund Appropriations $179,047 4.18% 2.88%
Other State Imposts $678,629 15.85% 7.83%
Miscellaneous $85,796 2.00% 1.01%
Bonds $727,044 16.98% 3.07%
Federal payments $1,054,880 24.64% 2.61%
Local payments $74,257 1.73% 2.94%
Total $4,281,284 100.00% 2.81%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $1,215,856 0.3131733 1.67%
Maintenance and Services $1,412,902 0.3639272 6.75%
Administration and Misc. $309,655 0.0797592 3.57%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $174,664 0.044989 1.95%
Interest $92,996 0.0239534 1.23%
Bond Retirement $312,800 0.0805692 2.57%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $363,502 0.0936288 1.95%
Total $3,882,375 68.68% 2.59%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $921,799 86.53% 2.88%
Mass Transit Account $143,438 13.47% 2.91%
Total $1,065,237 100.00% 2.89%

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