Table 5-4: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of 30 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2002
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-4: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of 30 Largest Urbanized Areas: 2002
| 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 | 37,854 | 274,767 | 17,307 | 3,962 | 4,368 | 2.2 | 15.9 | 6,766 | 15,548 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | CA | 26,329 | 292,516 | 12,365 | 2,231 | 5,542 | 2.1 | 23.7 | 5,849 | 23,139 |
| Chicago | IL , IN | 23,832 | 165,494 | 7,702 | 2,730 | 2,821 | 3.1 | 21.5 | 2,659 | 19,342 |
| Miami | FL | 15,436 | 120,131 | 5,021 | 1,590 | 3,158 | 3.1 | 23.9 | 1,917 | 18,626 |
| Philadelphia | PA, NJ, DE, MD | 15,743 | 93,445 | 4,813 | 1,590 | 3,027 | 3.3 | 19.4 | 2,084 | 14,765 |
| San Francisco-Oakland | CA | 9,461 | 91,945 | 4,120 | 1,203 | 3,425 | 2.3 | 22.3 | 2,414 | 20,125 |
| Boston | MA, NH, RI | 13,809 | 80,693 | 3,854 | 1,695 | 2,274 | 3.6 | 20.9 | 2,014 | 16,446 |
| Detroit | MI | 13,755 | 96,388 | 3,835 | 1,304 | 2,941 | 3.6 | 25.1 | 1,795 | 17,616 |
| Washington | DC, MD, VA | 10,561 | 86,519 | 3,807 | 999 | 3,811 | 2.8 | 22.7 | 1,960 | 18,466 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | TX | 17,778 | 107,298 | 3,746 | 1,727 | 2,169 | 4.7 | 28.6 | 3,086 | 16,517 |
| Phoenix-Mesa | AZ | 10,684 | 62,566 | 2,949 | 1,054 | 2,798 | 3.6 | 21.2 | 1,269 | 17,758 |
| Atlanta | GA | 13,438 | 101,402 | 2,873 | 1,757 | 1,635 | 4.7 | 35.3 | 2,252 | 19,263 |
| San Diego | CA | 6,331 | 66,391 | 2,823 | 733 | 3,851 | 2.2 | 23.5 | 1,830 | 18,307 |
| Seattle | WA | 10,094 | 67,330 | 2,746 | 1,185 | 2,317 | 3.7 | 24.5 | 1,740 | 17,512 |
| Houston | TX | 15,572 | 97,614 | 2,487 | 1,476 | 1,685 | 6.3 | 39.2 | 2,373 | 19,034 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | MN | 10,980 | 62,430 | 2,440 | 1,192 | 2,047 | 4.5 | 25.6 | 1,587 | 17,051 |
| Baltimore | MD | 7,060 | 50,256 | 2,295 | 764 | 3,004 | 3.1 | 21.9 | 1,526 | 16,659 |
| St. Louis | MO, IL | 9,123 | 60,292 | 2,067 | 1,124 | 1,839 | 4.4 | 29.2 | 1,773 | 14,537 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg | FL | 9,852 | 55,540 | 2,023 | 1,294 | 1,563 | 4.9 | 27.5 | 658 | 14,249 |
| Denver-Aurora | CO | 7,261 | 45,479 | 1,989 | 720 | 2,763 | 3.7 | 22.9 | 1,029 | 16,601 |
| San Juan | PR | 4,498 | 26,081 | 1,824 | 514 | 3,549 | 2.5 | 14.3 | 658 | 15,221 |
| Cleveland | OH | 6,975 | 36,757 | 1,785 | 838 | 2,130 | 3.9 | 20.6 | 1,302 | 12,886 |
| San Jose | CA | 4,114 | 39,637 | 1,663 | 365 | 4,556 | 2.5 | 23.8 | 894 | 18,749 |
| Portland | OR, WA | 5,750 | 31,826 | 1,610 | 469 | 3,433 | 3.6 | 19.8 | 712 | 18,117 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino | CA | 4,754 | 35,458 | 1,599 | 514 | 3,111 | 3.0 | 22.2 | 895 | 20,467 |
| Pittsburgh | PA | 8,508 | 36,154 | 1,569 | 1,086 | 1,445 | 5.4 | 23.0 | 1,216 | 9,620 |
| Virginia Beach | VA | 5,604 | 35,639 | 1,530 | 952 | 1,607 | 3.7 | 23.3 | 939 | 13,269 |
| Sacramento | CA | 4,615 | 30,521 | 1,508 | 383 | 3,937 | 3.1 | 20.2 | 707 | 18,696 |
| Kansas City | MO, KS | 7,896 | 42,262 | 1,474 | 1,036 | 1,423 | 5.4 | 28.7 | 1,772 | 11,326 |
| Las Vegas | NV | 3,206 | 26,408 | 1,456 | 270 | 5,393 | 2.2 | 18.1 | 480 | 16,639 |
1A "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, 2002, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 1, 2003.