Table 7-4: Iowa and U.S. Motor-Fuel Use: 2000
Table 7-4: Iowa and U.S. Motor-Fuel Use: 2000
(Millions of gallons)
| Gasoline Highway use |
Gasoline Nonhighway use |
Special fuel (mainly diesel) | Total use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle ownership | Iowa | United States | Iowa | United States | Iowa | United States | Iowa | United States |
| Private and commercial | 1,465 | 126,735 | 67 | 2,876 | 499 | 33,377 | 2,031 | 162,988 |
| Public use | 29 | 2,149 | 1 | 96 | N | N | 30 | 2,245 |
| Total | 1,494 | 128,884 | 68 | 2,972 | 499 | 33,377 | 2,062 | 165,232 |
1 Based on reports from state motor-fuel tax agencies. Gasohol is included with gasoline. Public use and nonhighway use were estimated by the Federal Highway Administration.
KEY: N = data do not exist.
NOTE: The term "motor fuel" applies to gasoline and all other fuels, including special fuels, coming under the purview of the state motor-fuel tax laws. "Special fuels" include diesel fuel and, to the extent they can be quantified, liquefied petroleum gases such as propane. Gasohol, a blend of gasoline and fuel alcohol, is included with gasoline.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2000, Washington, DC: October 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/hs00/pdf/mf21.pdf as of Apr. 20, 2002.