Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Alabama: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Alabama: 2000
| Federal-aid urbanized area1 | Total roadway miles | Total DVMT (thousands) | Estimated population (thousands) | Net land area (square miles) | Persons per square mile | Miles of roadway per person | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 4,595 | 23,185 | 667 | 609 | 1,095 | 6.9 | 34.8 | 676 | 12,850 |
| Mobile | 1,915 | 8,744 | 332 | 328 | 1,012 | 5.8 | 26.3 | 230 | 11,126 |
| Montgomery | 1,290 | 5,623 | 226 | 203 | 1,113 | 5.7 | 24.9 | 133 | 11,489 |
| Huntsville | 1,265 | 5,783 | 209 | 253 | 826 | 6.1 | 27.7 | 107 | 12,459 |
| Tuscaloosa | 868 | 3,234 | 116 | 187 | 620 | 7.5 | 27.9 | 52 | 9,728 |
| Gadsden | 842 | 2,318 | 79 | 192 | 411 | 10.7 | 29.3 | 60 | 4,923 |
| Florence | 927 | 2,200 | 77 | 105 | 733 | 12.0 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Anniston | 959 | 2,623 | 74 | 154 | 481 | 13.0 | 35.4 | 46 | 8,804 |
| Decatur | 740 | 2,568 | 73 | 120 | 608 | 10.1 | 35.2 | 39 | 8,177 |
| Dothan | 787 | 2,078 | 69 | 124 | 556 | 11.4 | 30.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn-Opelika | 699 | 2,090 | 66 | 128 | 516 | 10.6 | 31.7 | 72 | 7,708 |
1 A "federal-aid urbanized area" is an area with 50,000 or more persons that, at a minimum, encompasses the land area delineated as the urbanized area by the U.S. Census Bureau. Areas are ranked by population. 2 Lane miles estimated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
KEY: DVMT = daily vehicle-miles of travel.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 6, 2001.