Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Georgia: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Georgia: 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 thousand persons | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 13,145 | 100,693 | 2,977 | 1,757 | 1,694 | 4.4 | 34 | 2,289 | 18,562 |
| Augusta, GA-SC | 1,781 | 7,858 | 442 | 216 | 2,046 | 4.0 | 18 | 220 | 9,165 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 2,233 | U | 331 | 310 | 1,068 | 6.7 | U | 328 | 12,010 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 1,523 | 5,467 | 236 | 203 | 1,163 | 6.5 | 23 | 195 | 6,782 |
| Savannah | 1,141 | 5,742 | 233 | 210 | 1,110 | 4.9 | 25 | 166 | 7,323 |
| Macon | 876 | U | 160 | 97 | 1,649 | 5.5 | U | 163 | 9,802 |
| Albany | 591 | U | 98 | 103 | 951 | 6.0 | U | 22 | 7,588 |
| Athens | 511 | U | 96 | 67 | 1,433 | 5.3 | U | 30 | 6,931 |
| Warner Robins | 473 | U | 68 | 74 | 919 | 7.0 | U | 0 | NA |
| Rome | 545 | U | 58 | 128 | 453 | 9.4 | U | 34 | 5,159 |
| Brunswick | 390 | U | 54 | 110 | 491 | 7.2 | U | 39 | 7,700 |
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; U = data are unavailable; NA = not applicable.
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.