Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 4-1: Commuting to Work: 2000
| State | Number of workers | Percent | Mean travel time to work (minutes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, truck, or van - drove alone | Car, truck, or van - carpooled | Public transportation (including taxicab) | Walked | Other means | Worked at home | |||
| Alabama | 1,900,089 | 83.0 | 12.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 24.8 |
| Alaska | 290,597 | 66.5 | 15.5 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 19.6 |
| Arizona | 2,210,395 | 74.1 | 15.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 24.9 |
| Arkansas | 1,160,101 | 79.9 | 14.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 21.9 |
| California | 14,525,322 | 71.8 | 14.5 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 27.7 |
| Colorado | 2,191,626 | 75.1 | 12.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 24.3 |
| Connecticut | 1,640,823 | 80.0 | 9.4 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 24.4 |
| Delaware | 373,070 | 79.2 | 11.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 24.0 |
| District of Columbia | 260,884 | 38.4 | 11.0 | 33.2 | 11.8 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 29.7 |
| Florida | 6,910,168 | 78.8 | 12.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 26.2 |
| Georgia | 3,832,803 | 77.5 | 14.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 27.7 |
| Hawaii | 563,154 | 63.9 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 26.1 |
| Idaho | 594,654 | 77.0 | 12.3 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 20.0 |
| Illinois | 5,745,731 | 73.2 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 28.0 |
| Indiana | 2,910,612 | 81.8 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 22.6 |
| Iowa | 1,469,763 | 78.6 | 10.8 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 18.5 |
| Kansas | 1,311,343 | 81.5 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 19.0 |
| Kentucky | 1,781,733 | 80.2 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 23.5 |
| Louisiana | 1,831,057 | 78.1 | 13.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 25.7 |
| Maine | 615,144 | 78.6 | 11.3 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 22.7 |
| Maryland | 2,591,670 | 73.7 | 12.4 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 31.2 |
| Massachusetts | 3,102,837 | 73.8 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 27.0 |
| Michigan | 4,540,372 | 83.2 | 9.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 24.1 |
| Minnesota | 2,541,611 | 77.6 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 21.9 |
| Mississippi | 1,164,118 | 79.4 | 15.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 24.6 |
| Missouri | 2,629,296 | 80.5 | 11.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 23.8 |
| Montana | 422,159 | 73.9 | 11.9 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 17.7 |
| Nebraska | 873,197 | 80.0 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 18.0 |
| Nevada | 923,155 | 74.5 | 14.7 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 23.3 |
| New Hampshire | 638,565 | 81.8 | 9.8 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 25.3 |
| New Jersey | 3,876,433 | 73.0 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 30.0 |
| New Mexico | 759,177 | 75.8 | 14.8 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 21.9 |
| New York | 8,211,916 | 56.3 | 9.2 | 24.4 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 31.7 |
| North Carolina | 3,837,773 | 79.4 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 24.0 |
| North Dakota | 319,481 | 77.7 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 15.8 |
| Ohio | 5,307,502 | 82.8 | 9.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 22.9 |
| Oklahoma | 1,539,792 | 80.0 | 13.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 21.7 |
| Oregon | 1,601,378 | 73.2 | 12.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 22.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 5,556,311 | 76.5 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 25.2 |
| Puerto Rico | 908,386 | 69.0 | 18.0 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 29.4 |
| Rhode Island | 490,905 | 80.1 | 10.4 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 22.5 |
| South Carolina | 1,822,969 | 79.4 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 24.3 |
| South Dakota | 372,648 | 77.3 | 10.4 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 16.6 |
| Tennessee | 2,618,404 | 81.7 | 12.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 24.5 |
| Texas | 9,157,875 | 77.7 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 25.4 |
| Utah | 1,032,858 | 75.5 | 14.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 21.3 |
| Vermont | 311,839 | 75.2 | 11.9 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 21.6 |
| Virginia | 3,481,820 | 77.1 | 12.7 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 27.0 |
| Washington | 2,785,479 | 73.3 | 12.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 25.5 |
| West Virginia | 718,106 | 80.3 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 26.2 |
| Wisconsin | 2,690,704 | 79.5 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 20.8 |
| Wyoming | 239,809 | 75.4 | 13.2 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 17.8 |
| United States, total | 128,279,228 | 75.7 | 12.2 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 25.5 |
NOTE: Data are for workers 16 years and over.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics, available at http://www.census.gov/c2ss/www/ as of Aug. 25, 2003.