Highway Statistics 2002 - FHWA

SELECTED MEASURES FOR IDENTIFYING PEER STATES

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STATE	GENERAL MEASURES											TRAVEL MEASURES
	2002 NET LAND AREA 1/ (SQUARE MILES)			2002 POPULATION 1/				2001 PERSONAL INCOME 2/		1999 GROSS STATE PRODUCT 2/		ANNUAL VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL (MILLIONS)					LANE-MILES
	RURAL	URBAN	PERCENT URBAN	RURAL (1,000)	URBAN (1,000)	PERCENT URBAN	TOTAL PER SQUARE MILE	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	RURAL		URBAN		TOTAL PER CAPITA	RURAL	URBAN
	RURAL	URBAN	PERCENT URBAN	RURAL (1,000)	URBAN (1,000)	PERCENT URBAN	TOTAL PER SQUARE MILE	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	AMOUNT (BILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	PER CAPITA	ANNUAL VMT	PERCENT TRUCKS 3/	ANNUAL VMT	PERCENT TRUCKS 3/	TOTAL PER CAPITA	RURAL	URBAN
Alabama	47,557	3,187	6.3	2,074	2,407	53.7	88	109	24,426	115	25,959	29,231	14.8	28,284	6.8	12,835	150,199	45,481
Alaska	571,019	930	0.2	275	366	57.1	1	20	30,997	26	41,600	2,562	11.0	2,334	4.5	7,638	24,600	4,028
Arizona	110,749	2,885	2.5	1,103	4,336	79.7	48	135	25,479	144	28,662	18,017	22.5	33,996	12.8	9,563	78,128	44,593
Arkansas	50,906	1,162	2.2	1,311	1,397	51.6	52	62	22,912	65	24,510	19,279	18.9	10,801	10.6	11,108	177,262	23,197
California	146,589	9,370	6.0	2,548	32,440	92.7	224	1,127	32,678	1,229	36,688	64,421	15.8	257,275	7.4	9,194	172,688	200,897
Colorado	101,930	1,787	1.7	1,234	3,264	72.6	43	146	32,957	154	36,441	17,335	11.7	26,210	5.4	9,681	145,118	33,808
Connecticut	2,774	2,071	42.7	406	3,053	88.3	714	144	41,930	152	44,891	3,871	7.6	27,334	6.1	9,021	12,433	32,445
Delaware	1,687	267	13.7	231	575	71.3	412	26	32,121	35	45,161	3,781	11.8	5,094	9.7	11,011	8,066	4,640
Dist. of Columbia	-	61	100.0	-	571	100.0	9,361	23	40,498	56	98,246	-	0.0	3,547	6.4	6,212	-	3,607
Florida	45,421	8,506	15.8	1,130	15,551	93.2	309	467	28,493	443	28,111	46,495	14.7	131,872	7.2	10,693	107,533	152,985
Georgia	54,239	3,667	6.3	2,681	5,859	68.6	147	238	28,438	276	34,303	49,765	14.4	58,556	10.0	12,684	180,380	63,687
Hawaii	5,783	640	10.0	232	1,003	81.2	192	35	28,554	41	33,884	2,578	4.4	6,308	2.9	7,195	4,401	4,931
Idaho	82,313	434	0.5	660	683	50.9	16	32	24,257	34	26,646	8,820	18.8	5,347	8.2	10,549	86,511	9,295
Illinois	51,471	4,112	7.4	2,905	9,680	76.9	226	409	32,755	446	36,087	31,116	17.7	74,285	8.5	8,375	206,643	82,582
Indiana	33,774	2,093	5.8	2,709	3,449	56.0	172	168	27,532	182	30,108	36,702	17.0	35,821	9.8	11,777	151,468	43,664
Iowa	54,749	1,120	2.0	1,194	1,741	59.3	53	80	27,283	85	29,130	19,586	15.1	11,261	7.5	10,510	210,557	22,748
Kansas	80,635	1,180	1.4	919	1,794	66.1	33	77	28,507	81	30,246	15,238	19.2	13,205	5.6	10,484	251,436	23,647
Kentucky	38,335	1,393	3.5	2,084	2,006	49.0	103	102	25,057	114	28,372	27,041	16.4	19,800	8.2	11,453	136,425	26,124
Louisiana	41,965	1,597	3.7	1,532	2,945	65.8	103	108	24,084	129	28,917	23,651	17.8	19,644	11.7	9,671	96,477	31,479
Maine	30,343	518	1.7	798	500	38.5	42	34	26,385	34	26,835	10,944	9.1	3,783	6.0	11,346	40,806	5,604
Maryland	8,055	1,719	17.6	1,311	4,131	75.9	557	188	34,950	175	33,302	17,331	11.4	36,371	6.8	9,868	33,944	33,758
Massachusetts	4,789	3,051	38.9	773	5,640	87.9	818	248	38,845	163	25,803	9,069	4.6	44,197	3.6	8,306	25,314	49,526
Michigan	53,244	3,560	6.3	3,106	6,936	69.1	177	295	29,538	308	31,121	38,042	10.5	62,102	6.9	9,973	187,628	68,733
Minnesota	77,771	1,839	2.3	1,671	3,354	66.7	63	163	32,791	173	35,502	26,564	11.2	27,998	5.5	10,858	235,372	35,735
Mississippi	45,171	1,736	3.7	1,351	1,517	52.9	61	62	21,643	64	22,631	25,092	16.4	11,337	11.2	12,702	134,832	17,910
Missouri	66,693	2,193	3.2	2,083	3,597	63.3	82	158	28,029	171	30,744	31,469	16.4	36,694	8.3	12,001	217,307	37,372
Montana	145,278	274	0.2	494	417	45.8	6	21	23,532	21	23,385	8,094	13.6	2,301	4.4	11,411	136,326	5,545
Nebraska	76,438	434	0.6	593	1,133	65.6	22	49	28,564	54	31,672	11,579	19.4	7,140	5.1	10,845	176,913	12,238
Nevada	108,962	863	0.8	136	2,032	93.7	20	63	29,860	70	36,176	5,141	23.9	12,825	4.7	8,287	59,693	13,506
New Hampshire	8,504	464	5.2	671	605	47.4	142	43	33,928	44	36,007	7,429	7.6	5,149	6.8	9,857	25,574	6,389
New Jersey	5,038	2,379	32.1	1,086	7,491	87.3	1,156	324	38,153	332	39,713	14,241	9.2	55,701	8.3	8,155	25,753	53,689
New Mexico	120,816	539	0.4	765	1,090	58.8	15	42	23,162	51	28,208	14,345	25.1	8,444	10.2	12,285	113,137	15,499
New York	41,751	5,463	11.6	3,326	15,825	82.6	406	682	35,884	755	39,983	38,157	11.2	94,900	5.3	6,948	148,428	93,097
North Carolina	45,481	3,230	6.6	4,068	4,244	51.1	171	224	27,418	259	32,583	46,157	12.7	46,737	9.2	11,176	160,218	53,299
North Dakota	68,741	235	0.3	295	339	53.5	9	16	25,538	17	26,398	5,444	18.1	1,892	6.2	11,571	171,291	4,018
Ohio	36,469	4,479	10.9	3,345	8,065	70.7	279	326	28,619	362	31,936	43,154	17.5	64,707	7.9	9,453	174,579	90,177
Oklahoma	66,842	1,825	2.7	736	2,752	78.9	51	86	24,787	86	25,022	23,130	21.2	22,601	7.6	13,111	202,452	30,106
Oregon	95,055	941	1.0	1,031	2,492	70.7	37	97	28,000	110	32,410	17,846	16.5	16,732	8.3	9,815	113,005	23,720
Pennsylvania	40,922	3,894	8.7	4,650	7,678	62.3	275	376	30,617	383	31,230	46,564	15.1	57,953	8.4	8,478	175,737	74,837
Rhode Island	394	651	62.3	36	1,033	96.6	1,023	32	29,984	33	31,731	1,048	5.3	7,094	2.6	7,616	2,761	10,044
South Carolina	28,664	1,445	4.8	1,756	2,350	57.2	136	100	24,594	107	26,918	30,342	15.8	16,948	7.4	11,517	114,808	24,155
South Dakota	75,634	250	0.3	425	335	44.1	10	20	26,301	22	29,333	6,550	15.7	1,949	6.3	11,183	164,701	4,675
Tennessee	38,482	2,735	6.6	2,590	3,202	55.3	141	154	26,758	170	30,147	32,068	16.8	36,161	8.0	11,780	144,362	41,339
Texas	253,626	8,170	3.1	7,563	14,160	65.2	83	608	28,486	687	33,418	78,235	19.8	142,791	7.3	10,175	452,312	189,777
Utah	81,071	1,072	1.3	386	1,934	83.4	28	55	24,202	63	28,597	9,230	24.8	15,334	14.9	10,588	71,330	17,681
Vermont	9,021	229	2.5	383	234	37.9	67	17	27,992	17	28,099	5,937	10.6	2,018	6.5	12,893	26,488	2,901
Virginia	37,153	2,441	6.2	2,261	5,013	68.9	184	232	32,295	242	34,571	33,916	13.4	43,534	5.5	10,648	109,262	44,384
Washington	64,322	2,222	3.3	1,577	4,490	74.0	91	189	31,582	209	35,769	17,481	14.8	37,295	6.6	9,029	127,874	43,364
West Virginia	23,506	572	2.4	1,027	778	43.1	75	41	22,725	41	22,627	14,628	14.3	5,377	13.1	11,083	69,410	6,713
Wisconsin	52,849	1,461	2.7	1,785	3,655	67.2	100	156	28,911	167	31,314	32,060	9.5	26,686	6.9	10,799	195,226	37,408
Wyoming	96,608	492	0.5	220	279	55.9	5	14	28,807	17	34,553	6,618	27.3	2,389	12.8	18,050	51,567	5,398
U.S. Total	3,429,589	107,838	3.0	77,526	210,421	73.1	81	8,621	30,271	9,309	33,361	1,127,394	15.5	1,728,114	7.5	9,917	6,288,735	2,006,435
Puerto Rico	2,585	840	24.5	1,164	2,696	69.8	1,127					4,829	5.2	13,281	5.2	4,692	16,311	15,635
Grand Total	3,432,174	108,678	3.1	78,690	213,117	73.0	82					1,132,223	15.5	1,741,395	7.5	9,848	6,305,046	2,022,070

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STATE	STATE HIGHWAY AGENCY-OWNED ROADWAY SYSTEM MEASURES 4/
	RURAL							URBAN							RURAL AND URBAN
	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	PERCENT OF STATE WIDE TOTAL RURAL 5/			MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	PERCENT OF STATE WIDE TOTAL URBAN 5/			MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	PERCENT OF STATE WIDE TOTAL 5/
	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	MILES	LANE- MILES	DVMT	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	MILES	LANE- MILES	DVMT	MILES	LANE- MILES 6/	DVMT 7/	AADT/ LANE 8/	MILES	LANE- MILES	DVMT
Alabama	8,949	21,162	48,911	2,311	12.2	14.1	61.1	1,944	6,598	43,133	6,537	9.3	14.5	55.7	10,893	27,760	92,044	3,316	11.5	14.2	58.4
Alaska	5,106	10,267	5,653	551	41.6	41.7	80.5	451	1,200	5,225	4,355	24.4	29.8	81.7	5,557	11,467	10,878	949	39.4	40.1	81.1
Arizona	5,968	14,762	37,776	2,559	15.9	18.9	76.5	817	3,305	33,207	10,048	4.2	7.4	35.7	6,785	18,067	70,983	3,929	11.9	14.7	49.8
Arkansas	15,029	31,984	45,323	1,417	17.1	18.0	85.8	1,350	4,110	20,379	4,958	12.5	17.7	68.9	16,379	36,094	65,702	1,820	16.6	18.0	79.7
California	11,439	29,608	128,672	4,346	13.8	17.1	72.9	3,843	20,845	351,319	16,854	4.5	10.4	49.8	15,282	50,453	479,991	9,514	9.1	13.5	54.5
Colorado	8,062	18,704	36,147	1,933	11.3	12.9	76.1	1,038	4,058	35,683	8,793	6.9	12.0	49.7	9,100	22,762	71,830	3,156	10.5	12.7	60.2
Connecticut	1,291	2,795	7,989	2,858	21.1	22.5	75.3	2,427	6,982	57,310	8,208	16.3	21.5	76.5	3,718	9,777	65,299	6,679	17.7	21.8	76.4
Delaware	3,563	7,520	9,938	1,322	93.1	93.2	95.9	1,584	3,775	13,229	3,504	78.5	81.3	94.8	5,147	11,295	23,167	2,051	88.1	88.9	95.3
Dist. of Columbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,427	3,352	9,132	2,724	93.0	93.0	94.0	1,427	3,352	9,132	2,724	93.0	93.0	94.0
Florida	7,060	19,622	88,457	4,508	13.9	18.2	69.4	4,999	20,982	191,333	9,119	7.3	13.7	53.0	12,059	40,604	279,790	6,891	10.1	15.6	57.3
Georgia	14,860	35,120	86,787	2,471	17.0	19.5	63.7	3,004	11,483	101,613	8,849	10.6	18.0	63.3	17,864	46,603	188,400	4,043	15.4	19.1	63.5
Hawaii	673	1,388	4,860	3,502	30.9	31.5	68.8	260	1,002	10,153	10,133	12.3	20.3	58.7	933	2,390	15,013	6,282	21.7	25.6	61.7
Idaho	4,661	10,911	15,857	1,453	11.0	12.6	65.6	294	1,041	6,183	5,940	6.8	11.2	42.2	4,955	11,952	22,040	1,844	10.6	12.5	56.8
Illinois	11,667	26,770	58,856	2,199	11.5	13.0	69.0	4,521	15,032	109,477	7,283	12.3	18.2	53.8	16,188	41,802	168,333	4,027	11.7	14.5	58.3
Indiana	9,533	22,743	76,264	3,353	12.9	15.0	75.8	1,653	5,536	43,170	7,798	8.1	12.7	44.0	11,186	28,279	119,434	4,223	11.9	14.5	60.1
Iowa	9,200	21,675	38,212	1,763	8.9	10.3	71.2	1,055	3,630	15,316	4,219	10.6	16.0	49.6	10,255	25,305	53,528	2,115	9.0	10.8	63.3
Kansas	9,783	21,557	28,459	1,320	7.9	8.6	68.2	596	2,287	15,101	6,603	5.7	9.7	41.7	10,379	23,844	43,560	1,827	7.7	8.7	55.9
Kentucky	25,060	53,580	65,749	1,227	37.7	39.3	88.7	2,425	7,121	44,875	6,302	20.4	27.3	82.7	27,485	60,701	110,624	1,822	35.1	37.3	86.2
Louisiana	14,653	31,835	57,010	1,791	31.2	33.0	88.0	2,041	6,485	43,422	6,696	14.6	20.6	80.7	16,694	38,320	100,432	2,621	27.4	29.9	84.7
Maine	7,634	15,921	25,951	1,630	38.1	39.0	86.6	772	1,842	8,280	4,495	29.3	32.9	79.9	8,406	17,763	34,231	1,927	37.0	38.3	84.8
Maryland	3,585	8,596	35,143	4,088	22.2	25.3	74.0	1,546	6,000	65,777	10,963	10.6	17.8	66.0	5,131	14,596	100,920	6,914	16.7	21.6	68.6
Massachusetts	1,204	3,007	13,107	4,359	9.8	11.9	52.7	1,639	5,658	60,115	10,625	7.1	11.4	49.6	2,843	8,665	73,222	8,450	8.0	11.6	50.2
Michigan	7,695	18,670	78,705	4,216	8.4	10.0	75.5	2,016	8,786	84,057	9,567	6.7	12.8	49.4	9,711	27,456	162,762	5,928	8.0	10.7	59.3
Minnesota	10,806	24,866	52,258	2,102	9.3	10.6	71.8	1,112	4,194	42,788	10,202	6.9	11.7	55.8	11,918	29,060	95,046	3,271	9.0	10.7	63.6
Mississippi	9,775	22,922	44,758	1,953	14.9	17.0	65.1	901	2,878	17,161	5,963	11.0	16.1	55.3	10,676	25,800	61,919	2,400	14.4	16.9	62.0
Missouri	30,682	64,451	75,720	1,175	28.6	29.7	87.8	1,766	5,582	56,223	10,072	10.0	14.9	55.9	32,448	70,033	131,943	1,884	26.0	27.5	70.7
Montana	7,695	17,981	15,952	887	11.5	13.2	71.9	180	591	2,192	3,710	6.9	10.7	34.8	7,875	18,572	18,144	977	11.3	13.1	63.7
Nebraska	9,654	21,039	25,222	1,199	11.0	11.9	79.5	327	1,232	8,092	6,568	5.8	10.1	41.4	9,981	22,271	33,314	1,496	10.7	11.8	65.0
Nevada	4,898	11,092	12,508	1,128	16.8	18.6	88.8	549	2,104	18,628	8,854	9.7	15.6	53.0	5,447	13,196	31,136	2,360	15.6	18.0	63.3
New Hampshire	3,581	7,726	17,871	2,313	28.6	30.2	87.8	413	1,121	7,790	6,949	13.8	17.5	55.2	3,994	8,847	25,661	2,901	25.8	27.7	74.5
New Jersey	869	2,513	16,783	6,678	7.1	9.8	43.0	1,442	5,984	65,618	10,965	5.9	11.1	43.0	2,311	8,497	82,401	9,698	6.3	10.7	43.0
New Mexico	10,815	25,682	31,597	1,230	19.8	22.7	80.4	584	2,257	10,905	4,832	8.5	14.6	47.1	11,399	27,939	42,502	1,521	18.6	21.7	68.1
New York	11,003	24,505	53,425	2,180	15.2	16.5	51.1	4,030	13,581	128,614	9,470	9.7	14.6	49.5	15,033	38,086	182,039	4,780	13.2	15.8	49.9
North Carolina	69,292	143,544	124,256	866	89.3	89.6	98.3	9,225	23,435	97,435	4,158	38.3	44.0	76.1	78,517	166,979	221,691	1,328	77.2	78.2	87.1
North Dakota	7,174	16,134	10,774	668	8.5	9.4	72.2	205	690	2,325	3,369	11.2	17.2	44.8	7,379	16,824	2,325	138	8.5	9.6	11.6
Ohio	15,275	34,535	80,691	2,337	18.0	19.8	68.3	4,026	14,015	106,878	7,626	10.1	15.5	60.3	19,301	48,550	187,569	3,863	15.5	18.3	63.5
Oklahoma	11,313	25,774	44,776	1,737	11.4	12.7	70.7	953	3,719	25,182	6,771	7.1	12.4	40.7	12,266	29,493	69,958	2,372	10.9	12.7	55.8
Oregon	6,855	15,715	33,569	2,136	12.4	13.9	68.7	719	2,488	24,657	9,910	6.4	10.5	53.8	7,574	18,203	58,226	3,199	11.4	13.3	61.5
Pennsylvania	32,070	68,058	100,414	1,475	37.5	38.7	78.7	7,835	20,179	117,973	5,846	22.6	27.0	74.3	39,905	88,237	218,387	2,475	33.2	35.2	76.3
Rhode Island	374	842	2,677	3,180	28.1	30.5	93.3	740	2,081	15,469	7,433	15.7	20.7	79.6	1,114	2,923	18,146	6,208	18.4	22.8	81.4
South Carolina	34,544	72,851	77,908	1,069	62.2	63.5	93.7	6,952	16,686	43,361	2,599	65.1	69.1	93.4	41,496	89,537	121,269	1,354	62.7	64.4	93.6
South Dakota	7,653	17,056	14,065	825	9.4	10.4	78.4	188	710	2,673	3,765	8.8	15.2	50.0	7,841	17,766	16,738	942	9.4	10.5	71.9
Tennessee	11,340	26,636	69,136	2,596	16.2	18.5	78.7	2,457	8,651	64,440	7,449	13.6	20.9	65.0	13,797	35,287	133,576	3,785	15.6	19.0	71.5
Texas	68,451	152,069	195,028	1,282	31.3	33.6	91.0	11,042	37,099	247,976	6,684	13.3	19.5	63.4	79,493	189,168	443,004	2,342	26.3	29.5	73.2
Utah	5,088	12,213	20,864	1,708	14.7	17.1	82.5	765	2,965	27,281	9,201	9.6	16.8	64.9	5,853	15,178	48,145	3,172	13.7	17.1	71.5
Vermont	2,454	5,575	10,965	1,967	19.0	21.0	67.4	177	470	2,184	4,647	12.8	16.2	39.5	2,631	6,045	13,149	2,175	18.4	20.6	60.3
Virginia	49,359	104,373	91,380	876	95.4	95.5	98.3	7,724	18,942	75,032	3,961	40.2	42.7	62.9	57,083	123,315	166,412	1,349	80.5	80.3	78.4
Washington	5,934	13,723	37,276	2,716	9.4	10.7	77.8	1,119	4,564	53,428	11,706	5.8	10.5	52.3	7,053	18,287	90,704	4,960	8.6	10.7	60.4
West Virginia	32,556	66,556	37,661	566	96.0	95.9	94.0	1,458	3,419	12,075	3,532	47.3	50.9	82.0	34,014	69,975	49,736	711	91.9	91.9	90.7
Wisconsin	10,318	23,737	61,749	2,601	10.7	12.2	70.3	1,437	5,248	34,700	6,612	8.5	14.0	47.5	11,755	28,985	96,449	3,328	10.4	12.5	59.9
Wyoming	6,352	14,384	14,281	993	25.5	27.9	78.8	406	1,207	3,041	2,520	16.4	22.4	46.5	6,758	15,591	17,322	1,111	24.6	27.4	70.2
U.S. Total	662,855	1,464,749	2,367,390	1,616	21.6	23.3	76.9	110,434	357,202	2,681,610	7,507	12.3	17.8	56.8	773,289	1,821,951	5,038,226	2,765	19.5	22.0	64.6
Puerto Rico	1,961	4,249	12,022	2,829	24.5	26.0	90.9	1,344	3,835	30,213	7,878	18.7	24.5	83.0	3,305	8,084	42,235	5,224	21.8	25.3	85.1
Grand Total	664,816	1,468,998	2,379,412	1,620	21.6	23.3	76.9	111,778	361,037	2,711,823	7,511	12.4	17.9	57.0	776,594	1,830,035	5,080,461	2,776	19.5	22.0	64.7

1/ Source is Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) summary data reported by the States. The total population generally reflects current estimates by the Bureau of the Census. The split between urban and rural is based on revisions by States and metropolitan planning organizations to urban boundaries defined by the Bureau of the Census.

2/ Source is U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis as published in Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2002. Per Capita for Personal Income is based on 2001 population. Per Capita for Gross State Product is based on 1999 population.

3/ Percent Trucks includes buses, single-unit trucks with at least 2 axles and 6 tires plus combination trucks. Data are based on HPMS sample data reported by each State. National average is weighted on vehicle-miles of travel.

4/ Includes roadways owned by the State highway agency. Excludes roadways owned by State toll, State park and other State agencies.

5/ Statewide totals for miles, lane-miles, and travel are found in tables HM-20, HM-60 and VM-2.

6/ May see differences from prior years; starting in 1999, number of lanes is coded for all systems except rural minor collector and rural/urban local.

7/ DVMT (Daily Vehicle-Miles of Travel) is in thousands.

8/ AADT means Annual Average Daily Traffic. AADT/Lane is a statewide average.

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