US Metropolitan Public Transport
Ridership Per Capita
1990-2000 By Population

US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Boardings Ranking
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Passenger Miles Ranking
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Per Capita Boardings
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Per Capita Passenger Miles
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area Population: All
US Metropolitan Public Transport Ridership Per Capita 1990-2000 By Population (20020830)

2000 Rank Metropolitan Area 2000 Population 2000 Unlinked Trips (000) 1995 Unlinked Trips (000) 1990 Unlinked Trips (000)
           
POPULATION 5,000,000 & OVER        
1 New York 21,199,865 3,235,153 2,532,133 2,802,832
2 Los Angeles 16,373,645 616,588 500,552 521,831
3 Chicago 9,157,540 594,588 546,142 693,554
4 Washington-Baltimore 7,608,070 496,494 473,865 490,018
5 San Francisco 7,039,362 493,951 441,290 453,198
6 Boston 5,819,100 369,030 327,627 343,665
7 Philadelphia 6,188,463 324,360 337,757 371,848
8 Dallas-Fort Worth 5,221,801 72,999 56,573 55,539
9 Detroit 5,456,428 70,012 74,962 99,828
  Total 84,064,274 6,273,175 5,290,901 5,832,313
           
POPULATION: 2,500,000 - 4,999,999      
1 Atlanta 4,112,198 169,749 146,366 149,527
2 Seattle 3,554,760 130,297 107,725 99,857
3 Miami 3,876,380 109,707 103,165 90,746
4 San Diego 2,813,833 101,265 70,122 67,143
5 Houston 4,669,571 98,493 80,769 91,070
6 Minneapolis-St. Paul 2,968,806 77,727 61,110 69,589
7 Denver 2,581,506 77,114 68,607 55,734
8 Cleveland 2,945,831 72,943 64,342 79,190
9 St. Louis 2,603,607 53,465 51,169 44,350
10 Phoenix 3,251,876 38,338 36,894 32,399
  Total 33,378,368 929,098 790,270 779,605
           
POPULATION: 1,000,000 - 2,499,999      
1 Portland 2,265,223 96,902 72,138 60,875
2 Pittsburgh 2,358,695 75,124 73,641 85,825
3 Milwaukee 1,689,572 74,212 59,963 67,882
4 New Orleans 1,337,726 59,659 74,954 82,183
5 Las Vegas 1,563,282 49,555 28,538 7,360
6 San Antonio 1,592,383 44,415 47,306 41,909
7 Austin 1,249,763 37,506 27,324 32,046
8 Sacramento 1,796,857 32,028 23,729 20,315
9 Cincinnati 1,979,202 31,174 27,810 34,590
10 Buffalo 1,170,111 28,915 29,034 30,353
11 Salt Lake City 1,333,914 23,878 24,492 23,702
12 Orlando 1,644,561 20,736 13,452 8,027
13 Hartford 1,183,110 18,822 19,200 19,687
14 Columbus 1,540,157 18,746 17,533 18,342
15 Tampa-St. Petersburg 2,395,997 18,716 18,151 19,652
16 Norfolk 1,569,541 18,290 13,659 13,536
17 Providence 1,188,613 15,932 16,057 16,030
18 Lousville 1,025,598 15,546 19,541 21,735
19 Kansas City 1,776,062 15,018 14,406 18,486
20 Rochester 1,098,201 13,037 9,328 4,087
21 Charlotte 1,499,293 12,941 11,798 11,681
22 Indianapolis 1,607,486 11,675 10,774 12,284
23 Memphis 1,135,614 11,637 14,392 13,859
24 Raleigh-Durham 1,187,941 11,376 13,608 15,202
25 Jacksonville 1,100,491 8,173 8,845 8,805
26 Nashville 1,231,311 6,827 6,603 8,621
27 West Palm Beach 1,131,184 6,463 2,715 2,387
28 Greensboro 1,251,509 5,132 4,194 4,144
29 Grand Rapids 1,088,514 4,747 5,140 4,342
30 Oklahoma City 1,083,346 4,331 3,674 3,530
  Total 44,075,257 791,514 712,001 711,477
           
POPULATION UNDER 1,000,000        
  Total   501,314 512,829 411,605
           
SUMMARY: CHANGE FROM 1990 2000 1990 Change %
New York 3,235,153 2,802,832 432,321 15.4%
Balance over 5,000,000 3,038,022 3,029,481 8,541 0.3%
2,500,000 - 4,999,999 929,098 779,605 149,493 19.2%
1,000,000 - 2,499,999 791,514 711,477 80,037 11.2%
Under 1,000,000 501,314 411,605 89,709 21.8%
Total   8,495,101 7,735,000 760,101 9.8%
           
NOTES        
Includes motor bus, trolley bus, metro, light rail & commuter rail.  
Raleigh-Durham reporting incomplete 1990.      
Calculated from National Transit Database      

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