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

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  SOUTH CAROLINA	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	30,111	0.83%	40
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	5,713,000	2.04%	15
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	2,646,000	3.42%	9
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	3,067,000	1.51%	22
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	2,831,977	1.75%	24
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	2,211,717	1.72%	23
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	620,260	1.86%	22
GASOHOL	0	0.00%
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	1,913,976	1.45%	25
TRUCKS	1,128,250	1.33%	30
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	3,046,930	1.40%	26
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	2,842,553	1.49%	24
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	45,025	1.65%	24
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$554,376	1.83%	21
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	.87		45
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	.87		46
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$383,310	1.68%	22
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$490,360	1.70%	22
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$69,913	1.48%	29
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$97,141	1.75%	21
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$68,775	1.78%	21
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$40,830	1.23%	29
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$801	1.63%	31
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$1,657	0.86%	26
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$153,298	2.37%	16
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$26,532	0.95%	39
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$536,069	0.95%	31
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$91,192		4
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$11.91		50
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$893,316	1.19%	33
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$482,620	1.10%	33
MAINTENANCE	$231,833	1.81%	19
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,067,634	0.93%	34
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$574,831	1.00%	33
MAINTENANCE	$232,688	0.78%	37
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	16.00		44
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	01/01/1989

SOUTH CAROLINA CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	829	1.79%	27	829	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	2,238	1.39%	33	2,236	2
MINOR ARTERIALS	4,653	2.05%	23	4,635	18
COLLECTORS	13,387	1.69%	30	12,889	498
LOCAL	43,814	1.62%	31	21,131	21,692
TOTAL MILEAGE	64,921	1.65%	31	41,720	22,210
(by system)
INTERSTATE	829	1.79%	27
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,760	1.54%	32
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	2,589	1.61%	35
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	62,332	1.65%	31
TOTAL MILEAGE	64,921	1.65%	31
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	4.0%		31
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	9,064	1.54%	26
TOTAL DEFICIENT	2,056	1.25%	29
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	7,008	1.65%	26
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,297	1.13%	35
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	86	1.30%	25
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	182	1.03%	33
TOTAL DEFICIENT	268	1.11%	33
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	1,029	1.14%	35
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	7,767	1.64%	25
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	1,101	1.43%	25
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	687	1.09%	30
TOTAL DEFICIENT	1,788	1.28%	25
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	5,979	1.79%	24

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