Rank |
Urbanized Area |
Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled |
Population |
Vehicle Miles Traveled |
1 |
Las Vegas NV |
12.0% |
62.0% |
81.3% |
2 |
Atlanta GA |
26.5% |
22.9% |
55.4% |
3 |
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA |
25.2% |
23.5% |
54.6% |
4 |
Orlando FL |
20.0% |
25.9% |
51.1% |
5 |
Kansas City MO-KS |
22.5% |
16.8% |
43.1% |
6 |
Indianapolis IN |
32.6% |
6.9% |
41.8% |
7 |
Oklahoma City OK |
2.2% |
37.4% |
40.5% |
8 |
Cincinnati OH-KY |
23.3% |
11.4% |
37.3% |
9 |
Denver CO |
19.3% |
13.9% |
35.9% |
10 |
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL |
14.1% |
18.1% |
34.8% |
11 |
Columbus OH |
12.4% |
19.4% |
34.3% |
12 |
Dallas TX |
11.2% |
16.6% |
29.7% |
13 |
Phoenix AZ |
1.7% |
26.6% |
28.9% |
14 |
Fort Worth TX |
18.4% |
8.3% |
28.3% |
15 |
St. Louis MO-IL |
23.6% |
3.6% |
28.1% |
16 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN |
12.2% |
13.9% |
27.8% |
17 |
Washington DC-MD-VA |
13.5% |
11.8% |
26.9% |
18 |
Chicago IL-Northwestern IN |
18.8% |
6.3% |
26.2% |
19 |
Norfolk VA |
13.6% |
10.3% |
25.3% |
20 |
Seattle-Everett WA |
7.2% |
13.3% |
21.4% |
21 |
San Bernardino-Riverside CA |
4.4% |
16.2% |
21.4% |
22 |
San Antonio TX |
15.0% |
5.1% |
20.9% |
23 |
Baltimore MD |
10.0% |
8.0% |
18.9% |
24 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY |
17.1% |
0.9% |
18.2% |
25 |
Cleveland OH |
11.8% |
4.5% |
16.8% |
26 |
Houston TX |
8.0% |
7.6% |
16.2% |
27 |
Sacramento CA |
2.5% |
12.8% |
15.6% |
28 |
Philadelphia PA-NJ |
-2.7% |
17.1% |
13.9% |
29 |
New Orleans LA |
9.8% |
3.7% |
13.8% |
30 |
Boston MA |
11.3% |
2.0% |
13.5% |
31 |
New York NY-Northeastern NJ |
9.4% |
2.3% |
11.9% |
32 |
Miami-Hialeah FL |
-0.1% |
11.9% |
11.8% |
33 |
Milwaukee WI |
9.4% |
2.0% |
11.7% |
34 |
San Jose CA |
-4.1% |
14.9% |
10.2% |
35 |
Pittsburgh PA |
8.2% |
1.4% |
9.7% |
36 |
Detroit MI |
8.8% |
0.4% |
9.2% |
37 |
San Diego CA |
-4.4% |
13.7% |
8.7% |
38 |
Los Angeles CA |
0.2% |
7.7% |
7.9% |
39 |
San Francisco-Oakland CA |
0.4% |
6.1% |
6.6% |
Calculated from Texas Transportation Institute (Federal Highway Administration) data.
Urbanized areas over 1,000,000 population in 1997 |