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2005 Transportation Profiles

Geographic Area¹: Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1	1990	2000	2005 ACS	2005 ACS MOE 3
Persons in Household	1,005,556	1,105,811	1,148,386	*****4
Households	388,792	443,082	457,695	+/-4,536
Persons per household	2.59	2.50	2.51	*****
	Includes GQ pop		Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons	1,024,457	1,129,721	na	na
Total Employed2	457,662	512,021	543,363	*****
Workers at Work	449,564	503,343	531,554	+/-8,389
Mode to work1	1990		2000		2005 ACS
	Includes GQ pop				Does not include GQ Pop
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	MOE (%)
Total Workers	449,564	100.0	503,343	100.0	531,554	100.0	---
Drove alone	361,793	80.5	418,632	83.2	446,221	83.9	+/- 0.9
2-person carpool	51,242	11.4	48,011	9.5	45,724	8.6	+/- 0.8
3-person carpool	9,290	2.1	8,445	1.7	7,260	1.4	+/- 0.3
4-person carpool	3,318	0.7	2,844	0.6	2,561	0.5	+/- 0.2
5-or-6-person carpool	1,225	0.3	1,015	0.2	1,248	0.2	+/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool	724	0.2	515	0.1	972	0.2	+/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus	4,864	1.1	3,057	0.6	2,495	0.5	+/- 0.2
Streetcar or trolley car	39	0.0	37	0.0	52	0.0	+/- 0.0
Subway or elevated	9	0.0	52	0.0	72	0.0	+/- 0.0
Railroad	25	0.0	81	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.1
Ferryboat	27	0.0	91	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.1
Bicycle	306	0.1	237	0.0	594	0.1	+/- 0.1
Walked	6,225	1.4	6,033	1.2	6,777	1.3	+/- 0.3
Taxicab	198	0.0	279	0.1	25	0.0	+/- 0.0
Motorcycle	324	0.1	272	0.1	500	0.1	+/- 0.1
Other means	2,319	0.5	2,696	0.5	3,298	0.6	+/- 0.2
Worked at home	7,636	1.7	11,046	2.2	13,755	2.6	+/- 0.4
Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home)	441,928	100.0	492,297	100.0	517,799	100.0	---
Less than 5 minutes	10,357	2.3	10,927	2.2	13,844	2.7	+/- 0.4
5 to 9	39,290	8.9	38,690	7.9	42,162	8.1	+/- 0.7
10 to 14	59,042	13.4	59,377	12.1	63,126	12.2	+/- 0.9
15 to 19	77,938	17.6	77,573	15.8	74,280	14.3	+/- 1.0
20 to 29	103,344	23.4	112,579	22.9	120,437	23.3	+/- 1.3
30 to 44	98,195	22.2	114,784	23.3	122,752	23.7	+/- 1.2
45 to 59	30,833	7.0	42,919	8.7	44,536	8.6	+/- 0.7
60 or more	22,929	5.2	35,448	7.2	36,662	7.1	+/- 0.6
Mean travel time (minutes)	23.4	(X)	27.0	(X)	26.3	(X)	+/- 0.88
Departure Time to Work1
Workers (Did not work at home)	441,928	100.0	492,297	100.0	517,799	100.0	---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m.	34,107	7.7	43,713	8.9	52,547	10.1	+/- 0.8
6:00 - 6:59 a.m.	108,736	24.6	113,314	23.0	115,562	22.3	+/- 1.0
7:00 - 7:59 a.m.	153,945	34.8	172,254	35.0	160,473	31.0	+/- 1.1
8:00 - 8:59 a.m.	49,931	11.3	56,400	11.5	58,105	11.2	+/- 0.8
9:00 - 10:59 a.m.	22,740	5.1	27,150	5.5	31,199	6.0	+/- 0.5
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	32,549	7.4	31,393	6.4	41,040	7.9	+/- 0.8
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	39,920	9.0	48,073	9.8	58,873	11.4	+/- 0.8

Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.
3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.cfm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.
4. ***** Cannot be calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS.

Geographic Area¹: Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL
TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000 & 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, PERCENT OF WORKERS, 2000 and 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. ACS did not include group quarter population. For more information, Please read notes.cfm
3. Includes streetcar/trolley car, subway/elevated, railroad, and ferryboat.
4. Includes bicycle, walk, motorcycle, taxicab, or other means.
SSS: Not shown because weighted total by mode is less than 500.
***** Cannot be calculated.