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State Statistical Abstracts 2014

DELAWARE

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Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 935,614 0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 1,949 0.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 442,399 87.4% 0.3%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 63,892 12.6% 0.2%
Total Fuel 506,291 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 417,947 94.9% 0.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 22,534 5.1% 0.6%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 3,017 47.1% 0.1%
Urban 3,391 52.9% 0.3%
Total 6,408 100.0% 0.2%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 41 0.6% 0.1%
Other Freeways & Expressways 56 0.9% 0.3%
Other Principal Arterials 313 4.9% 0.2%
Minor Arterial 310 4.8% 0.1%
Major Collector 803 12.5% 0.1%
Minor Collector 330 5.2% 0.1%
Local 4,554 71.1% 0.2%
Total 6,407 100.0% 0.2%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 256 1.8% 0.1%
Other Freeways/Expressways 246 1.8% 0.3%
Other Principal Arterials 1,166 8.4% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 809 5.8% 0.1%
Major Collector 1,630 11.7% 0.1%
Minor Collector 662 4.8% 0.1%
Local 9,108 65.6% 0.2%
Total 13,877 100.0% 0.2%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 2,873 29.9% 0.3%
Urban 6,723 70.1% 0.3%
Total 9,596 100.0% 0.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 1,247 13.0% 0.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,148 12.0% 0.2%
Other Principal Arterial 2,931 30.5% 0.4%
Minor Arterial 1,366 14.2% 0.3%
Major Collector 1,364 14.2% 0.2%
Minor Collector 212 2.2% 0.3%
Local 1,328 13.8% 0.3%
Total 9,596 100.0% 0.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 356,242 48.64% 0.34%
Female 376,107 51.36% 0.35%
Total 732,349 100.00% 0.34%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline $ 0.23
Diesel $ 0.22
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 441,745 46.13% 0.39%
Buses 4,505 0.47% 0.52%
Trucks 481,026 50.23% 0.35%
Total 927,276
Motorcycles 30,393 3.17% 0.36%
Grand Total 957,669 100.00% 0.37%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 37 30.58% 0.22%
Urban 30 24.79% 0.19%
Unknown 54 44.63% 7.51%
Total 121 100% 0.37%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000) % of National
Receipts $1,255,770 0.76%
Disbursements $1,008,114 0.64%
Revenues Received by State for Highways (Table SF-1) % of National
Highway User Revenues $715,419 46.50% 1.05%
General Fund Appropriations $85,406 5.55% 0.89%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $172,577 11.22% 1.70%
Bonds $379,359 24.66% 1.24%
Federal payments $179,080 11.64% 0.43%
Local Governments and Other $6,584 0.43% 0.21%
Total $1,538,425 100.00% 0.89%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $239,521 18.56% 0.30%
Maintenance and Services $299,444 23.20% 1.28%
Administration and Misc. $88,519 6.86% 1.05%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $94,505 7.32% 1.00%
Interest $112,801 8.74% 1.38%
Bond Retirement $452,236 35.04% 2.32%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $3,743 0.29% 0.02%
Total $1,290,769 100.00% 0.78%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account $88,245 85.56% 0.25%
Mass Transit Account $14,899 14.44% 0.26%
Total $103,144 100.00% 0.25%
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