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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2011

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 824,082   0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 75,885   2.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 449,199 68.3% 0.3%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 208,166 31.7% 0.6%
Total Fuel 657,365 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 420,649 95.7% 0.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 18,883 4.3% 0.5%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural           79,492 96.4% 2.7%
Urban 2,968 3.6% 0.3%
Total 82,460 100.0% 2.0%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % D ist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 679 0.8% 1.4%
Other Freeways & Expressways 11 0.0% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 2,674 3.2% 1.7%
Minor Arterial 3,727 4.5% 1.5%
Major Collector 12,725 15.4% 2.4%
Minor Collector 6,284 7.6% 2.4%
Local 56359 68.3% 2.0%
Total 82,459 31.7% 2.9%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
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Town/Townships      
Other Jurisdictions      
Federal      
Total      
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 2,761 1.6% 1.3%
Other Freeways/Expressways 42 0.0% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 6,459 3.9% 1.4%
Minor Arterial 7,748 4.6% 1.4%
Major Collector 25,431 15.2% 2.3%
Minor Collector 12,569 7.5% 2.4%
Local 112717 67.2% 2.0%
Total 167,727 100.0% 2.0%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 6,477 72.0% 0.7%
Urban 2,525 28.0% 0.1%
Total 9,002 100.0% 0.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 2,665 29.6% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 37 0.4% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 2,262 25.1% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 1,872 20.8% 0.4%
Major Collector 1,298 14.4% 0.4%
Minor Collector 148 1.6% 0.3%
Local 719 8.0% 0.2%
Total 9,001 100.0% 0.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 303,026 50.23% 0.29%
Female 300,232 49.77% 0.28%
Total 603,258 100.00% 0.28%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) (Cents)  
Gasoline $0.22 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.22
Gasohol $0.08

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 384,573 38.63% 0.31%
Buses 2,585 0.26% 0.39%
Trucks 538,595 54.11% 0.45%
Total 925,753    
Motorcycles 69,670 7.00% 0.83%
Grand Total 995,423 100.00% 0.39%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 96 86.49% 0.54%
Urban 15 13.51% 0.10%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 111 100% 0.34%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts     0.00%
Disbursements     0.00%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $108,835 21.58% 0.17%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $63,932 12.68% 0.74%
Miscellaneous $25,415 5.04% 0.30%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $302,153 59.92% 0.75%
Local payments $3,884 0.77% 0.15%
Total $504,219 100.00% 0.33%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $404,040 0.7383624 0.55%
Maintenance and Services $62,054 0.1134005 0.30%
Administration and Misc. $42,854 0.0783135 0.49%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $36,570 0.0668298 0.41%
Interest $0 0 0.00%
Bond Retirement $0 0 0.00%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $1,693 0.0030939 0.01%
Total $547,211 26.16% 0.36%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $130,003 87.63% 0.41%
Mass Transit Account $18,355 12.37% 0.37%
Total $148,358 100.00% 0.40%

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