US Public Transport
Usage & Subsidies by State: 1997

Rank State/District Passenger Miles (Millions) State & Local Subsidies (Millions) Rank in Subsidies Subsidy per Passenger Mile Rank in Subsidy per Passenger Mile
1 New York (Note) 13,654.5 $1,971.3 1 $0.144 1
2 California 5,517.3 $1,625.5 2 $0.295 15
3 Illinois 3,329.3 $716.7 3 $0.215 4
4 New Jersey (Note) 2,922.7 $427.7 8 $0.146 2
5 Pennsylvania 1,724.4 $599.2 5 $0.347 20
6 Massachusetts 1,501.2 $562.9 6 $0.375 27
7 District of Columbia (Note) 1,499.2 $303.6 10 $0.203 3
8 Texas 1,211.3 $663.9 4 $0.548 43
9 Washington 961.8 $447.3 7 $0.465 39
10 Florida 904.8 $321.6 9 $0.355 23
11 Georgia 860.0 $197.8 13 $0.230 7
12 Ohio 606.6 $288.0 11 $0.475 41
13 Maryland (Note) 594.6 $185.9 14 $0.313 18
14 Michigan 362.4 $203.2 12 $0.561 44
15 Colorado 343.6 $140.4 15 $0.409 34
16 Hawaii 341.8 $77.7 20 $0.227 5
17 Oregon 337.1 $126.7 16 $0.376 28
18 Missouri 304.9 $121.9 17 $0.400 33
19 Minnesota 284.9 $83.3 19 $0.292 14
20 Wisconsin 277.2 $101.7 18 $0.367 25
21 Louisiana 220.5 $66.5 22 $0.302 16
22 Arizona 202.6 $71.2 21 $0.352 21
23 Virginia (Note) 199.5 $47.5 25 $0.238 8
24 Indiana 181.1 $43.9 27 $0.242 9
25 Nevada 165.9 $45.6 26 $0.275 12
26 Connecticut (Note) 142.8 $63.8 23 $0.447 37
27 Tennessee 115.1 $34.8 30 $0.302 17
28 Utah 107.7 $50.8 24 $0.471 40
29 North Carolina 100.5 $39.3 28 $0.391 31
30 Kentucky 87.8 $36.2 29 $0.413 35
31 Iowa 56.8 $16.2 34 $0.286 13
32 Rhode Island 49.1 $16.6 33 $0.339 19
33 South Carolina 38.9 $8.9 38 $0.227 6
34 Delaware 35.9 $25.7 31 $0.715 48
35 Oklahoma 30.6 $13.4 35 $0.439 36
36 New Mexico 27.9 $21.0 32 $0.753 49
37 Nebraska 26.3 $12.0 36 $0.454 38
38 Arkansas 19.2 $4.8 42 $0.252 10
39 Kansas 18.7 $6.8 40 $0.363 24
40 West Virginia 15.8 $7.6 39 $0.484 42
41 Alaska 14.9 $9.1 37 $0.610 46
42 Alabama 12.8 $4.9 41 $0.384 29
43 Maine 9.5 $3.7 44 $0.392 32
44 Idaho 6.7 $2.6 46 $0.390 30
45 Vermont 6.1 $1.6 49 $0.263 11
46 Montana 5.8 $3.5 45 $0.599 45
47 New Hampshire 5.1 $1.9 48 $0.371 26
48 Mississippi 4.4 $4.0 43 $0.905 51
49 South Dakota 2.9 $2.4 47 $0.822 50
50 North Dakota 2.7 $1.0 50 $0.353 22
51 Wyoming 0.4 $0.2 51 $0.686 47
  Total 39,453 $9,834   $0.249  
  Exhibit: DC-MD-VA (Note) 2,293.3 $537.0   $0.234  
  Exhibit: NY-CT-NJ (Note) 16,719.9 $2,462.8   $0.147  
Calculated from National Transit Database.

Note: Some data distortion occurs because data is reported in the headquarters location of public transport agencies. The most significant distortions occur in the New York City and Washington, DC areas, where a large amount of interstate ridership and costs are reported in the headquarters state or district but occur in other states. Combined data is shown for these areas as exhibits.



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