Streets with Martin Luther King Jr.'s name
Our counts from the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Feature Names files: 8,261,451 streets in 3,231 counties.
Our take written by All Streets
The files spell Martin Luther King Jr.'s name in many ways. Martin Luther King Jr appears as a base name on 597 streets and Martin Luther King on 533, Dr Martin Luther King Jr on 110 and M L King on 58.
Across the reviewed spellings on this page we count 1,511 streets in 42 jurisdictions: 40 states, DC and Puerto Rico, with 213 in Georgia, 188 in Texas and 153 in Mississippi. These are name matches, as the note says, not records of each dedication.
Our reading of the counts on this page. It adds no facts of its own.
These are name-string matches, not verified dedications: only the 24 base-name strings on our reviewed list (below) are included, among them the listed Dr and Memorial forms. Every string not on the list is excluded.
| Base name | Streets |
|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr | 597 |
| Martin Luther King | 533 |
| Dr Martin Luther King Jr | 110 |
| Dr Martin Luther King | 74 |
| M L King | 58 |
| M L King Jr | 36 |
| Mlk | 17 |
| Mlk Jr | 17 |
| M L K | 16 |
| Dr M L King Jr | 14 |
| Ml King | 8 |
| Dr M L King | 7 |
| Dr Martin Luther King Jr Memorial | 5 |
| Ml King Jr | 5 |
| M L K Jr | 3 |
| Martin Luther King Junior | 3 |
| Dr Martin Luther King Memorial | 2 |
| Martin Luther King Memorial | 2 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr | 2 |
| M L King Memorial | 1 |
| MLK | 1 |
| State | Streets |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 213 |
| Texas | 188 |
| Mississippi | 153 |
| Louisiana | 138 |
| Florida | 135 |
| Alabama | 109 |
| North Carolina | 90 |
| California | 53 |
| Arkansas | 52 |
| Indiana | 49 |
| Ohio | 32 |
| Illinois | 32 |
| South Carolina | 30 |
| Oklahoma | 30 |
| New Jersey | 22 |
| Kentucky | 21 |
| Tennessee | 20 |
| Iowa | 16 |
| Michigan | 15 |
| Missouri | 13 |
| Washington | 12 |
| Maryland | 11 |
| Oregon | 10 |
| New York | 10 |
| New Mexico | 9 |
| Virginia | 8 |
| Wisconsin | 6 |
| Colorado | 5 |
| Arizona | 5 |
| Massachusetts | 3 |
| Connecticut | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 |
| West Virginia | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Kansas | 2 |
| District of Columbia | 2 |
| Delaware | 2 |
| Wyoming | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 |
| Alaska | 1 |
Our count: 1,511 streets under the spellings above, in 42 jurisdictions: 40 states, DC and Puerto Rico. Reviewed spellings: Martin Luther King Jr; Martin Luther King; Dr Martin Luther King Jr; Dr Martin Luther King; M L King; M L King Jr; Mlk Jr; M L K; Ml King; Ml King Jr; M L K Jr; Martin Luther King Junior; Martin Luther King, Jr; MLK; Mlk; Dr Martin Luther King Jr Memorial; Dr Martin Luther King Memorial; Martin Luther King Memorial; Martin Luther King Jr Memorial; M L King Memorial; Dr M L King Jr; Dr M L King; Dr MLK Jr; Dr Mlk Jr.
Rows from the Census files
Verbatim field values from the county Feature Names files behind this page's counts. Each is one edge record; our count treats each LINEARID as one street.
| File (county) | TLID | LINEARID | FULLNAME | NAME | PREDIRABRV | PRETYPABRV | SUFTYPABRV | SUFDIRABRV | MTFCC | PAFLAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tl_2025_13121_featnames.zip Fulton County, Georgia | 17344307 | 1101019351817 | Martin Luther King Jr Dr SE | Martin Luther King Jr | Dr | SE | S1400 | P | ||
| tl_2025_04003_featnames.zip Cochise County, Arizona | 121040508 | 1101065827718 | Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy | Martin Luther King Jr | Pkwy | S1400 | P | |||
| tl_2025_40065_featnames.zip Jackson County, Oklahoma | 171807567 | 1101021366149 | W Martin Luther King Dr | Martin Luther King | W | Dr | S1400 | P |
Our checker re-read these rows from census.gov on October 14.
How we counted
Method note Our count of Census linear features (streets, as defined in the method note): one street is one LINEARID that carries a primary name (PAFLAG P) on at least one edge classed S1200 or S1400, with a non-blank NAME, across 3,234 of the 3,235 county files; the file for St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands was answered by the Census server with a "Request Rejected" page and is left out. A name counts once per LINEARID, so a road the Census splits into several linear features counts more than once. Full method and definitions →
The MAF/TIGER System breaks/ends linear elemental features when the feature name changes. All spelling differences result in a new feature. Features will also break at county boundaries, changes in primary/alternate designation, MTFCC, and gaps in the geometry.
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