Transit Data by 2000 U.S. Census Urbanized Area*

UZA

UZA Name

UZA

Population

State

Directional Route Miles**

Vehicle Revenue Miles (Millions)

Passenger Miles (Millions)

Unlinked Passenger Trips (Millions)

Operating Expense (Millions)

Recovery Ratio (Fare Revenues per Operating Funds Expended)

1

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT

17,799,861

NY

17,270

869.6

19,831.6

3,556.9

$9,269.7

54.6%

2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA

11,789,487

CA

12,234

228.4

3,160.8

700.4

$1,815.0

24.9%

3

Chicago, IL-IN

8,307,904

IL

7,322

233.8

3,943.2

610.7

$2,059.6

36.3%

4

Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD

5,149,079

PA

4,708

101.7

1,591.0

342.0

$979.0

37.3%

5

Miami, FL

4,919,036

FL

5,254

105.1

845.0

162.7

$649.8

20.1%

6

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

4,145,659

TX

1,943

54.5

501.7

86.0

$390.1

12.0%

7

Boston, MA-NH-RI

4,032,484

MA

4,325

94.9

1,796.2

386.7

$975.5

35.6%

8

Washington, DC-VA-MD

3,933,920

DC

6,660

146.9

2,371.6

461.0

$1,384.6

40.3%

9

Detroit, MI

3,903,377

MI

2,934

32.4

298.7

51.3

$293.9

12.3%

10

Houston, TX

3,822,509

TX

3,846

61.0

605.2

102.5

$317.0

17.8%

11

Atlanta, GA

3,499,840

GA

3,193

60.4

889.4

148.5

$347.8

30.8%

12

San Francisco-Oakland, CA

3,228,605

CA

4,913

143.6

2,377.1

420.2

$1,440.7

36.1%

13

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ

2,907,049

AZ

2,740

40.4

282.6

64.3

$198.0

21.4%

14

Seattle, WA

2,712,205

WA

4,647

94.5

1,106.9

168.6

$874.8

18.8%

15

San Diego, CA

2,674,436

CA

5,096

54.4

568.3

96.1

$264.2

35.6%

16

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

2,388,593

MN

4,126

45.2

402.6

85.2

$306.4

28.3%

17

St. Louis, MO-IL

2,077,662

MO

2,914

32.6

280.4

52.3

$193.0

20.9%

18

Baltimore, MD

2,076,354

MD

2,962

45.6

694.4

108.5

$432.5

27.4%

19

Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL

2,062,339

FL

2,154

21.5

127.3

24.9

$100.8

16.9%

20

Denver-Aurora, CO

1,984,889

CO

5,049

54.0

472.6

86.6

$320.1

21.2%

21

Cleveland, OH

1,786,647

OH

2,213

29.5

297.4

70.2

$230.5

18.3%

22

Pittsburgh, PA

1,753,136

PA

3,545

44.0

319.3

71.7

$344.0

24.1%

23

Portland, OR-WA

1,583,138

OR

1,972

41.4

469.8

107.5

$330.8

22.8%

24

San Jose, CA

1,538,312

CA

1,683

25.1

172.7

40.9

$282.5

13.2%

25

Riverside-San Bernardino, CA

1,506,816

CA

2,461

22.2

122.8

22.7

$110.4

14.1%

26

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

1,503,262

OH

1,686

17.6

152.4

29.3

$100.4

28.5%

27

Virginia Beach, VA

1,394,439

VA

1,771

14.7

109.1

24.0

$62.1

24.6%

28

Sacramento, CA

1,393,498

CA

3,017

19.6

164.5

34.7

$163.3

18.3%

29

Kansas City, MO-KS

1,361,744

MO

1,378

13.1

64.4

15.2

$76.2

13.3%

30

San Antonio, TX

1,327,554

TX

1,876

26.7

175.9

42.7

$118.7

14.7%

31

Las Vegas, NV

1,314,357

NV

1,455

23.7

229.4

67.7

$189.5

36.8%

32

Milwaukee, WI

1,308,913

WI

1,949

25.6

155.1

50.7

$158.5

31.4%

33

Indianapolis, IN

1,218,919

IN

737

8.9

51.1

10.0

$43.1

19.3%

34

Providence, RI-MA

1,174,548

RI

2,164

15.1

108.3

21.2

$95.1

27.9%

35

Orlando, FL

1,157,431

FL

1,344

20.8

162.8

25.3

$86.8

22.1%

36

Columbus, OH

1,133,193

OH

889

9.3

61.2