Street, Road, Avenue or Drive: how U.S. streets end
Our counts from the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Feature Names files: 8,261,451 streets in 3,231 counties.
Our take written by All Streets
Rd, St and Dr account for 1,521,997, 1,451,521 and 1,238,544 streets in the files. Ln appears on 818,852 and Ave on 789,574, and 794,670 streets carry no suffix type at all.
The state table gives each state's own suffix count beside its total streets. The Census name-type excerpts below explain selected abbreviations.
Our reading of the counts on this page. It adds no facts of its own.
| Suffix | Streets | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rd | 1,521,997 | 18.4% |
| St | 1,451,521 | 17.6% |
| Dr | 1,238,544 | 15.0% |
| Ln | 818,852 | 9.9% |
| (none) | 794,670 | 9.6% |
| Ave | 789,574 | 9.6% |
| Ct | 596,490 | 7.2% |
| Cir | 211,717 | 2.6% |
| Pl | 209,833 | 2.5% |
| Way | 208,475 | 2.5% |
| Trl | 91,862 | 1.1% |
| Blvd | 77,751 | 0.94% |
| Ter | 56,015 | 0.68% |
| Loop | 27,950 | 0.34% |
| Cv | 25,623 | 0.31% |
| Pkwy | 24,097 | 0.29% |
| Hwy | 16,315 | 0.20% |
| Aly | 12,391 | 0.15% |
| Pt | 9,959 | 0.12% |
| Rdg | 9,935 | 0.12% |
| Path | 6,748 | 0.08% |
| Sq | 6,204 | 0.08% |
| Trce | 5,381 | 0.07% |
| 4,882 | 0.06% | |
| Pass | 4,422 | 0.05% |
| Plz | 4,051 | 0.05% |
| Vw | 3,447 | 0.04% |
| Pike | 3,159 | 0.04% |
| Hts | 3,103 | 0.04% |
| Walk | 2,711 | 0.03% |
| Lndg | 2,424 | 0.03% |
| Row | 2,361 | 0.03% |
| Vis | 1,767 | 0.02% |
| Driveway | 1,564 | 0.02% |
| Ests | 1,546 | 0.02% |
| Pointe | 1,273 | 0.02% |
| Cres | 1,212 | 0.01% |
| Cutoff | 1,056 | 0.01% |
| Cmn | 1,016 | 0.01% |
| Tpke | 1,005 | 0.01% |
| State | Leading suffix | Streets with it | All streets in state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Rd | 40,386 | 185,380 |
| Alaska | Rd | 5,189 | 28,570 |
| Arizona | Dr | 42,907 | 204,707 |
| Arkansas | Rd | 29,769 | 145,283 |
| California | St | 88,718 | 607,129 |
| Colorado | St | 22,950 | 151,046 |
| Connecticut | Rd | 18,889 | 65,468 |
| Delaware | Dr | 5,412 | 25,420 |
| District of Columbia | St | 1,726 | 3,470 |
| Florida | St | 75,371 | 491,951 |
| Georgia | Rd | 63,769 | 284,636 |
| Hawaii | St | 6,147 | 18,032 |
| Idaho | Rd | 14,608 | 70,280 |
| Illinois | St | 66,258 | 263,192 |
| Indiana | St | 40,512 | 185,882 |
| Iowa | St | 47,694 | 108,331 |
| Kansas | St | 40,045 | 111,406 |
| Kentucky | Rd | 54,546 | 157,151 |
| Louisiana | Rd | 36,860 | 137,970 |
| Maine | Rd | 26,657 | 72,290 |
| Maryland | Rd | 23,568 | 112,942 |
| Massachusetts | St | 39,133 | 137,176 |
| Michigan | Dr | 50,010 | 234,768 |
| Minnesota | St | 45,264 | 170,573 |
| Mississippi | Rd | 33,947 | 114,743 |
| Missouri | St | 42,309 | 227,352 |
| Montana | Rd | 17,950 | 59,391 |
| Nebraska | St | 25,954 | 74,182 |
| Nevada | St | 12,745 | 70,337 |
| New Hampshire | Rd | 17,860 | 47,769 |
| New Jersey | Ave | 26,674 | 142,042 |
| New Mexico | Rd | 20,320 | 83,117 |
| New York | Rd | 73,363 | 261,226 |
| North Carolina | Rd | 73,000 | 336,315 |
| North Dakota | St | 17,813 | 42,542 |
| Ohio | Dr | 46,596 | 239,278 |
| Oklahoma | Rd | 39,546 | 148,950 |
| Oregon | St | 23,380 | 130,178 |
| Pennsylvania | Rd | 74,804 | 318,274 |
| Rhode Island | St | 6,461 | 24,430 |
| South Carolina | Rd | 42,251 | 185,122 |
| South Dakota | St | 15,403 | 43,144 |
| Tennessee | Rd | 56,338 | 208,363 |
| Texas | Dr | 129,833 | 640,029 |
| Utah | Rd | 11,468 | 98,053 |
| Vermont | Rd | 15,165 | 31,533 |
| Virginia | Rd | 44,031 | 213,562 |
| Washington | St | 43,912 | 195,103 |
| West Virginia | Rd | 25,667 | 91,150 |
| Wisconsin | Rd | 40,367 | 171,793 |
| Wyoming | Rd | 8,264 | 28,876 |
Our count of states and DC by leading suffix: Rd 26, St 19, Dr 5, Ave 1.
What the abbreviations stand for
Census name type St
595 Street St No N/A N Y
Census name type Rd
531 Road Rd No N/A Y Y
Census name type Ave
125 Avenue Ave No N/A Y Y
Census name type Dr
247 Drive Dr No N/A N Y
Census name type Ln
368 Lane Ln No N/A Y Y
Census name type Ct
220 Court Ct No N/A Y Y
Census name type Way
661 Way Way No N/A N Y
Census name type Pl
472 Place Pl No N/A N Y
Census name type Cir
183 Circle Cir No N/A N Y
Census name type Ter
605 Terrace Ter No N/A Y Y
Census name type Trl
622 Trail Trl No N/A Y Y
Census name type Blvd
142 Boulevard Blvd No N/A Y Y
Census name type Loop
378 Loop Loop No N/A Y Y
Census name type Pkwy
460 Parkway Pkwy No N/A N Y
Census name type Cv
223 Cove Cv No N/A N Y
Census name type Trce
619 Trace Trce No N/A N Y
Rows from the Census files
Verbatim field values from the county Feature Names files behind this page's counts. Each is one edge record; our count treats each LINEARID as one street.
| File (county) | TLID | LINEARID | FULLNAME | NAME | PREDIRABRV | PRETYPABRV | SUFTYPABRV | SUFDIRABRV | MTFCC | PAFLAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tl_2025_26033_featnames.zip Chippewa County, Michigan | 130564409 | 1101000378606 | W Awl Ln | Awl | W | Ln | S1400 | P | ||
| tl_2025_08071_featnames.zip Las Animas County, Colorado | 112772394 | 1101007256695 | Rio Ln | Rio | Ln | S1400 | P | |||
| tl_2025_08071_featnames.zip Las Animas County, Colorado | 651726066 | 1101007259997 | Lodge Pole Trce | Lodge Pole | Trce | S1400 | P |
Our checker re-read these rows from census.gov on October 14.
How we counted
Method note Our count of Census linear features (streets, as defined in the method note): one street is one LINEARID that carries a primary name (PAFLAG P) on at least one edge classed S1200 or S1400, with a non-blank NAME, across 3,234 of the 3,235 county files; the file for St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands was answered by the Census server with a "Request Rejected" page and is left out. A name counts once per LINEARID, so a road the Census splits into several linear features counts more than once. Full method and definitions →
The MAF/TIGER System breaks/ends linear elemental features when the feature name changes. All spelling differences result in a new feature. Features will also break at county boundaries, changes in primary/alternate designation, MTFCC, and gaps in the geometry.
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