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

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  NEW MEXICO	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	121,577	3.35%	6
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	1,676,000	0.60%	38
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	704,000	0.91%	33
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	972,000	0.48%	37
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	1,285,460	0.79%	35
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	879,834	0.68%	36
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	405,626	1.22%	32
GASOHOL	239,104	1.46%	17
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	715,732	0.54%	37
TRUCKS	772,960	0.91%	34
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	1,491,110	0.69%	36
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	1,239,043	0.65%	37
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	22,721	0.83%	34
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$269,496	0.89%	34
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	1.14		16
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.28		20
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$220,727	0.97%	37
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$281,989	0.98%	37
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$60,514	1.28%	35
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$48,554	0.88%	35
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$55,120	1.42%	28
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$10,823	0.33%	45
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$754	1.53%	33
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$963	0.50%	34
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$69,924	1.08%	28
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$43,151	1.55%	28
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$501,968	0.89%	35
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$8,858		26
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$22.09		21
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$1,082,223	1.45%	28
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$439,998	1.00%	35
MAINTENANCE	$137,711	1.08%	30
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,013,733	0.88%	35
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$609,552	1.07%	32
MAINTENANCE	$148,151	0.49%	41
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	18.50		35
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	10/01/1998

NEW MEXICO CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	1,000	2.15%	18	1,000	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	2,338	1.45%	31	2,152	186
MINOR ARTERIALS	2,214	0.97%	36	1,930	284
COLLECTORS	6,953	0.88%	38	6,294	405
LOCAL	47,423	1.75%	28	187	39,932
TOTAL MILEAGE	59,928	1.52%	33	11,563	40,807
(by system)
INTERSTATE	1,000	2.15%	18
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,934	1.69%	30
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,934	1.82%	26
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	56,994	1.51%	33
TOTAL MILEAGE	59,928	1.52%	33
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	4.9%		16
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	3,790	0.64%	40
TOTAL DEFICIENT	703	0.43%	43
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	3,087	0.73%	38
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,667	1.46%	29
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	94	1.42%	22
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	124	0.70%	37
TOTAL DEFICIENT	218	0.90%	36
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,449	1.61%	28
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	2,123	0.45%	41
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	254	0.33%	43
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	231	0.37%	43
TOTAL DEFICIENT	485	0.35%	43
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,638	0.49%	38

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