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2005 Transportation Profiles

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

Selected Characteristics1	1990	2000	2005 ACS	2005 ACS MOE 3
Persons in Household	2,503,499	2,749,244	2,824,156	*****4
Households	911,374	1,046,434	1,084,034	+/-7,745
Persons per household	2.75	2.63	2.61	*****
	Includes GQ pop		Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons	2,573,216	2,844,658	na	na
Total Employed2	1,046,181	1,188,979	1,223,683	*****
Workers at Work	1,028,014	1,164,118	1,182,086	+/-11,632
Mode to work1	1990		2000		2005 ACS
	Includes GQ pop				Does not include GQ Pop
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	MOE (%)
Total Workers	1,028,014	100.0	1,164,118	100.0	1,182,086	100.0	---
Drove alone	777,422	75.6	924,506	79.4	974,121	82.4	+/- 0.7
2-person carpool	132,625	12.9	131,637	11.3	111,379	9.4	+/- 0.5
3-person carpool	30,047	2.9	26,778	2.3	22,250	1.9	+/- 0.2
4-person carpool	12,159	1.2	10,226	0.9	8,837	0.7	+/- 0.1
5-or-6-person carpool	5,332	0.5	4,859	0.4	2,945	0.2	+/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool	3,856	0.4	2,965	0.3	1,504	0.1	+/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus	5,855	0.6	4,991	0.4	4,654	0.4	+/- 0.1
Streetcar or trolley car	80	0.0	137	0.0	209	0.0	+/- 0.0
Subway or elevated	35	0.0	56	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Railroad	22	0.0	146	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Ferryboat	77	0.0	133	0.0	81	0.0	+/- 0.0
Bicycle	1,519	0.1	1,112	0.1	1,318	0.1	+/- 0.1
Walked	27,142	2.6	21,868	1.9	15,274	1.3	+/- 0.2
Taxicab	1,951	0.2	1,124	0.1	715	0.1	+/- 0.0
Motorcycle	1,156	0.1	712	0.1	1,167	0.1	+/- 0.0
Other means	10,116	1.0	10,269	0.9	15,590	1.3	+/- 0.2
Worked at home	18,620	1.8	22,599	1.9	22,042	1.9	+/- 0.2
Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home)	1,009,394	100.0	1,141,519	100.0	1,160,044	100.0	---
Less than 5 minutes	47,063	4.7	43,278	3.8	51,035	4.4	+/- 0.4
5 to 9	149,058	14.8	142,991	12.5	147,639	12.7	+/- 0.6
10 to 14	177,907	17.6	188,931	16.6	186,341	16.1	+/- 0.6
15 to 19	193,024	19.1	197,875	17.3	194,861	16.8	+/- 0.6
20 to 29	186,612	18.5	224,343	19.7	227,429	19.6	+/- 0.6
30 to 44	156,242	15.5	197,602	17.3	205,585	17.7	+/- 0.6
45 to 59	46,923	4.6	68,120	6.0	74,253	6.4	+/- 0.5
60 or more	52,565	5.2	78,379	6.9	72,901	6.3	+/- 0.5
Mean travel time (minutes)	20.6	(X)	24.6	(X)	23.5	(X)	+/- 0.52
Departure Time to Work1
Workers (Did not work at home)	1,009,394	100.0	1,141,519	100.0	1,160,044	100.0	---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m.	72,530	7.2	101,696	8.9	116,065	10.0	+/- 0.5
6:00 - 6:59 a.m.	284,283	28.2	288,157	25.2	281,986	24.3	+/- 0.7
7:00 - 7:59 a.m.	334,987	33.2	365,342	32.0	348,175	30.0	+/- 0.8
8:00 - 8:59 a.m.	107,514	10.7	112,258	9.8	122,422	10.6	+/- 0.6
9:00 - 10:59 a.m.	46,697	4.6	57,548	5.0	64,355	5.5	+/- 0.3
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	74,014	7.3	86,275	7.6	81,600	7.0	+/- 0.4
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	89,369	8.9	130,243	11.4	145,441	12.5	+/- 0.6

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: Mississippi
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.