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Maine – State Statistical Abstracts 2011 – Office of Highway Policy Information – FHWA

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2011

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 1,328,188   0.4%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 30,862   0.9%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 688,852   0.5%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 190,108   0.5%
Total Fuel      
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 652,615 96.7% 0.5%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 22,442 3.3% 0.5%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 19,867 86.9% 0.7%
Urban 3,007 13.1% 0.3%
Total 22,874 100.0% 0.6%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 368 1.6% 0.8%
Other Freeways & Expressways 19 0.1% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 931 4.1% 0.6%
Minor Arterial 1,250 5.5% 0.5%
Major Collector 3,750 16.4% 0.7%
Minor Collector 2,180 9.5% 0.8%
Local 14377 62.9% 0.5%
Total 22,875 37.1% 0.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
State Highway Agencies      
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Federal      
Total      
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 1,558 3.3% 0.7%
Other Freeways/Expressways 71 0.2% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 2,011 4.3% 0.4%
Minor Arterial 2,626 5.6% 0.5%
Major Collector 7,504 16.0% 0.7%
Minor Collector 4,359 9.3% 0.8%
Local 28753 61.3% 0.5%
Total 46,882 100.0% 0.5%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 10,304 72.3% 1.1%
Urban 3,944 27.7% 0.2%
Total 14,248 100.0% 0.5%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 3,012 21.1% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 148 1.0% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterial 2,575 18.1% 0.4%
Minor Arterial 2,679 18.8% 0.5%
Major Collector 3,156 22.1% 0.9%
Minor Collector 834 5.9% 1.5%
Local 1845 12.9% 0.5%
Total 14,249 100.0% 0.5%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 503,042 49.57% 0.48%
Female 511,784 50.43% 0.48%
Total 1,014,826 100.00% 0.48%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.295 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.307
Gasohol $0.230

NOTE: Tax rates do not include Federal gas tax of 18.4 cents or diesel of 24.4 cents

Vehicle Registrations (MV-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Autos 530,057 45.25% 0.42%
Trucks/Picks/SUVs 4,631 0.40% 0.70%
Buses 586,265 50.05% 0.49%
Total 1,120,953    
Motorcycles 50,327 4.30% 0.60%
Grand Total 1,171,280 100.00% 0.46%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 135 99.26% 0.77%
Urban 1 0.74% 0.01%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 136 100% 0.42%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts      
Disbursements      
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $453,143 67.38% 0.72%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $16,496 2.45% 0.19%
Bonds $22,125 3.29% 0.09%
Federal payments $180,747 26.88% 0.45%
Local payments $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $672,511 100.00% 0.44%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $398,467 0.5648585 0.55%
Maintenance and Services $211,599 0.2999583 1.01%
Administration and Misc. $20,954 0.029704 0.24%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $25,724 0.0364658 0.29%
Interest $35,192 0.0498874 0.47%
Bond Retirement $13,415 0.0190168 0.11%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $77 0.0001092 0.00%
Total $705,428 43.51% 0.47%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $158,633 86.72% 0.50%
Mass Transit Account $24,295 13.28% 0.49%
Total $182,928 100.00% 0.50%

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