In Middle TN, at least, asphalt is coming back in favor. Apparently concrete doesn’t handle the freeze/thaw cycle very well, and is harder to repair than asphalt.

In a side note, TN Department of Transportation recently experimented with a more porous asphalt variant on some major roadways, which was supposed to help with drainage. But in the winter, rain soaked deeper into the porous asphalt, causing much larger pot holes than expected. They repaired this with more traditional asphalt, which really stands out next to the more porous type, when it’s raining. I don’t know what the final fix will be, but it seemed odd that they wouldn’t have tested that scenario more fully.

That’s porous asphalt, developed in the Netherlands and used on 90% of the roads here. It is fantastic when it’s raining and it gets damaged really quickly when it’s freezing. In our climate the benefits heavily outweigh the downsides and we just apply a new top layer very often (once every 1 - 5 years).

The potholes here were so big that it burst car tires and dented rims. The idea seems great, but not sure why it was so bad here.

Only the busiest roads are made with concrete. Most roads are asphalt.

It depends on the use. Both asphalt and concrete are widely used in the US, depending on the engineering demands.

Depends where in the USA you are. Most of the Northeast is asphalt.

Some highways (eg. west part of A2) in Poland are concrete too. (not to mention post-German concrete highways, but I think they are already gone)

The vast majority of paved roads in the US are asphalt.