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

Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2012

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Population / Land Area   Distri-bution % of National
Total Population – (Census 2011) 1,005,494   0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 145,552   4.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 506,158 65.9% 0.4%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 262,303 34.1% 0.7%
Total Fuel 768,461 100.0%  
On Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 487,822 96.4% 0.4%
Off Highway Gasoline (Table MF-21) 18,336 3.6% 0.5%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 71,722 95.8% 2.4%
Urban 3,183 4.2% 0.3%
Total 74,905 100.0% 1.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 1,192 1.6% 2.5%
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 2,813 3.8% 1.8%
Minor Arterial 3,235 4.3% 1.3%
Major Collector 7,374 9.8% 1.4%
Minor Collector 8,899 11.9% 3.3%
Local 51392 68.6% 1.8%
Total 74,905 31.4% 2.6%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Ownerhip (HM-10)
NOT PUBLISHED IN 2009
State Highway Agencies      
County      
Town/Townships      
Other Jurisdictions      
Federal      
Total      
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 4,769 3.1% 2.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 6,230 4.1% 1.3%
Minor Arterial 6,589 4.3% 1.2%
Major Collector 14,697 9.6% 1.3%
Minor Collector 17,795 11.6% 3.3%
Local 102784 67.2% 1.8%
Total 152,864 100.0% 1.8%
Vehicle Miles Traveled – (Millions) – (VM-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 8,904 74.9% 0.9%
Urban 2,982 25.1% 0.1%
Total 11,886 100.0% 0.4%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (In Millions) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Interstate 2,962 24.9% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 3,366 28.3% 0.5%
Minor Arterial 1,780 15.0% 0.3%
Major Collector 1,428 12.0% 0.2%
Minor Collector 441 3.7% 0.8%
Local 1,908 16.1% 0.5%
Total 11,885 100.0% 0.4%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Male 384,714 50.77% 0.37%
Female 373,098 49.23% 0.35%
Total 757,812 100.00% 0.36%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) ($)  
Gasoline $0.28 Tax Rates as
of Dec. 2011
Diesel $0.29
Gasohol $0.24

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 433,264 29.11% 0.39%
Buses 3,725 0.25% 0.49%
Trucks 892,746 59.97% 0.67%
Total 1,329,735    
Motorcycles 158,873 10.67% 1.88%
Grand Total 1,488,608 100.00% 0.59%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Rural 187 91.22% 1.04%
Urban 14 6.83% 0.09%
Unknown 4 1.95% 1.21%
Total 205 100% 0.61%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) – SF-21 (000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Receipts   $801,129 0.53%
Disbursements   $840,100 0.56%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) ($000) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway User Revenues $222,968 26.15% 0.33%
General Fund Appropriations $299 0.04% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $6,953 0.82% 0.08%
Miscellaneous $45,675 5.36% 0.39%
Bonds $58,918 6.91% 0.32%
Federal payments $515,707 60.49% 1.23%
Local Governments and Other $1,974 0.23% 0.06%
Total $852,494 100.00% 0.54%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Capital Outlay $501,473 0.5625269 0.66%
Maintenance and Services $153,351 0.1720213 0.70%
Administration and Misc. $47,616 0.0534132 0.54%
Highway Law Enforcement & Safety $64,072 0.0718727 0.69%
Interest $13,352 0.0149776 0.17%
Bond Retirement $61,540 0.0690324 0.41%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $50,061 0.0561559 0.28%
Total $891,465 43.75% 0.57%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts – 2011 ($000) (Table FE-9) % Dist. % Nat'l.
Highway Account $172,749 88.88% 0.49%
Mass Transit Account $21,613 11.12% 0.43%
Total $194,362 100.00% 0.48%

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