Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Ohio: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Ohio: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 5,530 | 37,800 | 1,783 | 838 | 2,128 | 3.1 | 21 | 1,279 | 13,511 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY | 4,887 | 32,605 | 1,176 | 630 | 1,867 | 4.2 | 28 | 972 | 16,194 |
| Columbus | 3,426 | 24,731 | 940 | 476 | 1,975 | 3.6 | 26 | 859 | 13,851 |
| Dayton | 3,102 | 16,282 | 597 | 369 | 1,618 | 5.2 | 27 | 467 | 12,308 |
| Akron | 2,696 | 13,026 | 544 | 356 | 1,528 | 5.0 | 24 | 422 | 12,604 |
| Toledo, OH-MI | 2,121 | 11,830 | 500 | 255 | 1,961 | 4.2 | 24 | 319 | 12,615 |
| Youngstown-Warren | 1,821 | 7,269 | 379 | 193 | 1,964 | 4.8 | 19 | 193 | 8,403 |
| Canton | 1,543 | 5,054 | 248 | 160 | 1,550 | 6.2 | 20 | 142 | 9,810 |
| Lorain-Elyria | 1,027 | 5,287 | 236 | 232 | 1,017 | 4.4 | 22 | 235 | 8,495 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1,038 | 3,944 | 174 | 104 | 1,673 | 6.0 | 23 | 172 | 6,642 |
| Hamilton | 432 | 1,984 | 118 | 61 | 1,934 | 3.7 | 17 | 14 | 5,497 |
| Steubenville-Weirton, OH-PA-WV | 482 | U | 101 | 80 | 1,263 | 4.8 | U | 138 | 4,621 |
| Middletown | 458 | 2,837 | 95 | 81 | 1,173 | 4.8 | 30 | 83 | 11,385 |
| Springfield | 399 | 1,523 | 85 | 45 | 1,889 | 4.7 | 18 | 23 | 7,950 |
| Mansfield | 438 | 1,258 | 80 | 63 | 1,270 | 5.5 | 16 | 59 | 5,251 |
| Lima | 407 | 1,612 | 70 | 57 | 1,228 | 5.8 | 23 | 42 | 8,975 |
| Parkersburg, WV-OH | 291 | 1,176 | 60 | 42 | 1,429 | 4.9 | 20 | 3 | 7,125 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 481 | U | 59 | 55 | 1,073 | 8.1 | U | 107 | 6,476 |
| Newark | 268 | 883 | 57 | 32 | 1,781 | 4.7 | 16 | 36 | 7,021 |
| Sharon, PA-OH | 330 | 868 | 49 | 50 | 980 | 6.7 | 18 | 30 | 4,336 |
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; U = data are unavailable.
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.