Table 5-4: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of 30 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2006
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-4: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of 30 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2006
| Federal-aid urbanized area1 | State(s) | Estimated population (thousands) | Net land area (square miles) | Persons per square mile | Total roadway miles | Miles of roadway per thousand persons | Total DVMT (thousands) | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark | NY, NJ, CT | 18,224 | 4,485 | 4,063 | 43,491 | 2.4 | 310,914 | 17.1 | 7,203 | 16,416 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | CA | 12,345 | 1,971 | 6,263 | 24,833 | 2.0 | 278,547 | 23.0 | 5,635 | 23,683 |
| Chicago | IL, IN | 8,453 | 3,502 | 2,414 | 25,553 | 3.0 | 171,609 | 20.3 | 2,873 | 18,816 |
| Miami | FL | 5,379 | 1,499 | 3,588 | 16,981 | 3.2 | 133,962 | 24.9 | 2,109 | 19,137 |
| Philadelphia | PA, NJ, DE, MD | 5,275 | 2,257 | 2,337 | 19,384 | 3.7 | 107,543 | 20.4 | 2,391 | 15,034 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | TX | 4,377 | 1,727 | 2,535 | 17,809 | 4.0 | 114,985 | 26.0 | 3,151 | 16,898 |
| Atlanta | GA | 4,361 | 3,027 | 1,441 | 19,766 | 4.5 | 127,224 | 29.2 | 2,524 | 19,039 |
| Washington | VA, MD, DC | 4,308 | 1,305 | 3,301 | 11,632 | 2.7 | 96,013 | 22.3 | 2,063 | 18,539 |
| Boston | MA, NH, RI | 4,101 | 2,241 | 1,830 | 16,790 | 4.0 | 93,725 | 23.0 | 2,545 | 15,753 |
| Detroit | MI | 3,918 | 1,439 | 2,723 | 14,803 | 4.0 | 102,220 | 26.0 | 1,918 | 17,240 |
| Phoenix | AZ | 3,350 | 1,151 | 2,911 | 12,376 | 4.0 | 77,562 | 23.0 | 1,492 | 19,740 |
| San Francisco-Oakland | CA | 3,162 | 1,054 | 3,000 | 7,125 | 2.0 | 69,531 | 22.0 | 1,940 | 20,048 |
| Seattle | WA | 3,056 | 1,185 | 2,579 | 11,990 | 4.0 | 71,115 | 23.0 | 1,833 | 16,620 |
| San Diego | CA | 2,951 | 984 | 2,999 | 5,081 | 2.0 | 68,220 | 23.0 | 1,986 | 19,724 |
| Houston | TX | 2,801 | 1,476 | 1,898 | 15,554 | 6.0 | 101,170 | 36.0 | 2,521 | 18,524 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | MN | 2,519 | 1,192 | 2,113 | 11,108 | 4.0 | 63,679 | 25.0 | 1,653 | 17,341 |
| San Juan | PR | 2,306 | 1,075 | 2,145 | 7,281 | 3.0 | 32,973 | 14.0 | 793 | 15,376 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg | FL | 2,293 | 1,072 | 2,139 | 9,522 | 4.0 | 64,632 | 28.0 | 872 | 15,579 |
| St. Louis | MO, IL | 2,212 | 1,359 | 1,628 | 10,352 | 5.0 | 64,133 | 29.0 | 2,210 | 12,607 |
| Baltimore | MD | 2,149 | 683 | 3,146 | 7,134 | 3.0 | 52,495 | 24.0 | 1,561 | 16,964 |
| Denver-Aurora | CO | 2,133 | 814 | 2,620 | 8,277 | 4.0 | 52,777 | 25.0 | 1,281 | 15,562 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino | CA | 1,917 | 747 | 2,566 | 5,046 | 3.0 | 43,645 | 23.0 | 1,116 | 21,963 |
| Sacramento | CA | 1,858 | 446 | 4,166 | 4,745 | 3.0 | 34,175 | 18.0 | 823 | 19,202 |
| Pittsburgh | PA | 1,816 | 1,215 | 1,495 | 9,286 | 5.1 | 38,045 | 20.9 | 1,263 | 9,624 |
| Portland | OR, WA | 1,774 | 538 | 3,297 | 6,937 | 3.9 | 35,389 | 19.9 | 778 | 17,482 |
| Cleveland | OH | 1,745 | 897 | 1,945 | 7,236 | 4.0 | 39,233 | 23.0 | 1,409 | 12,921 |
| San Jose | CA | 1,703 | 353 | 4,824 | 3,979 | 2.0 | 37,123 | 22.0 | 875 | 19,095 |
| Cincinnati | OH, KY, IN | 1,647 | 887 | 1,857 | 6,696 | 4.1 | 41,010 | 24.9 | 1,235 | 15,238 |
| Virginia Beach | VA | 1,528 | 1,812 | 843 | 5,922 | 4.0 | 35,466 | 23.0 | 947 | 13,940 |
| Kansas City | MO, KS | 1,520 | 1,049 | 1,449 | 8,669 | 5.7 | 43,716 | 28.8 | 1,855 | 11,221 |
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.
NOTE: Ratios are based on unrounded numbers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2006, Washington, DC: 2008, table HM-72.