Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Kansas: 2000
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Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Kansas: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 7,545 | 41,187 | 1,422 | 1,036 | 1,373 | 5.3 | 29.0 | 1,717 | 11,246 |
| Wichita | 1,845 | 7,935 | 377 | 176 | 2,142 | 4.9 | 21.0 | 356 | 8,152 |
| Topeka | 744 | 3,060 | 142 | 85 | 1,671 | 5.2 | 21.5 | 138 | 6,851 |
| Lawrence | 305 | 1,218 | 82 | 35 | 2,343 | 3.7 | 14.9 | 23 | 6,791 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 518 | 1,587 | 78 | 58 | 1,345 | 6.6 | 20.3 | 81 | 4,837 |
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.