BULLETIN 387, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. — Road mileage. 
States. 
Total road 
mileage 
close of 
1914. 
Miles sur- 
faced close 
oi 1914. 
Miles sur- 
faced 1910 
to 1914, 
inclusive. 
surfaced. 
1914 
Alabama 
Arkansas 
Delaware 
Florida 
Georgia 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
Maryland 
Mississippi 
North Carolina 
Oklahoma 
South Carolina 
Tennessee 
Texas 
Virginia 
West Virginia 
Total and average 
55, 446 
50, 743 
3,674 
17, 995 
80, 669 
57,916 
24, 563 
16, 458 
45, 779 
50, 758 
107,916 
42, 226 
46, 050 
128, 960 
53,388 
32, 024 
243.5 
830. 47 
342. 12 
403. 28 
067. 62 
489. 26 
133. 35 
003. 75 
121.6 
270.5 
102, 
526. 79 
909. 57 
064. 97 
1,724.57 
11.75 
57.10 
1,078.12 
6, 364. 12 
2,288.33 
1, 796. 12 
346. 96 
1,791.10 
3, 690. 75 
» 239. 40 
i 264. 25 
2, 748. 50 
5, 640. 79 
2,006.82 
473.57 
2.97 
6.22 
9.97 
7. 9 7 
is! 82 
1.32 
12.77 
.86 
4.79 
.50 
11.02 
11.66 
3.80 
4.38 
1.84 
2.16 
6.62 
15.72 
15.30 
21.40 
8.42 
15.15 
4.66 
11.82 
.11 
7.74 
17.59 
8.16 
7.32 
3.32 
814, 565 73, 594. 78 
30, 018. 60 
,03 
The relation of total mileage and surfaced mileage to area and 
rural population in the Southern States for the years 1904, 1909, and 
1914 is presented in Table 5. 
Table 5. — Relation of total mileage and surfaced mileage to area and rural population. 
Total mileage. Surfaced mileage. 
States. 
Per square mile 
of area. 
Per 1,000 rural 
population. 
Per square mile of 
area. 
Per 1,000 rural popula- 
tion. 
1904 
1909 
1914 
19041 
19092 
19142 
1904 
1909 
1914 
1904 1 
1909 2 
1914 
Alabama 
Arkansas 
0.97 
.67 
1.53 
0.96 
.69 
1.53 
.32 
1.40 
1.33 
.55 
1.68 
.85 
.99 
1.02 
1.05 
1.10 
.49 
1.07 
1.33 
1.08 
.96 
1.86 
.33 
1.37 
1.44 
.54 
1.65 
. .99 
1.04 
1.55 
1.38 
1.10 
.49 
1.32 
1.33 
31.5 
30.3 
30.3 
41.2 
30.5 
34.0 
24.5 
28.1 
27.0 
29.1 
59.5 
35.7 
28.9 
48.0 
34.2 
31.4 
28.0 
26.5 
28.5 
32.9 
39.7 
30.9 
21.5 
26.3 
24.9 
25.5 
53.3 
24.8 
26.3 
43.6 
27.3 
32.3 
31.3 
36.9 
34.9 
33.6 
38.9 
33.4 
21.1 
25.8 
28.8 
26.8 
80.7 
32.7 
26.4 
43.6 
33.7 
32.3 
0.033 
.004 
.03 
.016 
.028 
.236 
.0007 
.15 
.003 
.025 
.000 
.061 
.102 
.081 
.039 
.001 
0.063 
.02 
.095 
.032 
.101 
.251 
.007 
.22 
.007 
.047 
.0052 
.115 
.128 
.186 
.047 
.002 
0.097 
.02 
1.24 
.052 
.210 
.308 
.05 
.25 
.046 
.123 
.0017 
.107 
.194 
.401 
.097 
.044 
1.06 
.196 
.667 
2.09 
.873 
5.64 
.0334 
2.63 
.104 
.087 
.000 
1.60 
2.52 
.841 
1.05 
.31 
1.84 
.79 
1.77 
3.28 
2.88 
5.83 
.0284 
3.36 
.215 
1.22 
.27 
2.74 
3.07 
1.65 
1.20 
.595 
2.82 
.80 
2.32 
Florida 
.31 
5.29 
Georgia 
.96 
1.42 
.54 
1.68 
.83 
1.00 
1.10 
1.30 
1.17 
.46 
1.29 
1.06 
5.96 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
Maryland 
Mississippi 
North Carolina.. 
Oklahoma 
South Carolina.. 
Tennessee 
Texas 
7,15 
1.78 
3.90 
1.34 
3.18 
.0912 
2.53 
4.64 
3.56 
Virginia 
2.46 
West Virginia. . . 
1.07 
Average 
.78 
.83 
.92 
34.0 
31.9 
35.7 
.031 
.050 | .083 
1 
1.35 
1.93 
3.23 
i Based on the United States census for 1900. 
2 Based on the United States census for 1910. 
