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State Statistical Abstracts 2014

COLORADO

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 5,355,866 1.7%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 103,642 2.9%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 2,219,961 78.3% 1.6%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 615,730 21.7% 1.6%
Total Fuel 2,835,691 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 2,213,924 98.1% 1.6%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 43,576 1.9% 1.2%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 68,271 76.9% 2.3%
Urban 20,469 23.1% 1.7%
Total 88,740 100.0% 2.1%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 952 1.1% 2.0%
Other Freeways & Expressways 352 0.4% 2.0%
Other Principal Arterials 3,637 4.1% 2.3%
Minor Arterial 5,271 5.9% 2.2%
Major Collector 7,304 8.2% 1.4%
Minor Collector 8,939 10.1% 3.3%
Local 62,285 70.2% 2.1%
Total 88,740 100.0% 3.1%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 4,140 2.2% 1.9%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,476 0.8% 1.9%
Other Principal Arterials 9,869 5.3% 2.1%
Minor Arterial 11,809 6.4% 2.1%
Major Collector 14,919 8.1% 1.4%
Minor Collector 17,883 9.7% 3.3%
Local 124,570 67.5% 2.1%
Total 184,666 100.0% 2.1%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 14,417 29.4% 1.6%
Urban 34,569 70.6% 1.6%
Total 48,986 100.0% 1.6%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 12,894 26.3% 1.7%
Other Freeways/Expressways 5,240 10.7% 0.7%
Other Principal Arterial 12,821 26.2% 2.0%
Minor Arterial 8,049 16.4% 1.5%
Major Collector 4,325 8.8% 0.7%
Minor Collector 758 1.5% 1.2%
Local 4,898 10.0% 1.2%
Total 48,985 100.0% 1.6%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 1,986,768 51.16% 1.88%
Female 1,896,594 48.84% 1.75%
Total 3,883,362 100.00% 1.81%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline $ 0.22
Diesel $ 0.20
Gasohol $ 0.22

Tax Rates as of Dec 2014.

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 1,806,485 37.47% 1.59%
Buses 12,033 0.25% 1.38%
Trucks 2,813,912 58.37% 2.05%
Total 4,632,430
Motorcycles 188,192 3.90% 2.24%
Grand Total 4,820,622 100.00% 1.85%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 228 46.72% 1.38%
Urban 260 53.28% 1.69%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 488 100% 1.49%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000) % of National
Receipts $2,239,398 1.35%
Disbursements $2,570,992 1.64%
Revenues Received by State for Highways (Table SF-1) % of National
Highway User Revenues $1,554,976 69.44% 2.27%
General Fund Appropriations $1,200 0.05% 0.01%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $68,138 3.04% 0.67%
Bonds $23,449 1.05% 0.08%
Federal payments $591,635 26.42% 1.43%
Local Governments and Other $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $2,239,398 100.00% 1.29%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $1,111,889 43.25% 1.38%
Maintenance and Services $427,697 16.64% 1.82%
Administration and Misc. $99,388 3.87% 1.18%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $179,631 6.99% 1.89%
Interest $36,056 1.40% 0.44%
Bond Retirement $88,440 3.44% 0.45%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $627,891 24.42% 4.15%
Total $2,570,992 100.00% 1.56%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account $569,227 86.08% 1.59%
Mass Transit Account $92,055 13.92% 1.60%
Total $661,282 100.00% 1.59%
Page last modified on April 12, 2022
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