Office of Highway Policy Information	OHPI > Highway Statistics Series > 2000 State Briefing > Mississippi

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  MISSISSIPPI	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	46,918	1.29%	31
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	2,916,000	1.04%	31
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	1,578,000	2.04%	19
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	1,338,000	0.66%	34
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	2,035,655	1.25%	28
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	1,520,581	1.18%	28
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	515,074	1.54%	26
GASOHOL	0	0.00%
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	1,308,259	0.99%	31
TRUCKS	943,205	1.11%	31
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	2,255,059	1.04%	32
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	2,007,746	1.05%	30
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	35,306	1.29%	28
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$428,679	1.41%	26
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.85		49
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	.95		38
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$290,710	1.28%	30
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$365,995	1.27%	29
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$68,322	1.45%	31
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$80,343	1.45%	30
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$50,081	1.29%	34
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$47,227	1.43%	26
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$1,085	2.20%	16
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$963	0.50%	34
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$68,444	1.06%	29
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$31,969	1.15%	35
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$534,026	0.94%	32
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$10,251		25
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$15.13		44
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$836,770	1.12%	34
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$604,647	1.37%	28
MAINTENANCE	$80,338	0.63%	41
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,279,305	1.11%	31
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$763,220	1.33%	29
MAINTENANCE	$312,423	1.04%	30
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	18.40		36
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	07/01/1993

MISSISSIPPI CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	685	1.48%	33	685	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	2,626	1.63%	30	2,418	208
MINOR ARTERIALS	4,520	1.99%	24	3,707	528
COLLECTORS	15,530	1.96%	27	3,611	11,907
LOCAL	50,137	1.85%	27	266	49,385
TOTAL MILEAGE	73,498	1.87%	27	10,687	62,028
(by system)
INTERSTATE	685	1.48%	33
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,926	1.68%	31
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,611	1.62%	33
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	70,887	1.88%	27
TOTAL MILEAGE	73,498	1.87%	27
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	3.6%		42
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	16,825	2.86%	14
TOTAL DEFICIENT	5,002	3.05%	11
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	11,823	2.79%	12
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,021	1.77%	24
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	56	0.85%	34
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	438	2.48%	14
TOTAL DEFICIENT	494	2.04%	19
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,527	1.70%	25
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	14,804	3.13%	12
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	3,638	4.74%	5
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	870	1.38%	28
TOTAL DEFICIENT	4,508	3.22%	11
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	10,296	3.08%	11

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