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Madison came in first among large Midwestern cities and seventh in the nation overall in a U.S. Census Bureau analysis of cities with the highest percentage of bicycle commuters.

About 5.3 percent of Madison workers bicycle to their jobs, according to data from the 2014 American Community survey re-released for national Bike to Work Week (May 16-20).

With about 140,000 workers aged 16 and over in the city, that means about 7,380 people bike to work.

Madison's bicycle-commuting percentage is higher than that of fellow Midwestern cities Ann Arbor, Michigan (5 percent), and Minneapolis (4.6 percent) in the top 10, but is below six other cities -- mostly in western states, according to the Census.

The analysis compared cities with populations of more than 100,000 people.

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