Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Missouri: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Missouri: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 8,064 | 58,761 | 2,044 | 1,124 | 1,819 | 3.9 | 28.7 | 1,766 | 14,578 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 7,545 | 41,187 | 1,422 | 1,036 | 1,373 | 5.3 | 29.0 | 1,717 | 11,246 |
| Springfield | 902 | 4,151 | 179 | 90 | 1,989 | 5.0 | 23.2 | 122 | 12,282 |
| Columbia | 382 | 2,100 | 93 | 57 | 1,632 | 4.1 | 22.6 | 114 | 8,645 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 518 | 1,587 | 78 | 58 | 1,345 | 6.6 | 20.3 | 81 | 4,837 |
| Joplin | 527 | 1,992 | 72 | 74 | 973 | 7.3 | 27.7 | 37 | 8,561 |
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. 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.