Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Idaho: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Idaho: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise City | 1,379 | 5,646 | 231 | 845 | 273 | 6.0 | 24.4 | 102 | 12,068 |
| Pocatello | 324 | 1,099 | 61 | 284 | 215 | 5.3 | 18.0 | 59 | 4,479 |
| Idaho Falls | 353 | 1,093 | 58 | 214 | 271 | 6.1 | 18.8 | 21 | 2,702 |
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.