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Appendix B - Data Dictionary
Pre-9/11 Long

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Variable Name Variable Type Variable Length Label Question Number Value Range Code Frequency Weighted Frequency Data File
ACCDIV Char 2 Access place (to far dest)-Census division   -1 = Appropriate Skip 16,315 2,448,264,309 PRE-911 LONG
-9 = Not Ascertained 62 8,651,143  
0 = Puerto Rico and Island Areas 1 113,071  
1 = New England 114 16,521,876  
2 = Middle Atlantic 295 46,681,051  
3 = East North Central 296 45,026,697  
4 = West North Central 135 20,048,737  
5 = South Atlantic 276 53,000,324  
6 = East South Central 57 9,079,141  
7 = West South Central 148 28,104,045  
8 = Mountain 143 18,738,902  
9 = Pacific 374 58,019,244  
ACCMDOB Num 8 Charter/school/other bus- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,776 284,589,058  
1 = Yes 73 12,055,458  
ACCMDOT Num 8 Intercity/other train- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,843 295,536,814  
1 = Yes 6 1,107,702  
ACCMDOTH Num 8 Other means- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,840 294,509,538  
1 = Yes 9 2,134,977  
ACCMDPOV Num 8 Personal vehicle- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 360 66,635,573  
1 = Yes 1,489 230,008,943  
ACCMDPTB Num 8 Public transit bus- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,828 292,102,067  
1 = Yes 21 4,542,448  
ACCMDSHP Num 8 Ferry/boat/ship- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,848 296,531,444  
1 = Yes 1 113,071  
ACCMDSHT Num 8 Shuttle/limo- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,658 272,472,781  
1 = Yes 191 24,171,734  
ACCMDSUB Num 8 Subway/commuter train- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,816 289,976,186  
1 = Yes 33 6,668,330  
ACCMDTXI Num 8 Taxi- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,733 272,803,107  
1 = Yes 116 23,841,409  
ACCMDWLK Num 8 Walking- to airport/terminal   -9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584 PRE-911 LONG
-1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442  
0 = No 1,715 270,823,439  
1 = Yes 134 25,821,076  
ACCMOD21 Char 2 Trans used: start to access place-1 I8 -1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442 PRE-911 LONG
-9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584  
01 = Personal Vehicle 1,476 228,152,341  
02 = Air 5 533,904  
03 = Bus 88 15,162,814  
04 = Train 19 4,636,433  
05 = Ship 1 113,071  
06 = Other 260 48,045,952  
ACCMOD22 Char 2 Trans used: start to access place-2 I8 -1 = Appropriate Skip 18,004 2,720,498,646 PRE-911 LONG
01 = Personal Vehicle 17 2,343,721  
02 = Air 1 119,261  
03 = Bus 5 1,293,240  
04 = Train 20 3,139,598  
06 = Other 169 24,854,074  
ACCMOD23 Char 2 Trans used: start to access place-3 I8 -1 = Appropriate Skip 18,194 2,749,096,332 PRE-911 LONG
01 = Personal Vehicle 1 83,038  
06 = Other 21 3,069,170  
ACCMODE1 Char 2 Detail-Trans used: start to access place-1 I8 -1 = Appropriate Skip 16,321 2,449,408,442 PRE-911 LONG
-9 = Not Ascertained 46 6,195,584  
01 = Car 1,097 169,123,728  
02 = Van 121 19,165,417  
03 = SUV 164 26,447,268  
04 = Pickup truck 92 13,023,002  
05 = Other truck 2 392,925  
08 = Commercial/charter airplane 5 533,904  
10 = Local public transit bus 19 4,420,207  
11 = Commuter bus 12 1,341,236  
12 = School bus 22 4,150,585  
13 = Charter/tour bus 33 4,927,541  
14 = City to city bus 2 323,245  
15 = Amtrak/inter city train 2 436,820  
16 = Commuter train 7 1,746,682  
17 = Subway/elevated rail 9 2,222,156  
18 = Street car/trolley 1 230,775  
19 = Ship/cruise 1 113,071  
22 = Taxicab 108 21,729,390  
23 = Limousine 62 7,891,955  
24 = Hotel/airport shuttle 32 4,216,628  
26 = Walk 53 12,663,186  
91 = Other 5 1,544,793  
ACCMODE2 Char 2 Detail-Trans used: start to access place-2 I8 -1 = Appropriate Skip 18,004 2,720,498,646 PRE-911 LONG
01 = Car 8 1,553,676  
02 = Van 8 649,666  
04 = Pickup truck 1 140,380  
09 = Private/corporate airplane 1 119,261  
10 = Local public transit bus 2 122,241  
11 = Commuter bus 1 196,386  
13 = Charter/tour bus 2 974,613  
15 = Amtrak/inter city train 3 440,106  
16 = Commuter train 1 63,081  
17 = Subway/elevated rail 16 2,636,410  
22 = Taxicab 8 2,112,019  
24 = Hotel/airport shuttle 95 11,820,442  
25 = Bicycle 4 590,184  
26 = Walk 62 10,331,429  
ACCMODE3 Char 2 Detail-Trans used: start to access place-3 I8 -1 = Appropriate Skip 18,194 2,749,096,332 PRE-911 LONG
01 = Car 1 83,038  
24 = Hotel/airport shuttle 2 242,709  
26 = Walk 19 2,826,461  
ACCMSA Char 4 Access place (to far dest)-PMSA/MSA/CMSA   -1 = Appropriate Skip 12,481 1,851,383,223 PRE-911 LONG
-9 = Not Ascertained 47 6,293,304  
0160 = Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA 1 131,142  
0200 = Albuquerque, NM MSA 5 1,748,592  
0240 = Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA 8 1,015,711  
0440 = Ann Arbor, MI PMSA 1 160,710  
0520 = Atlanta, GA MSA 36 7,087,406  
0560 = Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA 1 57,409  
0640 = Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 7 1,867,510  
0720 = Baltimore, MD PMSA 22 3,287,519  
0875 = Bergen-Passaic, NJ PMSA 2 315,783  
1120 = Boston, MA-NH PMSA 36 5,528,415  
1125 = Boulder-Longmont, CO PMSA 1 188,755  
1150 = Bremerton, WA PMSA 2 527,979  
1280 = Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 7 770,989  
1305 = Burlington, VT MSA 1 89,444  
1360 = Cedar Rapids, IA MSA 3 1,528,341  
1520 = Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 8 1,390,197  
1580 = Cheyenne, WY MSA 1 168,202  
1600 = Chicago, IL PMSA 102 15,333,089  
1640 = Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN PMSA 9 999,483  
1680 = Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH PMSA 26 3,814,028  
1840 = Columbus, OH MSA 21 3,889,109  
1880 = Corpus Christi, TX MSA 1 181,507  
1920 = Dallas, TX PMSA 4 955,826  
2080 = Denver, CO PMSA 26 3,131,815  
2120 = Des Moines, IA MSA 1 216,469  
2160 = Detroit, MI PMSA 29 5,653,164  
2180 = Dothan, AL MSA 3 397,881  
2281 = Dutchess County, NY PMSA 4 596,350  
2680 = Fort Lauderdale, FL PMSA 16 2,799,682  
2760 = Fort Wayne, IN MSA 1 95,955  
2800 = Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA 35 6,300,258  
2900 = Gainesville, FL MSA 1 196,595  
2960 = Gary, IN PMSA 1 157,671  
3000 = Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 4 608,256  
3120 = Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 4 1,154,611  
3280 = Hartford, CT MSA 17 2,930,861  
3320 = Honolulu, HI MSA 1 143,098  
3360 = Houston, TX PMSA 32 5,651,469  
3440 = Huntsville, AL MSA 2 177,556  
3480 = Indianapolis, IN MSA 8 845,470  
3560 = Jackson, MS MSA 1 126,241  
3600 = Jacksonville, FL MSA 10 2,018,075  
3720 = Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI MSA 1 69,420  
3760 = Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 18 3,227,497  
4120 = Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 16 2,401,145  
4480 = Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA 73 12,191,578  
4520 = Louisville, KY-IN MSA 6 666,540  
4600 = Lubbock, TX MSA 1 104,018  
4720 = Madison, WI MSA 1 64,744  
4760 = Manchester, NH PMSA 3 341,264  
4920 = Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 6 997,706  
4940 = Merced, CA MSA 3 556,300  
5000 = Miami, FL PMSA 5 1,772,005  
5015 = Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ PMSA 1 213,139  
5080 = Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI PMSA 7 852,586  
5120 = Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI MSA 26 3,603,254  
5190 = Monmouth-Ocean, NJ PMSA 2 114,818  
5350 = Nashua, NH PMSA 1 189,834  
5360 = Nashville, TN MSA 3 617,869  
5380 = Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 18 3,182,964  
5400 = New Bedford, MA PMSA 6 1,070,551  
5480 = New Haven-Meriden, CT PMSA 2 385,062  
5520 = New London-Norwich, CT-RI MSA 2 337,853  
5560 = New Orleans, LA MSA 12 2,832,516  
5600 = New York, NY PMSA 75 15,095,498  
5640 = Newark, NJ PMSA 47 7,515,973  
5660 = Newburgh, NY-PA PMSA 1 126,668  
5720 = Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 3 694,236  
5775 = Oakland, CA PMSA 21 2,643,059  
5800 = Odessa-Midland, TX MSA 1 104,018  
5880 = Oklahoma City, OK MSA 2 81,108  
5910 = Olympia, WA PMSA 3 370,771  
5920 = Omaha, NE-IA MSA 2 146,764  
5945 = Orange County, CA PMSA 7 670,389  
5960 = Orlando, FL MSA 15 2,384,410  
6160 = Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA 41 6,948,805  
6200 = Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 30 3,614,888  
6280 = Pittsburgh, PA MSA 33 4,300,920  
6400 = Portland, ME MSA 1 90,259  
6440 = Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA PMSA 26 2,786,835  
6480 = Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 11 1,947,402  
6560 = Pueblo, CO MSA 1 71,895  
6600 = Racine, WI PMSA 1 66,195  
6640 = Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 8 1,220,806  
6690 = Redding, CA MSA 1 50,088  
6720 = Reno, NV MSA 3 594,895  
6740 = Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA MSA 1 42,860  
6760 = Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA 2 237,403  
6780 = Riverside-San Bernardino, CA PMSA 16 4,124,697  
6840 = Rochester, NY MSA 3 274,003  
6920 = Sacramento, CA PMSA 23 3,097,065  
7040 = St. Louis, MO-IL MSA 23 2,501,230  
7160 = Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 4 443,464  
7240 = San Antonio, TX MSA 7 854,198  
7320 = San Diego, CA MSA 21 2,658,141  
7360 = San Francisco, CA PMSA 49 7,647,286  
7400 = San Jose, CA PMSA 13 2,656,877  
7440 = San Juan-Bayamon, PR PMSA 1 113,071  
7500 = Santa Rosa, CA PMSA 5 968,810  
7600 = Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA 30 4,695,915  
7840 = Spokane, WA MSA 5 521,067  
7920 = Springfield, MO MSA 2 183,642  
8160 = Syracuse, NY MSA 3 240,233  
8240 = Tallahassee, FL MSA 2 392,925  
8280 = Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 12 2,004,359  
8400 = Toledo, OH MSA 2 79,896  
8480 = Trenton, NJ PMSA 3 561,005  
8520 = Tucson, AZ MSA 3 158,308  
8840 = Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA 57 11,640,524  
8960 = West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 1 259,911  
9160 = Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD PMSA 1 193,300  
9200 = Wilmington, NC MSA 1 97,645  
9999 = Not in an MSA 103 14,090,907  
XXXX = Suppressed, in an MSA of less than 1 million 4,248 662,276,106  
ACCREG Char 2 Access place (to far dest)-Census region   -1 = Appropriate Skip 16,315 2,448,264,309 PRE-911 LONG
-9 = Not Ascertained 62 8,651,143  
0 = Puerto Rico and Island Areas 1 113,071  
1 = Northeast 409 63,202,927  
2 = Midwest 431 65,075,433  
3 = South 481 90,183,510  
4 = West 517 76,758,146  
ACCST Char 2 Access place (to far dest)-State I9 -1 = Appropriate Skip 14,936 2,254,835,968 PRE-911 LONG
-8 = Don't Know 4 527,990  
-9 = Not Ascertained 46 5,936,787  
AK = Alaska 3 203,685  
AL = Alabama 21 4,041,954  
AR = Arkansas 6 993,143  
AZ = Arizona 50 5,650,049  
CA = California 269 45,132,412  
CO = Colorado 34 3,949,430  
CT = Connecticut 25 4,118,231  
DC = District of Columbia 45 9,428,614  
FL = Florida 81 15,532,945  
GA = Georgia 51 10,832,255  
HI = Hawaii 1 143,098  
IA = Iowa 14 2,933,832  
IL = Illinois 114 17,979,533  
IN = Indiana 24 3,042,244  
KS = Kansas 1 83,454  
KY = Kentucky 17 2,173,452  
LA = Louisiana 18 3,583,130  
MA = Massachusetts 48 7,403,256  
MD = Maryland 23 3,544,441  
MI = Michigan 54 9,259,860  
MN = Minnesota 36 4,811,360  
MO = Missouri 73 11,073,099  
MS = Mississippi 3 246,274  
NC = North Carolina 34 6,049,877  
NE = Nebraska 2 146,764  
NH = New Hampshire 3 429,984  
NJ = New Jersey 58 8,969,975  
NM = New Mexico 1 130,662  
NV = Nevada 3 170,170  
NY = New York 122 21,383,193  
OH = Ohio 73 10,573,101  
OK = Oklahoma 14 1,972,794  
OR = Oregon 30 3,022,906  
PA = Pennsylvania 110 15,212,161  
PR = Puerto Rico 1 113,071  
RI = Rhode Island 6 601,506  
SC = South Carolina 14 2,080,412  
TN = Tennessee 16 2,617,461  
TX = Texas 110 21,554,979  
UT = Utah 7 830,427  
VA = Virginia 14 2,396,748  
WA = Washington 48 6,748,415  
WI = Wisconsin 30 4,064,994  
WV = West Virginia 1 430,482  
WY = Wyoming 1 168,202  
XX = Suppressed, HH in state of less than 2 million 1,515 214,255,877  
ZZ = Foreign country 6 863,884  
ACC_FLAG Char 2 Access place-airport/bus terminal I5 -9 = Not Ascertained 52 7,339,716 PRE-911 LONG
1 = Yes 1,849 296,644,515  
2 = No 16,315 2,448,264,309  
BEGTRAV Char 6 Beginning date of travel period   200103 2,566 451,341,311 PRE-911 LONG
200104 2,803 451,122,398  
200105 2,851 482,537,168  
200106 2,493 563,544,921  
200107 4,268 430,205,922  
200108 3,235 373,496,820  
BEGTRIP Char 6 Beginning date of trip (YYYYMM) H1 200010 4 383,997 PRE-911 LONG
200012 1 78,893  
200101 2 241,974  
200102 7 1,066,257  
200103 1,397 243,019,067  
200104 2,828 484,912,440  
200105 2,728 442,992,764  
200106 2,899 571,436,812  
200107 3,533 485,323,804  
200108 3,898 414,284,092  
200109 919 108,508,440  
CDIVMSAR Char 2 HHs by Census Division, MSA size, Rail   11 = New England, MSA 1 million or more, rail 497 76,006,175 PRE-911 L