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Selected Measures for Identifying Peer States - 2016

October 2017
Table PS-1
Sheet 1 of 2

STATE GENERAL MEASURES TRAVEL MEASURES
2010 LAND AREA (1)
(SQUARE MILES)
2010 POPULATION (1) PERSONAL INCOME (2) 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
ANNUAL VMT PERCENT TRUCKS (3) ANNUAL VMT PERCENT TRUCKS (3)
Alabama 48,438 2,207 4.4 1,958 2,822 59.0 94 191 39,231 206 37,402 29,135 13.2% 40,092 7.8% 14,483 153,187 59,871
Alaska 570,381 260 0.0 241 469 66.0 1 41 55,307 50 63,317 2,238 10.9% 3,020 4.3% 7,404 25,463 6,090
Arizona 111,407 2,187 1.9 651 5,741 89.8 56 279 40,243 306 38,985 15,708 17.8% 50,078 7.1% 10,292 82,546 61,325
Arkansas 50,938 1,097 2.1 1,278 1,638 56.2 56 118 39,345 121 36,524 17,227 18.1% 18,528 13.2% 12,262 173,499 37,024
California 147,560 8,219 5.3 1,880 35,374 95.0 239 2,197 55,987 2,623 59,117 52,995 14.4% 287,120 6.5% 9,130 157,799 244,279
Colorado 102,114 1,528 1.5 696 4,333 86.2 49 288 52,059 323 52,567 15,277 10.7% 36,874 4.7% 10,370 138,609 46,258
Connecticut 3,016 1,826 37.7 429 3,145 88.0 738 254 71,033 260 63,636 3,161 7.9% 28,478 6.2% 8,852 11,556 34,277
Delaware 1,542 407 20.9 150 748 83.3 461 46 48,697 71 64,054 3,000 9.5% 7,178 7.5% 11,334 6,227 7,679
Dist. of Columbia - 61 100.0 - 602 100.0 9,856 51 75,596 126 160,643 - - 3,622 3.7% 6,019 - 3,441
Florida 46,222 7,403 13.8 1,661 17,140 91.2 351 944 45,819 926 39,506 35,072 13.5% 180,478 6.0% 11,465 77,603 196,016
Georgia 52,717 4,797 8.3 2,416 7,272 75.1 168 431 41,835 531 45,140 30,044 13.3% 92,758 5.9% 12,676 156,973 114,425
Hawaii 6,029 393 6.1 110 1,250 91.9 212 72 50,551 85 51,819 1,819 3.4% 8,817 4.9% 7,818 3,335 6,431
Idaho 82,144 499 0.6 461 1,106 70.6 19 66 39,107 68 36,056 9,907 16.5% 7,292 6.3% 10,971 92,117 13,069
Illinois 51,573 3,946 7.1 1,477 11,354 88.5 231 667 52,098 796 54,404 25,544 19.6% 81,770 9.2% 8,364 195,692 110,832
Indiana 33,301 2,525 7.0 1,787 4,697 72.4 181 288 43,492 347 45,977 32,506 15.8% 50,677 8.4% 12,829 135,996 65,859
Iowa 54,904 953 1.7 1,096 1,950 64.0 55 147 46,794 185 51,912 19,625 15.8% 13,712 6.7% 10,943 207,577 27,741
Kansas 80,786 973 1.2 736 2,117 74.2 35 141 48,537 151 46,217 15,217 19.3% 16,886 10.3% 11,252 258,066 31,862
Kentucky 38,076 1,411 3.6 1,806 2,533 58.4 110 175 39,499 197 38,950 26,354 13.3% 22,959 8.3% 11,364 133,622 33,194
Louisiana 41,236 1,968 4.6 1,216 3,318 73.2 105 204 43,487 237 44,451 18,939 21.3% 30,216 13.1% 10,843 90,252 39,770
Maine 30,483 360 1.2 815 514 38.7 43 59 44,316 59 38,956 10,020 9.6% 4,818 6.9% 11,170 39,553 7,390
Maryland 7,703 2,005 20.7 739 5,034 87.2 595 349 57,936 382 56,070 10,671 10.8% 48,467 7.3% 10,243 27,874 42,777
Massachusetts 4,813 2,987 38.3 526 6,022 92.0 839 444 65,137 506 65,281 3,492 5.6% 58,333 5.1% 9,442 13,186 64,076
Michigan 52,916 3,623 6.4 2,514 7,370 74.6 175 440 44,347 490 43,665 29,913 7.3% 69,520 5.4% 10,060 170,738 85,626
Minnesota 77,921 1,705 2.1 1,418 3,886 73.3 67 288 52,117 339 54,414 24,077 10.2% 34,952 5.3% 11,129 236,431 48,894
Mississippi 45,817 1,106 2.4 1,503 1,464 49.3 63 107 35,936 108 32,102 22,874 14.7% 17,881 7.9% 13,735 132,482 28,534
Missouri 66,687 2,054 3.0 1,771 4,218 70.4 87 266 43,723 299 43,004 30,370 17.3% 43,648 10.2% 12,359 220,069 56,426
Montana 145,249 297 0.2 436 553 55.9 7 44 42,386 46 39,763 8,706 13.4% 3,893 4.8% 12,734 141,344 8,972
Nebraska 76,300 524 0.7 491 1,336 73.1 24 95 49,636 117 53,949 11,353 17.5% 9,347 4.0% 11,334 176,231 17,076
Nevada 109,014 767 0.7 157 2,544 94.2 25 128 43,637 146 43,557 5,233 15.6% 21,555 5.8% 9,919 65,967 24,378
New Hampshire 8,309 644 7.2 523 794 60.3 147 78 58,322 77 51,411 5,358 8.2% 8,155 4.9% 10,264 22,534 10,773
New Jersey 4,435 2,920 39.7 468 8,324 94.7 1,195 554 61,968 575 56,565 4,948 7.0% 72,144 5.6% 8,769 11,897 73,446
New Mexico 120,471 827 0.7 465 1,594 77.4 17 81 38,807 94 41,559 16,015 18.7% 11,870 11.2% 13,542 125,868 18,999
New York 43,035 4,092 8.7 2,350 17,028 87.9 411 1,195 60,534 1,500 64,810 24,966 11.9% 97,964 5.8% 6,344 130,196 109,430
North Carolina 44,009 4,609 9.5 3,234 6,302 66.1 196 426 42,002 522 44,511 39,294 9.6% 77,455 6.5% 12,244 135,207 91,360
North Dakota 68,817 184 0.3 270 403 59.9 10 42 55,038 53 64,136 6,853 18.2% 2,886 7.7% 14,480 171,097 6,184
Ohio 36,440 4,420 10.8 2,547 8,990 77.9 282 521 44,876 627 47,633 34,840 15.9% 83,768 8.3% 10,281 154,926 107,423
Oklahoma 67,288 1,307 1.9 1,266 2,485 66.2 55 179 45,682 181 44,356 21,837 21.6% 27,176 8.9% 13,066 193,939 40,913
Oregon 94,881 1,107 1.2 727 3,104 81.0 40 184 45,049 229 51,066 14,572 21.5% 22,147 10.6% 9,585 118,912 32,167
Pennsylvania 40,037 4,705 10.5 2,711 9,991 78.7 284 656 51,275 720 50,665 34,368 15.4% 66,994 7.5% 7,980 148,945 102,177
Rhode Island 633 401 38.8 98 955 90.7 1,018 54 51,576 58 47,739 905 10.0% 7,022 6.8% 7,531 2,817 9,978
South Carolina 27,679 2,382 7.9 1,558 3,068 66.3 154 196 39,465 210 37,075 24,832 12.9% 29,721 9.3% 11,794 115,687 44,343
South Dakota 75,585 226 0.3 353 461 56.7 11 42 48,049 48 47,808 6,641 14.1% 2,866 6.5% 11,676 160,276 7,430
Tennessee 38,330 2,905 7.0 2,133 4,213 66.4 154 289 43,380 332 43,688 24,546 15.0% 52,338 9.1% 12,115 132,401 70,490
Texas 252,486 8,746 3.3 3,848 21,298 84.7 96 1,327 47,636 1,599 53,129 71,146 18.8% 200,117 8.9% 10,788 425,158 252,616
Utah 81,255 915 1.1 260 2,504 90.6 34 124 40,744 158 44,893 8,310 29.2% 23,139 22.1% 11,379 71,911 26,522
Vermont 9,061 156 1.7 382 243 38.9 68 31 50,321 31 43,984 5,251 9.2% 2,131 7.3% 11,797 26,071 3,203
Virginia 36,825 2,665 6.7 1,964 6,037 75.5 203 452 53,723 493 51,643 28,708 10.3% 55,755 5.0% 10,556 101,971 61,329
Washington 64,081 2,375 3.6 1,073 5,652 84.0 101 390 53,493 477 57,727 16,983 10.9% 44,035 7.2% 9,074 114,080 52,969
West Virginia 23,398 640 2.7 950 903 48.7 77 68 37,386 73 36,244 9,983 14.0% 9,557 12.1% 10,545 65,471 14,462
Wisconsin 52,279 1,879 3.5 1,697 3,990 70.2 105 273 47,275 313 47,833 32,265 11.2% 31,782 9.6% 11,262 186,265 52,569
Wyoming 96,899 195 0.2 199 365 64.8 6 32 55,212 38 60,004 6,448 19.8% 2,874 9.3% 16,540 52,816 6,260
U.S. Total 3,425,519 106,386 3.0 59,492 249,253 80.7 87 16,018 49,571 18,511 50,708 949,545   2,224,863   10,282 5,992,440 2,718,635
Puerto Rico 1,748 1,676 49.0 233 3,493 93.8 1,088         1,029   13,535   3,909 6,252 58,211
Grand Total 3,427,267 108,062 3.1 59,725 252,747 80.9 88         950,574   2,238,398   10,206 5,998,692 2,776,846

October 2017
Table PS-1
Sheet 2 of 2

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 STATEWIDE TOTAL RURAL (5) MILES LANE- MILES (6) DVMT (7) AADT/ LANE (8) PERCENT OF STATEWIDE TOTAL URBAN (5) MILES LANE- MILES (6) DVMT (7) AADT/ LANE (8) PERCENT OF STATEWIDE TOTAL (5)
MILES LANE- MILES DVMT MILES LANE- MILES DVMT MILES LANE- MILES DVMT
Alabama 8,285 20,264 46,931 2,316 11.1 13.2 58.9 2,644 9,345 58,023 6,209 9.7 15.6 52.9 10,929 29,609 104,954 3,545 10.7 13.9 55.5
Alaska 4,941 9,922 4,408 444 38.9 39.0 72.0 688 1,767 6,078 3,440 24.4 29.0 73.6 5,629 11,689 10,487 897 36.2 37.0 73.0
Arizona 5,530 14,123 32,750 2,319 13.9 17.1 76.3 1,250 5,513 51,501 9,341 4.7 9.0 37.6 6,780 19,636 84,252 4,291 10.3 13.6 46.9
Arkansas 14,087 30,703 37,189 1,211 16.5 17.7 79.0 2,344 7,061 34,592 4,899 13.7 19.1 68.3 16,432 37,765 71,781 1,901 16.0 17.9 73.5
California 10,259 26,076 99,510 3,816 13.5 16.5 68.7 4,833 25,203 413,000 16,387 4.6 10.3 52.6 15,091 51,279 512,510 9,995 8.3 12.8 55.1
Colorado 7,535 17,153 30,784 1,795 11.0 12.4 73.7 1,511 5,743 55,645 9,690 7.3 12.4 55.2 9,046 22,896 86,429 3,775 10.2 12.4 60.6
Connecticut 1,170 2,517 6,412 2,548 20.6 21.8 74.2 2,549 7,312 58,842 8,047 16.1 21.3 75.6 3,719 9,829 65,254 6,639 17.3 21.4 75.5
Delaware 2,829 5,897 6,506 1,103 94.5 94.7 79.3 2,583 5,972 16,974 2,842 75.2 77.8 86.5 5,412 11,869 23,480 1,978 84.2 85.3 84.4
Dist. of Columbia - - - - - - - 1,374 3,135 7,113 2,269 91.0 91.1 71.8 1,374 3,135 7,113 2,269 91.0 91.1 71.8
Florida 5,645 15,849 64,213 4,052 15.5 20.4 67.0 6,461 28,072 258,726 9,216 7.5 14.3 52.4 12,106 43,921 322,939 7,353 9.9 16.1 54.8
Georgia 12,499 30,001 61,745 2,058 16.5 19.1 75.2 5,412 18,674 139,720 7,482 10.4 16.3 55.1 17,912 48,675 201,465 4,139 14.0 17.9 60.0
Hawaii 483 968 2,551 2,635 29.0 29.0 51.3 460 1,521 13,508 8,884 16.4 23.6 56.0 943 2,489 16,058 6,453 21.1 25.5 55.2
Idaho 4,589 10,920 17,039 1,560 10.2 11.9 62.9 403 1,415 8,778 6,203 6.5 10.8 44.0 4,992 12,335 25,817 2,093 9.7 11.7 54.9
Illinois 10,429 23,999 48,847 2,035 10.8 12.3 70.0 5,487 18,188 112,490 6,185 11.0 16.4 50.3 15,917 42,187 161,337 3,824 10.9 13.8 55.0
Indiana 8,295 19,554 49,627 2,538 12.5 14.4 55.8 2,321 7,878 54,543 6,924 7.7 12.0 39.4 10,616 27,432 104,170 3,797 11.0 13.6 45.8
Iowa 7,830 18,956 37,734 1,991 7.7 9.1 70.3 1,054 3,766 19,159 5,087 8.4 13.6 51.1 8,884 22,722 56,893 2,504 7.7 9.7 62.4
Kansas 9,480 21,020 26,561 1,264 7.4 8.1 63.9 812 2,989 18,841 6,303 5.7 9.4 40.8 10,293 24,009 45,402 1,891 7.2 8.3 51.7
Kentucky 24,526 52,919 57,390 1,084 37.8 39.6 79.7 3,124 9,147 49,297 5,389 20.7 27.6 78.6 27,650 62,066 106,687 1,719 34.6 37.2 79.1
Louisiana 12,961 28,544 42,103 1,475 29.6 31.6 81.3 3,716 10,768 65,608 6,093 21.1 27.1 79.5 16,677 39,312 107,711 2,740 27.2 30.2 80.2
Maine 7,245 14,992 18,741 1,250 37.3 37.9 68.4 1,107 2,549 10,341 4,058 31.9 34.5 78.5 8,352 17,540 29,081 1,658 36.5 37.4 71.7
Maryland 2,659 6,106 19,946 3,266 19.7 21.9 68.4 2,492 8,659 84,874 9,802 13.4 20.2 64.1 5,151 14,766 104,819 7,099 16.0 20.9 64.9
Massachusetts 589 1,356 5,505 4,060 9.0 10.3 57.7 2,401 8,110 86,052 10,610 8.0 12.7 54.0 2,990 9,466 91,557 9,672 8.2 12.3 54.2
Michigan 6,858 16,078 47,236 2,938 8.1 9.4 57.8 2,810 11,373 97,821 8,601 7.4 13.3 51.5 9,668 27,451 145,057 5,284 7.9 10.7 53.4
Minnesota 10,197 23,425 40,641 1,735 8.7 9.9 61.8 1,556 5,834 52,491 8,997 7.0 11.9 54.9 11,753 29,259 93,133 3,183 8.5 10.3 57.7
Mississippi 9,487 23,275 41,239 1,772 14.8 17.6 65.9 1,401 4,775 26,281 5,504 10.8 16.7 53.8 10,888 28,050 67,521 2,407 14.1 17.4 60.6
Missouri 30,756 66,461 64,237 967 28.6 30.2 77.4 3,100 11,218 72,285 6,444 12.7 19.9 60.6 33,856 77,679 136,522 1,758 25.7 28.1 67.5
Montana 10,502 23,608 18,522 785 15.1 16.7 77.8 514 1,524 5,662 3,715 12.2 17.0 53.2 11,016 25,132 24,185 962 15.0 16.7 70.2
Nebraska 9,457 20,665 24,879 1,204 10.8 11.7 80.2 486 1,879 11,178 5,950 6.3 11.0 43.7 9,944 22,544 36,057 1,599 10.5 11.7 63.7
Nevada 4,659 10,681 12,184 1,141 14.4 16.2 85.2 744 2,970 24,150 8,131 7.2 12.2 41.0 5,403 13,652 36,333 2,661 12.7 15.1 49.6
New Hampshire 3,185 6,699 11,773 1,757 28.7 29.7 80.4 714 1,700 9,933 5,843 14.1 15.8 44.6 3,900 8,399 21,705 2,584 24.1 25.2 58.8
New Jersey 356 934 5,601 6,000 6.2 7.8 41.4 1,976 7,611 77,803 10,222 5.9 10.4 39.5 2,331 8,545 83,404 9,761 6.0 10.0 39.6
New Mexico 11,026 26,385 28,465 1,079 18.1 21.0 65.0 968 3,304 16,126 4,881 11.6 17.4 49.7 11,994 29,689 44,591 1,502 17.4 20.5 58.5
New York 9,617 21,216 35,980 1,696 15.1 16.3 52.7 5,424 17,088 124,305 7,274 10.9 15.6 46.4 15,042 38,304 160,285 4,185 13.3 16.0 47.7
North Carolina 59,268 122,682 75,316 614 90.4 90.7 70.1 20,369 49,277 161,328 3,274 49.7 53.9 76.2 79,637 171,959 236,643 1,376 74.8 75.9 74.1
North Dakota 7,170 16,372 13,264 810 8.5 9.6 70.8 244 857 3,496 4,078 8.5 13.9 44.3 7,414 17,229 16,760 973 8.5 9.7 63.0
Ohio 13,554 30,450 63,381 2,082 17.9 19.7 66.5 5,675 19,080 128,968 6,759 12.0 17.8 56.3 19,229 49,529 192,349 3,884 15.6 18.9 59.3
Oklahoma 10,851 25,027 39,968 1,597 11.4 12.9 67.0 1,403 5,346 32,529 6,084 7.7 13.1 43.8 12,254 30,373 72,496 2,387 10.8 12.9 54.1
Oregon 6,426 14,579 26,673 1,830 11.0 12.3 67.0 1,229 4,010 32,159 8,020 8.2 12.5 53.1 7,655 18,589 58,832 3,165 10.4 12.3 58.6
Pennsylvania 28,159 59,496 65,039 1,093 38.8 39.9 69.2 11,578 28,746 135,021 4,697 24.2 28.1 73.7 39,737 88,242 200,060 2,267 33.0 35.1 72.2
Rhode Island 374 836 2,270 2,714 27.4 29.7 91.8 724 2,026 14,626 7,220 15.5 20.3 76.2 1,099 2,862 16,896 5,903 18.2 22.4 78.0
South Carolina 29,781 62,714 58,800 938 52.9 54.2 86.6 11,559 27,748 73,721 2,657 58.4 62.6 90.8 41,340 90,462 132,522 1,465 54.3 56.5 88.9
South Dakota 7,497 16,959 13,984 825 9.5 10.6 77.1 258 916 3,505 3,827 7.6 12.3 44.8 7,756 17,875 17,489 978 9.4 10.7 67.3
Tennessee 10,022 23,775 53,621 2,255 15.6 18.0 79.9 3,866 13,510 90,947 6,732 12.3 19.2 63.6 13,888 37,284 144,568 3,877 14.5 18.4 68.8
Texas 64,729 144,138 175,680 1,219 31.5 33.9 90.4 15,755 51,815 357,486 6,899 14.5 20.5 65.4 80,483 195,952 533,166 2,721 25.7 28.9 71.9
Utah 4,700 11,223 17,712 1,578 13.4 15.6 78.0 1,181 4,842 39,087 8,073 10.1 18.3 61.8 5,881 16,065 56,800 3,536 12.6 16.3 66.1
Vermont 2,371 5,301 9,857 1,859 18.6 20.3 68.7 259 700 3,203 4,576 17.2 21.9 55.0 2,629 6,001 13,060 2,176 18.4 20.5 64.7
Virginia 46,005 96,667 67,610 699 94.6 94.8 86.2 12,816 31,222 101,611 3,255 48.4 50.9 66.7 58,821 127,889 169,221 1,323 78.3 78.3 73.3
Washington 5,523 12,520 31,470 2,514 9.8 11.0 67.8 1,549 6,002 62,304 10,380 6.4 11.3 51.8 7,071 18,522 93,774 5,063 8.8 11.1 56.2
West Virginia 30,423 62,021 22,110 356 94.8 94.7 81.0 3,985 8,982 21,739 2,420 59.7 62.1 83.2 34,407 71,003 43,849 618 88.7 88.8 82.1
Wisconsin 9,591 22,086 53,158 2,407 10.5 11.9 60.3 2,148 7,622 48,825 6,406 9.0 14.5 56.2 11,740 29,707 101,983 3,433 10.2 12.4 58.3
Wyoming 6,264 14,317 13,433 938 24.6 27.1 76.2 469 1,441 3,584 2,486 16.7 23.0 45.6 6,733 15,758 17,017 1,080 23.8 26.7 66.8
U.S. Total 610,674 1,352,427 1,850,598 1,368 20.9 22.6 71.3 169,788 526,206 3,455,879 6,568 14.0 19.4 56.8 780,463 1,878,633 5,306,477 2,825 18.9 21.6 61.2
Puerto Rico (9) 1,026 2,166 3,297 1,522 33.0 34.3 92.6 3,549 8,517 41,972 4,928 26.4 29.9 85.8 4,575 10,683 45,269 4,238 27.6 30.7 86.3
Grand Total 611,700 1,354,593 1,853,895 1,369 20.9 22.6 71.4 173,337 534,723 3,497,851 6,541 14.3 19.7 57.5 785,038 1,889,316 5,351,746 2,833 19.0 21.7 61.7

(1) Source is data reported by the Bureau of the Census.

(2) Source is U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

(3) Percent Trucks includes: buses, combination trucks and single-unit trucks (with at least 2 axles and 6 tires).

(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 Traveled) is in thousands.

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

(9) 2009 data.

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