- List of U.S. cities with most households without a car
The following is a list of
United States cities of 100,000+ inhabitants with the 50 highest percentages of households withoutautomobile s, according to data from the 2000 Census. The Census measured the percentage ofhousehold s that did not own or otherwise have access to an automobile, as opposed to households that had 1, 2, 3, or more automobiles.1. New York City, New York 55.7%
2.Newark, New Jersey 44.17%
3.Jersey City, New Jersey 40.67%
4.Washington, D.C. 36.93%
5.Hartford, Connecticut 36.14%
6.Baltimore, Maryland 35.89%
7. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 35.74%
8.Boston, Massachusetts 34.91%
9.Buffalo, New York 31.42%
10.New Haven, Connecticut 29.74%
11.Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 29.45%
12.Paterson, New Jersey 29.32%
13. Chicago, Illinois 28.85%
14.San Francisco, California 28.56%
15.Cambridge, Massachusetts 27.72%
16.New Orleans, Louisiana 27.32%
17.Yonkers, New York 27.05%
18.Miami, Florida 26.71%
19.Syracuse, New York 26.56%
20.Rochester, New York 25.32%
21.Elizabeth, New Jersey 25.21%
22.St. Louis, Missouri 25.17%
23.Cleveland, Ohio 24.57%
24.Bridgeport, Connecticut 23.77%
25.Atlanta, Georgia 23.58%
26.Cincinnati, Ohio 23.37%
27.Providence, Rhode Island 22.92%
28.Springfield, Massachusetts 22.52%
29.Detroit, Michigan 21.9%
30.Richmond, Virginia 21.63%
31.Milwaukee, Wisconsin 21.36%
32.East Los Angeles, California 21.24%
33.Louisville, Kentucky 20.47%
34.Dayton, Ohio 19.97%
35.Minneapolis, Minnesota 19.7%
36.Oakland, California 19.62%
37.Waterbury, Connecticut 19.46%
38.Gary, Indiana 19.37
39.Honolulu, Hawaii 19.36%
40.Allentown, Pennsylvania 18.84%
41.Erie, Pennsylvania 18.2%
42.Worcester, Massachusetts 18.11%
43.Savannah, Georgia 17.64%
44.Lowell, Massachusetts 17.05%
45.Berkeley, California 17.01%
46.Norfolk, Virginia 17.01%
47.St. Paul, Minnesota 16.83%
48.Birmingham, Alabama 16.77%
49.Los Angeles, California 16.53%
50.Seattle, Washington 16.32%ources
* [http://www.census.gov US Census]
* [http://www.bikesatwork.com/carfree/carfree-census-database.html Carfree Census Database]
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