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Highway Statistics 2009

State Motor-Vehicle And Motor-Carrier Tax Receipts - 2009 1/

February 2011
Table MV-2

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(Thousands of Dollars)

STATE	REGISTRATION FEES 2/						OTHER FEES										MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS LESS UNCLASSIFIED REFUNDS	TOTAL RECEIPTS
	MOTOR VEHICLES			OTHER VEHICLES		TOTAL	DRIVERS LICENSES	CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FEES	SPECIAL TITLE TAXES 4/	FINES AND PENALTIES	ESTIMATED SERVICE CHARGES, LOCAL COLLECTIONS 5/	CARRIER GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES 6/	MILEAGE, TON-MILE AND PASSENGER-MILE TAX	SPECIAL LICENSE FEES AND FRANCHISE TAXES 7/		CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT FEES 7/
	AUTOMOBILES (INCLUDING TAXICABS)	BUSES	TRUCKS AND TRUCK TRACTORS 3/	TRAILERS	MOTORCYCLES	TOTAL	DRIVERS LICENSES	CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FEES	SPECIAL TITLE TAXES 4/	FINES AND PENALTIES	ESTIMATED SERVICE CHARGES, LOCAL COLLECTIONS 5/	CARRIER GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES 6/	MILEAGE, TON-MILE AND PASSENGER-MILE TAX	WEIGHT OR CAPACITY	FLAT RATE	CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT FEES 7/
Alabama	53,749	257	84,833	4,330	1,614	144,783	19,831	19,493	-	-	-	-	66	-	-	519	40,844	225,536
Alaska	21,766	1,128	17,005	1,867	875	42,641	3,358	1,999	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,914	51,912
Arizona 8/	16,332	21	45,615	2,001	1,181	65,150	11,747	7,312	-	11,460	-	-	1	117,420	684	1,482	118,362	333,618
Arkansas	34,819	175	63,543	7,533	532	106,602	10,554	3,571	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37,496	158,223
California 9/	2,776,206	15,594	1,510,244	282,029	65,279	4,649,352	253,332	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12,199	221,894	5,136,777
Colorado	166,248	479	58,261	6,573	3,540	235,101	15,104	102,333	-	16,279	1,716	-	-	2,568	-	-	591,918	965,019
Connecticut 10/	48,366	3,069	10,208	3,666	975	66,284	32,315	13,997	-	268	-	-	-	2,661	1,772	-	197,545	314,842
Delaware	15,784	709	14,755	2,297	323	33,868	3,036	5,479	-	2,199	-	-	-	-	-	-	63,926	108,508
Dist. of Col. 10/	15,738	1,939	2,232	55	132	20,096	3,005	1,431	30,842	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17,346	72,720
Florida	256,223	2,442	288,827	25,717	7,566	580,775	58,440	87,822	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	271	367,056	1,094,364
Georgia	189,879	615	19,701	5,348	844	216,387	39,460	44,973	-	3,769	10,107	-	-	-	-	16	38,940	353,652
Hawaii	124,635	1,076	21,294	5,278	1,389	153,672	70	-	4	191	18	-	-	-	-	-	46,005	199,960
Idaho	17,252	71	27,921	2,884	639	48,767	8,116	4,081	-	3,797	6,205	-	-	-	47,438	-	(68,407)	49,997
Illinois	605,839	39	456,486	34,110	13,248	1,109,722	22,038	159,995	-	11,081	-	-	-	406	-	2,624	211,893	1,517,759
Indiana	96,433	531	86,417	17,456	5,730	206,567	22,700	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,917	124	15,195	246,503
Iowa	151,000	400	245,800	12,900	2,200	412,300	15,466	12,551	-	-	-	-	-	-	35,630	-	6,963	482,910
Kansas	27,927	402	113,630	5,887	835	148,681	5,438	7,104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,823	18,856	182,902
Kentucky	24,307	19	44,612	916	204	70,058	14,769	-	296,063	-	-	-	76,877	-	-	8,831	105,411	572,009
Louisiana 10/	44,345	141	28,706	2,926	418	76,536	12,934	16,626	-	-	-	2,649	-	-	-	41	82,965	191,751
Maine	21,624	44	19,326	7,546	1,021	49,561	6,369	6,602	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,694	1	16,390	80,617
Maryland 10/	230,080	1,238	65,841	22,629	4,546	324,334	35,630	38,207	-	1,152	-	-	-	-	-	-	654,765	1,054,088
Massachusetts 10/	98,181	602	69,853	20,307	1,203	190,146	64,961	58,519	-	3,384	-	-	-	-	1,517	113	118,615	437,255
Michigan	645,803	325	124,493	14,349	5,283	790,253	40,371	28,059	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,354	92,721	956,758
Minnesota	336,184	581	164,071	47,399	2,464	550,699	25,253	10,367	-	378	-	-	-	-	-	558	30,837	618,092
Mississippi	38,942	72	31,745	2,222	563	73,544	10,753	4,468	-	3,602	-	-	-	-	944	-	68,162	161,473
Missouri	97,591	623	140,819	8,812	1,463	249,308	15,426	10,496	-	1,133	-	-	-	-	-	84	29,401	305,848
Montana	47,373	44	96,833	5,970	2,376	152,596	5,679	3,339	-	3	720	-	-	25,018	5,008	1,638	6,898	200,899
Nebraska	23,137	96	36,117	4,514	550	64,414	7,679	5,903	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,396	-	19,712	99,104
Nevada	68,149	481	29,422	4,172	1,564	103,788	9,593	11,449	-	11,138	67	-	-	-	-	-	84,141	220,176
New Hampshire	33,263	66	37,261	2,326	834	73,750	13,028	7,510	-	18,774	-	-	-	-	-	-	19,059	132,121
New Jersey	133,281	45,046	61,995	10,869	5,008	256,199	41,770	-	1,789	89,590	-	-	-	-	-	-	513,285	902,633
New Mexico 11/	45,990	64	40,859	2,856	902	90,671	3,695	103,112	3,313	15,195	-	-	81,273	-	5,487	6,802	67,329	376,877
New York 10/	408,974	4,880	83,947	31,957	9,544	539,302	147,153	118,324	-	-	-	-	98,678	-	-	9,430	347,646	1,260,533
North Carolina	132,566	2,139	176,763	34,649	7,837	353,954	39,832	53,018	-	-	9,072	-	-	-	-	-	188,086	643,962
North Dakota	34,392	102	35,991	2,344	1,089	73,918	690	1,181	467	492	-	-	-	-	-	2,640	6,774	86,162
Ohio	352,704	1,389	215,420	32,692	12,260	614,465	47,286	11,859	-	2,290	49,836	1,802	-	-	-	-	185,564	913,102
Oklahoma	160,855	107	51,476	7,137	8,420	227,995	15,143	14,577	-	5,313	12,482	-	20	-	3,263	311	95,770	374,874
Oregon 10/	70,115	539	36,723	13,582	2,159	123,118	14,479	18,578	-	1,117	-	-	196,225	-	7,642	-	95,289	456,448
Pennsylvania	276,628	2,823	208,742	9,885	7,324	505,402	76,048	67,914	-	36,552	-	-	-	-	-	-	178,615	864,531
Rhode Island	22,847	173	17,694	2,387	1,030	44,131	15,406	3,944	-	380	-	-	-	-	-	-	(937)	62,924
South Carolina	63,839	148	14,636	798	611	80,032	10,149	18,809	-	6,960	-	-	44	-	-	88	92,442	208,524
South Dakota	17,914	168	48,748	4,594	639	72,063	2,398	1,605	-	182	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,693	79,941
Tennessee	94,768	351	54,354	97,417	2,584	249,474	19,224	10,068	-	484	24,627	-	-	-	962	3,315	79,844	387,998
Texas 11/	550,983	4,776	395,574	167,456	13,195	1,131,984	98,660	179,487	3,012,846	16,182	59,851	-	-	355	7,766	1,836	375,493	4,884,460
Utah	25,180	127	29,570	2,742	1,387	59,006	10,793	4,264	-	663	5,857	-	-	7,102	-	-	59,610	147,295
Vermont	24,875	54	17,058	3,075	1,048	46,110	5,532	4,113	63,780	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21,077	140,612
Virginia 10/	32,729	50	14,751	3,055	1,014	51,599	41,498	19,748	269,731	11,217	-	-	-	-	3,780	247	388,795	786,615
Washington	128,371	259	177,134	14,859	7,245	327,868	31,896	4,606	1,202	2,910	32,378	1,431	-	-	-	104	188,708	591,103
West Virginia	28,131	1	30,079	1,032	388	59,631	2,937	4,566	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	187,502	254,657
Wisconsin	264,775	440	181,372	10,309	1,107	458,003	21,173	14,848	-	715	-	-	-	-	-	501	177,072	672,312
Wyoming	5,101	65	47,299	3,912	350	56,727	2,503	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	-	16,581	75,871
Total	9,202,193	96,980	5,896,056	1,021,626	214,532	16,431,387	1,434,720	1,328,308	3,680,037	278,850	212,936	5,882	453,184	155,530	126,959	61,973	6,527,061	30,696,827

1/ Highway-user revenues consist primarily of motor-fuel taxes, shown in Table MF-1, and motor-vehicle and motor-carrier taxes shown in this table.

2/ Where the registration year is not more than one month removed from the calendar year, registration-year receipts are given. Where the registration year is more than one month removed, calendar-year receipts are given.

3/ Includes fees for light trucks as reported in Table MV-9.

4/ Special titling taxes imposed under general sales tax levies are not included.

5/ County or local officers in many States are allowed service charges for issuing registrations, operators' licenses, or for related services. Some of these charges are included with registration and other fees. The amounts shown in this column are estimates of service charges that are collected and retained by local officials and not reported elsewhere in this table.

6/ Numerous States impose taxes on the gross receipts of motor carriers in connection with general state sales taxes or taxes on all transportation companies or public utilities. This column includes only the proceeds of gross receipts taxes reported by the States as special taxes on motor carriers.

7/ In general, the proceeds of special weight or capacity taxes imposed at a flat rate per vehicle are included under special license fees and franchise taxes. Application or filing fees required for the issuance of certificates of convenience and necessity to common carriers, and corresponding permits to contract and other motor carriers, are included under certificate or permit fees.

8/ Registration fees now exclude license taxes.

9/ Property taxes formerly levied on motor vehicles have been replaced by "Vehicle License Fees" in California. Because of the origin of these taxes, the administrative officers of California does not consider them to be highway-user taxes. The amounts included with registration fees in this table are as follows: California, automobiles; $1,495,638,759 buses; $4,775,323, trucks; $450,155,536, trailers; $71,260,446, and motorcycles; $15,999,428.

10/ Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Oregon register automobiles for two-year periods, District of Columbia and Virginia for optional one- or two-year periods, and Louisiana for four-year periods, all on a staggered monthly basis.

11/ State did not provide current data. Table displays 2008 data; for New Mexico only automobiles, buses, trucks, trailers, and motorcycles.