Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Maryland: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Maryland: 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 person | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC | 10,329 | 82,959 | 3,617 | 999 | 3,621 | 2.9 | 23 | 1,958 | 17,639 |
| Baltimore | 6,608 | 45,021 | 2,107 | 712 | 2,959 | 3.1 | 21 | 1,473 | 15,383 |
| Wilmington, DE | 1,901 | 12,647 | 503 | 254 | 1,980 | 3.8 | 25 | 321 | 13,869 |
| Frederick | 278 | 1,745 | 90 | 40 | 2,250 | 3.1 | 19 | 59 | 15,282 |
| Hagerstown | 411 | 1,954 | 79 | 50 | 1,580 | 5.2 | 25 | 67 | 11,539 |
| Annapolis | 355 | 2,027 | 77 | 52 | 1,481 | 4.6 | 26 | 49 | 17,655 |
| Cumberland | 392 | U | 69 | 79 | 873 | 5.7 | U | 42 | 7,169 |
1A "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. 2Lane miles estimated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
KEY: DVMT = daily vehicle-miles of travel; U = data are unavailable.
SOURCES: 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.