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Highway Statistics Series

State Statistical Abstracts 2015

SOUTH DAKOTA

For more information, see the Highway Statistics series.

Population / Land Area % of National
Total Population (DL-1C - Resident Pop) 858,469 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) 481,998 67.6% 0.3%
Special Fuel (Table MF-33SF) 231,283 32.4% 0.6%
Total Fuel 713,281 100.0%
On Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 435,823 92.4% 0.3%
Off Highway Gasoline (MF-21 in 000s) 35,620 7.6% 0.4%
Public Road Length (Table HM-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 79,193 95.9% 2.7%
Urban 3,383 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 309 0.4% 1.7%
Other Principal Arterials 2,727 3.3% 1.7%
Minor Arterial 3,393 4.1% 1.4%
Major Collector 12,772 15.5% 2.4%
Minor Collector 6,246 7.6% 2.3%
Local 56,450 68.4% 2.0%
Total 82,576 100.0% 2.9%
Functional System Lane Length (HM-60) Distribution % of National
Interstate 2,713 1.6% 1.2%
Other Freeways/Expressways 1,227 0.7% 1.5%
Other Principal Arterials 5,835 3.5% 1.2%
Minor Arterial 7,042 4.2% 1.2%
Major Collector 25,574 15.2% 2.3%
Minor Collector 12,491 7.4% 2.3%
Local 112901 67.3% 2.0%
Total 167,783 100.0% 1.9%
Vehicle Miles Traveled - (Millions) - (VM-2) Distribution % of National
Rural 6,512 69.8% 0.7%
Urban 2,813 30.2% 0.1%
Total 9,325 100.0% 0.3%
Vehicle Miles Traveled by Functional System (Millions- VM-2) Distribution % of National
Interstate 2,660 28.5% 0.3%
Other Freeways/Expressways 476 5.1% 0.1%
Other Principal Arterial 1,986 21.3% 0.3%
Minor Arterial 1,965 21.1% 0.4%
Major Collector 1,352 14.5% 0.2%
Minor Collector 146 1.6% 0.2%
Local 740 7.9% 0.2%
Total 9,325 100.0% 0.3%
Driver Licenses (DL-22) Distribution % of National
Male 332,694 50.74% 0.31%
Female 323,013 49.26% 0.29%
Total 655,707 100.00% 0.30%
Motor Fuel Tax Rates (MF-121T) - ($)
Gasoline 30.0
Diesel 30.0
Gasohol 16.0

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 328,797 30.38% 0.29%
Buses 2,840 0.26% 0.32%
Trucks 654,733 60.50% 0.46%
Total 986,370
Motorcycles 95,919 8.86% 1.12%
Grand Total 1,082,289 100.00% 0.41%
Fatally Injured in Vehicle Crashes (FI-20) Distribution % of National
Rural 113 84.96% 0.66%
Urban 20 15.04% #VALUE!
Unknown 0 0.00% 0.00%
Total 133 100% 0.67%

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 $147,986 23.78% 0.20%
General Fund Appropriations $0 0.00% 0.00%
Other State Imposts $97,718 15.70% 0.89%
Miscellaneous $39,632 6.37% 0.33%
Bonds $0 0.00% 0.00%
Federal payments $328,409 52.78% 0.81%
Local Governments and Other $8,501 1.37% 0.19%
Total $622,246 100.00% 0.35%
Disbursements Used by States for Highways (Table SF-2) % of National
Capital Outlay $446,650 71.46% 0.55%
Maintenance and Services $78,335 12.53% 0.33%
Administration and Misc. $62,991 10.08% 0.69%
Highway Law Enforcment & Safety $36,464 5.83% 0.37%
Interest $0 0.00% 0.00%
Bond Retirement $0 0.00% 0.00%
Grants-in-aid to Locals $617 0.10% 0.00%
Total $625,057 100.00% 0.37%
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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