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March 2021 Traffic Volume Trends

Table - 3. Changes on Rural Arterial Roads by Region and State**
Region And State March February
Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change
2021 (Preliminary) 2020 2021 (Revised) 2020
Northeast
Connecticut 2 121 98 23.0 1 80 106 -24.9
Maine 43 433 353 22.8 50 331 374 -11.6
Massachusetts 17 117 104 12.3 15 96 121 -20.1
New Hampshire 79 253 217 16.4 79 192 221 -13.2
New Jersey 5 242 197 22.9 21 172 222 -22.4
New York 46 1,074 921 16.6 44 800 937 -14.6
Pennsylvania 41 1,742 1,482 17.5 42 1,261 1,536 -17.9
Rhode Island 5 40 35 15.2 7 35 44 -21.0
Vermont 21 212 186 14.3 23 174 211 -17.8
Subtotal 4,234 3,593 17.8 3,141 3,772 -16.7
South Atlantic
Delaware 5 86 69 24.7 - 60 75 -19.2
District of Columbia - 0 0 0.0 - 0 0 0.0
Florida 96 2,412 1,989 21.3 94 1,928 2,022 -4.7
Georgia 53 1,768 1,463 20.8 53 1,502 1,545 -2.8
Maryland 7 458 393 16.6 8 331 415 -20.2
North Carolina 34 1,842 1,515 21.6 35 1,369 1,449 -5.5
South Carolina 55 1,478 1,253 18.0 56 1,142 1,218 -6.3
Virginia 319 1,677 1,465 14.5 315 1,190 1,423 -16.4
West Virginia 17 605 499 21.3 11 338 393 -13.8
Subtotal 10,326 8,646 19.4 7,860 8,540 -8.0
North Central
Illinois 34 1,316 1,103 19.3 29 1,195 1,371 -12.8
Indiana 24 1,312 1,062 23.5 24 986 1,087 -9.3
Iowa 81 1,076 934 15.2 74 885 1,003 -11.8
Kansas 68 838 725 15.5 68 675 778 -13.2
Michigan 60 1,624 1,292 25.7 59 1,217 1,339 -9.1
Minnesota 27 1,275 1,082 17.8 29 1,071 1,200 -10.8
Missouri 83 1,396 1,138 22.6 85 979 1,114 -12.2
Nebraska 37 732 626 16.9 37 536 607 -11.6
North Dakota 52 408 374 9.0 54 290 350 -17.0
Ohio 59 1,518 1,233 23.0 59 1,101 1,266 -13.0
South Dakota 38 483 390 23.8 40 358 379 -5.4
Wisconsin 113 1,350 1,140 18.4 102 1,092 1,294 -15.6
Subtotal 13,328 11,099 20.1 10,385 11,788 -11.9
South Gulf
Alabama 69 1,459 1,188 22.8 67 1,143 1,174 -2.7
Arkansas 21 937 767 22.2 22 683 723 -5.5
Kentucky 25 1,458 1,202 21.4 27 850 1,035 -17.9
Louisiana 9 994 797 24.8 9 789 838 -5.9
Mississippi 20 1,101 952 15.6 42 1,011 1,056 -4.3
Oklahoma 35 1,147 922 24.4 43 780 975 -20.0
Tennessee 23 1,567 1,317 19.0 21 1,012 1,116 -9.3
Texas 142 5,043 4,123 22.3 144 3,518 4,337 -18.9
Subtotal 13,706 11,268 21.6 9,786 11,254 -13.0
West
Alaska 32 89 77 15.7 33 73 75 -2.8
Arizona 71 1,038 858 20.9 67 1,048 1,074 -2.4
California 59 3,087 2,475 24.8 69 2,684 2,824 -5.0
Colorado 70 1,022 817 25.1 67 763 795 -4.0
Hawaii 11 66 59 11.8 10 59 69 -14.9
Idaho 124 545 442 23.4 119 452 459 -1.5
Montana 66 499 402 24.2 66 396 422 -6.1
Nevada 40 373 293 27.4 40 305 312 -2.3
New Mexico 16 873 705 23.9 20 652 705 -7.5
Oregon 106 830 667 24.4 87 689 744 -7.5
Utah 19 543 431 26.0 18 444 442 0.6
Washington - 939 763 23.1 65 733 850 -13.8
Wyoming 90 362 313 15.4 99 288 300 -3.9
Subtotal 10,266 8,302 23.7 8,586 9,071 -5.3
Totals 2,569 51,857 42,907 20.9 2,649 39,757 44,423 -10.5

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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