Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2000
Mode | Delaware | United States | ||
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Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Total | 370,500 | 100.0 | 127,448,586 | 100.0 |
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone | 290,985 | 78.5 | 97,243,457 | 76.3 |
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled | 40,824 | 11.0 | 14,299,090 | 11.2 |
Public transportation (including taxi) | 11,531 | 3.1 | 6,592,685 | 5.2 |
Walked | 9,783 | 2.6 | 3,417,546 | 2.7 |
Other means | 5,429 | 1.5 | 1,820,578 | 1.4 |
Worked at home | 11,948 | 3.2 | 4,075,230 | 3.2 |
Mean travel time to work (minutes) | 22.6 | 24.3 |
NOTE: Data are for workers 16 years and over.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics, available at http://www.census.gov/c2ss/www/ as of Oct. 16, 2001.