Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Iowa: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Iowa: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines | 1,749 | 8,085 | 394 | 176 | 2,239 | 4.4 | 20.5 | 230 | 12,093 |
| Cedar Rapids | 893 | 3,013 | 154 | 135 | 1,141 | 5.8 | 19.6 | 81 | 9,185 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls | 785 | 2,168 | 112 | 114 | 982 | 7.0 | 19.4 | 27 | 5,022 |
| Sioux City | 599 | 1,662 | 104 | 77 | 1,351 | 5.8 | 16.0 | 57 | 6,139 |
| Iowa City | 284 | 1,199 | 78 | 32 | 2,438 | 3.6 | 15.4 | 35 | 9,764 |
| Dubuque | 352 | 1,069 | 64 | 51 | 1,255 | 5.5 | 16.7 | U | U |
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.
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.