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Table 2-1 <br />NORTHSTAR STATION DRAW AREA WORKERS <br />AND THOSE THAT WORK IN MINNEAPOLIS <br />Total Work in Minneapolis <br />Station Draw Area Employees Employees Percent <br />Big Lake 6,695 514 7.7 % <br />Elk River 13,808 1,206 8.7 <br />Ramsey 25,296 2,779 11.0 <br />Anoka 46,508 5,990 12.9 <br />Coon Rapids 56,554 8,828 15.6 <br />Fridley 16,232 3,384 20.8 <br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies. <br />Northstar station market penetration in each draw area is shown in Table 2-2. The number of <br />draw area residents employed in Minneapolis is compared with number of Northstar riders <br />identified in the user origin survey. In calculating ridership market share, each station's draw <br />area was limited to the area north of the Mississippi River to be consistent with the residential <br />market analysis, which did not extend south of the river. Those riders from south of the river are <br />included as inflow riders along with those living outside the draw area. Inflow riders are <br />assumed to also be primarily destined to Minneapolis. <br />Table 2-2 <br />NORTHSTAR RIDERS AND DRAW AREA RESIDENTS WORKING IN MINNEAPOLIS; 2010 <br />Big Lake Elk River Ramsey Anoka Coon Rapids Fridley <br />Station Station Station Station Station Station <br />Work in Minneapolis 514 1,206 2,779 5,990 8,828 3,384 <br />Ride to Minneapolis 155 240 87 190 165 22 <br />Employee Market Share 30.2 % 19.9 % 3.1 % 3.2 % 1.9 % 0.7 % <br />Draw Area Rider Percent 73.1 % 83.3 % 67.4 % 89.2 % 83.8 % 64.7 % <br />Inflow Riders 57 48 42 23 32 12 <br />Percent 26.9 % 16.7 % 32.6 % 10.8 % 16.2 % 35.3 % <br />Total Riders 212 288 129 213 197 34 <br />Source: M cCo mb Group, Ltd. and M etro Transit. <br />The Big Lake Station Draw Area includes Big Lake and Becker and had 514 residents employed <br />in Minneapolis and an estimated 155 rode the Northstar for a market share of 30.2 percent. <br />Inflow riders from outside the draw area and south of the Mississippi River represented 26.9 <br />percent or 57 riders including 31 from south of the Mississippi River. Big Lake has the highest <br />ridership market share of any station. <br />Elk River had the largest ridership with 288 users. This draw area includes the cities of Elk <br />River and Zimmerman, with inflow riders from Otsego, Albertville and a portion of St. Michael. <br />Draw area riders totaled 240 or 19.9 percent of the draw area residents employed in Minneapolis. <br />Inflow users (48 riders) accounted for 16.7 percent of the users, 33 of which were from south of <br />the Mississippi River. <br />2-3 <br />