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

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2012

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 1,328,501   0.4%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 30,862   0.9%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 673,645 78.0% 0.5%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 189,575 22.0% 0.5%
Total Fuel 863,220 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 632,819 96.5% 0.5%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 22,779 3.5% 0.6%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 19,863 86.8% 0.7%
Urban 3,008 13.2% 0.3%
Total 22,871 100.0% 0.6%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 367 1.6% 0.8%
Other Freeways & Expressways 18 0.1% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 923 4.0% 0.6%
Minor Arterial 1,259 5.5% 0.5%
Major Collector 3,744 16.4% 0.7%
Minor Collector 2,167 9.5% 0.8%
Local 14393 62.9% 0.5%
Total 22,871 37.1% 0.8%
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 1,556 3.3% 0.7%
Other Freeways/Expressways 67 0.1% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 2,016 4.3% 0.4%
Minor Arterial 2,669 5.7% 0.5%
Major Collector 7,555 16.1% 0.7%
Minor Collector 4,333 9.2% 0.8%
Local 28786 61.3% 0.5%
Total 46,982 100.0% 0.5%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 10,255 72.2% 1.1%
Urban 3,944 27.8% 0.2%
Total 14,199 100.0% 0.5%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 3,014 21.2% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 141 1.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 2,545 17.9% 0.4%
Minor Arterial 2,709 19.1% 0.5%
Major Collector 3,126 22.0% 0.5%
Minor Collector 823 5.8% 1.4%
Local 1,841 13.0% 0.5%
Total 14,199 100.0% 0.5%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 498,680 49.46% 0.48%
Female 509,510 50.54% 0.48%
Total 1,008,190 100.00% 0.48%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.30 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.31
Gasohol $0.23

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 474,622 40.22% 0.43%
Trucks 650,769 55.15% 0.49%
Buses 1,433,265 0.12% 0.19%
Total 1,126,824    
Motorcycles 53,268 4.51% 0.63%
Grand Total 1,180,092 100.00% 0.47%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 164 100.00% 0.91%
Urban 0 0.00% 0.00%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 164 100% 0.49%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts   $672,511 0.44%
Disbursements   $705,428 0.47%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $453,143 67.38% 0.68%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $16,496 2.45% 0.14%
Bonds $22,125 3.29% 0.12%
Federal payments $180,747 26.88% 0.43%
Local Governments and Other $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $672,511 100.00% 0.43%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $398,467 0.5648585 0.52%
Maintenance and Services $211,599 0.2999583 0.97%
Administration and Misc. $20,954 0.029704 0.24%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $25,724 0.0364658 0.28%
Interest $35,192 0.0498874 0.44%
Bond Retirement $13,415 0.0190168 0.09%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $77 0.0001092 0.00%
Total $705,428 43.51% 0.45%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $177,033 87.60% 0.50%
Mass Transit Account $25,067 12.40% 0.50%
Total $202,100 100.00% 0.50%

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