US Metropolitan Statistical Areas*/Mega-regions *MSA=50,000 pop. or greater (Only continental US MSAs shown) Bold – MSA Cities/Regions served directly by intercity passenger rail = 132 MSAs to be added under NARP/NASIS plans = 87 MSAs without direct intercity passenger rail († denotes nearby station) By population size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58
New York-No. New Jersey-Long Island, NY Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Atlanta, GA Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Cleveland-Akron, OH Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI San Diego, CA St. Louis, MO-IL Pittsburgh, PA Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Portland-Salem, OR-WA Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Kansas City, MO-KS Sacramento-Yolo, CA Milwaukee-Racine, WI Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA San Antonio, TX Indianapolis, IN Orlando, FL Columbus, OH Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC New Orleans, LA Las Vegas, NV-AZ Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC Nashville, TN Hartford, CT Rochester, NY Memphis, TN-AR-MS Austin-San Marcos, TX Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Jacksonville, FL Oklahoma City, OK Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL Louisville, KY-IN Dayton-Springfield, OH Richmond-Petersburg, VA Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Birmingham, AL Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Fresno, CA Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Syracuse, NY
2006 Pop. 19,876,488 15,608,886 8,642,175 7,206,517 6,700,753 5,971,860 5,827,654 5,438,756 4,683,013 4,320,041 3,627,184 3,515,358 3,367,872 2,908,439 2,839,539 2,792,137 2,722,650 2,557,806 2,361,019 2,318,355 2,227,000 2,112,802 1,934,145 1,709,273 1,655,866 1,636,572 1,544,945 1,511,386 1,503,468 1,467,045 1,460,242 1,350,243 1,307,758 1,262,099 1,247,554 1,164,721 1,152,779 1,134,524 1,105,174 1,086,082 1,083,186 1,071,023 1,050,054 1,034,604 1,030,504 1,026,295 1,018,524 993,369 944,934 943,264 904,831 904,729 900,029 876,420 868,703 780,150 764,396 740,771
59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128
El Paso, TX Omaha, NE-IA Albuquerque, NM Knoxville, TN Bakersfield, CA Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA Toledo, OH Youngstown-Warren, OH Springfield, MA Baton Rouge, LA Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Stockton-Lodi, CA Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Wichita, KS Mobile, AL MSA McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Charleston-North Charleston, SC Columbia, SC Colorado Springs, CO Fort Wayne, IN Daytona Beach, FL Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC Lancaster, PA Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Chattanooga, TN-GA Lansing-East Lansing, MI Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI Lexington, KY Des Moines, IA Jackson, MS Modesto, CA Spokane, WA Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI Canton-Massillon, OH† Madison, WI Pensacola, FL Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA Corpus Christi, TX Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL Boise City, ID Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Lafayette, LA York, PA† Salinas, CA Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Rockford, IL Reading, PA Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA Peoria-Pekin, IL Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Huntsville, AL Provo-Orem, UT Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX Montgomery, AL Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC Macon, GA Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Eugene-Springfield, OR Reno, NV Springfield, MO Killeen-Temple, TX Utica-Rome, NY Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY
701,576 687,454 674,837 654,181 628,605 621,641 615,025 613,836 611,805 595,215 591,110 570,165 552,194 542,504 538,783 530,508 527,118 510,922 509,856 503,948 480,041 477,536 465,925 460,977 460,147 457,228 454,063 448,646 447,488 447,349 446,699 444,073 429,717 425,383 421,818 404,650 402,949 402,644 397,511 397,085 390,199 387,100 387,091 383,843 378,738 374,991 372,027 370,518 361,907 357,163 354,774 354,057 353,175 345,954 343,423 342,154 332,993 328,142 320,801 319,175 318,368 316,077 315,204 311,356 305,792 300,980 299,740 298,878 295,646 288,929
129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198
Savannah, GA Fayetteville, NC Erie, PA Columbus, GA-AL Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR Tallahassee, FL South Bend, IN Charleston, WV New London-Norwich, CT Binghamton, NY Portland, ME Odessa-Midland, TX Duluth-Superior, MN-WI Johnstown, PA Ocala, FL Lincoln, NE San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA Lubbock, TX Roanoke, VA Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Yakima, WA Green Bay, WI Wilmington, NC Asheville, NC Longview-Marshall, TX Amarillo, TX Lynchburg, VA Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA Springfield, IL Waco, TX Gainesville, FL† Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY Merced, CA Naples, FL Chico-Paradise, CA Fort Smith, AR-OK Houma, LA Burlington, VT Laredo, TX Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA Cedar Rapids, IA Lake Charles, LA Mansfield, OH Lafayette, IN Medford-Ashland, OR Elkhart-Goshen, IN Myrtle Beach, SC Champaign-Urbana, IL Las Cruces, NM Fort Walton Beach, FL Tyler, TX Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN Topeka, KS Redding, CA St. Cloud, MN Tuscaloosa, AL Benton Harbor, MI Sioux Falls, SD Jackson, MI Lima, OH Bellingham, WA Wheeling, WV-OH Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH Janesville-Beloit, WI Terre Haute, IN Joplin, MO Monroe, LA Charlottesville, VA Panama City, FL Rocky Mount, NC
284,090 284,047 279,401 272,035 266,980 260,611 258,056 253,850 252,958 251,698 251,438 243,389 238,184 237,674 237,308 233,319 233,291 230,672 228,534 226,021 218,318 214,244 213,580 211,284 208,250 208,165 207,426 205,128 203,942 202,983 198,326 197,481 196,123 195,731 194,160 192,395 191,227 191,088 183,219 182,799 181,704 178,874 174,851 171,539 170,960 170,725 169,178 168,473 168,470 167,580 166,723 166,396 164,932 163,178 161,211 160,760 160,713 160,670 155,346 154,944 154,249 154,153 150,641 150,332 148,468 147,127 147,055 146,617 146,223 145,571
199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268
Eau Claire, WI Bangor, ME Jacksonville, NC Decatur, AL Bloomington-Normal, IL Santa Fe, NM Jamestown, NY Yuba City, CA Athens, GA Florence, AL Wichita Falls, TX Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Dothan, AL Pittsfield, MA Punta Gorda, FL Bryan-College Station, TX State College, PA Pueblo, CO Altoona, PA Yuma, AZ Columbia, MO Alexandria, LA Billings, MT Florence, SC Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR Dover, DE Glens Falls, NY Wausau, WI Sharon, PA La Crosse, WI-MN Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Abilene, TX Greenville, NC Sioux City, IA-NE Flagstaff, AZ-UT Williamsport, PA Albany, GA Muncie, IN Anniston, AL Bloomington, IN Rochester, MN Decatur, IL Lawton, OK Goldsboro, NC Grand Junction, CO Sheboygan, WI Hattiesburg, MS Danville, VA Sumter, SC Gadsden, AL San Angelo, TX Iowa City, IA Grand Forks, ND-MN Sherman-Denison, TX Lewiston-Auburn, ME Kokomo, IN Jackson, TN Cumberland, MD-WV St. Joseph, MO Elmira, NY Lawrence, KS Bismarck, ND Owensboro, KY Dubuque, IA Rapid City, SD Pine Bluff, AR Victoria, TX Great Falls, MT Cheyenne, WY Jonesboro, AR
143,486 143,300 143,013 141,690 140,797 140,066 140,015 139,315 138,523 137,288 137,103 136,725 134,270 134,244 133,681 133,008 132,993 132,901 130,923 130,016 128,309 126,491 125,771 124,379 123,380 122,709 122,582 122,450 122,045 121,507 121,502 121,456 121,057 120,823 119,547 118,405 117,674 117,625 117,092 116,653 114,619 114,265 113,957 111,981 110,681 109,896 109,584 108,602 106,589 104,313 102,648 102,318 101,700 101,541 101,045 99,981 99,319 99,122 97,111 93,088 91,093 91,044 91,011 88,084 87,190 82,259 82,024 79,134 78,473 76,932
269 270 271
Pocatello, IDÂ Casper, WYÂ Enid, OK
73,850 63,638 56,699
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population served by intercity passenger rail = 182,556,566 Additional population served by NASIS intercity passenger rail = 30,187,500