Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2009
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2009
| 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 | 1,959,883 | 84.4 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 23.6 |
| Alaska | 334,556 | 68.2 | 13.3 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 17.7 |
| Arizona | 2,752,205 | 75.9 | 11.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 24.3 |
| Arkansas | 1,222,789 | 81.1 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 21.1 |
| California | 16,145,601 | 73.0 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 26.6 |
| Colorado | 2,465,357 | 74.3 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 24.5 |
| Connecticut | 1,708,011 | 78.9 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 24.3 |
| Delaware | 412,892 | 80.5 | 8.9 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 23.6 |
| District of Columbia | 291,083 | 36.5 | 6.7 | 37.1 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 29.2 |
| Florida | 7,892,572 | 79.3 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 25.4 |
| Georgia | 4,289,657 | 78.4 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 26.9 |
| Hawaii | 638,154 | 67.7 | 14.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 25.5 |
| Idaho | 674,773 | 77.5 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 19.8 |
| Illinois | 5,918,382 | 73.5 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 28.0 |
| Indiana | 2,875,125 | 83.0 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 22.9 |
| Iowa | 1,525,678 | 78.9 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 18.5 |
| Kansas | 1,368,759 | 81.2 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 18.5 |
| Kentucky | 1,825,471 | 81.5 | 10.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 22.6 |
| Louisiana | 1,961,548 | 81.8 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 24.7 |
| Maine | 636,449 | 78.3 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 22.9 |
| Maryland | 2,840,465 | 73.4 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 31.3 |
| Massachusetts | 3,231,739 | 71.9 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 27.3 |
| Michigan | 4,136,395 | 82.6 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 23.7 |
| Minnesota | 2,657,698 | 78.0 | 9.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 22.5 |
| Mississippi | 1,186,525 | 83.5 | 10.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 23.6 |
| Missouri | 2,751,847 | 81.0 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 23.2 |
| Montana | 457,865 | 75.3 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 16.8 |
| Nebraska | 920,601 | 80.4 | 10.2 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 17.9 |
| Nevada | 1,202,588 | 79.2 | 10.3 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 23.1 |
| New Hampshire | 678,576 | 82.2 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 25.7 |
| New Jersey | 4,098,665 | 71.4 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 29.8 |
| New Mexico | 862,556 | 77.9 | 11.5 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 21.6 |
| New York | 8,906,053 | 54.0 | 7.4 | 26.6 | 6.4 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 31.4 |
| North Carolina | 4,152,303 | 80.8 | 10.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 23.2 |
| North Dakota | 345,194 | 78.5 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 16.6 |
| Ohio | 5,165,708 | 83.0 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 22.8 |
| Oklahoma | 1,645,352 | 82.0 | 11.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 20.5 |
| Oregon | 1,705,433 | 72.0 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 22.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,749,703 | 76.8 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 25.4 |
| Rhode Island | 501,342 | 80.3 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 23.2 |
| South Carolina | 1,961,234 | 82.0 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 23.2 |
| South Dakota | 412,997 | 77.3 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 16.7 |
| Tennessee | 2,720,140 | 83.4 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 24.0 |
| Texas | 11,074,127 | 79.6 | 11.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 24.6 |
| Utah | 1,258,095 | 76.1 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 21.0 |
| Vermont | 316,524 | 74.8 | 10.0 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 7.2 | 21.9 |
| Virginia | 3,822,714 | 77.5 | 10.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 27.2 |
| Washington | 3,093,139 | 72.1 | 11.3 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 25.4 |
| West Virginia | 744,918 | 81.7 | 10.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 25.1 |
| Wisconsin | 2,815,316 | 79.8 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 21.2 |
| Wyomingm, | 277,047 | 77.2 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 18.0 |
| United States, total | 138,591,804 | 76.1 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 25.1 |
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, 2009 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimate, available at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ as of Jun. 27, 2011.