US Urbanized Areas: 2000 Traffic Density

Rank Urbanized Area Traffic Density (VMT/Sq. Mile) Daily Traffic per Freeway Lane Mile
1 Los Angeles 125,860 23,394
2 Miami-Hialeah 123,447 18,736
3 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach 114,174 17,800
4 San Jose 105,049 18,721
5 Las Vegas 89,363 16,572
6 San Diego 85,687 18,816
7 Washington 83,042 17,639
8 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach 82,334 18,333
9 Orlando 81,742 13,053
10 Sacramento 77,608 18,669
11 San Francisco-Oakland 75,044 20,825
12 Detroit 70,827 17,169
13 San Antonio 68,959 14,952
14 Tampa-St Pete-Clearwater 68,421 12,939
15 Dallas-Fort Worth 68,077 15,625
16 Portland-Vancouver 67,201 17,977
17 New York-Northeastern NJ 66,609 15,346
18 Riverside-San Bernardino 63,962 18,942
19 San Juan 63,560 15,539
20 Baltimore 63,231 15,383
21 Milwaukee 61,561 16,104
22 Denver 61,106 16,447
23 Seattle 60,936 16,569
24 Houston 59,781 16,473
25 Chicago-Northeastern IN 57,963 18,199
26 Atlanta 57,309 18,562
27 Philadelphia 57,168 14,049
28 New Orleans 57,088 13,620
29 Phoenix 55,412 18,432
30 St. Louis 52,278 14,578
31 Boston 52,162 17,671
32 Cincinnati 51,754 16,194
33 Minneapolis-St. Paul 50,940 17,143
34 Cleveland 45,107 13,511
35 Oklahoma City 40,155 11,975
36 Kansas City 39,756 11,246
37 Buffalo-Niagara Falls 38,029 10,014
38 Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News 36,332 12,771
39 Pittsburgh 32,811 9,365
Source: Calculated from "Highway Statistics 2000"    

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