US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000
(& Honolulu): Per Capita
Boardings 1980 to 1998
|
Metropolitan Area |
1980 |
1998 |
Change |
|
Atlanta, GA MSA |
56.20 |
42.86 |
-23.7% |
|
Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA |
13.49 |
26.69 |
97.9% |
|
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA |
67.34 |
62.85 |
-6.7% |
|
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
29.83 |
23.41 |
-21.5% |
|
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA |
10.54 |
8.41 |
-20.3% |
|
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA |
99.51 |
63.40 |
-36.3% |
|
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA |
26.10 |
16.56 |
-36.5% |
|
Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA |
47.43 |
25.32 |
-46.6% |
|
Columbus, OH MSA |
16.11 |
12.47 |
-22.6% |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA |
15.41 |
13.64 |
-11.5% |
|
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA |
29.01 |
30.30 |
4.4% |
|
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA |
27.26 |
13.57 |
-50.2% |
|
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA |
6.19 |
3.85 |
-37.8% |
|
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA |
5.92 |
4.35 |
-26.5% |
|
Hartford, CT MSA |
20.86 |
16.44 |
-21.2% |
|
Honolulu, HI MSA |
97.06 |
82.32 |
-15.2% |
|
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA |
15.14 |
21.64 |
43.0% |
|
Indianapolis, IN MSA |
14.02 |
6.82 |
-51.4% |
|
Jacksonville, FL MSA |
22.57 |
8.13 |
-64.0% |
|
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA |
18.26 |
8.66 |
-52.6% |
|
Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA |
10.57 |
34.25 |
224.0% |
|
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA |
41.80 |
37.09 |
-11.3% |
|
Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA |
26.72 |
10.94 |
-59.1% |
|
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA |
32.17 |
28.43 |
-11.6% |
|
Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA |
56.07 |
44.86 |
-20.0% |
|
Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA |
49.23 |
23.33 |
-52.6% |
|
Nashville, TN MSA |
21.13 |
4.97 |
-76.5% |
|
New Orleans, LA MSA |
82.36 |
50.53 |
-38.6% |
|
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA |
169.70 |
144.52 |
-14.8% |
|
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA |
19.15 |
10.92 |
-43.0% |
|
Oklahoma City, OK MSA |
2.99 |
3.71 |
24.0% |
|
Orlando, FL MSA |
8.11 |
12.36 |
52.3% |
|
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA |
69.63 |
48.39 |
-30.5% |
|
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA |
9.47 |
12.03 |
26.9% |
|
Pittsburgh, PA MSA |
44.83 |
31.26 |
-30.3% |
|
Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA |
38.74 |
41.90 |
8.2% |
|
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA |
26.31 |
13.31 |
-49.4% |
|
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA |
7.01 |
8.93 |
27.4% |
|
Rochester, NY MSA |
26.27 |
12.46 |
-52.6% |
|
Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA |
15.42 |
18.51 |
20.1% |
|
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA |
20.97 |
18.97 |
-9.6% |
|
San Antonio, TX MSA |
34.45 |
26.69 |
-22.5% |
|
San Diego, CA MSA |
23.73 |
33.48 |
41.1% |
|
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA |
100.28 |
68.40 |
-31.8% |
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA |
46.91 |
35.11 |
-25.1% |
|
St Louis, MO-IL MSA |
35.43 |
21.69 |
-38.8% |
|
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA |
11.71 |
7.98 |
-31.9% |
|
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA |
77.44 |
65.26 |
-15.7% |
|
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA |
3.41 |
4.29 |
25.8% |
|
Average |
35.72 |
27.88 |
-21.9% |
|
Honolulu is the only metropolitan area below 1,000,000 population with per capita boardings exceeding 30. |
|
Calculated from US Department of Transportation National Transit Database, American Public Transit Association and US Census Bureau information. |
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