Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2007
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2007
| 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 | 1,982,297 | 83.4 | 11.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 24.1 |
| Alaska | 329,649 | 66.2 | 13.4 | 1.4 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 18.0 |
| Arizona | 2,777,552 | 74.8 | 13.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 25.1 |
| Arkansas | 1,209,981 | 80.8 | 12.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 21.0 |
| California | 16,421,576 | 73.2 | 11.9 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 27.3 |
| Colorado | 2,445,512 | 74.5 | 10.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 6.0 | 24.2 |
| Connecticut | 1,720,206 | 79.6 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 24.6 |
| Delaware | 406,312 | 79.9 | 10.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 24.0 |
| District of Columbia | 289,798 | 38.2 | 6.8 | 36.4 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 30.1 |
| Florida | 8,173,299 | 79.6 | 10.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 25.9 |
| Georgia | 4,331,703 | 78.7 | 11.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 27.1 |
| Hawaii | 627,314 | 68.0 | 15.2 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 26.4 |
| Idaho | 697,827 | 76.4 | 11.6 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 20.5 |
| Illinois | 6,007,749 | 73.7 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 28.2 |
| Indiana | 2,952,890 | 83.1 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 22.7 |
| Iowa | 1,509,114 | 78.7 | 10.2 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 18.3 |
| Kansas | 1,374,749 | 81.3 | 9.6 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 18.8 |
| Kentucky | 1,864,395 | 81.3 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 22.2 |
| Louisiana | 1,849,182 | 80.9 | 11.2 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 24.9 |
| Maine | 643,147 | 79.2 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 22.7 |
| Maryland | 2,782,913 | 74.3 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 31.1 |
| Massachusetts | 3,181,672 | 73.0 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 27.4 |
| Michigan | 4,400,918 | 83.1 | 8.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 23.9 |
| Minnesota | 2,680,541 | 77.8 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 22.3 |
| Mississippi | 1,182,872 | 82.7 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 23.9 |
| Missouri | 2,751,664 | 80.7 | 10.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 23.5 |
| Montana | 460,844 | 73.7 | 10.5 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 17.6 |
| Nebraska | 908,413 | 79.9 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 17.6 |
| Nevada | 1,223,377 | 77.8 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 23.5 |
| New Hampshire | 678,071 | 81.4 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 25.3 |
| New Jersey | 4,122,502 | 71.8 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 29.8 |
| New Mexico | 866,518 | 77.2 | 12.4 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 21.5 |
| New York | 8,816,916 | 54.1 | 7.4 | 26.5 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 31.5 |
| North Carolina | 4,163,384 | 79.8 | 11.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 23.3 |
| North Dakota | 336,191 | 78.6 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 16.1 |
| Ohio | 5,287,517 | 83.0 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 22.8 |
| Oklahoma | 1,637,160 | 80.5 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 20.6 |
| Oregon | 1,756,557 | 73.2 | 11.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 22.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,746,111 | 76.7 | 9.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 25.4 |
| Rhode Island | 502,606 | 80.7 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 23.0 |
| South Carolina | 1,963,577 | 81.1 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 23.2 |
| South Dakota | 406,387 | 77.3 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 16.3 |
| Tennessee | 2,774,901 | 83.4 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 23.8 |
| Texas | 10,743,100 | 78.9 | 12.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 25.0 |
| Utah | 1,245,478 | 74.9 | 13.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 21.4 |
| Vermont | 326,001 | 74.6 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 21.2 |
| Virginia | 3,790,886 | 77.5 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 26.8 |
| Washington | 3,089,484 | 73.1 | 11.4 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 25.9 |
| West Virginia | 737,664 | 81.2 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 25.5 |
| Wisconsin | 2,807,700 | 79.8 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 21.4 |
| Wyoming | 273,507 | 74.8 | 13.2 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 18.6 |
| United States, total | 139,259,684 | 76.1 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 25.3 |
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. 10, 2008.