Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Wisconsin: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Wisconsin: 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 person | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee | 5,095 | 31,888 | 1,532 | 518 | 2,958 | 3.3 | 21 | 602 | 16,104 |
| Madison | 1,058 | 6,029 | 427 | 104 | 4,106 | 2.5 | 14 | 181 | 11,166 |
| Duluth-Superior | 878 | 2,702 | 339 | 153 | 2,216 | 2.6 | 8 | 61 | 8,412 |
| Appleton-Neenah | 943 | 3,916 | 267 | 64 | 4,172 | 3.5 | 15 | 128 | 11,139 |
| Green Bay | 983 | 4,509 | 227 | 105 | 2,162 | 4.3 | 20 | 130 | 9,963 |
| Racine | 507 | 1,762 | 195 | 42 | 4,643 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eau Claire | 700 | 2,136 | 148 | 50 | 2,960 | 4.7 | 14 | 55 | 4,742 |
| La Crosse | 467 | 1,874 | 132 | 38 | 3,474 | 3.5 | 14 | 61 | 5,191 |
| Wausau | 494 | 1,511 | 126 | 43 | 2,930 | 3.9 | 12 | 89 | 6,895 |
| Sheboygan | 328 | 1,005 | 113 | 28 | 4,036 | 2.9 | 9 | 36 | 6,893 |
| Kenosha | 457 | 1,735 | 104 | 44 | 2,364 | 4.4 | 17 | 12 | 12,041 |
| Oshkosh | 310 | 1,150 | 95 | 25 | 3,800 | 3.3 | 12 | 21 | 13,734 |
| Janesville | 347 | 1,204 | 86 | 26 | 3,308 | 4.0 | 14 | 21 | 11,983 |
| Beloit | 385 | 1,267 | 84 | 40 | 2,100 | 4.6 | 15 | 30 | 9,514 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry | 5 | 12 | 79 | 45 | 1,756 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
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, 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 6, 2001.