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May 2021 Traffic Volume Trends

Table - 5. Changes on ALL* Estimated Roads by Region and State**
Region And State May April
Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change Number of Stations Vehicle-Miles (Millions) Percent Change
2021 (Preliminary) 2020 2021 (Revised) 2020
Northeast
Connecticut 20 2,613 1,796 45.5 10 2,169 1,250 73.6
Maine 99 1,275 941 35.5 79 1,068 714 49.5
Massachusetts 216 5,050 3,571 41.4 140 4,195 2,530 65.8
New Hampshire 159 1,113 836 33.1 151 1,061 662 60.4
New Jersey 69 6,328 4,137 53.0 69 5,435 3,197 70.0
New York 123 10,445 7,700 35.7 104 9,274 5,896 57.3
Pennsylvania 81 8,189 6,236 31.3 64 7,504 4,545 65.1
Rhode Island 27 644 485 32.7 24 526 361 45.6
Vermont 49 545 404 35.0 39 441 274 61.2
Subtotal 36,202 26,106 38.7 31,673 19,429 63.0
South Atlantic
Delaware 25 812 545 49.0 14 694 437 58.9
District of Columbia 3 293 211 38.5 2 384 218 75.8
Florida 234 19,308 14,727 31.1 175 17,275 10,913 58.3
Georgia 216 11,727 9,363 25.3 183 10,935 7,046 55.2
Maryland 55 4,883 3,580 36.4 38 4,297 2,643 62.6
North Carolina 88 10,343 8,062 28.3 65 9,461 6,333 49.4
South Carolina 121 5,022 4,096 22.6 98 4,651 3,159 47.2
Virginia 687 6,926 5,219 32.7 518 6,517 4,079 59.7
West Virginia 35 1,190 970 22.7 34 1,470 948 55.1
Subtotal 60,504 46,773 29.4 55,684 35,776 55.6
North Central
Illinois 90 8,810 6,660 32.3 92 8,879 5,674 56.5
Indiana 66 6,950 5,373 29.3 57 6,838 4,258 60.6
Iowa 133 3,067 2,462 24.6 134 2,909 2,011 44.6
Kansas 96 2,673 2,215 20.7 93 2,530 1,691 49.6
Michigan 108 8,147 5,709 42.7 43 6,801 4,009 69.6
Minnesota 45 5,274 4,108 28.4 53 4,855 3,223 50.7
Missouri 159 6,805 5,535 22.9 139 6,071 4,038 50.4
Nebraska 63 1,866 1,477 26.3 62 1,727 1,196 44.3
North Dakota 70 753 634 18.8 69 922 651 41.7
Ohio 177 9,506 7,475 27.2 157 8,948 5,780 54.8
South Dakota 45 916 699 31.2 47 900 582 54.6
Wisconsin 232 5,621 4,453 26.2 231 5,441 3,557 53.0
Subtotal 60,388 46,800 29.0 56,821 36,670 55.0
South Gulf
Alabama 178 6,193 5,282 17.2 139 5,969 4,038 47.8
Arkansas 33 3,344 2,800 19.4 26 3,015 2,185 38.0
Kentucky 66 4,302 3,403 26.4 59 4,415 2,892 52.7
Louisiana 23 4,408 3,531 24.8 21 4,254 2,745 55.0
Mississippi 39 3,637 2,953 23.2 60 3,487 2,338 49.1
Oklahoma 67 3,793 3,167 19.7 63 3,813 2,555 49.2
Tennessee 57 7,188 6,107 17.7 44 6,905 4,684 47.4
Texas 239 23,921 19,427 23.1 233 22,554 14,948 50.9
Subtotal 56,786 46,670 21.7 54,412 36,385 49.5
West
Alaska 103 538 473 13.6 61 492 338 45.5
Arizona 154 6,906 5,490 25.8 123 6,853 4,448 54.1
California 140 27,444 20,897 31.3 124 27,551 17,524 57.2
Colorado 107 4,373 3,492 25.2 86 4,277 2,752 55.4
Hawaii 65 605 435 39.1 58 771 483 59.8
Idaho 213 1,614 1,311 23.1 195 1,535 1,021 50.3
Montana 87 1,103 927 19.0 88 969 641 51.2
Nevada 83 2,530 1,915 32.1 71 2,294 1,446 58.7
New Mexico 51 2,485 1,918 29.6 48 2,323 1,516 53.2
Oregon 151 3,052 2,354 29.6 139 2,890 1,866 54.8
Utah - 2,997 2,341 28.1 - 2,958 1,892 56.4
Washington - 5,555 4,162 33.5 - 4,793 3,176 50.9
Wyoming 142 859 721 19.2 143 805 588 36.8
Subtotal 60,061 46,436 29.3 58,511 37,691 55.2
Totals 5,589 273,939 212,784 28.7 4,765 257,098 165,952 54.9

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.

* All Estimated roads include travel from Table 3 and 4 plus remaining roads.

 

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