MSA population interstate's families goes through

[SkyPesos]

Correction on the title: I'm excluding the imposter x0...

In another thread, I had a guess that I-40 goes through the least metro area population of the x0 interstates (excluding I-30), so this will be to see if that's true, as well as find other population numbers that surprises me. I'll be using MSA population of all metro areas with a population of 200k or higher (rounded to the thousands place) that an interstate's family goes through. I'll start with x0s for now, then do x5s. My guess for x5s is that I-95 would be the highest, then either I-5, I-35 or I-75.

I-10
Los Angeles   13,110,000
Riverside   4,678,000
Phoenix   5,060,000
Tucson   1,061,000
Las Cruces   221,000
El Paso   846,000
San Antonio   2,591,000
Houston   7,154,000
Beaumont   391,000
Lake Charles   210,000
Lafayette   490,000
Baton Rouge   859,000
New Orleans   1,272,000
Gulfport   419,000
Mobile   429,000
Pensacola   512,000
Tallahassee   390,000
Jacksonville   1,588,000   

Total   41,281,000

I-20
Dallas   7,694,000
Tyler   235,000
Longview   287,000
Shreveport   392,000
Jackson   589,000
Tuscaloosa   253,000
Birmingham   1,092,000
Atlanta   6,088,000
Augusta   614,000
Columbia   847,000
Florence   204,000   

Total   18,295,000

I-40
Riverside   4,678,000
Kingman   217,000
Albuquerque   924,000
Amarillo   265,000
Oklahoma City   1,425,000
Fort Smith   250,000
Little Rock   747,000
Memphis   1,349,000
Nashville   1,961,000
Knoxville   878,000
Asheville   467,000
Winston-Salem   678,000
Greensboro   776,000
Durham   653,000
Raleigh   1,420,000
Wilmington   301,000
   
Total   16,989,000

I-70
Denver   2,991,000
Topeka   231,000
Kansas City   2,173,000
Columbia   210,000
St Louis   2,805,000
Indianapolis   2,091,000
Dayton   809,000
Columbus   2,139,000
Pittsburgh   2,309,000
Hagerstown   291,000
Baltimore   2,800,000
Washington   6,325,000
   
Total   25,174,000

I-80
San Jose   1,971,000
San Francisco   4,697,000
Vallejo   447,000
Sacramento   2,375,000
Reno   481,000
Salt Lake City   1,240,000
Lincoln   338,000
Omaha   954,000
Des Moines   708,000
Cedar Rapids   274,000
Davenport   378,000
Chicago   9,407,000
South Bend   323,000
Elkhart   206,000
Toledo   642,000
Cleveland   2,044,000
Akron   701,000
Youngstown   531,000
Pittsburgh   2,309,000
Scranton   553,000
New York City   19,124,000
   
Total   49,703,000

I-90
Seattle   4,019,000
Spokane   575,000
Sioux Falls   274,000
Rochester   223,000
Madison   670,000
Rockford   334,000
Chicago   9,407,000
South Bend   323,000
Elkhart   206,000
Toledo   642,000
Cleveland   2,044,000
Erie   268,000
Buffalo   1,126,000
Rochester   1,067,000
Syracuse   646,000
Utica   288,000
Albany   879,000
Springfield   696,000
Worcester   946,000
Boston   4,878,000
   
Total   29,511,000

I thought I-90 would be much more than 4 million higher than I-70 as it goes through larger metros, but I guess all the mid-sized metros on I-70 adds up quickly. Also I could see I-10 pass I-80's population in the distant future given that I-10's metros are growing much faster than I-80's.

[Roadgeekteen]

I-20 is sus. But I-30 has already been outed at the imposter.

[Some one]

I-20 is sus. But I-30 has already been outed at the imposter.

I saw them venting in Little Rock. 

[Bickendan]

Is San Bernadino being conflated as/combined with Riverside here? And even if so, to say that Barstow is included there is... specious at best.

[thspfc]

Is San Bernadino being conflated as/combined with Riverside here? And even if so, to say that Barstow is included there is... specious at best.

Yeah, I-40 shouldn't be included in the Inland Empire.

[oscar]

Is San Bernadino being conflated as/combined with Riverside here? And even if so, to say that Barstow is included there is... specious at best.

That's just an artifact of how the Feds define MSAs like the ones the OP is using. They include entire counties (in this case two of them, for both Riverside and San Bernardino), even if they are huge and include lots of lightly populated territory far from their core cities.

[SkyPesos]

x5 Interstates...

I-5   
San Diego   3,332,000
Los Angeles   13,110,000
Bakersfield   901,000
Fresno   1,001,000
Merced   279,000
Modesto   550,000
Stockton   768,000
Vallejo   447,000
Sacramento   2,375,000
Medford   222,000
Eugene   383,000
Salem   437,000
Portland   2,510,000
Olympia   294,000
Seattle   4,019,000
Bellingham   231,000
   
Total   30,859,000

I-15
San Diego   3,332,000
Riverside   4,678,000
Las Vegas   2,316,000
Provo   663,000
Salt Lake City   1,240,000
Ogden   691,000
   
Total   12,920,000

I-25   
Las Cruces   221,000
Albuquerque   924,000
Colorado Springs   754,000
Denver   2,991,000
Greeley   334,000
Ft Collins   360,000
   
Total   5,584,000

I-35   
Laredo   278,000
San Antonio   2,591,000
Austin   2,295,000
Killeen   468,000
Waco   277,000
Dallas   7,694,000
Oklahoma City   1,425,000
Wichita   644,000
Topeka   231,000
Kansas City   2,173,000
Des Moines   708,000
Minneapolis   3,657,000
Duluth   289,000
   
Total   22,730,000

I-45     
Houston   7,154,000
Dallas   7,694,000
   
Total   14,848,000

I-55   
New Orleans   1,272,000
Jackson   589,000
Memphis   1,349,000
St Louis   2,805,000
Springfield   206,000
Peoria   397,000
Chicago   9,407,000
   
Total   16,025,000

I-65
Mobile   429,000
Montgomery   373,000
Birmingham   1,092,000
Huntsville   482,000
Nashville   1,961,000
Louisville   1,269,000
Indianapolis   2,091,000
Lafayette   233,000
Chicago   9,407,000
   
Total   17,337,000

I-75   
Miami   6,173,000
Naples   393,000
Ft Myers   791,000
Sarasota   855,000
Tampa   3,244,000
Ocala   374,000
Gainesville   332,000
Macon   230,000
Atlanta   6,088,000
Chattanooga   570,000
Knoxville   878,000
Lexington   520,000
Cincinnati   2,233,000
Dayton   809,000
Toledo   642,000
Detroit   4,304,000
Flint   405,000
   
Total   28,841,000

I-85   
Montgomery   373,000
Columbus   323,000
Atlanta   6,088,000
Greenville   933,000
Spartanburg   326,000
Charlotte   2,684,000
Winston-Salem   678,000
Greensboro   776,000
Durham   653,000
Richmond   1,303,000
   
Total   14,137,000

I-95   
Miami   6,173,000
Port St Lucie   499,000
Palm Bay   608,000
Daytona Beach   680,000
Jacksonville   1,588,000
Savannah   396,000
Florence   204,000
Fayetteville   529,000
Raleigh   1,420,000
Richmond   1,303,000
Washington   6,325,000
Baltimore   2,800,000
Philadelphia   6,108,000
Trenton   367,000
New York City   19,124,000
Bridgeport   942,000
New Haven   852,000
New London   265,000
Providence   1,624,000
Worcester   946,000
Boston   4,878,000
Portland   543,000
   
Total   58,174,000

[hobsini2]

If I-30 is an imposter, so too is I-45. Just sayin.

[DTComposer]

The westernmost ¾ mile of I-205 (CA) is in Alameda County, so you could technically include San Francisco on the list for I-5.

[JayhawkCO]

You missed Santa Fe, Pueblo, Cheyenne, and Casper for I-25.

You missed St. George, Logan, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, and Great Falls for I-15.

Chris

[SkyPesos]

You missed Santa Fe, Pueblo, Cheyenne, and Casper for I-25.

You missed St. George, Logan, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, and Great Falls for I-15.

Chris

...MSA population of all metro areas with a population of 200k or higher...

Though a lot of the metros you listed and that I left out because it didn't meet my minimum have a population between 150-200k. Might see how much more gets added to my total adding up all those metro areas.

[SkyPesos]

If I-30 is an imposter, so too is I-45. Just sayin.

I added I-45 in just to see how many of the longer x5s would go through a smaller population than the imposter x5, as I-45 goes through the 4th and 5th largest metro areas in the country.

[JayhawkCO]

You missed Santa Fe, Pueblo, Cheyenne, and Casper for I-25.

You missed St. George, Logan, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, and Great Falls for I-15.

Chris

...MSA population of all metro areas with a population of 200k or higher...

Though a lot of the metros you listed and that I left out because it didn't meet my minimum have a population between 150-200k. Might see how much more gets added to my total adding up all those metro areas.

Gotcha.  Missed that portion.  My apologies.  It would likely impact more greatly the western interstates since a smaller city is more important regionally.  East of the Mississippi, the same sized towns would be micropolitan.

Chris

[thspfc]

If I-30 is an imposter, so too is I-45. Just sayin.

I added I-45 in just to see how many of the longer x5s would go through a smaller population than the imposter x5, as I-45 goes through the 4th and 5th largest metro areas in the country.

It would beat I-25 for sure. Possibly I-65 as well, depending on whether or not you give it credit for the entire Chicago area.

[bing101]

Is San Bernadino being conflated as/combined with Riverside here? And even if so, to say that Barstow is included there is... specious at best.

That's just an artifact of how the Feds define MSAs like the ones the OP is using. They include entire counties (in this case two of them, for both Riverside and San Bernardino), even if they are huge and include lots of lightly populated territory far from their core cities.

Same for Vallejo it's how MSA's are counted and how Vallejo gets counted for both I-5 and I-80. Note the one 3di related to I-5 that the OP is referring to is I-505 that's how Vallejo got counted in the OP. But in most cases Solano County, CA gets view by locals as the outer suburbs of both Sacramento and San Francisco.

[skluth]

If I-30 is an imposter, so too is I-45. Just sayin.

I added I-45 in just to see how many of the longer x5s would go through a smaller population than the imposter x5, as I-45 goes through the 4th and 5th largest metro areas in the country.

It would beat I-25 for sure. Possibly I-65 as well, depending on whether or not you give it credit for the entire Chicago area.

I-65 goes into Gary which is an important suburb in the Chicago metro. It makes a lot more sense than I-40 being in the Riverside-San Bernardino metro when it ends in rural Barstow.

[SkyPesos]

Some long non-x0 E-W interstates:

I-64   
St Louis   2,805,000
Evansville   316,000
Louisville   1,269,000
Lexington   520,000
Huntington   354,000
Charleston   254,000
Charlottesville   220,000
Richmond   1,303,000
Norfolk   1,780,000
   
Total   8,821,000

I-74
Davenport   378,000
Peoria   397,000
Champaign   226,000
Indianapolis   2,091,000
Cincinnati   2,233,000
Winston-Salem   680,000
Greensboro   776,000
   
Total   6,781,000

I-76   
Denver   2,991,000
Cleveland   2,044,000
Akron   701,000
Youngstown   531,000
Pittsburgh   2,309,246
Harrisburg   582,000
Reading   421,000
Lancaster   546,000
Philadelphia   6,108,000
Allentown   846,000
Scranton   553,000
   
Total   17,632,246

I-84   
Portland   2,510,000
Boise   770,000
Ogden   691,000
Scranton   553,000
New York City   19,124,000
Bridgeport   942,000
New Haven   852,000
Hartford   1,201,000
Worcester   946,000
   
Total   27,589,000

I-94   
Fargo   249,000
St Cloud   203,000
Minneapolis   3,657,000
Madison   670,000
Milwaukee   1,578,000
Chicago   9,407,000
Kalamazoo   266,000
Ann Arbor   366,000
Detroit   4,304,000
   
Total   20,700,000