Table 5-4: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of 30 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2004
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-4: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of 30 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2004
| Federal-aid urbanized area1 | State(s) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark | NY, NJ, CT | 42,033 | 297,930 | 17,759 | 4,778 | 3,717 | 2.4 | 16.8 | 6,978 | 16,539 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Pomona-Ontario | CA | 26,284 | 293,758 | 12,534 | 2,231 | 5,618 | 2.0 | 23.0 | 5,860 | 23,767 |
| Chicago | IL, IN | 23,885 | 170,869 | 7,702 | 2,730 | 2,821 | 3.1 | 22.2 | 2,682 | 20,113 |
| Philadelphia | PA, NJ, DE, MD | 19,029 | 105,839 | 5,282 | 2,257 | 2,340 | 3.6 | 20.0 | 2,328 | 14,795 |
| Miami | FL | 16,762 | 131,852 | 5,270 | 1,499 | 3,516 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 2,064 | 18,567 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | TX | 17,772 | 113,395 | 4,439 | 2,365 | 1,877 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 3,140 | 16,612 |
| Washington | VA, MD, DC | 11,438 | 94,429 | 4,206 | 1,305 | 3,223 | 2.7 | 22.5 | 2,050 | 18,633 |
| San Francisco-Oakland | CA | 9,620 | 92,009 | 4,133 | 1,203 | 3,436 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 2,451 | 20,099 |
| Atlanta | GA | 19,080 | 125,528 | 3,988 | 3,027 | 1,318 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 2,529 | 19,569 |
| Boston | MA, NH, RI | 16,197 | 90,971 | 3,977 | 2,104 | 1,890 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 2,405 | 16,101 |
| Detroit | MI | 14,688 | 102,234 | 3,930 | 1,439 | 2,731 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 1,913 | 17,490 |
| Phoenix-Mesa | AZ | 12,077 | 73,269 | 3,131 | 1,151 | 2,720 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 1,347 | 19,803 |
| Seattle | WA | 10,693 | 69,593 | 2,964 | 1,185 | 2,501 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 1,806 | 16,843 |
| San Diego | CA | 6,751 | 70,102 | 2,869 | 733 | 3,914 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 1,928 | 20,128 |
| Houston | TX | 15,555 | 97,525 | 2,694 | 1,954 | 1,379 | 6.0 | 36.0 | 2,488 | 18,341 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | MN | 11,021 | 63,154 | 2,482 | 1,192 | 2,082 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 1,592 | 17,210 |
| San Juan | PR | 7,164 | 32,602 | 2,288 | 1,075 | 2,128 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 748 | 15,899 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg | FL | 9,727 | 62,796 | 2,214 | 1,072 | 2,065 | 4.0 | 28.0 | 841 | 15,437 |
| Baltimore | MD | 7,076 | 52,006 | 2,139 | 683 | 3,132 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 1,537 | 17,135 |
| St. Louis | MO, IL | 9,963 | 64,764 | 2,092 | 1,135 | 1,843 | 4.8 | 31.0 | 2,123 | 13,030 |
| Denver-Aurora | CO | 7,999 | 49,754 | 2,067 | 814 | 2,539 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 1,242 | 14,988 |
| Pittsburgh | PA | 9,238 | 38,996 | 1,785 | 1,215 | 1,469 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 1,258 | 9,936 |
| Cleveland | OH | 7,219 | 38,645 | 1,782 | 897 | 1,987 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 1,406 | 13,068 |
| Portland | OR, WA | 6,610 | 34,237 | 1,696 | 538 | 3,152 | 3.9 | 20.2 | 750 | 17,451 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino | CA | 4,766 | 38,415 | 1,685 | 514 | 3,278 | 3.0 | 23.0 | 1,013 | 21,480 |
| San Jose | CA | 4,112 | 37,458 | 1,673 | 365 | 4,584 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 898 | 18,286 |
| Sacramento | CA | 4,543 | 32,999 | 1,671 | 383 | 4,363 | 3.0 | 20.0 | 726 | 19,507 |
| Cincinnati | OH, KY, IN | 6,563 | 39,625 | 1,612 | 887 | 1,817 | 4.1 | 24.6 | 1,192 | 14,924 |
| Virginia Beach | VA | 5,853 | 35,692 | 1,505 | 1,812 | 831 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 937 | 13,866 |
| Kansas City | MO, KS | 8,093 | 41,484 | 1,447 | 1,041 | 1,390 | 5.6 | 28.7 | 1,853 | 10,892 |
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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2004, Washington, DC: forthcoming, table HM-72.