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July 2021 Traffic Volume Trends

Table - 3. Changes on Rural Arterial Roads by Region and State**
Region And State July June
Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change
2021 (Preliminary) 2020 2021 (Revised) 2020
Northeast
Connecticut 2 150 133 13.4 1 144 118 22.6
Maine 53 549 464 18.3 53 521 403 29.3
Massachusetts 17 164 140 17.7 16 151 117 28.9
New Hampshire 75 339 306 11.0 79 318 261 21.7
New Jersey 15 263 231 13.6 18 228 186 22.8
New York 46 1,453 1,241 17.0 42 1,267 1,069 18.6
Pennsylvania 44 2,255 1,949 15.7 41 2,022 1,733 16.7
Rhode Island 7 61 49 24.2 7 54 41 32.7
Vermont 22 296 250 18.4 22 226 199 13.3
Subtotal 5,530 4,763 16.1 4,931 4,127 19.5
South Atlantic
Delaware - 164 158 3.5 4 190 167 14.0
District of Columbia - 0 0 0.0 - 0 0 0.0
Florida 98 2,393 1,996 19.9 96 2,328 1,979 17.6
Georgia 54 2,027 1,779 13.9 54 1,682 1,491 12.8
Maryland 7 642 578 11.0 6 569 489 16.4
North Carolina 33 2,166 1,914 13.2 34 2,018 1,766 14.2
South Carolina 55 1,824 1,566 16.5 53 1,657 1,453 14.0
Virginia 311 2,117 1,831 15.6 318 1,955 1,651 18.4
West Virginia 18 550 490 12.3 17 447 398 12.4
Subtotal 11,883 10,312 15.2 10,846 9,394 15.5
North Central
Illinois 37 1,715 1,591 7.8 34 1,832 1,618 13.2
Indiana 23 2,023 1,821 11.1 25 1,466 1,286 14.0
Iowa 74 1,377 1,237 11.3 80 1,324 1,139 16.2
Kansas 68 994 904 10.0 68 950 859 10.6
Michigan 56 2,019 1,884 7.2 57 1,746 1,606 8.7
Minnesota 23 1,471 1,344 9.4 18 1,489 1,288 15.6
Missouri 82 2,151 1,953 10.1 84 1,812 1,601 13.2
Nebraska 38 889 822 8.3 37 807 706 14.3
North Dakota 51 433 397 9.0 48 400 355 12.6
Ohio 56 1,866 1,656 12.6 58 1,726 1,495 15.5
South Dakota 35 580 524 10.7 34 545 450 21.3
Wisconsin 82 1,882 1,643 14.5 94 1,696 1,471 15.3
Subtotal 17,400 15,776 10.3 15,793 13,874 13.8
South Gulf
Alabama 67 1,666 1,471 13.3 73 1,610 1,434 12.2
Arkansas 19 1,198 1,092 9.7 24 1,106 998 10.8
Kentucky 25 1,448 1,276 13.5 27 1,687 1,473 14.5
Louisiana 11 1,225 1,083 13.1 10 1,178 1,023 15.2
Mississippi 47 1,377 1,228 12.2 50 1,234 1,105 11.7
Oklahoma 35 1,303 1,163 12.1 34 1,220 1,102 10.6
Tennessee 31 1,901 1,693 12.3 23 1,706 1,544 10.6
Texas 143 5,304 4,325 22.6 138 5,085 4,326 17.5
Subtotal 15,422 13,331 15.7 14,826 13,005 14.0
West
Alaska 34 146 126 16.0 36 136 118 14.8
Arizona 66 1,187 997 19.0 60 1,176 1,001 17.5
California 51 4,195 3,655 14.8 66 3,767 3,110 21.1
Colorado 68 1,139 1,038 9.6 64 1,095 940 16.5
Hawaii 9 91 74 21.9 9 72 57 25.9
Idaho 110 740 654 13.2 115 680 577 18.0
Montana 67 811 706 15.0 65 736 597 23.2
Nevada 37 479 437 9.7 39 460 397 15.9
New Mexico 17 993 822 20.9 22 895 750 19.4
Oregon 94 1,058 967 9.4 94 987 840 17.4
Utah - 729 657 11.0 12 622 553 12.4
Washington 71 1,076 949 13.4 68 1,015 838 21.1
Wyoming 90 572 515 11.1 97 513 426 20.2
Subtotal 13,216 11,597 14.0 12,154 10,204 19.1
Totals 2,574 63,452 55,779 13.8 2,624 58,549 50,604 15.7

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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