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State Statistical Abstracts 2014

MONTANA

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Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 1,023,579 0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 145,546 4.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 518,616 65.7% 0.4%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 270,917 34.3% 0.7%
Total Fuel 789,533 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 511,567 96.6% 0.4%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 18,022 3.4% 0.5%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 70,819 94.4% 2.4%
Urban 4,164 5.6% 0.3%
Total 74,983 100.0% 1.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 1,192 1.6% 2.5%
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 3,027 4.0% 1.9%
Minor Arterial 3,062 4.1% 1.3%
Major Collector 7,351 9.8% 1.4%
Minor Collector 8,894 11.9% 3.3%
Local 51,457 68.6% 1.8%
Total 74,983 100.0% 2.6%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 4,768 3.1% 2.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 6,737 4.4% 1.4%
Minor Arterial 6,202 4.1% 1.1%
Major Collector 14,652 9.6% 1.3%
Minor Collector 17,787 11.6% 3.3%
Local 102,915 67.2% 1.8%
Total 153,061 100.0% 1.7%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 8,426 69.3% 0.9%
Urban 3,731 30.7% 0.2%
Total 12,157 100.0% 0.4%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 3,054 25.1% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 3,598 29.6% 0.5%
Minor Arterial 1,693 13.9% 0.3%
Major Collector 1,301 10.7% 0.2%
Minor Collector 467 3.8% 0.8%
Local 2,044 16.8% 0.5%
Total 12,157 100.0% 0.4%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 390,536 50.80% 0.37%
Female 378,167 49.20% 0.35%
Total 768,703 100.00% 0.36%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline $ 0.28
Diesel $ 0.29
Gasohol $ 0.24

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 436,581 27.53% 0.38%
Buses 4,494 0.28% 0.52%
Trucks 960,861 60.59% 0.70%
Total 1,401,936
Motorcycles 183,894 11.60% 2.18%
Grand Total 1,585,830 100.00% 0.61%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 177 92.19% 1.07%
Urban 14 7.29% 0.09%
Unknown 1 0.52% 0.14%
Total 192 100% 0.59%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000) % of National
Receipts $745,223 0.45%
Disbursements $764,000 0.49%
Revenues Received by State for Highways (Table SF-1) % of National
Highway User Revenues $229,095 30.74% 0.33%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $7,035 0.94% 0.07%
Miscellaneous $53,968 7.24% 0.53%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $451,430 60.58% 1.09%
Local Governments and Other $3,695 0.50% 0.12%
Total $745,223 100.00% 0.43%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $453,399 59.35% 0.56%
Maintenance and Services $134,741 17.64% 0.57%
Administration and Misc. $61,237 8.02% 0.73%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $57,693 7.55% 0.61%
Interest $4,391 0.57% 0.05%
Bond Retirement $11,110 1.45% 0.06%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $41,429 5.42% 0.27%
Total $764,000 100.00% 0.46%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account $178,892 86.72% 0.50%
Mass Transit Account $27,389 13.28% 0.48%
Total $206,281 100.00% 0.50%
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