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

FHWA HIGHWAY BRIEFING SHEET FOR:  WEST VIRGINIA	Total	PERCENT OF US TOTAL 1	RANK 1
TOTAL AREA (SQ MILES) - 2000 CENSUS 2	24,664	0.68%	41
POPULATION - 2000 CENSUS	1,801,000	0.64%	36
RURAL - 2000 CENSUS	1,268,000	1.64%	24
URBAN - 2000 CENSUS	533,000	0.26%	45
MOTOR FUEL USED ON HIGHWAYS - 2000 (1,000 GALLONS)	1,091,359	0.67%	38
HIGHWAY USE GASOLINE (INCLUDES GASOHOL)	810,009	0.63%	38
HIGHWAY USE SPECIAL FUELS	281,350	0.84%	36
GASOHOL	2,879	0.02%	33
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - 2000
AUTOMOBILES	779,616	0.59%	36
TRUCKS	612,638	0.72%	38
TOTAL (INCLUDES BUSES)	1,393,157	0.64%	37
LICENSED DRIVERS - 2000	1,347,207	0.71%	36
VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL - 2000 (1,000,000)	19,123	0.70%	36
PAYMENTS INTO HTF - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$220,408	0.73%	37
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - FY 2000	1.49		11
RATIO APPOR. AND ALLOC. TO PAYMENTS - CUMULATIVE	1.87		9
OBLIGATION CEILING - FY 2002 ($1000)	$239,965	1.05%	35
FEDERAL-AID APPORTIONMENTS - FY 2001 ($1,000)	$306,476	1.06%	35
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	$36,552	0.78%	44
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM	$44,755	0.81%	37
INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE	$36,146	0.93%	38
BRIDGE PROGRAM	$49,622	1.50%	24
CONGESTION MITIGATION & AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT	$6,753	0.50%	28
RECREATION TRAILS	$693	1.41%	40
METROPOLITAN PLANNING	$963	0.50%	34
MINIMUM GUARANTEE	$30,397	0.47%	44
TOTAL ALLOCATIONS - FY 2000 ($1,000)	$42,735	1.54%	29
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES - 2000 ($1,000)	$551,554	0.97%	30
NET DISTRIB. TO NON-HWY/NON-TRANSIT PURPOSES ($1,000)	$0
STATE HIGHWAY USER REVENUES PER 1,000 VMT ($1)	$28.84		4
EXPENDITURES-2000 (STATE ADMIN. HIGHWAYS) ($1,000)	$1,170,434	1.56%	23
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$673,882	1.53%	27
MAINTENANCE	$304,069	2.38%	13
EXPENDITURES-1999 (ALL UNITS OF GOV.) ($1,000)	$1,133,912	0.99%	33
CAPITAL OUTLAY	$535,986	0.94%	35
MAINTENANCE	$354,953	1.19%	25
GAS TAX RATE AS OF OCT. 1, 2001 (Cents/Gallon)	25.35		7
DATE OF LAST CHANGE IN GASOLINE TAX RATE	05/01/1993

WEST VIRGINIA CONTINUED	State Total3	PERCENT OF US TOTAL1	RANK1	STATE JURIS- DICTION	LOCAL JURIS- DICTION
ROAD AND STREET MILEAGE - 2000
(by functional class)
INTERSTATE	549	1.18%	40	549	0
OTHER PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS	1,293	0.80%	42	1,287	6
MINOR ARTERIALS	1,953	0.86%	40	1,897	56
COLLECTORS	8,777	1.11%	35	8,549	228
LOCAL	24,706	0.91%	39	21,735	2,109
TOTAL MILEAGE	37,278	0.95%	38	34,017	2,399
(by system)
INTERSTATE	549	1.18%	40
OTHER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	1,194	1.04%	41
TOTAL NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,743	1.08%	42
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	35,535	0.94%	38
TOTAL MILEAGE	37,278	0.95%	38
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE
AS PERCENT OF TOTAL STATE MILEAGE	4.7%		20
BRIDGES AS OF AUG. 2001
TOTAL BRIDGES IN INVENTORY	6,767	1.15%	31
TOTAL DEFICIENT	2,667	1.63%	23
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	4,100	0.97%	32
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM  4	1,063	0.93%	39
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	110	1.67%	17
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	125	0.71%	36
TOTAL DEFICIENT	235	0.97%	35
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	828	0.92%	38
NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM	5,704	1.20%	29
STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT	1,062	1.38%	27
FUNCTIONALLY OBSOLETE	1,370	2.17%	20
TOTAL DEFICIENT	2,432	1.74%	23
TOTAL NONDEFICIENT	3,272	0.98%	32

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