Central Business Districts (CBD): 1990: Employment & Market Share in Major US Metropolitan Areas

Central Business Districts (CBD) 1990:
Employment & Market Share in
Major Metropolitan Areas

Ranking by CBD Market Share
Ranking by CBD Employment
CBD Journey to Work Market Share by Mode

Metropolitan and Central Business District Employment:
Metropolitan Areas with More than 1,000,000 Population: 1990

Metropolitan
Area Central Business District Metropolitan Employment Central Business District Employment Central Business District Share

Atlanta Atlanta 1,469,298 112,654 7.7%

Baltimore Baltimore 1,125,264 127,682 11.3%

Boston Boston 2,182,115 148,400 6.8%

Buffalo Buffalo 534,871 54,828 10.3%

Charlotte Charlotte 634,924 68,368 10.8%

Chicago Chicago 3,870,378 336,313 8.7%

Cincinnati Cincinnati 828,139 77,198 9.3%

Cleveland Cleveland 1,271,745 106,899 8.4%

Columbus Columbus 706,215 39,852 5.6%

Dallas Dallas 2,009,838 112,452 5.6%

Dallas Fort Worth 2,009,838 29,041 1.4%

Denver Denver 982,659 107,773 11.0%

Detroit Detroit 2,071,395 74,339 3.6%

Hartford Hartford 603,402 29,435 4.9%

Houston Houston 1,779,289 127,759 7.2%

Indianapolis Indianapolis 651,123 85,799 13.2%

Kansas City Kansas City 788,089 56,901 7.2%

Los Angeles Long Beach 6,813,757 34,620 0.5%

Los Angeles Los Angeles 6,813,757 288,142 4.2%

Miami Miami 1,474,533 41,214 2.8%

Milwaukee Milwaukee 828,601 86,457 10.4%

Minneapolis Minneapolis 1,307,624 128,395 9.8%

Minneapolis St. Paul 1,307,624 40,278 3.1%

New Orleans New Orleans 515,264 93,292 18.1%

New York Brooklyn 9,357,218 104,312 1.1%

New York New York 9,357,218 1,733,269 18.5%

New York Newark 9,357,218 13,423 0.1%

Norfollk Norfollk 708,503 36,277 5.1%

Orlando Orlando 590,850 39,700 6.7%

Philadelphia Philadelphia 2,433,682 247,945 10.2%

Phoenix Phoenix 998,114 83,746 8.4%

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 965,310 114,814 11.9%

Portland Portland 847,793 95,734 11.3%

Providence Providence 506,135 29,327 5.8%

Rochester Rochester 483,182 40,057 8.3%

Sacramento Sacramento 726,116 68,368 9.4%

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City 484,810 46,078 9.5%

San Antonio San Antonio 582,416 47,651 8.2%

San Diego San Diego 1,215,758 48,166 4.0%

San Francisco Oakland 3,153,201 32,800 1.0%

San Francisco San Francisco 3,153,201 184,254 5.8%

San Francisco San Jose 3,153,201 29,100 0.9%

Seattle Seattle 1,409,497 94,421 6.7%

Seattle Tacoma 1,409,497 35,953 2.6%

St. Louis St. Louis 1,157,017 101,749 8.8%

Tampa St. Petersburg 880,146 29,327 3.3%

Tampa Tampa 880,146 30,526 3.5%

Washington Washington 2,362,448 324,056 13.7%

Total 61,310,719 6,019,144 9.8%

Source: US Census Bureau data.
CBD data provided by US Census Bureau for all but Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Portland, Providence, Sacramento, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Washington for which The Public Purpose calculations are provided (based upon census tracts).

Metropolitan and Central Business District Employment:
Metropolitan Areas with More than 1,000,000 Population: 1990
Ranked by CBD Market Share

Rank Metropolitan
Area Central Business District Metropolitan Employment Central Business District Employment Central Business District Share

1 New York New York 9,357,218 1,733,269 18.5%

2 New Orleans New Orleans 515,264 93,292 18.1%

3 Washington Washington 2,362,448 324,056 13.7%

4 Indianapolis Indianapolis 651,123 85,799 13.2%

5 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 965,310 114,814 11.9%

6 Baltimore Baltimore 1,125,264 127,682 11.3%

7 Portland Portland 847,793 95,734 11.3%

8 Denver Denver 982,659 107,773 11.0%

9 Charlotte Charlotte 634,924 68,368 10.8%

10 Milwaukee Milwaukee 828,601 86,457 10.4%

11 Buffalo Buffalo 534,871 54,828 10.3%

12 Philadelphia Philadelphia 2,433,682 247,945 10.2%

13 Minneapolis Minneapolis 1,307,624 128,395 9.8%

14 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City 484,810 46,078 9.5%

15 Sacramento Sacramento 726,116 68,368 9.4%

16 Cincinnati Cincinnati 828,139 77,198 9.3%

17 St. Louis St. Louis 1,157,017 101,749 8.8%

18 Chicago Chicago 3,870,378 336,313 8.7%

19 Cleveland Cleveland 1,271,745 106,899 8.4%

20 Phoenix Phoenix 998,114 83,746 8.4%

21 Rochester Rochester 483,182 40,057 8.3%

22 San Antonio San Antonio 582,416 47,651 8.2%

23 Atlanta Atlanta 1,469,298 112,654 7.7%

24 Kansas City Kansas City 788,089 56,901 7.2%

25 Houston Houston 1,779,289 127,759 7.2%

26 Boston Boston 2,182,115 148,400 6.8%

27 Orlando Orlando 590,850 39,700 6.7%

28 Seattle Seattle 1,409,497 94,421 6.7%

29 San Francisco San Francisco 3,153,201 184,254 5.8%

30 Providence Providence 506,135 29,327 5.8%

31 Columbus Columbus 706,215 39,852 5.6%

32 Dallas Dallas 2,009,838 112,452 5.6%

33 Norfollk Norfollk 708,503 36,277 5.1%

34 Hartford Hartford 603,402 29,435 4.9%

35 Los Angeles Los Angeles 6,813,757 288,142 4.2%

36 San Diego San Diego 1,215,758 48,166 4.0%

37 Detroit Detroit 2,071,395 74,339 3.6%

38 Tampa Tampa 880,146 30,526 3.5%

39 Tampa St. Petersburg 880,146 29,327 3.3%

40 Minneapolis St. Paul 1,307,624 40,278 3.1%

41 Miami Miami 1,474,533 41,214 2.8%

42 Seattle Tacoma 1,409,497 35,953 2.6%

43 Dallas Fort Worth 2,009,838 29,041 1.4%

44 New York Brooklyn 9,357,218 104,312 1.1%

45 San Francisco Oakland 3,153,201 32,800 1.0%

46 San Francisco San Jose 3,153,201 29,100 0.9%

47 Los Angeles Long Beach 6,813,757 34,620 0.5%

48 New York Newark 9,357,218 13,423 0.1%

Metropolitan and Central Business District Employment:
Metropolitan Areas with More than 1,000,000 Population: 1990
Ranked by CBD Employment

Rank Metropolitan
Area Central Business District Metropolitan Employment Central Business District Employment Central Business District Share

1 New York New York 9,357,218 1,733,269 18.5%

2 Chicago Chicago 3,870,378 336,313 8.7%

3 Washington Washington 2,362,448 324,056 13.7%

4 Los Angeles Los Angeles 6,813,757 288,142 4.2%

5 Philadelphia Philadelphia 2,433,682 247,945 10.2%

6 San Francisco San Francisco 3,153,201 184,254 5.8%

7 Boston Boston 2,182,115 148,400 6.8%

8 Minneapolis Minneapolis 1,307,624 128,395 9.8%

9 Houston Houston 1,779,289 127,759 7.2%

10 Baltimore Baltimore 1,125,264 127,682 11.3%

11 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 965,310 114,814 11.9%

12 Atlanta Atlanta 1,469,298 112,654 7.7%

13 Dallas Dallas 2,009,838 112,452 5.6%

14 Denver Denver 982,659 107,773 11.0%

15 Cleveland Cleveland 1,271,745 106,899 8.4%

16 New York Brooklyn 9,357,218 104,312 1.1%

17 St. Louis St. Louis 1,157,017 101,749 8.8%

18 Portland Portland 847,793 95,734 11.3%

19 Seattle Seattle 1,409,497 94,421 6.7%

20 New Orleans New Orleans 515,264 93,292 18.1%

21 Milwaukee Milwaukee 828,601 86,457 10.4%

22 Indianapolis Indianapolis 651,123 85,799 13.2%

23 Phoenix Phoenix 998,114 83,746 8.4%

24 Cincinnati Cincinnati 828,139 77,198 9.3%

25 Detroit Detroit 2,071,395 74,339 3.6%

26 Sacramento Sacramento 726,116 68,368 9.4%

27 Charlotte Charlotte 634,924 68,368 10.8%

28 Kansas City Kansas City 788,089 56,901 7.2%

29 Buffalo Buffalo 534,871 54,828 10.3%

30 San Diego San Diego 1,215,758 48,166 4.0%

31 San Antonio San Antonio 582,416 47,651 8.2%

32 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City 484,810 46,078 9.5%

33 Miami Miami 1,474,533 41,214 2.8%

34 Minneapolis St. Paul 1,307,624 40,278 3.1%

35 Rochester Rochester 483,182 40,057 8.3%

36 Columbus Columbus 706,215 39,852 5.6%

37 Orlando Orlando 590,850 39,700 6.7%

38 Norfollk Norfollk 708,503 36,277 5.1%

39 Seattle Tacoma 1,409,497 35,953 2.6%

40 Los Angeles Long Beach 6,813,757 34,620 0.5%

41 San Francisco Oakland 3,153,201 32,800 1.0%

42 Tampa Tampa 880,146 30,526 3.5%

43 Hartford Hartford 603,402 29,435 4.9%

44 Tampa St. Petersburg 880,146 29,327 3.3%

45 Providence Providence 506,135 29,327 5.8%

46 San Francisco San Jose 3,153,201 29,100 0.9%

47 Dallas Fort Worth 2,009,838 29,041 1.4%

48 New York Newark 9,357,218 13,423 0.1%

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Metropolitan and Central Business District Employment: Metropolitan Areas with More than 1,000,000 Population: 1990
Metropolitan Area	Central Business District	Metropolitan Employment	Central Business District Employment	Central Business District Share
Atlanta	Atlanta	1,469,298	112,654	7.7%
Baltimore	Baltimore	1,125,264	127,682	11.3%
Boston	Boston	2,182,115	148,400	6.8%
Buffalo	Buffalo	534,871	54,828	10.3%
Charlotte	Charlotte	634,924	68,368	10.8%
Chicago	Chicago	3,870,378	336,313	8.7%
Cincinnati	Cincinnati	828,139	77,198	9.3%
Cleveland	Cleveland	1,271,745	106,899	8.4%
Columbus	Columbus	706,215	39,852	5.6%
Dallas	Dallas	2,009,838	112,452	5.6%
Dallas	Fort Worth	2,009,838	29,041	1.4%
Denver	Denver	982,659	107,773	11.0%
Detroit	Detroit	2,071,395	74,339	3.6%
Hartford	Hartford	603,402	29,435	4.9%
Houston	Houston	1,779,289	127,759	7.2%
Indianapolis	Indianapolis	651,123	85,799	13.2%
Kansas City	Kansas City	788,089	56,901	7.2%
Los Angeles	Long Beach	6,813,757	34,620	0.5%
Los Angeles	Los Angeles	6,813,757	288,142	4.2%
Miami	Miami	1,474,533	41,214	2.8%
Milwaukee	Milwaukee	828,601	86,457	10.4%
Minneapolis	Minneapolis	1,307,624	128,395	9.8%
Minneapolis	St. Paul	1,307,624	40,278	3.1%
New Orleans	New Orleans	515,264	93,292	18.1%
New York	Brooklyn	9,357,218	104,312	1.1%
New York	New York	9,357,218	1,733,269	18.5%
New York	Newark	9,357,218	13,423	0.1%
Norfollk	Norfollk	708,503	36,277	5.1%
Orlando	Orlando	590,850	39,700	6.7%
Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2,433,682	247,945	10.2%
Phoenix	Phoenix	998,114	83,746	8.4%
Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	965,310	114,814	11.9%
Portland	Portland	847,793	95,734	11.3%
Providence	Providence	506,135	29,327	5.8%
Rochester	Rochester	483,182	40,057	8.3%
Sacramento	Sacramento	726,116	68,368	9.4%
Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	484,810	46,078	9.5%
San Antonio	San Antonio	582,416	47,651	8.2%
San Diego	San Diego	1,215,758	48,166	4.0%
San Francisco	Oakland	3,153,201	32,800	1.0%
San Francisco	San Francisco	3,153,201	184,254	5.8%
San Francisco	San Jose	3,153,201	29,100	0.9%
Seattle	Seattle	1,409,497	94,421	6.7%
Seattle	Tacoma	1,409,497	35,953	2.6%
St. Louis	St. Louis	1,157,017	101,749	8.8%
Tampa	St. Petersburg	880,146	29,327	3.3%
Tampa	Tampa	880,146	30,526	3.5%
Washington	Washington	2,362,448	324,056	13.7%
Total		61,310,719	6,019,144	9.8%
Source: US Census Bureau data. CBD data provided by US Census Bureau for all but Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Portland, Providence, Sacramento, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Washington for which The Public Purpose calculations are provided (based upon census tracts).

Metropolitan and Central Business District Employment: Metropolitan Areas with More than 1,000,000 Population: 1990 Ranked by CBD Market Share
Rank	Metropolitan Area	Central Business District	Metropolitan Employment	Central Business District Employment	Central Business District Share
1	New York	New York	9,357,218	1,733,269	18.5%
2	New Orleans	New Orleans	515,264	93,292	18.1%
3	Washington	Washington	2,362,448	324,056	13.7%
4	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	651,123	85,799	13.2%
5	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	965,310	114,814	11.9%
6	Baltimore	Baltimore	1,125,264	127,682	11.3%
7	Portland	Portland	847,793	95,734	11.3%
8	Denver	Denver	982,659	107,773	11.0%
9	Charlotte	Charlotte	634,924	68,368	10.8%
10	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	828,601	86,457	10.4%
11	Buffalo	Buffalo	534,871	54,828	10.3%
12	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	2,433,682	247,945	10.2%
13	Minneapolis	Minneapolis	1,307,624	128,395	9.8%
14	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	484,810	46,078	9.5%
15	Sacramento	Sacramento	726,116	68,368	9.4%
16	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	828,139	77,198	9.3%
17	St. Louis	St. Louis	1,157,017	101,749	8.8%
18	Chicago	Chicago	3,870,378	336,313	8.7%
19	Cleveland	Cleveland	1,271,745	106,899	8.4%
20	Phoenix	Phoenix	998,114	83,746	8.4%
21	Rochester	Rochester	483,182	40,057	8.3%
22	San Antonio	San Antonio	582,416	47,651	8.2%
23	Atlanta	Atlanta	1,469,298	112,654	7.7%
24	Kansas City	Kansas City	788,089	56,901	7.2%
25	Houston	Houston	1,779,289	127,759	7.2%
26	Boston	Boston	2,182,115	148,400	6.8%
27	Orlando	Orlando	590,850	39,700	6.7%
28	Seattle	Seattle	1,409,497	94,421	6.7%
29	San Francisco	San Francisco	3,153,201	184,254	5.8%
30	Providence	Providence	506,135	29,327	5.8%
31	Columbus	Columbus	706,215	39,852	5.6%
32	Dallas	Dallas	2,009,838	112,452	5.6%
33	Norfollk	Norfollk	708,503	36,277	5.1%
34	Hartford	Hartford	603,402	29,435	4.9%
35	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	6,813,757	288,142	4.2%
36	San Diego	San Diego	1,215,758	48,166	4.0%
37	Detroit	Detroit	2,071,395	74,339	3.6%
38	Tampa	Tampa	880,146	30,526	3.5%
39	Tampa	St. Petersburg	880,146	29,327	3.3%
40	Minneapolis	St. Paul	1,307,624	40,278	3.1%
41	Miami	Miami	1,474,533	41,214	2.8%
42	Seattle	Tacoma	1,409,497	35,953	2.6%
43	Dallas	Fort Worth	2,009,838	29,041	1.4%
44	New York	Brooklyn	9,357,218	104,312	1.1%
45	San Francisco	Oakland	3,153,201	32,800	1.0%
46	San Francisco	San Jose	3,153,201	29,100	0.9%
47	Los Angeles	Long Beach	6,813,757	34,620	0.5%
48	New York	Newark	9,357,218	13,423	0.1%