Travel to Work Characteristics for the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas by Population in the United States: 1990 Census +--------------------------+-----------+---------------------------+--------+ | | | |Average | | | Total |Means of transportation (%)| travel | | | +---------------------------+ | | | workers | Other | time | | | 16 years |Drove Car- Public means |to work | |MSA/PMSA of Residence | and over |alone pool transit 1/ | (min.) | +--------------------------+-----------+---------------------------+--------+ | | | | | |U.S. TOTAL METROPOLITAN |91,515,002 | 73.0 12.9 6.5 7.6 | 23.2 | | | | | | |Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA| | | | | PMSA....................| 4,115,248 | 70.1 15.5 6.5 7.9 | 26.5 | |New York, NY PMSA.........| 3,798,814 | 30.7 8.9 47.3 13.1 | 35.3 | |Chicago, IL PMSA..........| 2,888,784 | 63.8 12.0 17.1 7.1 | 29.1 | |Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA..| 2,280,559 | 67.8 11.9 11.6 8.7 | 24.8 | |Detroit, MI PMSA..........| 1,931,153 | 83.4 10.1 2.4 4.1 | 23.7 | | | | | | |Washington, DC-MD-VA MSA..| 2,214,350 | 62.9 15.8 13.7 7.6 | 29.5 | |Houston, TX PMSA..........| 1,576,078 | 75.7 14.6 4.1 5.5 | 26.4 | |Boston, MA PMSA...........| 1,488,501 | 65.8 9.8 14.2 10.2 | 24.5 | |Atlanta, GA MSA...........| 1,481,781 | 78.0 12.7 4.7 4.6 | 26.0 | |Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA...| 1,303,936 | 73.0 10.0 11.4 5.7 | 30.0 | | | | | | |Riverside-San Bernardino, | | | | | CA PMSA.................| 1,079,948 | 74.6 17.2 0.8 7.4 | 27.7 | |Dallas, TX PMSA...........| 1,312,173 | 77.6 14.0 3.2 5.3 | 24.6 | |San Diego, CA MSA.........| 1,230,446 | 70.9 13.8 3.3 12.1 | 22.2 | |Minneapolis-St. Paul, | | | | | MN-WI MSA...............| 1,307,624 | 76.0 11.2 5.3 7.5 | 21.1 | |St. Louis, MO-IL MSA......| 1,144,336 | 79.7 12.0 3.0 5.2 | 23.1 | | | | | | |Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA PMSA| 1,278,661 | 76.8 13.7 2.5 7.0 | 25.5 | |Baltimore, MD MSA.........| 1,191,813 | 70.9 14.2 7.7 7.2 | 26.0 | |Phoenix, AZ MSA...........| 996,495 | 75.0 14.4 2.1 8.5 | 23.0 | |Oakland, CA PMSA..........| 1,034,364 | 68.6 13.2 9.1 9.1 | 27.2 | |Tampa-St. Petersburg- | | | | | Clearwater, FL MSA......| 914,711 | 78.8 13.3 1.5 6.4 | 21.8 | | | | | | |Pittsburgh, PA PMSA.......| 881,624 | 70.7 12.9 8.5 7.9 | 22.6 | |Seattle, WA PMSA..........| 1,037,749 | 72.8 11.6 7.4 8.2 | 24.4 | |Miami-Hialeah, FL PMSA....| 887,996 | 72.4 15.6 5.9 6.2 | 24.8 | |Cleveland, OH PMSA........| 823,684 | 77.7 10.5 6.2 5.5 | 22.6 | |Newark, NJ PMSA...........| 901,453 | 70.9 12.4 10.0 6.7 | 26.2 | | | | | | |Denver, CO PMSA...........| 843,070 | 75.6 12.6 4.4 7.5 | 22.7 | |San Francisco, CA PMSA....| 853,948 | 56.3 12.2 19.5 11.8 | 25.9 | |Kansas City, MO-KS MSA....| 771,309 | 79.9 12.5 2.1 5.5 | 21.4 | |San Jose, CA PMSA.........| 796,605 | 77.7 12.3 3.0 7.0 | 23.3 | |Sacramento, CA MSA........| 685,945 | 75.2 13.7 2.4 8.7 | 21.8 | | | | | | |Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA.| 678,121 | 78.6 11.6 4.3 5.5 | 22.4 | |Milwaukee, WI PMSA........| 690,002 | 76.7 11.0 5.2 7.1 | 20.1 | |Norfolk-Virginia Beach- | | | | | Newport News, VA MSA....| 698,999 | 72.7 14.1 2.2 10.9 | 21.6 | |Columbus, OH MSA..........| 677,859 | 79.5 11.4 2.7 6.4 | 21.2 | |Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | | | | | PMSA....................| 664,433 | 80.9 13.5 0.6 4.9 | 23.0 | | | | | | |San Antonio, TX MSA.......| 569,149 | 74.6 14.8 3.7 7.0 | 21.9 | |Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA...| 649,697 | 71.7 11.9 9.3 7.0 | 24.7 | |Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-| | | | | Pompano Beach, FL PMSA..| 588,089 | 79.7 12.8 2.1 5.4 | 23.0 | |Indianapolis, IN MSA......| 624,971 | 79.7 12.9 2.1 5.3 | 21.9 | |Portland, OR PMSA.........| 615,587 | 72.6 12.5 6.0 8.9 | 21.8 | | | | | | |New Orleans, LA MSA.......| 514,726 | 70.9 15.3 7.3 6.5 | 24.4 | |Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock | | | | | Hill, NC-SC MSA.........| 604,856 | 78.8 14.5 1.8 4.8 | 21.6 | |Orlando, FL MSA...........| 557,448 | 78.1 13.3 1.5 7.1 | 22.9 | |Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT | | | | | MSA.....................| 479,338 | 76.3 14.0 3.0 6.7 | 19.8 | |Middlesex-Somerset- | | | | | Hunterdon, NJ PMSA......| 545,739 | 77.5 10.5 6.4 5.6 | 26.3 | | | | | | |Rochester, NY MSA.........| 481,467 | 77.7 11.6 3.2 7.5 | 19.7 | |Monmouth-Ocean, NJ PMSA...| 453,204 | 76.5 12.1 5.3 6.1 | 27.1 | |Nashville, TN MSA.........| 495,717 | 79.1 13.8 1.7 5.3 | 22.7 | |Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA.....| 448,237 | 78.2 13.6 2.8 5.4 | 21.6 | |Buffalo, NY PMSA..........| 432,883 | 76.3 11.4 5.4 7.0 | 19.7 | +--------------------------+-----------+---------------------------+--------+ 1/ This category includes motorcycle, bicycle, walked only, worked at home, and all other means. Source: 1990 Census of Population, STF3C. Contact: Journey-to-Work and Migration Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, (301) 457-2454.