Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Wyoming: 2000
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Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Wyoming: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne | 508 | 1,555 | 67 | 100 | 670 | 7.6 | 23.2 | 96 | 3,040 |
| Casper | 429 | 1,259 | 52 | 99 | 525 | 8.3 | 24.2 | 61 | 2,301 |
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.