Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Tennessee: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Tennessee: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-AR-MS | 3,369 | 22,724 | 919 | 420 | 2,188 | 3.7 | 24.7 | 505 | 13,636 |
| Nashville | 2,960 | 22,753 | 605 | 571 | 1,060 | 4.9 | 37.6 | 760 | 13,735 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 2,233 | U | 331 | 310 | 1,068 | 6.7 | U | 328 | 12,010 |
| Knoxville | 1,997 | 11,574 | 325 | 355 | 915 | 6.1 | 35.6 | 271 | 14,738 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 654 | 2,836 | 147 | 142 | 1,035 | 4.5 | 19.3 | 60 | 7,809 |
| Kingsport, TN-VA | 672 | 2,874 | 88 | 116 | 759 | 7.6 | 32.7 | 110 | 6,783 |
| Johnson City | 663 | 2,778 | 88 | 84 | 1,048 | 7.5 | 31.6 | 71 | 8,619 |
| Bristol, TN-VA | 431 | 2,083 | 58 | 66 | 879 | 7.4 | 35.9 | 84 | 9,397 |
| Jackson | 382 | 1,807 | 57 | 61 | 934 | 6.7 | 31.7 | 25 | 9,115 |
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. 2Lane 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.