1999 Highway Statistics: All US Urbanized Areas Ranked by Per Capita Travel (Vehicle Miles per Square Mile) Rank Urbanized Area State Population Area in Square Miles Population per Square Mile Daily Vehicle Miles per Square Mile Daily Vehicle Miles per Capita Daily Freeway Vehicle Miles per Lane Mile Freeway Lane Miles per 1,000 Residents 1 Newburgh NY 54,000 135 400 21,719 54.3 10,215 2.019 2 Petersburg VA 117,000 67 1,742 93,239 53.4 8,143 2.350 3 Asheville NC 120,000 180 666 33,406 50.1 11,386 1.858 4 Hickory NC 77,000 103 747 36,612 49.0 10,957 1.169 5 Kailua HI 34,000 34 989 44,324 44.3 7,666 1.588 6 Burlington NC 81,000 65 1,241 52,708 42.3 10,966 1.593 7 Lewisville TX 72,000 84 855 35,226 41.1 21,198 1.000 8 Myrtle Beach SC 64,000 50 1,275 51,480 40.2 11,171 1.250 9 High Point NC 112,000 167 670 26,832 40.0 6,106 1.616 10 Greensboro NC 200,000 163 1,225 47,656 38.8 11,838 1.285 11 Raleigh NC 368,000 276 1,333 50,489 37.9 12,791 0.864 12 Nashville TN 614,000 571 1,075 40,573 37.7 13,510 1.235 13 Houston TX 2,409,000 1,537 1,567 58,100 37.1 16,652 0.941 14 Gastonia NC 117,000 120 974 35,800 36.7 12,888 0.846 15 Kannapolis NC 92,000 120 766 27,725 36.2 16,252 0.620 16 Decatur AL 72,000 120 600 21,492 35.8 8,078 0.514 17 Hyannis MA 115,000 153 750 26,902 35.8 10,264 0.748 18 Durham NC 224,000 214 1,045 36,995 35.3 12,608 0.933 19 Binghamton NY 128,000 163 784 27,172 34.6 7,211 1.586 20 Anniston AL 77,000 154 500 17,195 34.4 8,587 0.623 21 Birmingham AL 663,000 609 1,088 37,486 34.4 12,772 1.015 22 Atlanta GA 2,862,000 1,757 1,629 55,719 34.2 17,750 0.800 23 Bristol TN 61,000 66 919 31,636 34.2 9,251 1.377 24 Harrisburg PA 289,000 273 1,057 36,055 34.1 11,401 1.322 25 Auburn-Opelika AL 62,000 128 484 16,367 33.8 7,593 1.161 26 Charlotte NC 543,000 299 1,815 61,120 33.7 16,032 0.818 27 Winston-Salem NC 219,000 177 1,236 41,294 33.4 11,457 1.192 28 Beaumont TX 119,000 104 1,142 38,202 33.4 11,852 1.084 29 Sherman-Denison TX 59,000 130 453 15,069 33.2 7,091 2.237 30 Las Cruces NM 77,000 44 1,765 57,977 33.1 4,645 0.779 31 Terre Haute IN 77,000 61 1,262 41,492 32.9 8,302 0.610 32 Temple TX 65,000 32 2,028 66,469 32.7 11,149 1.046 33 Knoxville TN 365,000 355 1,028 33,589 32.7 15,703 0.734 34 Jackson TN 58,000 61 951 30,590 32.2 9,951 0.431 35 Indianapolis IN 915,000 422 2,168 68,787 31.7 15,615 0.792 36 Waco TX 143,000 154 928 29,253 31.5 8,792 1.238 37 Lexington-Fayette KY 240,000 286 839 26,385 31.4 11,201 1.013 38 Joplin MO 64,000 71 901 27,859 30.9 5,943 0.578 39 Dothan AL 68,000 124 547 16,911 30.8 0 0.000 40 Texarkana AR 63,000 59 1,060 32,881 30.8 6,100 1.571 41 Tyler TX 84,000 60 1,395 43,083 30.8 0 0.000 42 Austin TX 594,000 314 1,890 58,338 30.8 15,566 0.909 43 Denton TX 77,000 53 1,445 44,660 30.7 12,378 1.052 44 Burlington VT 109,000 135 807 24,807 30.7 6,811 1.174 45 Dallas-Fort Worth TX 3,695,000 1,712 2,158 66,366 30.7 15,186 0.844 46 St. Louis MO 1,971,000 1,123 1,755 53,782 30.6 14,581 0.896 47 Santa Fe NM 69,000 32 2,179 65,813 30.5 5,730 0.478 48 Norwalk CT 109,000 50 2,172 66,000 30.3 17,423 0.945 49 Wilmington NC 112,000 108 1,036 31,167 30.1 9,588 0.250 50 Kansas City MO 1,391,000 1,034 1,345 40,036 29.8 10,952 1.234 51 Johnson City TN 92,000 84 1,093 32,679 29.8 8,840 0.772 52 Louisville KY 809,000 384 2,106 62,693 29.8 15,014 0.827 53 Poughkeepsie NY 142,000 175 810 24,074 29.7 8,894 0.873 54 Gadsden AL 79,000 192 411 12,156 29.5 4,675 0.747 55 Benton Harbor MI 61,000 49 1,244 36,714 29.5 8,279 1.377 56 New London-Norwich CT 168,000 169 993 29,290 29.5 11,423 1.310 57 Elkhart-Goshen IN 99,000 94 1,051 30,947 29.4 5,912 0.687 58 Boise City ID 192,000 845 227 6,660 29.3 11,600 0.531 59 Taunton MA 106,000 136 778 22,596 29.0 10,029 1.528 60 Florence AL 77,000 105