Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Pennsylvania: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Pennsylvania: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia, PA-NJ | 13,417 | 77,005 | 4,068 | 1,347 | 3,020 | 3.3 | 18.9 | 1,743 | 14,049 |
| Pittsburgh | 8,441 | 35,632 | 1,569 | 1,086 | 1,445 | 5.4 | 22.7 | 1,188 | 9,365 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 1,872 | 9,443 | 447 | 179 | 2,497 | 4.2 | 21.1 | 283 | 11,962 |
| Scranton-Wilkes-Barre | 1,689 | 7,042 | 349 | 255 | 1,369 | 4.8 | 20.2 | 319 | 7,952 |
| Trenton, NJ-PA | 1,600 | 8,373 | 340 | 192 | 1,771 | 4.7 | 24.6 | 296 | 10,099 |
| Harrisburg | 1,685 | 9,740 | 310 | 207 | 1,498 | 5.4 | 31.4 | 382 | 11,367 |
| Lancaster | 908 | 4,386 | 190 | 101 | 1,881 | 4.8 | 23.1 | 119 | 11,791 |
| Reading | 798 | 3,648 | 186 | 81 | 2,296 | 4.3 | 19.6 | 97 | 9,779 |
| Erie | 734 | 2,707 | 184 | 81 | 2,272 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 33 | 10,398 |
| York | 774 | 3,246 | 150 | 74 | 2,027 | 5.2 | 21.6 | 92 | 10,176 |
| Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV-PA | 482 | U | 101 | 80 | 1,263 | 4.8 | U | 138 | 4,621 |
| Hagerstown, MD-PA-WV | 411 | 1,954 | 79 | 50 | 1,580 | 5.2 | 24.7 | 67 | 11,539 |
| Johnstown | 464 | 1,250 | 76 | 54 | 1,407 | 6.1 | 16.4 | 33 | 5,914 |
| Altoona | 414 | 1,359 | 75 | 35 | 2,143 | 5.5 | 18.1 | 48 | 6,352 |
| State College | 257 | 1,104 | 72 | 41 | 1,756 | 3.6 | 15.3 | 38 | 4,630 |
| Williamsport | 373 | 1,390 | 65 | 49 | 1,327 | 5.7 | 21.4 | 69 | 7,349 |
| Pottstown | 338 | 1,006 | 63 | 35 | 1,800 | 5.4 | 16.0 | 28 | 9,189 |
| Monessen | 475 | 1,201 | 55 | 69 | 797 | 8.6 | 21.8 | 71 | 5,816 |
| Sharon | 330 | 868 | 49 | 50 | 980 | 6.7 | 17.7 | 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.