1999 Highway Statistics: US Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000
Ranked by Freeway Lane Miles per 1,000 Population

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 Kansas City MO 1,391,000 1,034 1,345 40,036 29.8 10,952 1.234
2 Houston TX 2,409,000 1,537 1,567 58,100 37.1 16,652 0.941
3 St. Louis MO 1,971,000 1,123 1,755 53,782 30.6 14,581 0.896
4 San Antonio TX 1,224,000 485 2,522 64,223 25.4 14,801 0.851
5 Dallas-Fort Worth TX 3,695,000 1,712 2,158 66,366 30.7 15,186 0.844
6 Cincinnati OH 1,199,000 631 1,902 51,889 27.3 16,201 0.802
7 Atlanta GA 2,862,000 1,757 1,629 55,719 34.2 17,750 0.800
8 Pittsburgh PA 1,559,000 1,431 1,089 25,028 23.0 9,441 0.768
9 San Jose CA 1,542,000 365 4,222 105,244 24.9 16,544 0.730
10 Cleveland OH 1,758,000 838 2,097 46,099 22.0 13,723 0.716
11 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 2,192,000 1,192 1,838 49,426 26.9 16,934 0.705
12 Oklahoma City OK 1,039,000 647 1,606 40,589 25.3 12,292 0.704
13 San Diego CA 2,556,000 733 3,486 82,553 23.7 17,910 0.695
14 Baltimore MD 2,154,000 712 3,024 62,176 20.6 14,755 0.684
15 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 1,345,000 514 2,615 63,210 24.2 18,565 0.651
16 Seattle WA 1,994,000 844 2,363 61,199 25.9 18,845 0.642
17 San Francisco-Oakland CA 3,872,000 1,203 3,218 73,010 22.7 19,583 0.603
18 Orlando FL 1,185,000 667 1,776 46,025 25.9 12,331 0.597
19 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 1,066,000 564 1,890 37,768 20.0 9,705 0.596
20 Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News VA 1,471,000 952 1,545 37,692 24.4 12,977 0.589
21 Washington DC 3,489,000 999 3,492 82,120 23.5 17,179 0.559
22 Sacramento CA 1,223,000 383 3,193 74,039 23.2 16,916 0.555
23 Denver CO 1,861,000 720 2,584 60,033 23.2 16,004 0.555
24 Portland-Vancouver OR 1,338,000 469 2,852 66,066 23.2 17,532 0.527
25 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach FL 1,470,000 489 3,005 68,687 22.8 16,556 0.490
26 Detroit MI 3,886,000 1,304 2,979 68,888 23.1 16,751 0.466
27 Boston MA 2,917,000 1,138 2,563 51,388 20.0 17,088 0.445
28 Los Angeles CA 12,004,000 2,231 5,380 124,170 23.1 23,293 0.440
29 Philadelphia PA 3,978,000 1,658 2,400 46,402 19.3 14,086 0.431
30 Milwaukee WI 1,459,000 512 2,848 62,988 22.1 15,474 0.413
31 New York-Northeastern NJ NY 16,430,000 3,963 4,146 65,172 15.7 15,215 0.401
32 New Orleans LA 1,065,000 270 3,941 57,333 14.5 13,872 0.389
33 Phoenix AZ 2,574,000 1,054 2,442 52,003 21.3 17,741 0.372
34 Miami-Hialeah FL 2,102,000 545 3,856 71,508 18.5 17,137 0.358
35 Chicago-Northwestern IN IL 7,705,000 2,731 2,822 57,871 20.5 18,289 0.344
36 Tampa-St Pete-Clearwater FL 1,894,000 1,294 1,463 31,771 21.7 13,430 0.340
37 Las Vegas NV 1,256,000 270 4,647 85,707 18.4 15,650 0.319

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