Billboard Faces Per Highway Mile

Which states have the most billboard faces per highway mile?

The chart below provides an estimate of the total number of billboard faces per 1,000 highway miles by state in order of greatest to smallest (2021).

These counts do not include digital billboards, billboards of an unknown/other type, or billboards that are not permitted by the state DOTs.

 

Rank State State DOT-permitted Billboard Faces per Highway Lane Mile
1 Delaware 379
2 Wyoming 231
3 West Virginia 154
4 New Jersey 148
5 Florida 117
6 Maryland 99
7 Louisiana 93
8 Michigan 90
9 Tennessee 83
10 Ohio 74
11 Pennsylvania 74
12 Indiana 66
13 New Mexico 66
14 Missouri 63
15 Alabama 63
16 North Carolina 60
17 Oklahoma 59
18 Illinois 51
19 South Carolina 50
20 Virginia 50
21 South Dakota 48
22 Connecticut 45
23 Georgia 45
24 Utah 43
25 Wisconsin 42
26 New York 40
27 California 37
28 Massachusetts 37
29 Texas 36
30 Arkansas 35
31 Rhode Island 31
32 Montana 30
33 Kansas 29
34 Mississippi 28
35 New Hampshire 27
36 Arizona 25
37 Minnesota 25
38 Kentucky 24
39 Nevada 22
40 Iowa 21
41 Nebraska 20
42 Oregon 18
43 North Dakota 15
44 Colorado 13
45 Washington 13
46 Idaho 9
47 Washington, DC 6
48 (tie) Alaska 0
48 (tie) Hawaii 0
48 (tie) Maine 0
48 (tie) Vermont 0

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