A Framework to Assess the Correlation between Transportation Infrastructure Access and Economics: Evidence from Iran

Table 2

The selected cities plus the average annual income of each household (Rials), population, and unemployment rate in these cities.

City name	Population	Income	Unemployment rate
Jafarabad	7706	6,975,342	15.5
Ardebil	482632	10,975,647	12.5
Tabriz	1494998	11,245,564	9.3
Oromieh	667499	9,345,475	9
Zanjan	386851	9,376,654	12.7
Ghazvin	381598	11,664,932	10.8
Sanandaj	373987	7,954,473	14.1
Hamedan	525794	10,893,251	11.5
Tehran	8154051	14,256,470	9.5
Ghom	1074036	11,875,290	10.1
Kermanshah	851405	10,132,965	15.2
Arak	484212	8,952,231	8.9
Ilam	172213	10,356,275	12.6
Khoramabad	348216	8,153,499	11.6
Dezful	248380	9,738,876	15
Dehlaran	30989	7,903,363	12.4
Ahvaz	1112021	9,565,838	11.5
Masjedsoleiman	103369	8,132,265	18.4
Abadan	212744	8,959,706	11.5
Omidieh	60461	7,134,924	16.1
Khansar	19875	7,243,983	14.8
Kashan	275325	9,192,300	8
Dogonbadan	91739	9,647,891	11.1
Khormoj	34944	8,337,992	12
Shiraz	1460665	12,491,834	9.5
Lamerd	25131	8,466,527	12.1
Darab	61672	9,064,252	8.9
Damavand	37315	9,975,367	7.5
Sari	296417	12,768,954	10.5
Amol	219915	12,843,571	9.1
Gorgan	329596	10,993,415	12
Noshahr	43378	11,251,577	13
Roodsar	37579	8,580,093	10.4
Semnan	153680	9,329,809	7
Damghan	58770	8,853,534	9.2
Minoodasht	28478	8,692,075	11
Maravetapeh	7906	7,792,075	14.3
Zahedan	560725	9,284,926	11.1
Bojnord	199791	9,320,621	11.1
Dargaz	37054	8,685,762	8.5
Sabzevar	231557	8,305,554	10.5
Neishabor	239185	10,586,085	10.2
Chenaran	48567	7,685,762	12
Mashhad	2749374	12,388,344	10.3
Kalat	7532	7,896,915	16
Bordscan	26107	7,255,708	10.9
Torbat heidarie	91285	9,301,067	10.3
Torbat jam	94758	8,942,604	16
Khaf	28444	8,562,521	15.5
Gonabad	36367	8,028,566	5
Tabas	35150	8,417,075	10.7
Jandagh	4472	7,297,368	13
Ghaen	40226	7,935,453	13.4
Birjand	178020	8,516,320	11
Nahbandan	18827	6,195,897	13.6
Bandan	21859	6,367,110	15.1
Zabol	137722	7,918,724	11.5
Khash	54105	6,196,763	16
Saravan	115896	5,864,712	18.2
Zaboli	10112	4,757,494	18.5
Iranshahr	119635	7,149,275	13.5
Chabahar	85633	8,829,646	12
Bam	107131	8,732,926	11.4
Jiroft	111034	7,304,736	14
Kerman	534441	8,248,194	11.4
Minab	63229	7,441,789	12.3
Bandarabas	435751	9,622,338	9.3
Sirjan	185623	8,033,593	12.5
Shahrekord	159775	9,061,822	16.7
Yasoj	108505	10,997,210	10.9
Sfahan	1756126	10,794,924	11.6
Ardestan	15701	8,084,597	11.9
Shahreza	123767	7,181,739	12.5
Abade	55758	8,452,397	10.1
Marvdasht	85248	7,762,773	15.1