Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Minnesota: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Minnesota: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineapolis-St. Paul | 10,919 | 60,720 | 2,475 | 1,192 | 2,076 | 4.4 | 25 | 316 | 17,143 |
| Duluth-Superior | 878 | 2,702 | 339 | 153 | 2,216 | 2.6 | 8 | 15 | 8,412 |
| Fargo-Moorhead | 567 | 2,179 | 140 | 70 | 2,000 | 4.0 | 16 | 14 | 7,546 |
| La Crosse | 467 | 1,874 | 132 | 38 | 3,474 | 3.5 | 14 | 15 | 5,191 |
| St. Cloud | 422 | 1,522 | 87 | 40 | 2,175 | 4.8 | 18 | 3 | 6,851 |
| Rochester | 448 | 1,610 | 85 | 73 | 1,164 | 5.3 | 19 | 11 | 9,298 |
| Grand Forks | 266 | 749 | 57 | 27 | 2,111 | 4.7 | 13 | 3 | 3,385 |
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.
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.