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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2013

KENTUCKY

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 4,413,457 1.4%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 39,486 1.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 2,116,465 72.5% 1.5%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 801,861 27.5% 2.0%
Total Fuel 2,918,326 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 2,111,377 98.0% 1.5%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 42,207 2.0% 1.2%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 64,761 81.2% 2.2%
Urban 14,967 18.8% 1.2%
Total 79,728 100.0% 1.9%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 801 1.0% 1.7%
Other Freeways & Expressways 606 0.8% 3.5%
Other Principal Arterials 1,853 2.3% 1.2%
Minor Arterial 3,729 4.7% 1.5%
Major Collector 7,084 8.9% 1.3%
Minor Collector 9,503 11.9% 3.6%
Local 56,151 70.4% 1.9%
Total 79,727 100.0% 2.7%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 3,953 2.4% 1.8%
Other Freeways/Expressways 2,351 1.4% 3.1%
Other Principal Arterials 5,840 3.5% 1.3%
Minor Arterial 8,519 5.1% 1.5%
Major Collector 14,311 8.6% 1.3%
Minor Collector 19,009 11.4% 3.5%
Local 112,303 67.5% 1.9%
Total 166,286 100.0% 1.9%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 25,706 53.6% 2.8%
Urban 22,234 46.4% 1.1%
Total 47,940 100.0% 1.6%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 13,596 28.4% 1.8%
Other Freeways/Expressways 2,928 6.1% 0.4%
Other Principal Arterial 7,998 16.7% 1.2%
Minor Arterial 9,183 19.2% 1.7%
Major Collector 6,176 12.9% 0.9%
Minor Collector 2,378 5.0% 3.9%
Local 5,682 11.9% 1.4%
Total 47,941 100.0% 1.6%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 1,481,935 49.32% 1.40%
Female 1,522,984 50.68% 1.41%
Total 3,004,919 100.00% 1.40%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline $ 0.31
Diesel $ 0.28
Gasohol $ 0.31

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 1,749,979 42.18% 1.54%
Buses 9,690 0.23% 1.11%
Trucks 2,277,956 54.91% 1.66%
Total 4,037,625
Motorcycles 111,096 2.68% 1.32%
Grand Total 4,148,721 100.00% 1.59%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 517 76.93% 3.12%
Urban 155 23.07% 1.01%
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 672 100% 2.06%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000) % of National
Receipts $2,902,875 1.75%
Disbursements $2,771,470 1.77%
Revenues Received by State for Highways (Table SF-1) % of National
Highway User Revenues $1,366,129 44.40% 2.00%
General Fund Appropriations $5,626 0.18% 0.06%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $233,072 7.57% 2.30%
Bonds $776,027 25.22% 2.53%
Federal payments $696,246 22.63% 1.68%
Local Governments and Other $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $3,077,100 100.00% 1.77%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $1,899,681 64.49% 2.36%
Maintenance and Services $483,759 16.42% 2.06%
Administration and Misc. $32,330 1.10% 0.39%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $105,487 3.58% 1.11%
Interest $146,506 4.97% 1.79%
Bond Retirement $276,390 9.38% 1.42%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $1,542 0.05% 0.01%
Total $2,945,695 100.00% 1.79%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account $622,282 86.39% 1.74%
Mass Transit Account $98,072 13.61% 1.70%
Total $720,354 100.00% 1.73%
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