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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2015

CONNECTICUT

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 3,590,886 1.1%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 4,842 0.1%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 1,479,843 84.4% 1.0%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 274,012 15.6% 0.7%
Total Fuel 1,753,855 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 1,405,870 94.8% 1.1%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 77,727 5.2% 0.9%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 5,683 26.4% 0.2%
Urban 15,829 73.6% 1.3%
Total 21,512 100.0% 0.5%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 346 1.6% 0.7%
Other Freeways & Expressways 280 1.3% 1.6%
Other Principal Arterials 829 3.9% 0.5%
Minor Arterial 1,894 8.8% 0.8%
Major Collector 2,671 12.4% 0.5%
Minor Collector 728 3.4% 0.3%
Local 14,765 68.6% 0.5%
Total 21,513 100.0% 0.7%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 1,868 4.1% 0.8%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,139 2.5% 1.4%
Other Principal Arterials 2,138 4.7% 0.5%
Minor Arterial 4,197 9.2% 0.7%
Major Collector 5,484 12.0% 0.5%
Minor Collector 1,462 3.2% 0.3%
Local 29529 64.4% 0.5%
Total 45,817 100.0% 0.5%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 3,159 10.0% 0.3%
Urban 28,434 90.0% 1.3%
Total 31,593 100.0% 1.0%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 10,395 32.9% 1.3%
Other Freeways/Expressways 4,444 14.1% 0.6%
Other Principal Arterial 4,244 13.4% 0.6%
Minor Arterial 5,561 17.6% 1.0%
Major Collector 3,405 10.8% 0.5%
Minor Collector 379 1.2% 0.6%
Local 3,165 10.0% 0.7%
Total 31,593 100.0% 1.0%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 1,267,221 49.37% 1.18%
Female 1,299,452 50.63% 1.18%
Total 2,566,673 100.00% 1.18%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline 25.0
Diesel 54.5
Gasohol 25.0

Tax Rates as of Dec 2015.

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 1,385,867 48.77% 1.23%
Buses 12,725 0.45% 1.43%
Trucks 1,356,641 47.74% 0.96%
Total 2,755,233
Motorcycles 86,531 3.04% 1.01%
Grand Total 2,841,764 100.00% 1.08%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 46 17.29% 0.27%
Urban 216 81.20% #VALUE!
Unknown 4 1.50% 0.14%
Total 266 100% 1.34%

Highway Finance ($000)

State Funding for Highways (Summary) - SF-21 (000)-Unavailable % of National
Receipts #DIV/0!
Disbursements #DIV/0!
Revenues Received by State for Highways (Table SF-1) % of National
Highway User Revenues $621,254 29.80% 0.84%
General Fund Appropriations $77,857 3.74% 1.13%
Other State Imposts $83,868 4.02% 0.77%
Miscellaneous $213,901 10.26% 1.76%
Bonds $622,628 29.87% 2.32%
Federal payments $460,647 22.10% 1.14%
Local Governments and Other $4,245 0.20% 0.09%
Total $2,084,400 100.00% 1.19%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $837,283 39.93% 1.03%
Maintenance and Services $143,460 6.84% 0.60%
Administration and Misc. $403,072 19.22% 4.41%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $18,173 0.87% 0.18%
Interest $202,429 9.65% 2.29%
Bond Retirement $413,265 19.71% 2.09%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $79,378 3.79% 0.51%
Total $2,097,060 100.00% 1.25%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9)
Highway Account 319,408 85.74% 0.89%
Mass Transit Account 53,138 14.26% 0.92%
Total $372,546 100.00% 0.90%
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