2000 Rank	Metropolitan Area	2000 Population	2000 Unlinked Trips (000)	1995 Unlinked Trips (000)	1990 Unlinked Trips (000)
POPULATION 5,000,000 & OVER
1	New York	21,199,865	3,235,153	2,532,133	2,802,832
2	Los Angeles	16,373,645	616,588	500,552	521,831
3	Chicago	9,157,540	594,588	546,142	693,554
4	Washington-Baltimore	7,608,070	496,494	473,865	490,018
5	San Francisco	7,039,362	493,951	441,290	453,198
6	Boston	5,819,100	369,030	327,627	343,665
7	Philadelphia	6,188,463	324,360	337,757	371,848
8	Dallas-Fort Worth	5,221,801	72,999	56,573	55,539
9	Detroit	5,456,428	70,012	74,962	99,828
	Total	84,064,274	6,273,175	5,290,901	5,832,313
POPULATION: 2,500,000 - 4,999,999
1	Atlanta	4,112,198	169,749	146,366	149,527
2	Seattle	3,554,760	130,297	107,725	99,857
3	Miami	3,876,380	109,707	103,165	90,746
4	San Diego	2,813,833	101,265	70,122	67,143
5	Houston	4,669,571	98,493	80,769	91,070
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul	2,968,806	77,727	61,110	69,589
7	Denver	2,581,506	77,114	68,607	55,734
8	Cleveland	2,945,831	72,943	64,342	79,190
9	St. Louis	2,603,607	53,465	51,169	44,350
10	Phoenix	3,251,876	38,338	36,894	32,399
	Total	33,378,368	929,098	790,270	779,605
POPULATION: 1,000,000 - 2,499,999
1	Portland	2,265,223	96,902	72,138	60,875
2	Pittsburgh	2,358,695	75,124	73,641	85,825
3	Milwaukee	1,689,572	74,212	59,963	67,882
4	New Orleans	1,337,726	59,659	74,954	82,183
5	Las Vegas	1,563,282	49,555	28,538	7,360
6	San Antonio	1,592,383	44,415	47,306	41,909
7	Austin	1,249,763	37,506	27,324	32,046
8	Sacramento	1,796,857	32,028	23,729	20,315
9	Cincinnati	1,979,202	31,174	27,810	34,590
10	Buffalo	1,170,111	28,915	29,034	30,353
11	Salt Lake City	1,333,914	23,878	24,492	23,702
12	Orlando	1,644,561	20,736	13,452	8,027
13	Hartford	1,183,110	18,822	19,200	19,687
14	Columbus	1,540,157	18,746	17,533	18,342
15	Tampa-St. Petersburg	2,395,997	18,716	18,151	19,652
16	Norfolk	1,569,541	18,290	13,659	13,536
17	Providence	1,188,613	15,932	16,057	16,030
18	Lousville	1,025,598	15,546	19,541	21,735
19	Kansas City	1,776,062	15,018	14,406	18,486
20	Rochester	1,098,201	13,037	9,328	4,087
21	Charlotte	1,499,293	12,941	11,798	11,681
22	Indianapolis	1,607,486	11,675	10,774	12,284
23	Memphis	1,135,614	11,637	14,392	13,859
24	Raleigh-Durham	1,187,941	11,376	13,608	15,202
25	Jacksonville	1,100,491	8,173	8,845	8,805
26	Nashville	1,231,311	6,827	6,603	8,621
27	West Palm Beach	1,131,184	6,463	2,715	2,387
28	Greensboro	1,251,509	5,132	4,194	4,144
29	Grand Rapids	1,088,514	4,747	5,140	4,342
30	Oklahoma City	1,083,346	4,331	3,674	3,530
	Total	44,075,257	791,514	712,001	711,477
POPULATION UNDER 1,000,000
	Total		501,314	512,829	411,605
SUMMARY: CHANGE FROM 1990		2000	1990	Change	%
New York		3,235,153	2,802,832	432,321	15.4%
Balance over 5,000,000		3,038,022	3,029,481	8,541	0.3%
2,500,000 - 4,999,999		929,098	779,605	149,493	19.2%
1,000,000 - 2,499,999		791,514	711,477	80,037	11.2%
Under 1,000,000		501,314	411,605	89,709	21.8%
Total		8,495,101	7,735,000	760,101	9.8%
NOTES
Includes motor bus, trolley bus, metro, light rail & commuter rail.
Raleigh-Durham reporting incomplete 1990.
Calculated from National Transit Database