US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000
(& Honolulu): Per Capita Boardings:
1980 to 1998 By Population
|
Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
1980 |
1980 Rank |
1998 |
Change |
Population |
|
1 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA |
169.70 |
1 |
144.52 |
-14.8% |
20,124,377 |
|
2 |
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA |
41.80 |
15 |
37.09 |
-11.3% |
15,781,273 |
|
3 |
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA |
99.51 |
3 |
63.40 |
-36.3% |
8,809,846 |
|
4 |
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA |
77.44 |
6 |
65.26 |
-15.7% |
7,285,206 |
|
5 |
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA |
100.28 |
2 |
68.40 |
-31.8% |
6,816,047 |
|
6 |
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA |
69.63 |
7 |
48.39 |
-30.5% |
5,988,348 |
|
7 |
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA |
67.34 |
8 |
62.85 |
-6.7% |
5,633,060 |
|
8 |
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA |
27.26 |
22 |
13.57 |
-50.2% |
5,457,583 |
|
9 |
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA |
15.41 |
36 |
13.64 |
-11.5% |
4,802,463 |
|
10 |
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA |
15.14 |
37 |
21.64 |
43.0% |
4,407,579 |
|
11 |
Atlanta, GA MSA |
56.20 |
9 |
42.86 |
-23.7% |
3,746,059 |
|
12 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA |
32.17 |
19 |
28.43 |
-11.6% |
3,655,844 |
|
13 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA |
46.91 |
13 |
35.11 |
-25.1% |
3,424,361 |
|
14 |
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA |
9.47 |
43 |
12.03 |
26.9% |
2,931,004 |
|
15 |
Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA |
47.43 |
12 |
25.32 |
-46.6% |
2,911,683 |
|
16 |
Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA |
49.23 |
11 |
23.33 |
-52.6% |
2,831,234 |
|
17 |
San Diego, CA MSA |
23.73 |
27 |
33.48 |
41.1% |
2,780,592 |
|
18 |
St Louis, MO-IL MSA |
35.43 |
17 |
21.69 |
-38.8% |
2,563,801 |
|
19 |
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA |
29.01 |
21 |
30.30 |
4.4% |
2,365,345 |
|
20 |
Pittsburgh, PA MSA |
44.83 |
14 |
31.26 |
-30.3% |
2,346,153 |
|
21 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA |
11.71 |
40 |
7.98 |
-31.9% |
2,256,559 |
|
22 |
Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA |
38.74 |
16 |
41.90 |
8.2% |
2,149,056 |
|
23 |
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA |
26.10 |
26 |
16.56 |
-36.5% |
1,948,264 |
|
24 |
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA |
18.26 |
33 |
8.66 |
-52.6% |
1,737,025 |
|
25 |
Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA |
15.42 |
35 |
18.51 |
20.1% |
1,685,812 |
|
26 |
Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA |
56.07 |
10 |
44.86 |
-20.0% |
1,645,924 |
|
27 |
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA |
19.15 |
32 |
10.92 |
-43.0% |
1,542,143 |
|
28 |
San Antonio, TX MSA |
34.45 |
18 |
26.69 |
-22.5% |
1,538,338 |
|
29 |
Indianapolis, IN MSA |
14.02 |
38 |
6.82 |
-51.4% |
1,519,194 |
|
30 |
Orlando, FL MSA |
8.11 |
44 |
12.36 |
52.3% |
1,504,569 |
|
31 |
Columbus, OH MSA |
16.11 |
34 |
12.47 |
-22.6% |
1,469,604 |
|
32 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA |
10.54 |
42 |
8.41 |
-20.3% |
1,383,080 |
|
33 |
Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA |
10.57 |
41 |
34.25 |
224.0% |
1,321,546 |
|
34 |
New Orleans, LA MSA |
82.36 |
5 |
50.53 |
-38.6% |
1,309,445 |
|
35 |
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA |
20.97 |
30 |
18.97 |
-9.6% |
1,267,745 |
|
36 |
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA |
5.92 |
47 |
4.35 |
-26.5% |
1,167,629 |
|
37 |
Nashville, TN MSA |
21.13 |
29 |
4.97 |
-76.5% |
1,156,225 |
|
38 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
29.83 |
20 |
23.41 |
-21.5% |
1,152,541 |
|
39 |
Hartford, CT MSA |
20.86 |
31 |
16.44 |
-21.2% |
1,143,859 |
|
40 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA |
26.31 |
24 |
13.31 |
-49.4% |
1,122,974 |
|
41 |
Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA |
13.49 |
39 |
26.69 |
97.9% |
1,105,909 |
|
42 |
Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA |
26.72 |
23 |
10.94 |
-59.1% |
1,093,427 |
|
43 |
Rochester, NY MSA |
26.27 |
25 |
12.46 |
-52.6% |
1,081,883 |
|
44 |
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA |
7.01 |
45 |
8.93 |
27.4% |
1,079,873 |
|
45 |
Jacksonville, FL MSA |
22.57 |
28 |
8.13 |
-64.0% |
1,044,684 |
|
46 |
Oklahoma City, OK MSA |
2.99 |
49 |
3.71 |
24.0% |
1,038,999 |
|
47 |
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA |
6.19 |
46 |
3.85 |
-37.8% |
1,037,933 |
|
48 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA |
3.41 |
48 |
4.29 |
25.8% |
1,032,625 |
|
49 |
Honolulu, HI MSA |
97.06 |
4 |
82.32 |
-15.2% |
872,478 |
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