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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2013

Iowa

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area Distribution % of National
Total Population - (Census) 3,090,416 1.0%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 55,869 1.6%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 1,643,430 71.2% 1.2%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 664,836 28.8% 1.7%
Total Fuel 2,308,266 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 2,160,583 93.6% 1.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 147,681 6.4% 3.8%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 101,775 88.9% 3.5%
Urban 12,654 11.1% 1.1%
Total 114,429 100.0% 2.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 782 0.7% 1.6%
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 4,312 3.8% 2.7%
Minor Arterial 5,465 4.8% 2.2%
Major Collector 15,470 13.5% 2.9%
Minor Collector 16,159 14.1% 6.0%
Local 72,241 63.1% 2.5%
Total 114,429 36.9% 4.0%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 3,252 1.4% 1.5%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 11,946 5.1% 2.5%
Minor Arterial 11,721 5.0% 2.1%
Major Collector 31,075 13.2% 2.8%
Minor Collector 32,318 13.8% 6.0%
Local 144,480 61.5% 2.5%
Total 234,792 100.0% 2.7%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 18,197 57.5% 1.9%
Urban 13,443 42.5% 0.7%
Total 31,640 100.0% 1.1%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 7,447 23.5% 1.0%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 9,535 30.1% 1.4%
Minor Arterial 5,899 18.6% 1.1%
Major Collector 4,453 14.1% 0.7%
Minor Collector 855 2.7% 1.5%
Local 3,451 10.9% 0.8%
Total 31,640 100.0% 1.1%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 1,057,729 49.34% 1.01%
Female 1,085,936 50.66% 1.01%
Total 2,143,665 100.00% 1.01%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline $ 0.21
Diesel $ 0.23
Gasohol $ 0.19

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 1,366,389 38.59% 1.20%
Buses 9,265 0.26% 1.07%
Trucks 1,981,815 55.97% 1.49%
Total 3,357,469
Motorcycles 183,294 5.18% 2.18%
Grand Total 3,540,763 100.00% 1.38%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 256 80.76% 1.46%
Urban 59 18.61% 0.39%
Unknown 2 0.63% 1.28%
Total 317 100% 0.97%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000) % of National
Receipts $1,814,071 1.18%
Disbursements $1,837,045 1.26%
State Revenues Used for Highways (SF-1) ($000) % of National
Highway User Revenues $1,259,246 69.42% 2.09%
General Fund Appropriations $53,557 2.95% 0.73%
Other State Imposts $25,757 1.42% 0.28%
Miscellaneous $8,139 0.45% 0.07%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $467,372 25.76% 1.14%
Local Governments and Other $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $1,814,071 100.00% 1.13%
State Disbursements for Highways (SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $735,152 40.02% 0.99%
Maintenance and Services $194,358 10.58% 0.88%
Administration and Misc. $117,764 6.41% 1.39%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $121,934 6.64% 1.30%
Interest $0 0.00% 0.00%
Bond Retirement $0 0.00% 0.00%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $667,837 36.35% 4.68%
Total $1,837,045 100.00% 1.21%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account $438,715 88.11% 1.38%
Mass Transit Account $59,176 11.89% 1.27%
Total $497,891 100.00% 1.37%
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