Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Louisiana: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Louisiana: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans | 3,290 | 15,414 | 1,065 | 270 | 3,944 | 3.1 | 14.5 | 412 | 13,620 |
| Baton Rouge | 1,823 | 8,334 | 375 | 185 | 2,027 | 4.9 | 22.2 | 178 | 14,004 |
| Shreveport | 1,722 | 6,597 | 262 | 146 | 1,795 | 6.6 | 25.2 | 285 | 8,407 |
| Lafayette | 943 | 3,759 | 133 | 71 | 1,873 | 7.1 | 28.3 | 78 | 9,310 |
| Lake Charles | 760 | 2,826 | 122 | 88 | 1,386 | 6.2 | 23.2 | 125 | 9,227 |
| Monroe | 748 | 2,391 | 114 | 78 | 1,462 | 6.6 | 21.0 | 58 | 10,538 |
| Alexandria | 605 | 1,808 | 88 | 64 | 1,375 | 6.9 | 20.5 | 94 | 3,912 |
| Houma | 337 | 1,237 | 68 | 62 | 1,097 | 5.0 | 18.2 | 17 | 2,406 |
| Slidell | 392 | 1,394 | 55 | 31 | 1,774 | 7.1 | 25.3 | 86 | 8,888 |
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.