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Vehicle-miles travelled per resident: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Vehicle-miles travelled per resident (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Road travel, road miles and fuel use by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 9,688 (United States).

Washington: 7,638Idaho: 10,019Montana: 12,188North Dakota: 12,642Minnesota: 10,208Michigan: 9,868Ohio: 9,783Pennsylvania: 7,297New York: 6,043Vermont: 11,149New Hampshire: 9,836Maine: 10,764Arizona: 9,323California: 8,280New Mexico: 13,469Texas: 9,849Louisiana: 11,942Mississippi: 14,085Alabama: 14,120Florida: 10,723Georgia: 10,908South Carolina: 11,300North Carolina: 11,854Virginia: 10,036District of Columbia: 5,120Maryland: 9,135Delaware: 9,462New Jersey: 8,359Connecticut: 8,422Rhode Island: 6,895Massachusetts: 8,687Oregon: 8,768Utah: 10,323Wyoming: 16,566Nevada: 8,739Colorado: 9,196South Dakota: 11,272Nebraska: 10,919Kansas: 10,680Oklahoma: 11,337Iowa: 10,468Missouri: 13,103Wisconsin: 11,621Illinois: 8,210Kentucky: 10,726Arkansas: 12,717Tennessee: 10,881West Virginia: 9,740Indiana: 12,723Alaska: 7,471Hawaii: 7,420

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5,120 to 8,422
  • Group 2: 8,422 to 9,836
  • Group 3: 9,836 to 10,726
  • Group 4: 10,726 to 11,854
  • Highest: 11,854 to 16,566
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Travel and fuel are counted where they happen, so states with heavy through traffic score high per resident.

1Wyoming16,566
2Alabama14,120
3Mississippi14,085
4New Mexico13,469
5Missouri13,103
6Indiana12,723
7Arkansas12,717
8North Dakota12,642
9Montana12,188
10Louisiana11,942
11North Carolina11,854
12Wisconsin11,621
13Oklahoma11,337
14South Carolina11,300
15South Dakota11,272
16Vermont11,149
17Nebraska10,919
18Georgia10,908
19Tennessee10,881
20Maine10,764
21Kentucky10,726
22Florida10,723
23Kansas10,680
24Iowa10,468
25Utah10,323
26Minnesota10,208
27Virginia10,036
28Idaho10,019
29Michigan9,868
30Texas9,849
31New Hampshire9,836
32Ohio9,783
33West Virginia9,740
34Delaware9,462
35Arizona9,323
36Colorado9,196
37Maryland9,135
38Oregon8,768
39Nevada8,739
40Massachusetts8,687
41Connecticut8,422
42New Jersey8,359
43California8,280
44Illinois8,210
45Washington7,638
46Alaska7,471
47Hawaii7,420
48Pennsylvania7,297
49Rhode Island6,895
50New York6,043
51District of Columbia5,120

Source: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2024, Tables VM-2 (vehicle-miles by functional system), HM-20 (public road length) and MF-21 (motor-fuel use)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2024 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2024.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by vehicle-miles travelled per resident (derived) (2024). Data: Federal Highway Administration (with Census population), Highway Statistics 2024, Tables VM-2 (vehicle-miles by functional system), HM-20 (public road length) and MF-21 (motor-fuel use); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-vehicle-miles-travelled-per-resident/

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