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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2013

Delaware

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area Distribution % of National
Total Population - (Census) 925,749 0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 1,954 0.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 434,439 87.7% 0.3%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 61,172 12.3% 0.2%
Total Fuel 495,611 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 469,516 95.4% 0.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 22,685 4.6% 0.6%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 3,359 52.5% 0.1%
Urban 3,034 47.5% 0.3%
Total 6,393 100.0% 0.2%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 41 0.6% 0.1%
Other Freeways & Expressways 30 0.5% 0.2%
Other Principal Arterials 337 5.3% 0.2%
Minor Arterial 314 4.9% 0.1%
Major Collector 817 12.8% 0.2%
Minor Collector 222 3.5% 0.1%
Local 4,632 72.5% 0.2%
Total 6,393 27.5% 0.2%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 256 1.8% 0.1%
Other Freeways/Expressways 135 1.0% 0.2%
Other Principal Arterials 1,263 9.1% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 822 5.9% 0.1%
Major Collector 1,661 12.0% 0.2%
Minor Collector 445 3.2% 0.1%
Local 9,267 66.9% 0.2%
Total 13,849 100.0% 0.2%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 3,053 32.8% 0.3%
Urban 6,254 67.2% 0.3%
Total 9,307 100.0% 0.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 1,278 13.7% 0.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 518 5.6% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterial 3,301 35.5% 0.5%
Minor Arterial 1,354 14.5% 0.3%
Major Collector 1,350 14.5% 0.2%
Minor Collector 118 1.3% 0.2%
Local 1,390 14.9% 0.3%
Total 9,309 100.0% 0.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 352,305 48.68% 0.34%
Female 371,352 51.32% 0.35%
Total 723,657 100.00% 0.34%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline $ 0.23
Diesel $ 0.22
Gasohol $ 0.22

Tax Rates as of Dec 2013.

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

Vehicle Registrations - (MV-1) Distribution % of National
Autos 448,155 47.30% 0.39%
Buses 4,507 0.48% 0.52%
Trucks 464,724 49.05% 0.35%
Total 917,386
Motorcycles 30,056 3.17% 0.36%
Grand Total 947,442 100.00% 0.37%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 50 50.51% 0.28%
Urban 48 48.48% 0.32%
Unknown 1 1.01% 0.64%
Total 99 100% 0.30%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000) % of National
Receipts $1,227,302 0.80%
Disbursements $1,368,025 0.94%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) ($000) % of National
Highway User Revenues $707,241 57.63% 1.17%
General Fund Appropriations $125,985 10.27% 1.72%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $193,731 15.79% 1.58%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $195,630 15.94% 0.48%
Local Governments and Other $4,714 0.38% 0.14%
Total $1,227,301 100.00% 0.77%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $402,879 29.45% 0.54%
Maintenance and Services $519,531 37.98% 2.36%
Administration and Misc. $76,820 5.62% 0.91%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $86,036 6.29% 0.91%
Interest $108,478 7.93% 1.37%
Bond Retirement $174,281 12.74% 1.11%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $1,368,025 100.00% 0.90%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account $80,993 86.16% 0.25%
Mass Transit Account $13,008 13.84% 0.28%
Total $94,001 100.00% 0.26%
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