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April 2021 Traffic Volume Trends

Table - 3. Changes on Rural Arterial Roads by Region and State**
Region And State April March
Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change
2021 (Preliminary) 2020 2021 (Revised) 2020
Northeast
Connecticut 1 111 70 59.8 2 121 98 23.0
Maine 40 394 264 49.3 43 433 353 22.8
Massachusetts 9 127 73 72.3 17 117 104 12.3
New Hampshire 78 260 161 61.6 79 253 217 16.4
New Jersey 3 214 132 61.7 20 232 197 18.0
New York 41 972 597 62.9 46 1,074 921 16.6
Pennsylvania 27 1,758 1,057 66.3 41 1,742 1,482 17.5
Rhode Island 3 39 24 61.7 5 40 35 15.2
Vermont 17 180 111 61.5 21 212 186 14.3
Subtotal 4,055 2,489 62.9 4,224 3,593 17.6
South Atlantic
Delaware 2 78 48 61.3 5 86 69 24.7
District of Columbia - 0 0 0.0 - 0 0 0.0
Florida 73 2,145 1,303 64.7 96 2,412 1,989 21.3
Georgia 42 1,808 1,121 61.2 53 1,768 1,463 20.8
Maryland 3 439 265 65.4 7 458 393 16.6
North Carolina 22 1,791 1,097 63.2 34 1,842 1,515 21.6
South Carolina 40 1,430 887 61.1 55 1,478 1,253 18.0
Virginia 189 1,674 1,029 62.7 319 1,677 1,465 14.5
West Virginia 15 528 329 60.4 17 605 499 21.3
Subtotal 9,893 6,079 62.7 10,326 8,646 19.4
North Central
Illinois 34 1,463 914 60.1 34 1,316 1,103 19.3
Indiana 21 1,547 948 63.2 24 1,312 1,062 23.5
Iowa 82 1,177 754 56.0 81 1,076 934 15.2
Kansas 67 846 541 56.5 68 838 725 15.5
Michigan 26 1,445 851 69.9 60 1,624 1,292 25.7
Minnesota 31 1,382 887 55.8 27 1,275 1,082 17.8
Missouri 74 1,576 1,000 57.6 83 1,396 1,138 22.6
Nebraska 37 722 486 48.6 37 732 626 16.9
North Dakota 50 417 293 42.2 52 408 374 9.0
Ohio 48 1,553 937 65.9 59 1,518 1,233 23.0
South Dakota 39 467 294 59.0 38 483 390 23.8
Wisconsin 103 1,472 916 60.6 113 1,350 1,140 18.4
Subtotal 14,067 8,821 59.5 13,328 11,099 20.1
South Gulf
Alabama 45 1,394 911 53.0 72 1,461 1,188 23.0
Arkansas 18 859 571 50.2 21 937 767 22.2
Kentucky 23 1,553 933 66.4 25 1,458 1,202 21.4
Louisiana 11 1,133 655 72.9 9 994 797 24.8
Mississippi 31 1,153 735 56.8 20 1,101 952 15.6
Oklahoma 31 1,166 760 53.5 35 1,147 922 24.4
Tennessee 16 1,454 911 59.7 23 1,567 1,317 19.0
Texas 125 4,449 2,794 59.2 142 5,043 4,123 22.3
Subtotal 13,161 8,270 59.1 13,708 11,268 21.7
West
Alaska 19 99 66 49.4 32 89 77 15.7
Arizona 54 1,116 676 65.0 71 1,038 858 20.9
California 30 3,188 1,967 62.0 69 3,081 2,475 24.5
Colorado 56 836 527 58.8 70 1,022 817 25.1
Hawaii 9 64 39 63.6 11 66 59 11.8
Idaho 113 558 364 53.4 124 545 442 23.4
Montana 63 495 317 55.9 66 499 402 24.2
Nevada 29 348 223 55.8 40 373 293 27.4
New Mexico 19 828 510 62.5 16 873 705 23.9
Oregon 92 847 532 59.2 106 830 667 24.4
Utah - 568 359 58.4 19 543 431 26.0
Washington - 956 624 53.2 64 942 763 23.5
Wyoming 92 374 258 44.8 90 362 313 15.4
Subtotal 10,277 6,462 59.0 10,263 8,302 23.6
Totals 2,093 51,454 32,124 60.2 2,661 51,846 42,907 20.8

Note: Where Number of Stations are shown as dashes, the values for the Vehicle-Miles and Percent Change are derived from the estimated VMT based on data from surrounding States or the nationwide average VMT.

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