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2005 Transportation Profiles

Geographic Area¹: Maine
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1	1990	2000	2005 ACS	2005 ACS MOE 3
Persons in Household	1,190,759	1,240,011	1,283,673	*****4
Households	465,312	518,200	542,158	+/-4,476
Persons per household	2.56	2.39	2.37	*****
	Includes GQ pop		Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons	1,227,928	1,274,923	na	na
Total Employed2	584,020	628,195	659,032	*****
Workers at Work	570,883	615,144	640,895	+/-5,899
Mode to work1	1990		2000		2005 ACS
	Includes GQ pop				Does not include GQ Pop
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	MOE (%)
Total Workers	570,883	100.0	615,144	100.0	640,895	100.0	---
Drove alone	424,101	74.3	483,317	78.6	511,509	79.8	+/- 0.9
2-person carpool	63,933	11.2	56,707	9.2	52,405	8.2	+/- 0.5
3-person carpool	9,115	1.6	7,855	1.3	6,982	1.1	+/- 0.2
4-person carpool	2,806	0.5	1,917	0.3	2,854	0.4	+/- 0.1
5-or-6-person carpool	1,338	0.2	1,034	0.2	1,133	0.2	+/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool	2,571	0.5	1,695	0.3	1,472	0.2	+/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus	3,765	0.7	3,220	0.5	3,181	0.5	+/- 0.1
Streetcar or trolley car	25	0.0	84	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Subway or elevated	44	0.0	135	0.0	191	0.0	+/- 0.0
Railroad	14	0.0	77	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Ferryboat	297	0.1	451	0.1	825	0.1	+/- 0.1
Bicycle	1,455	0.3	1,402	0.2	1,801	0.3	+/- 0.1
Walked	30,813	5.4	24,700	4.0	23,204	3.6	+/- 0.5
Taxicab	939	0.2	1,250	0.2	473	0.1	+/- 0.0
Motorcycle	485	0.1	234	0.0	414	0.1	+/- 0.0
Other means	4,754	0.8	4,104	0.7	5,148	0.8	+/- 0.2
Worked at home	24,428	4.3	26,962	4.4	29,303	4.6	+/- 0.4
Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home)	546,455	100.0	588,182	100.0	611,592	100.0	---
Less than 5 minutes	36,884	6.7	34,404	5.8	43,043	7.0	+/- 0.6
5 to 9	93,218	17.1	86,612	14.7	85,506	14.0	+/- 0.7
10 to 14	100,744	18.4	98,470	16.7	94,968	15.5	+/- 0.8
15 to 19	91,805	16.8	91,940	15.6	91,521	15.0	+/- 0.7
20 to 29	99,041	18.1	111,698	19.0	115,177	18.8	+/- 0.8
30 to 44	75,858	13.9	94,470	16.1	98,672	16.1	+/- 0.8
45 to 59	26,729	4.9	34,475	5.9	42,199	6.9	+/- 0.5
60 or more	22,176	4.1	36,113	6.1	40,506	6.6	+/- 0.5
Mean travel time (minutes)	19.0	(X)	22.7	(X)	23.3	(X)	+/- 0.58
Departure Time to Work1
Workers (Did not work at home)	546,455	100.0	588,182	100.0	611,592	100.0	---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m.	42,916	7.9	54,831	9.3	65,031	10.6	+/- 0.7
6:00 - 6:59 a.m.	138,370	25.3	128,433	21.8	134,660	22.0	+/- 0.8
7:00 - 7:59 a.m.	163,545	29.9	180,279	30.7	172,815	28.3	+/- 0.9
8:00 - 8:59 a.m.	73,464	13.4	79,602	13.5	82,062	13.4	+/- 0.6
9:00 - 10:59 a.m.	28,390	5.2	33,892	5.8	40,121	6.6	+/- 0.5
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	47,287	8.7	48,337	8.2	48,658	8.0	+/- 0.5
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	52,483	9.6	62,808	10.7	68,245	11.2	+/- 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: Maine
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.