Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2011
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
| 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 | 1,953,274 | 84.9 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 23.3 |
| Alaska | 348,777 | 68.2 | 12.4 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 17.5 |
| Arizona | 2,650,164 | 75.8 | 11.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 23.4 |
| Arkansas | 1,215,837 | 82.7 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 20.6 |
| California | 16,047,067 | 73.3 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 25.7 |
| Colorado | 2,477,748 | 75.5 | 9.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 23.0 |
| Connecticut | 1,711,088 | 78.1 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 23.9 |
| Delaware | 415,063 | 81.1 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 24.4 |
| District of Columbia | 306,801 | 33.1 | 6.5 | 39.6 | 11.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 28.7 |
| Florida | 7,991,880 | 79.7 | 9.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 24.6 |
| Georgia | 4,154,468 | 79.4 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 25.9 |
| Hawaii | 650,062 | 67.1 | 14.2 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 24.5 |
| Idaho | 672,900 | 77.4 | 9.8 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 18.4 |
| Illinois | 5,820,167 | 73.3 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 27.0 |
| Indiana | 2,885,033 | 83.6 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 22.7 |
| Iowa | 1,513,058 | 80.5 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 17.9 |
| Kansas | 1,379,532 | 81.7 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 18.1 |
| Kentucky | 1,811,467 | 83.1 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 22.2 |
| Louisiana | 1,942,076 | 82.1 | 10.2 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 24.0 |
| Maine | 631,120 | 78.8 | 9.9 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 22.1 |
| Maryland | 2,855,500 | 73.3 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 30.9 |
| Massachusetts | 3,216,363 | 72.2 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 26.7 |
| Michigan | 4,094,528 | 82.6 | 9.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| Minnesota | 2,684,968 | 77.7 | 9.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 21.8 |
| Mississippi | 1,163,676 | 83.7 | 10.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 23.3 |
| Missouri | 2,705,455 | 81.4 | 9.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 22.1 |
| Montana | 470,715 | 75.8 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 17.1 |
| Nebraska | 931,481 | 81.3 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 17.2 |
| Nevada | 1,191,557 | 78.6 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 23.4 |
| New Hampshire | 671,055 | 80.6 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 25.3 |
| New Jersey | 4,060,148 | 71.8 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 29.4 |
| New Mexico | 862,821 | 79.3 | 10.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 20.4 |
| New York | 8,774,815 | 53.9 | 6.7 | 27.0 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 30.3 |
| North Carolina | 4,183,841 | 81.0 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 22.3 |
| North Dakota | 369,454 | 79.1 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 15.9 |
| Ohio | 5,114,314 | 83.3 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 22.3 |
| Oklahoma | 1,663,962 | 81.9 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 20.4 |
| Oregon | 1,674,840 | 71.8 | 10.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 21.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,728,043 | 76.6 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 24.9 |
| Rhode Island | 501,044 | 80.3 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 22.5 |
| South Carolina | 1,957,707 | 82.3 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 22.7 |
| South Dakota | 410,028 | 78.0 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 15.9 |
| Tennessee | 2,738,221 | 84.0 | 9.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 23.4 |
| Texas | 11,336,474 | 79.8 | 11.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 23.8 |
| Utah | 1,246,396 | 76.5 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 20.6 |
| Vermont | 317,383 | 74.3 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 20.6 |
| Virginia | 3,883,249 | 78.1 | 9.2 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 26.5 |
| Washington | 3,097,398 | 73.3 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 24.1 |
| West Virginia | 729,472 | 82.1 | 10.5 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 24.8 |
| Wisconsin | 2,771,411 | 79.8 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 21.0 |
| Wyoming | 286,078 | 77.7 | 10.9 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 17.4 |
| United States, total | 138,269,979 | 76.4 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 24.4 |
NOTES: Data for workers age 16 years and over, based on state of residence.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, available at www.census.gov/acs as of May 2013.