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FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  DELAWARE	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	1,978	0.05%	49
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	784,000	0.28%	45
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	224,000	0.29%	47
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	560,000	0.28%	44
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	429,413	0.26%	47
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	371,093	0.29%	46
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	58,320	0.17%	47
GASOHOL	0	0.00%
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	392,329	0.30%	45
TRUCKS	225,241	0.26%	48
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	619,024	0.28%	47
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	556,688	0.29%	45
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	8,249	0.30%	46
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$79,594	0.26%	47
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	1.62		9
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.50		14
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$102,570	0.45%	50
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$131,045	0.45%	50
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$35,875	0.76%	46
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$27,676	0.50%	44
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$7,042	0.18%	49
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$13,535	0.41%	43
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$525	1.07%	50
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$963	0.50%	34
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$25,882	0.40%	47
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$5,465	0.20%	51
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$200,269	0.35%	45
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$0
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$24.28		16
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$594,641	0.79%	37
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$297,648	0.68%	42
MAINTENANCE	$94,184	0.74%	35
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$533,753	0.46%	45
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$248,068	0.43%	45
MAINTENANCE	$107,416	0.36%	47
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	23.00		13
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	01/01/1995

DELAWARE CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	41	0.09%	50	41	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	357	0.22%	49	351	2
MINOR ARTERIALS	281	0.12%	50	279	2
COLLECTORS	941	0.12%	48	930	9
LOCAL	4,161	0.15%	49	3,495	666
TOTAL MILEAGE	5,781	0.15%	49	5,096	679
(by system)
INTERSTATE	41	0.09%	50
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	271	0.24%	49
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	312	0.19%	49
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	5,469	0.14%	49
TOTAL MILEAGE	5,781	0.15%	49
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	5.4%		11
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	829	0.14%	49
TOTAL DEFICIENT	129	0.08%	51
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	700	0.17%	48
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	212	0.19%	50
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	6	0.09%	51
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	30	0.17%	50
TOTAL DEFICIENT	36	0.15%	50
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	176	0.20%	49
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	617	0.13%	48
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	41	0.05%	50
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	52	0.08%	50
TOTAL DEFICIENT	93	0.07%	50
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	524	0.16%	48

¹ Excludes Puerto Rico.
² Excludes inland water.
³ Includes mileage under Federal jurisdiction.
⁴ Reflects designated National Highway System submitted to Congress in May 1996, under NHS Designation Act

Produced by the Office of Highway Policy Information (HPPI-10), Federal Highway Administration  8/14/02