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

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  NORTH CAROLINA	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	48,715	1.34%	29
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	8,049,000	2.87%	11
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	4,014,000	5.19%	3
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	4,035,000	1.99%	15
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	5,088,090	3.14%	10
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	4,067,020	3.16%	10
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	1,021,070	3.06%	9
GASOHOL	354,189	2.17%	10
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	3,714,387	2.81%	12
TRUCKS	2,401,817	2.83%	10
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	6,125,826	2.82%	11
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	5,690,494	2.99%	9
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	88,956	3.26%	10
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$918,638	3.03%	10
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.90		35
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	.86		48
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$639,029	2.80%	10
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$808,207	2.80%	10
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$119,165	2.53%	10
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$152,258	2.75%	10
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$100,541	2.60%	13
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$86,886	2.63%	13
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$14,394	1.07%	21
RECREATION TRAILS	$1,123	2.28%	12
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$2,919	1.52%	18
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$220,349	3.40%	8
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$66,636	2.40%	14
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$1,349,139	2.38%	12
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$36,457		10
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$15.17		43
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$2,410,977	3.22%	10
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$1,464,209	3.32%	10
MAINTENANCE	$525,556	4.11%	7
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$2,873,614	2.50%	13
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$1,677,415	2.93%	10
MAINTENANCE	$661,897	2.21%	16
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	21.20		19
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	01/01/1999

NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	1,024	2.21%	17	1,024	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	3,889	2.41%	15	3,875	14
MINOR ARTERIALS	5,347	2.35%	16	4,786	269
COLLECTORS	17,759	2.24%	21	17,209	548
LOCAL	71,794	2.65%	15	52,021	17,646
TOTAL MILEAGE	99,813	2.54%	16	78,915	18,477
(by system)
INTERSTATE	1,024	2.21%	17
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	2,724	2.38%	16
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	3,748	2.33%	16
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	96,065	2.54%	16
TOTAL MILEAGE	99,813	2.54%	16
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	3.8%		35
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	16,991	2.89%	13
TOTAL DEFICIENT	5,307	3.23%	10
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	11,684	2.76%	13
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,432	2.13%	17
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	178	2.70%	13
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	356	2.02%	19
TOTAL DEFICIENT	534	2.20%	16
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,898	2.11%	19
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	14,559	3.07%	13
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	2,335	3.04%	12
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	2,438	3.87%	9
TOTAL DEFICIENT	4,773	3.41%	10
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	9,786	2.93%	13

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