NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT (Senate - July 10, 1996)

Major population centers affected by proposed nuclear transportation routes

New York, NY

7,321,564

Los Angeles, CA

3,485,398

Chicago, IL

2,783,726

Houston, TX

1,630,672

Dallas, TX

1,006,831

San Antonio, TX

935,927

Baltimore, MD

736,014

Jacksonville City, FL

635,230

Columbus, OH

632,258

Milwaukee, WI

628,088

Washington, DC

606,900

El Paso, TX

515,342

Cleveland, OH

505,616

New Orleans, LA

496,938

Nashville-Davidson, TN

488,518

Denver, CO

467,610

Fort Worth, TX

447,619

Portland, OR

437,398

Kansas City, MO

433,141

Tucson, AZ

405,390

St. Louis, MO

396,685

Charlotte, NC

396,003

Atlanta, GA

394,017

Albuquerque, NM

384,736

Pittsburgh, PA

389,870

Sacramento, CA

369,365

Minneapolis, MN

368,383

Fresno, CA

354,202

Omaha, NE

335,795

Toledo, OH

332,943

Buffalo, NY

328,123

Santa Ana, CA

293,742

Colorado Springs, CO

281,140

St. Paul, MN

272,235

Louisville, KY

269,157

Anaheim, CA

266,406

Birmingham, AL

265,852

Arlington, TX

261,763

Las Vegas, NV

758,295

Rochester, NY

231,636

Jersey City, NJ

228,537

Riverside, CA

226,505

Akron, OH

223,019

Baton Rouge, LA

219,531

Stockton, CA

210,943

Richmond, VA

203,056

Shreveport, LA

198,528

Mobile, AL

196,278

Des Moines, IA

193,187

Lincoln, NE

191,973

Hialeah, FL

188,004

Montgomery, AL

187,106

Lubbock, TX

186,281

Glendale, CA

180,038

Columbus City, CA

178,701

Little Rock, AR

175,781

Bakersfield, CA

174,820

Fort Wayne, IN

173,072

Newport News, VA

170,043

Knoxville, TN

165,121

Modesto, CA

164,730

San Bernardino, CA

164,164

Syracuse, NY

163,860

Salt Lake City, UT

159,936

Huntsville, AL

159,866

Amarillo, TX

157,615

Springfield, MA

156,983

Chattanooga, TN

152,488

Kansas City, KS

149,768

Metairie, LA

149,428

Fort Lauderdale, FL

149,377

Oxnard, CA

142,192

Hartford, CT

139,739

Reno, NV

133,850

Hampton, VA

133,793

Ontanio, CA

133,179

Pomona, CA

131,723

Lansing, MI

127,321

East Los Angeles, CA

126,379

Evansville, IN

126,272

Tallahassee, FL

124,773

Paradise, NV

124,682

Hollywood, FL

121,697

Topeka, KS

119,883

Gary, IN

116,646

Beaumont, TX

114,323

Fullerton, CA

114,144

Santa Rosa, CA

113,313

Eugene, OR

112,669

Independence, MO

112,301

Overland Park, KS

111,790

Alexandria, VA

111,183

Orange, CA

110,658

Santa Clarita, CA

110,642

Irvine, CA

110,330

Cedar Rapids, IA

108,751

Erie, PA

108,718

Salem, OR

107,786

Citrus Heights, CA

107,439

Abilene, TX

106,665

Macon, GA

106,640

South Bend, IN

105,536

Springfield, IL

105,227

Thousand Oaks, CA

104,352

Waco, TX

103,590

Lowell, MA

103,439

Mesquite, TX

101,484

Simi Valley, CA

100,217

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Mr. BRYAN. A further question of the Senator, if the Senator will yield.

Mr. REID. I will be happy to yield for a question from my friend.

Mr. BRYAN. I think the Senator's point was that the population numbers that I read of part of those cities represents the corporate city limits, and I believe the Senator's point, if I understood him correctly, is that each of these communities are part of a metropolitan area. As the Senator pointed out, in our hometown of Las Vegas, there are roughly a million people in the metropolitan area who would be directly and adversely impacted by a rail or highway accident. Yet, Las Vegas is listed for purposes of population as 258,000. I believe, if I understood the Senator's point, in addition to the population indicated here, there are suburban communities that would be populated as well, perhaps even greater.