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

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  NEW JERSEY	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	7,419	0.20%	46
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	8,415,000	3.00%	9
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	1,069,000	1.38%	27
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	7,346,000	3.62%	8
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	4,748,655	2.93%	11
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	3,961,872	3.07%	11
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	786,783	2.36%	16
GASOHOL	105,715	0.65%	24
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	4,406,435	3.33%	9
TRUCKS	1,816,771	2.14%	18
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	6,241,572	2.87%	10
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	5,654,973	2.97%	10
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	67,544	2.47%	13
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$865,079	2.85%	12
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.90		35
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	.98		36
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$584,937	2.57%	12
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$750,390	2.60%	11
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$107,471	2.28%	14
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$124,788	2.25%	14
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$73,092	1.89%	19
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$155,033	4.69%	4
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$78,794	5.83%	4
RECREATION TRAILS	$926	1.88%	23
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$7,701	4.00%	8
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$125,169	1.93%	18
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$74,536	2.68%	10
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$1,173,185	2.07%	15
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$0
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$17.37		38
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$4,241,261	5.67%	5
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$1,857,191	4.21%	7
MAINTENANCE	$339,196	2.65%	11
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$4,261,580	3.71%	7
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$1,602,856	2.80%	11
MAINTENANCE	$825,094	2.75%	10
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	10.50		49
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	07/01/1988

NEW JERSEY CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	420	0.90%	43	420	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	2,158	1.34%	35	1,715	443
MINOR ARTERIALS	3,501	1.54%	29	546	2,955
COLLECTORS	4,572	0.58%	43	29	4,528
LOCAL	25,370	0.94%	38	577	24,720
TOTAL MILEAGE	36,021	0.92%	39	3,287	32,646
(by system)
INTERSTATE	420	0.90%	43
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,637	1.43%	36
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,057	1.28%	40
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	33,964	0.90%	39
TOTAL MILEAGE	36,021	0.92%	39
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	5.7%		4
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	6,366	1.08%	32
TOTAL DEFICIENT	2,350	1.43%	26
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	4,016	0.95%	33
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,501	2.19%	15
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	173	2.62%	14
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	500	2.84%	10
TOTAL DEFICIENT	673	2.78%	11
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,828	2.03%	20
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	3,865	0.82%	34
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	757	0.99%	29
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	920	1.46%	26
TOTAL DEFICIENT	1,677	1.20%	26
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	2,188	0.66%	37

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