Traffic Intensity 2001:
US Urban Areas Over 1,000,000

Population Density Daily Vehicle Miles/Square Mile Cases
Over 4,000 95,176 5
3,000-3,999 72,116 9
2,000-2,999 59,596 12
Under 2,000 45,709 12
       
Rank Urban Area (FHWA) Daily Vehicle Miles/Square Mile Population/
Square Mile
1 Los Angeles 126,864 5,724
2 San Jose 107,178 4,534
3 Las Vegas 94,081 4,652
4 San Diego 89,158 3,673
5 Washington 84,238 3,745
6 Miami-Hialeah 80,006 4,145
7 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach 79,139 3,327
8 Sacramento 75,864 3,499
9 Detroit 72,943 2,942
10 San Francisco-Oakland 72,403 3,380
11 New York-Northeastern NJ 67,750 4,328
12 Portland-Vancouver 67,714 3,388
13 Riverside-San Bernardino 66,339 2,792
14 Baltimore 65,267 3,110
15 Denver 63,583 2,813
16 Houston 63,387 1,685
17 San Antonio 63,096 2,376
18 Milwaukee 62,469 2,750
19 Seattle 61,620 2,489
20 Dallas-Fort Worth 61,313 2,169
21 Chicago-Northwestern IN 58,936 2,821
22 Philadelphia 58,440 3,183
23 Phoenix 56,989 2,754
24 New Orleans 56,822 3,944
25 Atlanta 56,813 1,596
26 St. Louis 52,688 1,827
27 Cincinnati 52,513 1,867
28 Boston 52,368 2,648
29 Orlando 52,337 1,802
30 Minneapolis-St. Paul 51,775 2,029
31 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach 46,129 1,910
32 Cleveland 43,721 2,130
33 Oklahoma City 40,750 1,674
34 Kansas City 40,261 1,377
35 Buffalo-Niagara Falls 38,238 1,975
36 Tampa-St Pete-Clearwater 36,424 1,536
37 Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News 36,224 1,597
38 Pittsburgh 32,741 1,445
       
Calculated from FHWA 2001 Data.    

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