Table A.5
Comparative U.S. Metropolitan Vehicle Availability - 1990
Ranked by Vehicles Available per 1000 Persons
Metropolitan Areas with Populations Greater than 1.0 Million

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

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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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