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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2014

SOUTH DAKOTA

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 853,175 0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 75,811 2.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 462,880 66.8% 0.3%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 230,563 33.2% 0.6%
Total Fuel 693,443 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 454,382 96.1% 0.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 18,228 3.9% 0.5%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 79,212 95.9% 2.7%
Urban 3,364 4.1% 0.3%
Total 82,576 100.0% 2.0%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 679 0.8% 1.4%
Other Freeways & Expressways 23 0.0% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 3,012 3.6% 1.9%
Minor Arterial 3,393 4.1% 1.4%
Major Collector 12,746 15.4% 2.4%
Minor Collector 6,271 7.6% 2.3%
Local 56,452 68.4% 1.9%
Total 82,576 100.0% 2.8%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 2,715 1.6% 1.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 90 0.1% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterials 6,975 4.2% 1.5%
Minor Arterial 7,051 4.2% 1.3%
Major Collector 25,522 15.2% 2.3%
Minor Collector 12,542 7.5% 2.3%
Local 112,905 67.3% 1.9%
Total 167,800 100.0% 1.9%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 6,433 69.7% 0.7%
Urban 2,792 30.3% 0.1%
Total 9,225 100.0% 0.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 2,646 28.7% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 63 0.7% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 2,361 25.6% 0.4%
Minor Arterial 1,932 20.9% 0.4%
Major Collector 1,349 14.6% 0.2%
Minor Collector 145 1.6% 0.2%
Local 729 7.9% 0.2%
Total 9,225 100.0% 0.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 307,326 50.39% 0.29%
Female 302,582 49.61% 0.28%
Total 609,908 100.00% 0.28%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline $ 0.22
Diesel $ 0.22
Gasohol $ 0.08

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 324,160 31.39% 0.28%
Buses 2,664 0.26% 0.31%
Trucks 616,421 59.69% 0.45%
Total 943,245
Motorcycles 89,460 8.66% 1.06%
Grand Total 1,032,705 100.00% 0.40%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 114 83.82% 0.69%
Urban 19 13.97% 0.12%
Unknown 3 2.21% 0.42%
Total 136 100% 0.42%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000) % of National
Receipts $638,797 0.38%
Disbursements $650,630 0.42%
Revenues Received by State for Highways (Table SF-1) % of National
Highway User Revenues $230,019 36.01% 0.34%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $80,447 12.59% 0.78%
Miscellaneous $31,992 5.01% 0.32%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $285,822 44.74% 0.69%
Local Governments and Other $10,517 1.65% 0.33%
Total $638,797 100.00% 0.37%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $473,662 72.80% 0.59%
Maintenance and Services $75,698 11.63% 0.32%
Administration and Misc. $62,987 9.68% 0.75%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $37,147 5.71% 0.39%
Interest $0 0.00% 0.00%
Bond Retirement $0 0.00% 0.00%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $1,136 0.17% 0.01%
Total $650,630 100.00% 0.40%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account $155,100 86.68% 0.43%
Mass Transit Account $23,832 13.32% 0.41%
Total $178,932 100.00% 0.43%
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