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Mississippi – 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) 2,986,450   1.0%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 46,907   1.3%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 1,657,284 74.1% 1.2%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 578,538 25.9% 1.5%
Total Fuel 2,235,822 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 1,598,659 97.4% 1.2%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 42,052 2.6% 1.2%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 64,400 85.7% 2.2%
Urban 10,781 14.3% 1.0%
Total 75,181 100.0% 1.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 700 0.9% 1.5%
Other Freeways & Expressways 67 0.1% 0.4%
Other Principal Arterials 2,914 3.9% 1.9%
Minor Arterial 4,647 6.2% 1.9%
Major Collector 13,240 17.6% 2.5%
Minor Collector 2,300 3.1% 0.9%
Local 51313 68.3% 1.8%
Total 75,181 31.7% 2.7%
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 2,914 1.9% 1.3%
Other Freeways/Expressways 268 0.2% 0.4%
Other Principal Arterials 10,045 6.4% 2.1%
Minor Arterial 9,829 6.3% 1.7%
Major Collector 26,674 17.0% 2.4%
Minor Collector 4,600 2.9% 0.9%
Local 102627 65.4% 1.8%
Total 156,957 100.0% 1.8%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 23,245 60.1% 2.4%
Urban 15,422 39.9% 0.8%
Total 38,667 100.0% 1.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 7,088 18.3% 1.0%
Other Freeways/Expressways 482 1.2% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterial 10,556 27.3% 1.6%
Minor Arterial 5,740 14.8% 1.1%
Major Collector 5,613 14.5% 0.9%
Minor Collector 434 1.1% 0.8%
Local 8,754 22.6% 2.2%
Total 38,667 100.0% 1.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 930,437 47.52% 0.89%
Female 1,027,543 52.48% 0.96%
Total 1,957,980 100.00% 0.92%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.18 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.18
Gasohol $0.18

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 847,669 41.31% 0.76%
Buses 7,887 0.38% 1.03%
Trucks 1,168,320 56.93% 0.88%
Total 2,023,876    
Motorcycles 28,264 1.38% 0.33%
Grand Total 2,052,140 100.00% 0.81%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 407 69.93% 2.26%
Urban 174 29.90% 1.14%
Unknown 1 0.17% 0.30%
Total 582 100% 1.73%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts   $1,296,301 0.86%
Disbursements   $1,305,339 0.87%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) ($000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $517,537 39.92% 0.78%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $42,817 3.30% 0.48%
Miscellaneous $5,674 0.44% 0.05%
Bonds $48,500 3.74% 0.26%
Federal payments $623,366 48.09% 1.49%
Local payments $58,407 4.51% 1.92%
Total $1,296,301 100.00% 0.82%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $932,068 0.7140429 1.23%
Maintenance and Services $87,061 0.0666961 0.40%
Administration and Misc. $74,450 0.057035 0.84%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $34,124 0.0261419 0.37%
Interest $34,024 0.0260653 0.43%
Bond Retirement $46,610 0.0357072 0.31%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $97,002 0.0743117 0.54%
Total $1,305,339 28.60% 0.83%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $459,000 88.02% 1.31%
Mass Transit Account $62,496 11.98% 1.25%
Total $521,496 100.00% 1.30%

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