Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2008
| 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 | 2,051,673 | 83.0 | 11.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 24.0 |
| Alaska | 340,794 | 66.2 | 14.4 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 18.4 |
| Arizona | 2,900,947 | 75.3 | 13.1 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 25.0 |
| Arkansas | 1,252,670 | 80.2 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 21.3 |
| California | 16,809,493 | 72.7 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 27.0 |
| Colorado | 2,552,101 | 73.7 | 11.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 24.6 |
| Connecticut | 1,748,301 | 78.7 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 25.1 |
| Delaware | 416,457 | 78.6 | 10.6 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| District of Columbia | 302,634 | 37.2 | 6.6 | 35.7 | 12.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 29.5 |
| Florida | 8,277,340 | 79.4 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 25.9 |
| Georgia | 4,508,260 | 77.7 | 11.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 27.0 |
| Hawaii | 656,455 | 65.7 | 16.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 26.1 |
| Idaho | 713,986 | 74.1 | 12.9 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 20.2 |
| Illinois | 6,216,215 | 73.3 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 28.5 |
| Indiana | 3,028,953 | 81.9 | 10.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 23.2 |
| Iowa | 1,568,781 | 77.9 | 11.0 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 18.5 |
| Kansas | 1,436,438 | 80.9 | 10.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 19.1 |
| Kentucky | 1,878,990 | 81.2 | 11.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 22.6 |
| Louisiana | 1,958,662 | 81.5 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 25.3 |
| Maine | 649,769 | 77.3 | 10.9 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 23.3 |
| Maryland | 2,910,684 | 73.2 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 31.5 |
| Massachusetts | 3,307,074 | 72.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 27.3 |
| Michigan | 4,460,720 | 82.2 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 24.0 |
| Minnesota | 2,778,345 | 77.7 | 9.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 22.6 |
| Mississippi | 1,241,077 | 81.7 | 12.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 24.1 |
| Missouri | 2,846,494 | 79.8 | 11.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 23.8 |
| Montana | 477,006 | 72.8 | 11.4 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 6.5 | 17.9 |
| Nebraska | 944,360 | 79.7 | 10.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 18.0 |
| Nevada | 1,258,074 | 76.8 | 12.1 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| New Hampshire | 704,290 | 81.0 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 26.0 |
| New Jersey | 4,285,430 | 71.7 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 30.1 |
| New Mexico | 890,535 | 76.6 | 12.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 21.9 |
| New York | 9,215,293 | 53.7 | 7.7 | 26.7 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 31.6 |
| North Carolina | 4,371,214 | 80.0 | 11.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 23.4 |
| North Dakota | 347,958 | 77.8 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 16.0 |
| Ohio | 5,447,031 | 82.6 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 22.9 |
| Oklahoma | 1,696,486 | 80.5 | 11.9 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 21.2 |
| Oregon | 1,796,478 | 71.7 | 10.8 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 22.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,911,642 | 76.2 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 25.8 |
| Rhode Island | 509,180 | 80.8 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 23.1 |
| South Carolina | 2,017,119 | 81.1 | 10.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 23.3 |
| South Dakota | 420,183 | 78.2 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 16.4 |
| Tennessee | 2,854,572 | 82.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 24.0 |
| Texas | 11,316,901 | 78.3 | 12.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 25.1 |
| Utah | 1,299,118 | 75.0 | 13.1 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 21.3 |
| Vermont | 332,102 | 73.3 | 11.1 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 21.9 |
| Virginia | 3,927,400 | 76.7 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 26.9 |
| Washington | 3,200,757 | 71.5 | 12.2 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 25.4 |
| West Virginia | 766,951 | 80.9 | 10.9 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 25.4 |
| Wisconsin | 2,913,085 | 79.3 | 9.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 21.7 |
| Wyoming | 279,489 | 74.9 | 12.7 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 18.7 |
| United States, total | 143,995,967 | 75.5 | 10.7 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 25.5 |
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, 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimate, available at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ as of Apr. 13, 2010.