Number of Bike Commuters in the US

[Lazarus]

This is kind of interesting. Some of the states with the highest numbers of commuters are in the cold country.

The Census Data
State  Low Est.  High Est.  
Alabama  0  3,506  
Alaska  1,095  3,847  
Arizona  17,806  32,362  
Arkansas  0  2,342  
California  106,134  134,022  
Colorado  8,449  22,207  
Connecticut  1,051  4,463  
Delaware  759  2,403  
DC  2,818  4,656  
Florida  39,284  56,932  
Georgia  2,081  6,083  
Hawaii  1,932  3,642  
Idaho  4,048  9,418  
Illinois  17,877  31,269  
Indiana  5,873  26,775  
Iowa  3,501  8,173  
Kansas  2,861  8,705  
Kentucky  1,353  4,415  
Louisiana  4,859  12,577  
Maine  860  3,352  
Maryland  2,680  7,086  
Massachusetts  10,880  21,898  
Michigan  16,746  27,122  
Minnesota  11,481  19,771  
Mississippi  69  1,495  
Missouri  2,783  8,357  
Montana  3,056  5,184  
Nebraska  1,845  4,221  
Nevada  1,839  7,525  
New Hampshire  10,850  17,896  
New Jersey  11,160  25,618  
New Mexico  2,490  7,074  
New York  25,428  40,242  
North Carolina  1,081  3,529  
North Dakota  1,266  2,430  
Ohio  6,432  13,338  
Oklahoma  3,067  11,737  
Oregon  14,010  22,982  
Pennsylvania  8,852  16,686  
Rhode Island  470  2,004  
South Carolina  1,280  5,590  
South Dakota  904  2,062  
Tennessee  455  4,491  
Texas  12,011  20,123  
Utah  4,487  7,675  
Vermont  230  706  
Virginia  4,438  9,540  
Washington  19,949  34,601  
West Virginia  161  1,979  
Wisconsin  7,161  13,521  
Wyoming  1,433  2,839  
Total  411,635  750,471

[Christopher Jordan]

Many more have appeared in this small part of CA. Used to be a high percentage of students at 2 colleges, then over the last 3 years or so; older and more traffic-wise cyclists (stop signs,arm signals) and cyclists who do not not take shortcuts through grandmas rose garden ($%^^&!!) have been slowly appearing.

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[GenKreton]

Go go New Hampshire! kicking the crap out of many states that are much more populated

[ankit]

I actually saw two scooters going the opposite direction at the same time today, almost took a picture. Seems like more are appearing as summer starts here and I plan on seeing many many more this summer and next summer.

[Coyote X]

Here is the road I drive to get to work anything smaller than a 350cc or so is asking for trouble. It needs to be able to hold 45mph up a reasonably steep hill and have strong enough brakes to handle the downhill parts. Only way to have a bicycle is to have it in the trunk



There is about 15 miles of road like that to get there. The next closest road that gets there is half dirt and is about 50 miles around some mountains. WV is fun for commuting

[zjrog]

I ride a road not much different than that CoyoteX... And that is just part of the 50 miles each way...