Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Virginia: 2000
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Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Virginia: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington, DC-VA-MD | 10,329 | 82,959 | 3,617 | 999 | 36,213 | 2.9 | 22.9 | 1,958 | 17,639 |
| Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News | 5,512 | 34,588 | 1,507 | 952 | 1,583 | 3.7 | 23.0 | 882 | 12,771 |
| Richmond | 2,964 | 16,879 | 694 | 406 | 1,709 | 4.3 | 24.3 | 636 | 10,909 |
| Roanoke | 1,036 | 4,808 | 194 | 103 | 1,883 | 5.3 | 24.8 | 123 | 11,864 |
| Petersburg | 1,312 | 7,002 | 123 | 67 | 1,836 | 10.7 | 56.9 | 276 | 8,514 |
| Lynchburg | 647 | 2,697 | 106 | 120 | 883 | 6.1 | 25.4 | 98 | 7,219 |
| Kingsport, TN-VA | 672 | 2,874 | 88 | 116 | 759 | 7.6 | 32.7 | 110 | 6,783 |
| Charlottesville | 274 | 1,392 | 83 | 27 | 3,074 | 3.3 | 16.8 | 41 | 8,174 |
| Fredericksburg | 275 | 1,746 | 67 | 36 | 1,861 | 4.1 | 26.1 | 47 | 17,454 |
| Bristol, TN-VA | 431 | 2,083 | 58 | 66 | 879 | 7.4 | 35.9 | 84 | 9,397 |
| Danville | 359 | 1,276 | 56 | 46 | 1,217 | 6.4 | 22.8 | 34 | 3,443 |
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, 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 6, 2001.