Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2006
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2006
| State | Number of workers | Percent | Mean travel time to work (minutes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, truck, or van- drove alone | Car, truck, or van- carpooled | Public transportation (excluding taxicab) | Walked | Taxicab, motorcycle, bicycle or other means | Worked at home | |||
| Alabama | 1,964,398 | 83.6 | 11.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 23.6 |
| Alaska | 317,371 | 67.7 | 12.7 | 1.1 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 17.7 |
| Arizona | 2,731,538 | 74.6 | 13.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 25.0 |
| Arkansas | 1,223,692 | 80.2 | 12.9 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 20.7 |
| California | 16,335,802 | 73.0 | 12.4 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 26.8 |
| Colorado | 2,392,520 | 75.1 | 10.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 23.9 |
| Connecticut | 1,714,985 | 79.7 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 24.1 |
| Delaware | 398,315 | 80.8 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 23.6 |
| District of Columbia | 284,007 | 35.4 | 6.3 | 39.0 | 11.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 29.2 |
| Florida | 8,143,041 | 79.3 | 10.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 25.9 |
| Georgia | 4,295,479 | 78.2 | 11.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 27.3 |
| Hawaii | 629,113 | 67.0 | 16.0 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 25.5 |
| Idaho | 674,920 | 77.2 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 20.1 |
| Illinois | 5,990,729 | 74.3 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 27.9 |
| Indiana | 2,951,039 | 82.4 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 22.3 |
| Iowa | 1,505,469 | 78.5 | 10.8 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 18.2 |
| Kansas | 1,377,119 | 81.8 | 9.2 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 18.5 |
| Kentucky | 1,837,225 | 81.5 | 11.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 22.4 |
| Louisiana | 1,807,758 | 81.6 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 25.1 |
| Maine | 649,045 | 77.6 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 22.3 |
| Maryland | 2,813,342 | 72.8 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 30.6 |
| Massachusetts | 3,173,416 | 73.7 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 26.6 |
| Michigan | 4,433,325 | 82.9 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 23.4 |
| Minnesota | 2,670,719 | 78.1 | 9.3 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 22.0 |
| Mississippi | 1,178,470 | 82.2 | 12.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 24.0 |
| Missouri | 2,741,377 | 80.8 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 22.9 |
| Montana | 459,766 | 72.7 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 17.6 |
| Nebraska | 910,351 | 79.1 | 10.4 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 17.7 |
| Nevada | 1,201,744 | 76.7 | 12.3 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 24.2 |
| New Hampshire | 685,446 | 81.7 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 24.6 |
| New Jersey | 4,129,054 | 71.9 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 29.1 |
| New Mexico | 857,733 | 78.2 | 12.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 20.9 |
| New York | 8,740,300 | 54.4 | 7.6 | 26.1 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 30.9 |
| North Carolina | 4,103,837 | 79.8 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 23.4 |
| North Dakota | 332,363 | 79.3 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 15.5 |
| Ohio | 5,325,529 | 83.1 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 22.1 |
| Oklahoma | 1,598,736 | 80.4 | 11.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 20.0 |
| Oregon | 1,741,953 | 71.4 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 21.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,720,060 | 76.4 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 25.0 |
| Rhode Island | 514,823 | 81.1 | 8.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 22.3 |
| South Carolina | 1,938,132 | 81.1 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 22.9 |
| South Dakota | 398,229 | 77.5 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 6.6 | 15.9 |
| Tennessee | 2,698,377 | 83.3 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 23.5 |
| Texas | 10,514,531 | 78.5 | 12.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 24.6 |
| Utah | 1,190,466 | 75.2 | 13.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 20.8 |
| Vermont | 323,071 | 75.1 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 21.2 |
| Virginia | 3,787,653 | 77.0 | 11.4 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 26.9 |
| Washington | 3,030,099 | 72.8 | 11.8 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 25.2 |
| West Virginia | 739,968 | 80.0 | 12.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 25.6 |
| Wisconsin | 2,821,147 | 79.9 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 20.8 |
| Wyoming | 268,323 | 76.0 | 12.5 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 17.9 |
| United States, total | 138,265,905 | 76.0 | 10.7 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 25.0 |
NOTES: Data are for workers age 16 years and over. The state designation of workers is based on their residence.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, available at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ as of Nov. 16, 2007.