Commuting trends have changed dramatically over the years. More and more Americans are turning to alternative means to get to and from work. Every year, we rank the top 70 largest cities with the highest percentage of bicycle commuters by population from data in the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. This is the ranking for 2013.

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70 largest cities with
highest share
of bicycle
commuters
commuting trends have changed
dramatically over the years. More
and more Americans are turn-ing
to alternative means to get
to and from work. Every year, we
rank the top 70 largest cities with
the highest percentage of bicycle
commuters by population from
data in the U.S. Census Bureau’s
American Community Survey.
This is the ranking for 2013.

2. City rank
% of bike
commuters population
% growth from
1990 to 2013
% Growth from
2000 to 2013
Portland, OR 1 5.9% 611134 408.2% 234.0%
Washington, DC 2 4.5% 649495 498.5% 290.3%
San Francisco, CA 3 3.8% 837442 300.8% 93.9%
Minneapolis, MN 4 3.7% 400079 129.6% 97.2%
New Orleans, LA 5 3.6% 378715 292.3% 208.7%
Seattle, WA 6 3.5% 652429 128.8% 84.8%
Tucson, AZ 7 3.4% 526141 20.6% 52.5%
Oakland, CA 8 3.0% 406228 167.4% 142.7%
Honolulu, HI 9 2.4% 347907 92.0% 91.8%
Philadelphia, PA 10 2.3% 1553165 296.5% 162.8%
Pittsburgh, PA 11 2.2% 305838 440.1% 408.8%
Sacramento, CA 12 2.2% 479671 16.4% 63.6%
Denver, CO 13 2.0% 646449 129.7% 108.3%
Boston, MA 14 1.9% 644710 122.3% 100.7%
Santa Ana, CA 15 1.8% 334241 62.2% 62.8%
St. Paul, MN 16 1.8% 294873 258.3% 179.6%
Albuquerque, NM 17 1.7% 556489 42.9% 49.9%
Buffalo, NY 18 1.6% 258945 360.0% 268.1%
Austin, TX 19 1.4% 885415 76.8% 48.0%
Chicago, IL 20 1.4% 2718789 389.2% 174.8%
Long Beach, CA 21 1.2% 469384 26.0% 68.2%
Los Angeles, CA 22 1.2% 3884340 105.9% 101.8%
New York City, NY 23 1.2% 8405837 297.5% 156.6%
Tampa, FL 24 1.2% 352981 31.5% 33.0%
Anchorage, AK 25 1.2% 300950 155.8% 130.5%
Milwaukee, WI 26 1.1% 599168 237.6% 240.6%
Lexington-Fayette
27 1.1% 308428 218.5% 93.7%
county, KY
Fresno, CA 28 1.1% 509965 8.5% 37.2%
Columbus, OH 29 1.0% 822762 165.0% 199.0%
Miami, FL 30 1.0% 417670 62.6% 78.9%
San Jose, CA 31 1.0% 998514 54.9% 56.8%
Mesa, AZ 32 1.0% 457595 -33.5% -22.5%
Stockton, CA 33 0.9% 298115 -6.1% 8.6%
Houston, TX 34 0.8% 2197374 139.3% 83.4%
San Diego, CA 35 0.8% 1355885 -25.5% 13.0%
St. Louis, MO 36 0.7% 318416 169.3% 107.4%
Atlanta, GA 37 0.7% 447848 152.5% 128.3%

3. City rank
% of bike
commuters population
% growth from
1990 to 2013
% Growth from
2000 to 2013
Colorado Springs, CO 38 0.7% 439858 44.7% 36.4%
Anaheim, CA 39 0.7% 345015 -39.0% -41.3%
Baltimore, MD 40 0.7% 622104 181.6% 111.3%
Riverside, CA 41 0.7% 316613 -43.8% -19.3%
Phoenix, AZ 42 0.6% 1513350 -44.1% -28.2%
Virginia Beach, VA 43 0.6% 448479 39.9% 85.9%
Detroit, MI 44 0.6% 688740 438.3% 255.1%
Cincinnati, OH 45 0.5% 297498 126.3% 146.3%
Louisville/Jefferson
46 0.5% 609908 149.3% 5.3%
County metro, KY
Newark, NJ 47 0.5% 278436 103.2% 112.1%
Las Vegas, NV 48 0.4% 603525 -36.9% 12.8%
Wichita, KS 49 0.4% 386558 65.9% 146.0%
Indianapolis, IN 50 0.4% 838425 150.0% 96.5%
Bakersfield, CA 51 0.4% 363630 -26.7% -25.3%
Memphis, TN 52 0.4% 653450 189.0% 249.9%
Jacksonville, FL 53 0.4% 842588 -40.9% -17.0%
Cleveland, OH 54 0.3% 390106 168.9% 62.1%
Nashville-Davidson
55 0.3% 634465 138.0% 144.0%
metro, TN
San Antonio, TX 56 0.3% 1409000 114.1% 100.4%
Oklahoma City, OK 57 0.3% 610617 126.0% 176.6%
Dallas, TX 58 0.3% 1257676 84.2% 111.9%
Charlotte, NC 59 0.3% 792849 78.1% 88.2%
Aurora, CO 60 0.3% 345814 23.9% 54.9%
Toledo, OH 61 0.2% 282313 94.3% 12.5%
Omaha, NE 62 0.2% 434353 69.5% 81.3%
Tulsa, OK 63 0.2% 398724 11.9% 11.6%
Fort Worth, TX 64 0.2% 794189 -0.134 25.9%
Raleigh, NC 65 0.2% 431897 -0.657 -54.7%
Kansas City, MO 66 0.2% 467082 0.346 22.1%
El Paso, TX 67 0.1% 674438 -0.589 16.4%
Arlington, TX 68 0.1% 379565 -0.192 -23.1%
Plano, TX 69 0.1% 273519 -0.674 -36.3%
Corpus Christi, TX 70 0.0% 316389 -0.807 -81.5%