Official data, historical
Truck parking: where spaces are scarce
Federal surveys counted 36,222 public and 272,698 private truck parking spaces in the states they covered. The useful number is spaces per truck traffic. The five states with the fewest per 100,000 daily truck miles are Rhode Island, California, Tennessee, Delaware, Connecticut. This is a 2015 survey. It tells you where parking is structurally tight, not where a space is open tonight.
Historical dataFHWA Jason's Law survey tablesData period: survey of 2014 to 2015Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 09:58 UTCretrieved Oct 9, 2026
Historical dataBTS NTAD Truck Stop ParkingData period: file compiled April 9, 2019Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 09:55 UTCretrieved Oct 9, 2026
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These are counts of spaces, not availability. The survey is about ten years old and facilities open and close. Nothing here says a lot is full or empty right now. Use it to decide where to plan stops, then use a live parking tool for the night itself.
Parking supply by state
Darker states have fewer parking spaces for the amount of truck traffic they carry. Click a state or a table row.
- 134.7 to 171.4 (9 states)
- 115.3 to 131.7 (10 states)
- 94.0 to 113.8 (10 states)
- 77.8 to 93.2 (10 states)
- 31.4 to 76.9 (10 states)
- No data
| State | Public spaces | Private spaces | All spaces per 100K daily truck miles | Public per 100K | Owner-operators naming it a shortage state | Public spots in BTS file (2019) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 633 | 7,456 | 117.7 | 9.2 | 26% | 709 |
| Alaska | no data | 179 | 86.1 | no data | 2% | no data |
| Arizona | 495 | 6,635 | 135.3 | 9.4 | 18% | 455 |
| Arkansas | 194 | 6,277 | 101.1 | 3.0 | 33% | 372 |
| California | 1,252 | 11,892 | 53.7 | 5.1 | 38% | 1,251 |
| Colorado | 842 | 3,645 | 106.2 | 19.9 | 22% | 332 |
| Connecticut | 521 | 1,015 | 60.2 | 20.4 | 44% | 521 |
| Delaware | 28 | 294 | 56.1 | 4.9 | 37% | 93 |
| District of Columbia | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data | no data |
| Florida | 2,529 | 6,573 | 71.2 | 19.8 | 35% | 2,982 |
| Georgia | 1,701 | 12,017 | 122.3 | 15.2 | 35% | 1,701 |
| Hawaii | no data | no data | no data | no data | 1% | no data |
| Idaho | 274 | 2,809 | 138.6 | 12.3 | 11% | 275 |
| Illinois | 1,622 | 9,640 | 76.9 | 11.1 | 45% | 1,670 |
| Indiana | 2,070 | 11,810 | 136.3 | 20.3 | 38% | 2,531 |
| Iowa | 681 | 6,499 | 115.8 | 11.0 | 20% | 614 |
| Kansas | 328 | 4,516 | 85.8 | 5.8 | 20% | 616 |
| Kentucky | 1,214 | 6,734 | 93.2 | 14.2 | 30% | 1,189 |
| Louisiana | 329 | 11,782 | 151.7 | 4.1 | 28% | 390 |
| Maine | 282 | 758 | 80.2 | 21.7 | 22% | 282 |
| Maryland | 492 | 2,544 | 72.2 | 11.7 | 44% | 596 |
| Massachusetts | 192 | 1,220 | 134.7 | 18.3 | 44% | 393 |
| Michigan | 1,618 | 5,774 | 95.2 | 20.8 | 28% | 1,657 |
| Minnesota | 625 | 3,641 | 116.9 | 17.1 | 19% | 700 |
| Mississippi | 716 | 5,424 | 105.9 | 12.3 | 23% | 366 |
| Missouri | 1,109 | 9,609 | 166.4 | 17.2 | 25% | 1,174 |
| Montana | 601 | 2,967 | 171.4 | 28.9 | 9% | 703 |
| Nebraska | 330 | 4,432 | 115.8 | 8.0 | 17% | 333 |
| Nevada | 225 | 3,746 | 157.4 | 8.9 | 12% | 350 |
| New Hampshire | 188 | 423 | 130.1 | 40.0 | 29% | 194 |
| New Jersey | 757 | 2,213 | 84.7 | 21.6 | 52% | 735 |
| New Mexico | 358 | 5,458 | 115.3 | 7.1 | 14% | 344 |
| New York | 632 | 4,751 | 83.2 | 9.8 | 49% | 1,791 |
| North Carolina | 723 | 5,122 | 80.5 | 10.0 | 30% | 758 |
| North Dakota | 177 | 2,681 | 102.9 | 6.4 | 11% | 189 |
| Ohio | 2,327 | 11,968 | 77.8 | 12.7 | 35% | 2,588 |
| Oklahoma | 184 | 7,343 | 107.0 | 2.6 | 21% | 527 |
| Oregon | 550 | 3,971 | 81.3 | 9.9 | 16% | 576 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,569 | 9,363 | 113.8 | 16.3 | 44% | 1,670 |
| Rhode Island | 26 | 200 | 31.4 | 3.6 | 29% | 97 |
| South Carolina | 842 | 7,106 | 131.5 | 13.9 | 25% | 842 |
| South Dakota | 405 | 2,360 | 128.8 | 18.9 | 9% | 353 |
| Tennessee | 710 | 6,969 | 54.2 | 5.0 | 35% | 1,084 |
| Texas | 1,150 | 26,230 | 80.6 | 3.4 | 31% | 1,237 |
| Utah | 530 | 3,103 | 70.1 | 10.2 | 14% | 472 |
| Vermont | 216 | 354 | 131.7 | 49.9 | 24% | 236 |
| Virginia | 729 | 7,463 | 95.5 | 8.5 | 40% | 727 |
| Washington | 920 | 2,676 | 68.5 | 17.5 | 20% | 716 |
| West Virginia | 641 | 1,747 | 107.9 | 29.0 | 31% | 654 |
| Wisconsin | 818 | 6,995 | 94.0 | 9.8 | 19% | 938 |
| Wyoming | 867 | 4,314 | 159.1 | 26.6 | 11% | 820 |
Spaces per 100K daily truck miles means parking spaces divided by 100,000 truck vehicle-miles driven per day in that state, as published in the FHWA table. Public means state rest areas and similar facilities. Private means truck stops. The owner-operator column is the share of survey respondents who named that state as having a shortage. It is perception, not a count. The last column totals the BTS Atlas file, which lists public facilities only; Alaska, Hawaii and DC are not in it.
What this number means
- Spaces per 100,000 daily truck miles is a supply-to-traffic ratio. A low number means many trucks share few spaces. A high number means more room per truck.
- The median state has 102.9. A state below that has less parking than most for the traffic it carries.
- Public and private are different. Public rest areas are free but often small. Private truck stops hold most spaces but cost fuel purchases or fees, and they fill first near big metro areas.
- A shortage perception from drivers and a low ratio do not always agree. Where they do, treat the state as tight.
What to do about it
- Plan the end of the drive window before you enter a low-ratio state, not inside it. Stop where the table shows room, then cross.
- Ask the shipper or receiver whether a driver can wait on site or at a nearby yard when you arrive early.
- Count the cost. Each hour a driver spends searching is paid time and lost miles. The calculator below turns it into dollars for your fleet.
- Do not rely on this page for tonight. Use your ELD or a live parking app for same-day decisions.
What parking trouble costs your fleet
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Cost a year
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