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NDDOT Facts

Rural North Dakota Highway
North Dakota has more miles of road per capita than any state in the nation. There are approximately 166 miles of road for every 1,000 people. Therefore, we have a very large road network with a small population base to support it.


North Dakota has the second smallest department of transportation, in terms of employees, in the nation. Only Hawaii's is smaller.


NDDOT maintains more lane-miles of roads per maintenance employee than any other state in the nation.


There are 98 public-use airports in North Dakota.


In North Dakota there are more vehicles registered than there are residents of the state.