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State Statistical Abstracts 2015

RHODE ISLAND

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 1,056,298 0.3%
Total Land Area Square Miles (PS-1) 1,034 0.0%
Motor Fuel Usage (000) Distribution % of National
Gasoline/Gasohol (Table MF-33GA) 383,477 85.0% 0.3%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 67,430 15.0% 0.2%
Total Fuel 450,907 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 359,531 94.4% 0.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 21,387 5.6% 0.2%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 1,360 22.5% 0.0%
Urban 4,685 77.5% 0.4%
Total 6,045 100.0% 0.1%
Public Road Length (Miles) by Functional System (HM-20) Distribution % of National
Interstate 70 1.2% 0.1%
Other Freeways & Expressways 91 1.5% 0.5%
Other Principal Arterials 440 7.3% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 415 6.9% 0.2%
Major Collector 712 11.8% 0.1%
Minor Collector 182 3.0% 0.1%
Local 4,136 68.4% 0.1%
Total 6,046 100.0% 0.2%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 378 3.0% 0.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 369 2.9% 0.5%
Other Principal Arterials 1,110 8.7% 0.2%
Minor Arterial 859 6.7% 0.2%
Major Collector 1,435 11.2% 0.1%
Minor Collector 362 2.8% 0.1%
Local 8273 64.7% 0.1%
Total 12,786 100.0% 0.1%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 888 11.3% 0.1%
Urban 6,945 88.7% 0.3%
Total 7,833 100.0% 0.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 2,163 27.6% 0.3%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,254 16.0% 0.2%
Other Principal Arterial 2,065 26.4% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 1,144 14.6% 0.2%
Major Collector 757 9.7% 0.1%
Minor Collector 44 0.6% 0.1%
Local 406 5.2% 0.1%
Total 7,833 100.0% 0.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 364,553 48.90% 0.34%
Female 380,917 51.10% 0.34%
Total 745,470 100.00% 0.34%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline 33.0
Diesel 33.0
Gasohol 33.0

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 447,356 51.12% 0.40%
Buses 2,177 0.25% 0.24%
Trucks 393,813 45.00% 0.28%
Total 843,346
Motorcycles 31,751 3.63% 0.37%
Grand Total 875,097 100.00% 0.33%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 7 15.56% 0.04%
Urban 38 84.44% #VALUE!
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 45 100% 0.23%

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 $103,330 22.54% 0.14%
General Fund Appropriations $30,990 6.76% 0.45%
Other State Imposts $0 0.00% 0.00%
Miscellaneous $21,233 4.63% 0.17%
Bonds $29,500 6.43% 0.11%
Federal payments $273,433 59.64% 0.68%
Local Governments and Other $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $458,486 100.00% 0.26%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $271,779 53.16% 0.33%
Maintenance and Services $99,409 19.44% 0.42%
Administration and Misc. $45,196 8.84% 0.49%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $26,506 5.18% 0.27%
Interest $37,323 7.30% 0.42%
Bond Retirement $31,052 6.07% 0.16%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $0 0.00% 0.00%
Total $511,265 100.00% 0.30%
Attributed Federal Trust Fund Receipts - FY15 ($000) (Table FE-9) % of National
Highway Account 83,272 85.79% 0.23%
Mass Transit Account 13,797 14.21% 0.24%
Total $97,069 100.00% 0.23%
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