Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2012
Monday, September 15, 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 | 1,970,822 | 85.3 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 24.5 |
| Alaska | 356,567 | 66.2 | 13.3 | 1.6 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 19.6 |
| Arizona | 2,721,795 | 76.7 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 24.6 |
| Arkansas | 1,233,150 | 82.2 | 11.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 21.4 |
| California | 16,432,358 | 73.4 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 27.5 |
| Colorado | 2,538,793 | 74.4 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 24.5 |
| Connecticut | 1,728,325 | 78.6 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 24.8 |
| Delaware | 421,883 | 81.5 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 25.8 |
| District of Columbia | 326,143 | 34.1 | 5.6 | 38.6 | 11.9 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 29.9 |
| Florida | 8,161,313 | 79.3 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 26.2 |
| Georgia | 4,213,128 | 79.6 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 26.9 |
| Hawaii | 670,355 | 65.2 | 15.3 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 26.0 |
| Idaho | 697,765 | 77.8 | 10.1 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 20.2 |
| Illinois | 5,927,604 | 73.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 28.0 |
| Indiana | 2,954,205 | 82.4 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 23.5 |
| Iowa | 1,530,289 | 79.9 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 18.8 |
| Kansas | 1,388,601 | 82.2 | 9.7 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 19.0 |
| Kentucky | 1,845,659 | 82.7 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 22.9 |
| Louisiana | 1,965,689 | 82.5 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 25.2 |
| Maine | 631,826 | 76.9 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 23.5 |
| Maryland | 2,909,794 | 73.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 31.9 |
| Massachusetts | 3,273,690 | 71.9 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 28.3 |
| Michigan | 4,190,898 | 82.5 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 24.0 |
| Minnesota | 2,737,424 | 78.0 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 22.9 |
| Mississippi | 1,178,427 | 83.5 | 10.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 24.0 |
| Missouri | 2,734,275 | 81.3 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 23.1 |
| Montana | 475,299 | 74.4 | 10.7 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 18.4 |
| Nebraska | 946,684 | 80.2 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 18.2 |
| Nevada | 1,216,345 | 78.0 | 10.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 24.0 |
| New Hampshire | 677,232 | 81.9 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 5.8 | 26.3 |
| New Jersey | 4,113,910 | 72.0 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 30.7 |
| New Mexico | 865,474 | 78.9 | 11.3 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 21.4 |
| New York | 8,916,499 | 53.7 | 6.9 | 27.3 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 31.8 |
| North Carolina | 4,263,889 | 80.6 | 10.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 23.7 |
| North Dakota | 376,246 | 79.5 | 9.7 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 17.4 |
| Ohio | 5,183,203 | 83.3 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 23.2 |
| Oklahoma | 1,682,277 | 82.3 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 21.1 |
| Oregon | 1,700,679 | 71.2 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 22.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,810,858 | 76.5 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 26.1 |
| Rhode Island | 503,788 | 78.8 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 24.4 |
| South Carolina | 1,999,706 | 82.9 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 23.5 |
| South Dakota | 421,018 | 78.7 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 5.8 | 16.7 |
| Tennessee | 2,777,627 | 83.6 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 24.4 |
| Texas | 11,608,001 | 80.1 | 11.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 25.3 |
| Utah | 1,296,763 | 75.7 | 12.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 22.0 |
| Vermont | 318,829 | 73.5 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 23.1 |
| Virginia | 3,967,188 | 77.3 | 9.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 27.9 |
| Washington | 3,181,100 | 72.2 | 10.7 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 26.0 |
| West Virginia | 733,687 | 81.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 25.2 |
| Wisconsin | 2,799,940 | 80.2 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 21.8 |
| Wyoming | 285,940 | 75.7 | 11.6 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 18.1 |
| United States, total | 140,862,960 | 76.3 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 25.7 |
NOTES: Data for workers age 16 years and over, based on state of residence.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, available at www.census.gov/acs as of May 2014.