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The number of vehicle-miles traveled on all roads in the United States decreased by some 1.55 percent to approximately 3.17 trillion in 2022. Records for 2019 reported the highest annual level on record, at just under 3.3 trillion vehicle-miles traveled.

View monthly updates and historical trends for US Monthly Total Vehicle Miles Traveled. from United States. Source: Federal Highway Administration. Track …

Annual Public Road Mileage and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) from 1900 through 2023 and Lanes Miles from 1980 through 2023 from Highway Statistics Tables VMT-421C and VMT-422C.

Daily vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is a distance- and volume-based measure of driving on roadways for all motorized vehicle types—car, bus, motorcycle, and truck—on an average day. Per capita VMT is the same measure divided by the same area's population for the same year. Per vehicle VMT divides VMT by the number of household vehicles available by residents of that geography in the same year. These three value types can be selected in the dropdown in the first chart below. Use the legend items to explore various geographies. The second chart below shows per capita and total personal vehicles available to the region’s households from the American Community Survey.

Normalizing VMT by a county or region's population, or household vehicles, is helpful for context, but does not have complete parity with what is measured in VMT estimates. People and vehicles come into the region from other places, just as people and vehicles leave the region to visit other places. VMT per capita compares all miles traveled on the region's roads to the region's population (for all ages) from the U.S. Census Bureau's latest population estimates. Vehicle counts for VMT are classified by vehicle types, but not by vehicle ownership. In 2017, statewide estimates for VMT by motorcycles, passenger cars, and two-axle single-unit trucks with four wheels made up 88% of Pennsylvania's VMT, and 95% of New Jersey's. These vehicle types are highly likely to be personal vehicles, owned by households, but a small percent could be fleet vehicles of companies or governments. The remaining VMT is made up of vehicle types like school and commercial buses and trucks with more than two axles so they are highly likely to be commercial vehicles.

Motor vehicles traveled about **** trillion vehicle-miles on U.S. roads in 2023. That year, traffic volume increased by approximately *** percent on the previous year's level: around **** trillion vehicle-miles traveled.

**This data set was last updated 3:30 PM ET Monday, January 4, 2021. The last date of data in this dataset is December 31, 2020. **

Overview

Data shows that mobility declined nationally since states and localities began shelter-in-place strategies to stem the spread of COVID-19. The numbers began climbing as more people ventured out and traveled further from their homes, but in parallel with the rise of COVID-19 cases in July, travel declined again.

This distribution contains county level data for vehicle miles traveled (VMT) from StreetLight Data, Inc, updated three times a week. This data offers a detailed look at estimates of how much people are moving around in each county.

Data available has a two day lag - the most recent data is from two days prior to the update date. Going forward, this dataset will be updated by AP at 3:30pm ET on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.

This data has been made available to members of AP’s Data Distribution Program. To inquire about access for your organization - publishers, researchers, corporations, etc. - please click Request Access in the upper right corner of the page or email kromano@ap.org. Be sure to include your contact information and use case.

Findings

• Nationally, data shows that vehicle travel in the US has doubled compared to the seven-day period ending April 13, which was the lowest VMT since the COVID-19 crisis began. In early December, travel reached a low not seen since May, with a small rise leading up to the Christmas holiday.
• Average vehicle miles traveled continues to be below what would be expected without a pandemic - down 38% compared to January 2020. September 4 reported the largest single day estimate of vehicle miles traveled since March 14.
• New Jersey, Michigan and New York are among the states with the largest relative uptick in travel at this point of the pandemic - they report almost two times the miles traveled compared to their lowest seven-day period. However, travel in New Jersey and New York is still much lower than expected without a pandemic. Other states such as New Mexico, Vermont and West Virginia have rebounded the least. ## About This Data The county level data is provided by StreetLight Data, Inc, a transportation analysis firm that measures travel patterns across the U.S.. The data is from their Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Monitor which uses anonymized and aggregated data from smartphones and other GPS-enabled devices to provide county-by-county VMT metrics for more than 3,100 counties. The VMT Monitor provides an estimate of total vehicle miles travelled by residents of each county, each day since the COVID-19 crisis began (March 1, 2020), as well as a change from the baseline average daily VMT calculated for January 2020. Additional columns are calculations by AP.

Included Data

01_vmt_nation.csv - Data summarized to provide a nationwide look at vehicle miles traveled. Includes single day VMT across counties, daily percent change compared to January and seven day rolling averages to smooth out the trend lines over time.

02_vmt_state.csv - Data summarized to provide a statewide look at vehicle miles traveled. Includes single day VMT across counties, daily percent change compared to January and seven day rolling averages to smooth out the trend lines over time.

03_vmt_county.csv - Data providing a county level look at vehicle miles traveled. Includes VMT estimate, percent change compared to January and seven day rolling averages to smooth out the trend lines over time.

Additional Data Queries

* Filter for specific state - filters 02_vmt_state.csv daily data for specific state.

* Filter counties by state - filters 03_vmt_county.csv daily data for counties in specific state.

* Filter for specific county - filters 03_vmt_county.csv daily data for specific county.

Interactive

The AP has designed an interactive map to show percent change in vehicle miles traveled by county since each counties lowest point during the pandemic:

@(https://interactives.ap.org/vmt-map/)

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Using the Data

This data can help put your county's mobility in context with your state and over time. The data set contains different measures of change - daily comparisons and seven day rolling averages. The rolling average allows for a smoother trend line for comparison across counties and states. To get the full picture, there are also two available baselines - vehicle miles traveled in January 2020 (pre-pandemic) and vehicle miles traveled at each geography's low point during the pandemic.

Caveats

• The data from StreetLight Data, Inc does not include data for some low-population counties with low VMT (<5,000 miles/day in their baseline month of January 2020). In our analyses, we only include the 2,779 counties that have daily data for the entire period (March 1, 2020 to current).
• In some cases, a lack of decline in mobility from March to April can indicate that movement in the county is essential to keeping the larger economy going or that residents need to drive further to reach essentials businesses like grocery stores compared to other counties.
• The VMT includes both passenger and commercial miles, so truck traffic is included. However, the proxy is based on the "total number of trip starts and ends for all devices whose most frequent location is in this county". It does not count the VMT of trucks cutting through a county.
• For those instances where travel begins in one county and ends in another, the county where the miles are recorded is always the vehicle’s home county. ###### Contact reporter Angeliki Kastanis at akastanis@ap.org.

This table contains data on the annual miles traveled by place of occurrence and by mode of transportation (vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle), for California, its regions, counties, and cities/towns. The ratio uses data from the California Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Census Bureau. The table is part of a series of indicators in the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project of the Office of Health Equity. Miles traveled by individuals and their choice of mode – car, truck, public transit, walking or bicycling – have a major impact on mobility and population health. Miles traveled by automobile offers extraordinary personal mobility and independence, but it is also associated with air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming, road traffic injuries, and sedentary lifestyles. Active modes of transport – bicycling and walking alone and in combination with public transit – offer opportunities for physical activity, which has many documented health benefits. More information about the data table and a data dictionary can be found in the About/Attachments section.

Graph and download economic data for Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) from Jan 2000 to Jul 2025 about miles, travel, vehicles, and USA.

United States - Vehicle Miles Traveled was 276564.00000 Mil. in July of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Vehicle Miles Traveled reached a record high of 285452.00000 in January of 2020 and a record low of 167174.00000 in April of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Vehicle Miles Traveled - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

In the United States, vehicle miles traveled annually by registered passenger cars in the United States generally increased between 1975 and 2019, from just over one trillion miles to just under 1.4 trillion miles. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among those under the age of 55 in the United States.

Motor Vehicle Miles Traveled: Highway data was reported at 260,553.000 Mile mn in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 286,609.000 Mile mn for Aug 2018. Motor Vehicle Miles Traveled: Highway data is updated monthly, averaging 196,190.000 Mile mn from Jan 1970 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 585 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 288,143.000 Mile mn in Jul 2018 and a record low of 77,442.000 Mile mn in Feb 1970. Motor Vehicle Miles Traveled: Highway data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Highway Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.TA004: Motor Vehicle Miles Traveled.

This graph shows vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per vehicle and per capita in the United States in 2015. The average vehicle on U.S. roads traveled around ****** miles per year. That year, this figure came to around three trillion vehicle miles of travel for all vehicles combined.

View monthly updates and historical trends for US Moving 12 Month Total Vehicle Miles Traveled. from United States. Source: Federal Highway Administration…

VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR

Daily Miles Traveled (T14)

FULL MEASURE NAME

Total vehicle miles traveled

LAST UPDATED

July 2017

DESCRIPTION

Daily miles traveled, commonly referred to as vehicle miles traveled (VMT), reflects the total and per-person number of miles traveled in personal vehicles on a typical weekday. The dataset includes metropolitan area, regional and county tables for total vehicle miles traveled.

DATA SOURCE

California Department of Transportation: California Public Road Data/Highway Performance Monitoring System

2001-2015

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hpms/datalibrary.php

CONTACT INFORMATION

vitalsigns.info@mtc.ca.gov

METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator)

Vehicle miles traveled reflects the mileage accrued within the county and not necessarily the residents of that county; even though most trips are due to local residents, additional VMT can be accrued by through-trips. City data was thus discarded due to this limitation and the analysis only examine county and regional data, where through-trips are generally less common.

The metropolitan area comparison was performed by summing all of the urbanized areas for which the majority of its population falls within a given metropolitan area (9-nine region for the San Francisco Bay Area and the primary MSA for all others). For the metro analysis, no VMT data is available in rural areas; it is only available for intraregional analysis purposes.

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.

Annual vehicle miles of travel by functional system for each of the 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico from the Highway Statistics table VM-2. (Note: In 2009, the Urban functional class of Collectors became Major Collectors and Minor Collectors. Also in 2009, the system added the Rural functional class of Other Freeways and Expressways.)

Daily Miles Traveled (T14)

FULL MEASURE NAME
Total vehicle miles traveled

LAST UPDATED
August 2022

DESCRIPTION
Daily miles traveled, commonly referred to as vehicle miles traveled (VMT), reflects the total and per-person number of miles traveled in personal vehicles on a typical weekday. The dataset includes metropolitan area, regional and county tables for total vehicle miles traveled.

DATA SOURCE
California Department of Transportation: California Public Road Data/Highway Performance Monitoring System - http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hpms/datalibrary.php
2001-2020

Federal Highway Administration: Highway Statistics - https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2020/hm71.cfm
2020

California Department of Finance: E-4 Historical Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State - https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demographics/estimates/
2001-2020

US Census Population and Housing Unit Estimates - https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html
2020

CONTACT INFORMATION
vitalsigns.info@mtc.ca.gov

METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator)
Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reflects the mileage accrued within the county and not necessarily the residents of that county; even though most trips are due to local residents, additional VMT can be accrued by through-trips. City data was thus discarded due to this limitation and the analysis only examines county and regional data, where through-trips are generally less common.

The metropolitan area comparison was performed by summing all of the urbanized areas for which the majority of its population falls within a given metropolitan area (9-county region for the San Francisco Bay Area and the primary metropolitan statistical area (MSA) for all others). For the metro analysis, no VMT data is available in rural areas; it is only available for intraregional analysis purposes. VMT per capita is calculated by dividing VMT by an estimate of the traveling population.

United States - Moving 12-Month Total Vehicle Miles Traveled was 3287086.00000 Mil. of Miles in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Moving 12-Month Total Vehicle Miles Traveled reached a record high of 3287086.00000 in April of 2025 and a record low of 2748656.00000 in December of 2000. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Moving 12-Month Total Vehicle Miles Traveled - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Vehicle Miles Traveled data was reported at 237,323.000 Mile mn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 251,211.000 Mile mn for Jan 2025. Vehicle Miles Traveled data is updated monthly, averaging 266,952.000 Mile mn from Jan 2019 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 74 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 293,308.000 Mile mn in Aug 2019 and a record low of 167,617.000 Mile mn in Apr 2020. Vehicle Miles Traveled data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.TA007: Vehicle Miles Traveled.