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State Statistical Abstracts 2015

IOWA

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Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 3,123,899 1.0%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 55,857 1.6%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 1,665,158 71.2% 1.2%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 673,105 28.8% 1.7%
Total Fuel 2,338,263 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 1,486,300 89.3% 1.1%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 178,851 10.7% 2.0%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 101,969 89.1% 3.5%
Urban 12,473 10.9% 1.0%
Total 114,442 100.0% 2.8%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 788 0.7% 1.6%
Other Freeways & Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 4,325 3.8% 2.8%
Minor Arterial 5,549 4.8% 2.3%
Major Collector 15,532 13.6% 2.9%
Minor Collector 16,022 14.0% 5.9%
Local 72,226 63.1% 2.5%
Total 114,442 100.0% 4.0%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 3,273 1.4% 1.5%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 11,949 5.1% 2.6%
Minor Arterial 11,887 5.1% 2.1%
Major Collector 31,135 13.3% 2.8%
Minor Collector 32,044 13.7% 5.9%
Local 144451 61.5% 2.5%
Total 234,739 100.0% 2.7%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 19,289 58.2% 2.1%
Urban 13,872 41.8% 0.6%
Total 33,161 100.0% 1.1%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 8,072 24.3% 1.0%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 10,145 30.6% 1.5%
Minor Arterial 6,161 18.6% 1.1%
Major Collector 4,485 13.5% 0.7%
Minor Collector 817 2.5% 1.3%
Local 3,481 10.5% 0.8%
Total 33,161 100.0% 1.1%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 1,100,569 49.48% 1.02%
Female 1,123,561 50.52% 1.02%
Total 2,224,130 100.00% 1.02%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline 30.8
Diesel 32.5
Gasohol 29.3

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 1,326,200 36.47% 1.18%
Buses 9,186 0.25% 1.03%
Trucks 2,111,663 58.06% 1.49%
Total 3,447,049
Motorcycles 189,849 5.22% 2.21%
Grand Total 3,636,898 100.00% 1.38%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 230 71.88% 1.35%
Urban 90 28.13% #VALUE!
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 320 100% 1.61%

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 $1,393,747 69.54% 1.88%
General Fund Appropriations $60,982 3.04% 0.89%
Other State Imposts $38,226 1.91% 0.35%
Miscellaneous $3,836 0.19% 0.03%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $507,382 25.32% 1.25%
Local Governments and Other $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $2,004,173 100.00% 1.14%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $1,008,054 46.18% 1.24%
Maintenance and Services $225,690 10.34% 0.95%
Administration and Misc. $52,585 2.41% 0.58%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $131,800 6.04% 1.34%
Interest $0 0.00% 0.00%
Bond Retirement $0 0.00% 0.00%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $764,777 35.03% 4.94%
Total $2,182,906 100.00% 1.30%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account 495,109 86.53% 1.38%
Mass Transit Account 77,093 13.47% 1.34%
Total $572,202 100.00% 1.38%
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