US Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000
(& Honolulu): Ranked by Per Capita Boardings

Rank Metropolitan Area 1980 1980 Rank 1998 Change
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 169.70 1 144.52 -14.8%
2 Honolulu, HI MSA 97.06 4 82.32 -15.2%
3 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 100.28 2 68.40 -31.8%
4 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 77.44 6 65.26 -15.7%
5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 99.51 3 63.40 -36.3%
6 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 67.34 8 62.85 -6.7%
7 New Orleans, LA MSA 82.36 5 50.53 -38.6%
8 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 69.63 7 48.39 -30.5%
9 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 56.07 10 44.86 -20.0%
10 Atlanta, GA MSA 56.20 9 42.86 -23.7%
11 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 38.74 16 41.90 8.2%
12 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 41.80 15 37.09 -11.3%
13 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 46.91 13 35.11 -25.1%
14 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 10.57 41 34.25 224.0%
15 San Diego, CA MSA 23.73 27 33.48 41.1%
16 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 44.83 14 31.26 -30.3%
17 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 29.01 21 30.30 4.4%
18 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 32.17 19 28.43 -11.6%
19 San Antonio, TX MSA 34.45 18 26.69 -22.5%
20 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 13.49 39 26.69 97.9%
21 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 47.43 12 25.32 -46.6%
22 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 29.83 20 23.41 -21.5%
23 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA 49.23 11 23.33 -52.6%
24 St Louis, MO-IL MSA 35.43 17 21.69 -38.8%
25 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 15.14 37 21.64 43.0%
26 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 20.97 30 18.97 -9.6%
27 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 15.42 35 18.51 20.1%
28 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 26.10 26 16.56 -36.5%
29 Hartford, CT MSA 20.86 31 16.44 -21.2%
30 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 15.41 36 13.64 -11.5%
31 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 27.26 22 13.57 -50.2%
32 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 26.31 24 13.31 -49.4%
33 Columbus, OH MSA 16.11 34 12.47 -22.6%
34 Rochester, NY MSA 26.27 25 12.46 -52.6%
35 Orlando, FL MSA 8.11 44 12.36 52.3%
36 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 9.47 43 12.03 26.9%
37 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 26.72 23 10.94 -59.1%
38 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 19.15 32 10.92 -43.0%
39 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 7.01 45 8.93 27.4%
40 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 18.26 33 8.66 -52.6%
41 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 10.54 42 8.41 -20.3%
42 Jacksonville, FL MSA 22.57 28 8.13 -64.0%
43 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 11.71 40 7.98 -31.9%
44 Indianapolis, IN MSA 14.02 38 6.82 -51.4%
45 Nashville, TN MSA 21.13 29 4.97 -76.5%
46 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 5.92 47 4.35 -26.5%
47 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 3.41 48 4.29 25.8%
48 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 6.19 46 3.85 -37.8%
49 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 2.99 49 3.71 24.0%

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