Table A.4
Comparative U.S. Metropolitan Vehicle Availability - 1990
Ranked by Total Population
Metropolitan Areas with Populations Greater than 1.0 Million

Rank	Region	Total Population	Total Vehicles	Vehicles Available per 1000 Persons
1	New York	17,125,727	7,486,292	437
2	Los Angeles	14,531,529	8,551,351	588
3	Chicago	8,065,633	4,325,895	536
4	San Francisco Bay Area	6,253,311	4,044,506	647
5	Philadelphia	5,899,345	3,202,762	543
6	Detroit	4,665,236	2,854,637	612
7	Boston	4,171,747	2,372,142	569
8	Washington, D.C.	3,923,574	2,433,697	620
9	Dallas-Ft. Worth	3,885,415	2,528,765	651
10	Houston	3,711,043	2,199,700	593
11	Miami	3,192,582	1,818,998	570
12	Atlanta	2,833,511	1,902,660	671
13	Cleveland	2,759,823	1,717,698	622
14	Seattle	2,559,164	1,814,135	709
15	San Diego	2,498,016	1,553,709	622
16	Minneapolis-St. Paul	2,464,124	1,625,020	659
17	St. Louis	2,444,099	1,534,873	628
18	Baltimore	2,382,172	1,377,931	578
19	Pittsburgh	2,242,798	1,290,942	576
20	Phoenix	2,122,101	1,335,078	629
21	Tampa	2,067,959	1,324,840	641
22	Denver	1,848,319	1,307,645	707
23	Cincinnati	1,744,124	1,100,494	631
24	Milwaukee	1,607,183	955,540	595
25	Kansas City	1,566,280	1,039,273	664
26	Sacramento	1,481,102	993,322	671
27	Portland, Oregon	1,477,895	1,009,431	683
28	Norfolk	1,396,107	829,469	594
29	Columbus	1,377,419	899,191	653
30	San Antonio	1,302,099	736,958	566
31	Indianapolis	1,249,822	821,816	658
32	New Orleans	1,238,816	638,839	516
33	Buffalo	1,189,288	676,505	569
34	Charlotte	1,162,093	793,989	683
35	Providence	1,141,525	559,226	490
36	Hartford	1,085,895	707,480	652
37	Orlando	1,072,748	688,507	642
38	Salt Lake City	1,072,227	651,669	608
39	Rochester	1,002,410	615,534	614

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Notes:
San Francisco Bay Area includes Santa Cruz County.

Source:
Federal Highway Administration. Journey-to-Work Trends in the United States and its Major Metropolitan Areas: 1960-1990. Washington, D.C., November, 1993.

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