U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000


Skip to content
Facebook iconYouTube iconTwitter iconFlickr iconLinkedInInstagram

Policy and Governmental Affairs
Office of Highway Policy Information

FHWA Home / Policy & Governmental Affairs / Highway Policy Information / Highway Statistics Series / 2012 / Office of Highway Policy Information

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

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2012

Pennsylvania State Flag

Pennsylvania

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.
 

Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 12,764,475   4.1%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 44,817   1.3%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 5,040,062 76.7% 3.7%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 1,530,059 23.3% 4.1%
Total Fuel 6,570,121 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 4,896,324 97.7% 3.7%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 114,699 2.3% 3.1%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 73,592 61.4% 2.5%
Urban 46,254 38.6% 4.2%
Total 119,846 100.0% 2.9%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 1,856 1.5% 3.9%
Other Freeways & Expressways 856 0.7% 5.4%
Other Principal Arterials 4,408 3.7% 2.8%
Minor Arterial 8,496 7.1% 3.5%
Major Collector 12,595 10.5% 2.4%
Minor Collector 7,257 6.1% 2.7%
Local 84378 70.4% 3.0%
Total 119,846 29.6% 4.2%
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 7,826 3.1% 3.6%
Other Freeways/Expressways 3,472 1.4% 4.9%
Other Principal Arterials 12,078 4.8% 2.6%
Minor Arterial 18,051 7.2% 3.2%
Major Collector 25,364 10.1% 2.3%
Minor Collector 14,514 5.8% 2.7%
Local 168756 67.5% 3.0%
Total 250,061 100.0% 2.9%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Rural/Urban in Millions)) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 34,680 35.1% 3.6%
Urban 64,204 64.9% 3.2%
Total 99,884 100.0% 3.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 23,738 24.0% 3.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 8,191 8.3% 1.1%
Other Principal Arterial 20,316 20.5% 3.1%
Minor Arterial 19,179 19.4% 3.7%
Major Collector 12,105 12.2% 1.8%
Minor Collector 1,576 1.6% 2.7%
Local 13,779 13.9% 3.4%
Total 98,884 100.0% 3.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 4,389,890 49.64% 4.18%
Female 4,452,697 50.36% 4.17%
Total 8,842,587 100.00% 4.17%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) (Cents)  
Gasoline $0.31 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.38
Gasohol $0.31

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 4,774,517 45.60% 4.29%
Buses 36,979 0.35% 4.84%
Trucks 5,240,635 50.05% 3.94%
Total 10,052,131    
Motorcycles 419,282 4.00% 4.96%
Grand Total 10,471,413 100.00% 4.13%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 697 53.21% 3.88%
Urban 613 46.79% 4.02%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 1310 100% 3.90%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts $6,490,151   4.29%
Disbursements $7,319,919   4.87%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $2,565,912 39.54% 3.85%
General Fund Appropriations $811,646 12.51% 12.19%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $646,863 9.97% 5.59%
Bonds $774,584 11.93% 4.15%
Federal payments $1,680,616 25.89% 4.01%
Local payments $10,530 0.16% 0.35%
Total $6,490,151 100.00% 4.12%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $3,530,903 0.48236914 4.64%
Maintenance and Services $1,378,795 0.18836206 6.32%
Administration and Misc. $502,142 0.06859939 5.46%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $610,403 0.08338931 6.58%
Interest $429,286 0.05864628 5.42%
Bond Retirement $583,532 0.07971837 3.90%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $284,858 0.03891546 1.60%
Total $7,319,919 51.76% 4.67%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $1,382,364 87.73% 3.93%
Mass Transit Account $193,374 12.27% 3.86%
Total $1,575,738 100.00% 3.92%

Office of Highway Policy Information
Federal Highway Administration

Page last modified on November 7, 2014
Federal Highway Administration | 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE | Washington, DC 20590 | 202-366-4000