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| Selected Characteristics1 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 ACS | 2005 ACS MOE 3 |
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| Persons in Household | 14,246,483 | 16,063,431 | 17,314,128 | *****4 | |||
| Households | 4,900,720 | 5,347,107 | 5,618,920 | +/-12,038 | |||
| Persons per household | 2.91 | 3.00 | 3.08 | ***** | |||
| Includes GQ pop | Does not include GQ Pop | ||||||
| Total Persons | 14,531,529 | 16,373,645 | na | na | |||
| Total Employed2 | 6,976,701 | 6,932,631 | 7,825,528 | ***** | |||
| Workers at Work | 6,809,043 | 6,767,619 | 7,566,488 | +/-29,644 | |||
| Mode to work1 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 ACS | ||||
| Includes GQ pop | Does not include GQ Pop | ||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | MOE (%) | |
| Total Workers | 6,809,043 | 100.0 | 6,767,619 | 100.0 | 7,566,488 | 100.0 | --- |
| Drove alone | 4,926,034 | 72.3 | 4,901,201 | 72.4 | 5,652,535 | 74.7 | +/- 0.4 |
| 2-person carpool | 797,520 | 11.7 | 767,787 | 11.3 | 726,459 | 9.6 | +/- 0.3 |
| 3-person carpool | 151,928 | 2.2 | 158,187 | 2.3 | 142,504 | 1.9 | +/- 0.1 |
| 4-person carpool | 53,592 | 0.8 | 58,221 | 0.9 | 46,936 | 0.6 | +/- 0.1 |
| 5-or-6-person carpool | 25,746 | 0.4 | 26,261 | 0.4 | 22,118 | 0.3 | +/- 0.1 |
| 7-or-more-person carpool | 23,463 | 0.3 | 17,889 | 0.3 | 19,021 | 0.3 | +/- 0.0 |
| Bus or trolley bus | 304,002 | 4.5 | 284,982 | 4.2 | 309,741 | 4.1 | +/- 0.2 |
| Streetcar or trolley car | 1,629 | 0.0 | 2,757 | 0.0 | 2,930 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Subway or elevated | 785 | 0.0 | 7,167 | 0.1 | 11,331 | 0.1 | +/- 0.0 |
| Railroad | 1,027 | 0.0 | 15,818 | 0.2 | 18,562 | 0.2 | +/- 0.0 |
| Ferryboat | 560 | 0.0 | 578 | 0.0 | 1,017 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Bicycle | 48,279 | 0.7 | 42,887 | 0.6 | 40,833 | 0.5 | +/- 0.1 |
| Walked | 199,944 | 2.9 | 173,497 | 2.6 | 162,412 | 2.1 | +/- 0.1 |
| Taxicab | 2,560 | 0.0 | 4,242 | 0.1 | 4,015 | 0.1 | +/- 0.0 |
| Motorcycle | 34,854 | 0.5 | 13,171 | 0.2 | 19,741 | 0.3 | +/- 0.0 |
| Other means | 51,018 | 0.7 | 51,523 | 0.8 | 78,573 | 1.0 | +/- 0.1 |
| Worked at home | 186,102 | 2.7 | 241,451 | 3.6 | 307,760 | 4.1 | +/- 0.1 |
| Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1 | |||||||
| Workers (Did not work at home) | 6,622,941 | 100.0 | 6,526,168 | 100.0 | 7,258,728 | 100.0 | --- |
| Less than 5 minutes | 138,928 | 2.1 | 116,601 | 1.8 | 150,086 | 2.1 | +/- 0.1 |
| 5 to 9 | 585,497 | 8.8 | 516,794 | 7.9 | 581,266 | 8.0 | +/- 0.2 |
| 10 to 14 | 896,687 | 13.5 | 829,713 | 12.7 | 877,654 | 12.1 | +/- 0.3 |
| 15 to 19 | 1,033,243 | 15.6 | 978,495 | 15.0 | 1,048,176 | 14.4 | +/- 0.3 |
| 20 to 29 | 1,306,535 | 19.7 | 1,299,148 | 19.9 | 1,436,516 | 19.8 | +/- 0.3 |
| 30 to 44 | 1,469,552 | 22.2 | 1,472,328 | 22.6 | 1,660,395 | 22.9 | +/- 0.4 |
| 45 to 59 | 564,658 | 8.5 | 585,546 | 9.0 | 622,880 | 8.6 | +/- 0.2 |
| 60 or more | 627,841 | 9.5 | 727,543 | 11.1 | 881,755 | 12.1 | +/- 0.2 |
| Mean travel time (minutes) | 26.4 | (X) | 29.1 | (X) | 28.9 | (X) | +/- 0.21 |
| Departure Time to Work1 | |||||||
| Workers (Did not work at home) | 6,622,941 | 100.0 | 6,526,168 | 100.0 | 7,258,728 | 100.0 | --- |
| 5:00 - 5:59 a.m. | 595,059 | 9.0 | 595,586 | 9.1 | 742,914 | 10.2 | +/- 0.2 |
| 6:00 - 6:59 a.m. | 1,393,589 | 21.0 | 1,213,824 | 18.6 | 1,358,324 | 18.7 | +/- 0.3 |
| 7:00 - 7:59 a.m. | 1,869,484 | 28.2 | 1,816,418 | 27.8 | 1,811,950 | 25.0 | +/- 0.4 |
| 8:00 - 8:59 a.m. | 1,092,015 | 16.5 | 1,064,586 | 16.3 | 1,195,279 | 16.5 | +/- 0.3 |
| 9:00 - 10:59 a.m. | 580,537 | 8.8 | 657,417 | 10.1 | 798,682 | 11.0 | +/- 0.3 |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. | 488,942 | 7.4 | 496,040 | 7.6 | 540,209 | 7.4 | +/- 0.2 |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. | 603,315 | 9.1 | 682,297 | 10.5 | 811,370 | 11.2 | +/- 0.2 |
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.
(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)2
| Mean travel time (mins.) |
Total | Less than 10 minutes |
10 to 19 minutes |
20 to 29 minutes |
30 to 44 minutes |
45 to 59 minutes |
60/more minutes |
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| Total | 2000 | 29.1 | 6,526,170 | 633,385 | 1,808,210 | 1,299,160 | 1,472,325 | 585,540 | 727,545 |
| 2005 | 28.9 | 7,258,728 | 731,352 | 1,925,830 | 1,436,516 | 1,660,395 | 622,880 | 881,755 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.21 | +/-28,395 | +/-17,501 | +/-28,111 | +/-21,468 | +/-29,158 | +/-15,982 | +/-15,602 | |
| Drove alone | 2000 | 27.8 | 4,901,205 | 463,350 | 1,408,815 | 1,026,105 | 1,105,715 | 434,045 | 463,180 |
| 2005 | 27.7 | 5,652,535 | 559,693 | 1,564,728 | 1,173,243 | 1,286,573 | 484,433 | 583,865 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.28 | +/-35,024 | +/-17,086 | +/-26,426 | +/-19,968 | +/-24,805 | +/-13,636 | +/-12,285 | |
| 2-person carpool | 2000 | 29.7 | 767,790 | 62,845 | 211,335 | 153,195 | 178,380 | 72,895 | 89,150 |
| 2005 | 30.2 | 726,459 | 58,720 | 185,497 | 138,450 | 180,255 | 62,793 | 100,744 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-1.43 | +/-20,941 | +/-4,816 | +/-9,438 | +/-7,818 | +/-9,419 | +/-5,626 | +/-7,788 | |
| 3+ carpool | 2000 | 34.8 | 260,555 | 15,295 | 57,820 | 46,905 | 67,595 | 28,350 | 44,595 |
| 2005 | 37.0 | 230,579 | 12,828 | 44,661 | 38,787 | 57,373 | 27,578 | 49,352 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-3.07 | +/-12,561 | +/-2,515 | +/-5,327 | +/-4,376 | +/-5,666 | +/-4,675 | +/-5,172 | |
| Bus or trolley bus | 2000 | 49.0 | 284,975 | 4,160 | 28,470 | 33,550 | 81,065 | 38,800 | 98,945 |
| 2005 | 46.7 | 309,741 | 3,487 | 31,956 | 39,244 | 89,721 | 33,375 | 111,958 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-3.22 | +/-13,966 | +/-1,016 | +/-4,414 | +/-5,042 | +/-6,281 | +/-4,017 | +/-7,881 | |
| All other transit3 | 2000 | 65.5 | 26,315 | 212 | 1,037 | 1,522 | 4,184 | 3,639 | 15,710 |
| 2005 | 65.3 | 33,840 | SSS | 897 | 1,402 | 6,809 | 5,807 | 18,513 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-8.54 | +/-2,939 | SSS | +/-449 | +/-650 | +/-1,671 | +/-1,307 | +/-2,142 | |
| All other modes4 | 2000 | 20.0 | 285,320 | 87,540 | 100,745 | 37,880 | 35,375 | 7,798 | 15,970 |
| 2005 | 19.3 | 305,574 | 96,212 | 98,091 | 45,390 | 39,664 | 8,894 | 17,323 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-1.56 | +/-12,606 | +/-6,821 | +/-6,874 | +/-4,598 | +/-4,185 | +/-1,866 | +/-3,140 |
(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)2
| Percent of Workers | Mean travel time (mins.) |
Total | Less than 10 minutes |
10 to 19 minutes |
20 to 29 minutes |
30 to 44 minutes |
45 to 59 minutes |
60/more minutes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2000 | 29.1 | 100.0 | 9.7 | 27.7 | 19.9 | 22.6 | 9.0 | 11.1 |
| 2005 | 28.9 | 100.0 | 10.1 | 26.5 | 19.8 | 22.9 | 8.6 | 12.1 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.21 | ***** | +/-0.4 | +/-0.4 | +/-0.4 | +/-0.4 | +/-0.4 | +/-0.4 | |
| Drove alone | 2000 | 27.8 | 100.0 | 9.5 | 28.7 | 20.9 | 22.6 | 8.9 | 9.5 |
| 2005 | 27.7 | 100.0 | 9.9 | 27.7 | 20.8 | 22.8 | 8.6 | 10.3 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.28 | ***** | +/-0.6 | +/-0.6 | +/-0.6 | +/-0.6 | +/-0.6 | +/-0.6 | |
| 2-person carpool | 2000 | 29.7 | 100.0 | 8.2 | 27.5 | 20.0 | 23.2 | 9.5 | 11.6 |
| 2005 | 30.2 | 100.0 | 8.1 | 25.5 | 19.1 | 24.8 | 8.6 | 13.9 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-1.43 | ***** | +/-2.9 | +/-2.9 | +/-2.9 | +/-2.9 | +/-2.9 | +/-2.9 | |
| 3+ carpool | 2000 | 34.8 | 100.0 | 5.9 | 22.2 | 18.0 | 25.9 | 10.9 | 17.1 |
| 2005 | 37.0 | 100.0 | 5.6 | 19.4 | 16.8 | 24.9 | 12.0 | 21.4 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-3.07 | ***** | +/-5.4 | +/-5.4 | +/-5.4 | +/-5.4 | +/-5.4 | +/-5.4 | |
| Bus or trolley bus | 2000 | 49.0 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 28.4 | 13.6 | 34.7 |
| 2005 | 46.7 | 100.0 | 1.1 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 29.0 | 10.8 | 36.1 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-3.22 | ***** | +/-4.5 | +/-4.5 | +/-4.5 | +/-4.5 | +/-4.5 | +/-4.4 | |
| All other transit3 | 2000 | 65.5 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 59.7 |
| 2005 | 65.3 | 100.0 | SSS | 2.7 | 4.1 | 20.1 | 17.2 | 54.7 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-8.54 | ***** | SSS | +/-8.7 | +/-8.7 | +/-8.6 | +/-8.7 | +/-8.0 | |
| All other modes4 | 2000 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 30.7 | 35.3 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
| 2005 | 19.3 | 100.0 | 31.5 | 32.1 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 2.9 | 5.7 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-1.56 | ***** | +/-4.1 | +/-4.1 | +/-4.1 | +/-4.1 | +/-4.1 | +/-4.1 |
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.
