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State Statistical Abstracts 2015

MONTANA

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Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 1,032,949 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) 539,984 66.6% 0.4%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 270,556 33.4% 0.7%
Total Fuel 810,540 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 483,132 89.5% 0.4%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 56,850 10.5% 0.6%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 70,822 94.4% 2.4%
Urban 4,185 5.6% 0.3%
Total 75,007 100.0% 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 3,133 4.2% 1.3%
Major Collector 7,279 9.7% 1.3%
Minor Collector 8,893 11.9% 3.3%
Local 51,483 68.6% 1.8%
Total 75,007 100.0% 2.6%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 4,768 3.1% 2.1%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterials 6,737 4.4% 1.4%
Minor Arterial 6,344 4.1% 1.1%
Major Collector 14,508 9.5% 1.3%
Minor Collector 17,787 11.6% 3.3%
Local 102966 67.2% 1.8%
Total 153,110 100.0% 1.8%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 8,529 69.1% 0.9%
Urban 3,816 30.9% 0.2%
Total 12,345 100.0% 0.4%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 3,070 24.9% 0.4%
Other Freeways/Expressways 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other Principal Arterial 3,637 29.5% 0.6%
Minor Arterial 1,705 13.8% 0.3%
Major Collector 1,346 10.9% 0.2%
Minor Collector 475 3.8% 0.7%
Local 2,112 17.1% 0.5%
Total 12,345 100.0% 0.4%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 397,220 50.83% 0.37%
Female 384,207 49.17% 0.35%
Total 781,427 100.00% 0.36%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline 27.8
Diesel 28.5
Gasohol 27.8

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 435,930 26.50% 0.39%
Buses 4,584 0.28% 0.52%
Trucks 1,007,283 61.22% 0.71%
Total 1,447,797
Motorcycles 197,430 12.00% 2.30%
Grand Total 1,645,227 100.00% 0.62%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 199 88.84% 1.17%
Urban 24 10.71% #VALUE!
Unknown 1 0.45% 0.04%
Total 224 100% 1.13%

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 $222,666 29.36% 0.30%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $7,222 0.95% 0.07%
Miscellaneous $50,176 6.62% 0.41%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $470,917 62.09% 1.16%
Local Governments and Other $7,463 0.98% 0.16%
Total $758,444 100.00% 0.43%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $453,866 57.96% 0.56%
Maintenance and Services $131,356 16.77% 0.55%
Administration and Misc. $79,682 10.17% 0.87%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $59,452 7.59% 0.60%
Interest $3,875 0.49% 0.04%
Bond Retirement $11,625 1.48% 0.06%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $43,272 5.53% 0.28%
Total $783,128 100.00% 0.47%
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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