US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000
(& Honolulu): Change in Per Capita
Boardings 1980 to 1998

Rank Metropolitan Area 1980 1980 Rank 1998 1998 Rank Change
1 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 10.57 41 34.25 14 224.0%
2 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 13.49 39 26.69 20 97.9%
3 Orlando, FL MSA 8.11 44 12.36 35 52.3%
4 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 15.14 37 21.64 25 43.0%
5 San Diego, CA MSA 23.73 27 33.48 15 41.1%
6 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 7.01 45 8.93 39 27.4%
7 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 9.47 43 12.03 36 26.9%
8 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 3.41 48 4.29 47 25.8%
9 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 2.99 49 3.71 49 24.0%
10 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 15.42 35 18.51 27 20.1%
11 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 38.74 16 41.90 11 8.2%
12 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 29.01 21 30.30 17 4.4%
13 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 67.34 8 62.85 6 -6.7%
14 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 20.97 30 18.97 26 -9.6%
15 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 41.80 15 37.09 12 -11.3%
16 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 15.41 36 13.64 30 -11.5%
17 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 32.17 19 28.43 18 -11.6%
18 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 169.70 1 144.52 1 -14.8%
19 Honolulu, HI MSA 97.06 4 82.32 2 -15.2%
20 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 77.44 6 65.26 4 -15.7%
21 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 56.07 10 44.86 9 -20.0%
22 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 10.54 42 8.41 41 -20.3%
23 Hartford, CT MSA 20.86 31 16.44 29 -21.2%
24 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 29.83 20 23.41 22 -21.5%
25 San Antonio, TX MSA 34.45 18 26.69 19 -22.5%
26 Columbus, OH MSA 16.11 34 12.47 33 -22.6%
27 Atlanta, GA MSA 56.20 9 42.86 10 -23.7%
28 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 46.91 13 35.11 13 -25.1%
29 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 5.92 47 4.35 46 -26.5%
30 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 44.83 14 31.26 16 -30.3%
31 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 69.63 7 48.39 8 -30.5%
32 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 100.28 2 68.40 3 -31.8%
33 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 11.71 40 7.98 43 -31.9%
34 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 99.51 3 63.40 5 -36.3%
35 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 26.10 26 16.56 28 -36.5%
36 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 6.19 46 3.85 48 -37.8%
37 New Orleans, LA MSA 82.36 5 50.53 7 -38.6%
38 St Louis, MO-IL MSA 35.43 17 21.69 24 -38.8%
39 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 19.15 32 10.92 38 -43.0%
40 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 47.43 12 25.32 21 -46.6%
41 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 26.31 24 13.31 32 -49.4%
42 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 27.26 22 13.57 31 -50.2%
43 Indianapolis, IN MSA 14.02 38 6.82 44 -51.4%
44 Rochester, NY MSA 26.27 25 12.46 34 -52.6%
45 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 18.26 33 8.66 40 -52.6%
46 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA 49.23 11 23.33 23 -52.6%
47 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 26.72 23 10.94 37 -59.1%
48 Jacksonville, FL MSA 22.57 28 8.13 42 -64.0%
49 Nashville, TN MSA 21.13 29 4.97 45 -76.5%

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