Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
Planning · Environment · Real Estate
Download an Excel file of this document: profile_virginia.xls.
Excel files can be viewed with the Excel Viewer
| Table 1. Selected Characteristics | Census 2000 | 2006-2010 ACS | 2010 Census | Is Change between Census 2000 and 2006-2010 ACS Significant in Number?** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | MOE(+/-) | Value | MOE(+/-) | |||
| Total Persons 1 | 7,078,515 | -- | 7,841,754 | 0 | 8,001,024 | -- |
| Persons in Households 2 | 6,846,703 | 2,264 | 7,600,728 | 0 | 7,761,190 | Yes |
| Total Households 3 | 2,700,335 | 2,082 | 2,974,481 | 9,637 | 3,056,058 | Yes |
| Average Number of Persons per Household 4 | 2.54 | 0.00 | 2.56 | 0.01 | 2.54 | Yes |
| Average Household Income 5 | $61,620 | $162 | $82,584 | $576 | -- | Yes |
| Average Number of Vehicles per Household 6 | 1.83 | 0.00 | 1.93 | 0.01 | -- | Yes |
| Percent of Persons in Poverty 7 | 9.60 | 0.10 | 10.30 | 0.00 | -- | Yes |
| Percent Minority 8 | 27.70 | 0.10 | 30.10 | 0.00 | 31.40 | Yes |
| Percent of Persons 65 and Over 9 | 11.20 | 0.10 | 11.80 | 0.00 | 12.20 | Yes |
| Percent of Persons Foreign Born 10 | 8.10 | 0.00 | 10.80 | 0.00 | -- | -- |
| Total Workers at Place of Residence11 | 3,543,538 | 6,361 | 3,946,940 | 9,295 | -- | Yes |
| Table 2. Mode to Work 12 | CTPP2000 | 2006-2010 ACS | Is Change Significant in number?** | CTPP2000 | 2006-2010 ACS | Is Change Significant in number?** | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | MOE(+/-)* | Number | Percent | MOE(+/-)* | Number | Percent | MOE(+/-)* | Number | Percent | MOE(+/-)* | |||
| At Place of Residence | At Place of Work | |||||||||||||
| Total Workers | 3,481,820 | 100.0 | 6,360 | 3,851,989 | 100.0 | 8,224 | Yes | 3,388,770 | 100.0 | 6,355 | 3,771,497 | 100.0 | 8,570 | Yes |
| Drove alone | 2,685,915 | 77.1 | 6,173 | 2,966,159 | 77.0 | 8,764 | Yes | 2,661,960 | 78.6 | 6,163 | 2,961,657 | 78.5 | 8,798 | Yes |
| 2-person Carpool | 329,960 | 9.5 | 2,682 | 306,806 | 8.0 | 4,026 | Yes | 319,585 | 9.4 | 2,642 | 296,419 | 7.9 | 4,087 | Yes |
| 3-or-more-person Carpool | 111,135 | 3.2 | 1,582 | 108,281 | 2.8 | 6,182 | No | 96,880 | 2.9 | 1,478 | 98,797 | 2.6 | 3,009 | No |
| Public Transportation | 119,795 | 3.4 | 1,641 | 164,107 | 4.3 | 3,526 | Yes | 80,510 | 2.4 | 1,349 | 111,279 | 3.0 | 3,129 | Yes |
| Bike | 7,930 | 0.2 | 426 | 12,334 | 0.3 | 857 | Yes | 7,260 | 0.2 | 407 | 11,345 | 0.3 | 824 | Yes |
| Walked | 80,485 | 2.3 | 1,349 | 90,824 | 2.4 | 3,284 | Yes | 79,255 | 2.3 | 1,339 | 91,138 | 2.4 | 3,341 | Yes |
| Taxi, Motorcycle and Other means | 36,535 | 1.0 | 912 | 40,690 | 1.1 | 1,588 | Yes | 33,255 | 1.0 | 870 | 38,074 | 1.0 | 1,553 | Yes |
| Worked at Home | 110,065 | 3.2 | 1,574 | 162,788 | 4.2 | 3,728 | Yes | 110,065 | 3.2 | 1,574 | 162,788 | 4.3 | 3,728 | Yes |
| Table 3. Mean Travel Time by Mode to Work 13 | Census 2000 | 2006-2010 ACS | Is Change Significant in Minutes?** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes | MOE(+/-) | Minutes | MOE(+/-) | ||
| Total Workers (does not include workers who worked at home) | 27.0 | 0.1 | 27.1 | 0.1 | No |
| Drove alone | 25.7 | 0.1 | 25.9 | 0.1 | Yes |
| Carpooled | 31.9 | 0.2 | 31.4 | 0.7 | No |
| Public Transportation | 45.1 | 0.4 | 46.7 | 1.4 | Yes |
| Taxi, Motorcycle, Walk, Bicycle and Other means | 19.6 | 0.4 | 17.7 | 0.8 | Yes |
Notes:
* The coefficient of variation (CV) can be derived by the standard error (SE) divided by the estimate, while SE = MOE/1.645.
** The z-value of the difference of the two estimates are used to determined if the two estimates are significantly different at 90% confidence level.
1 Census 2000 SF3 Table P1, 2006-2010 ACS Table B01003 and Census 2010 SF1 Table QT-P1
2 Census 2000 SF3 Table P9, 2006-2010 ACS Table B09016 and Census 2010 Table QT-P12
3 Census 2000 SF3 Table P10, 2006-2010 ACS Table B19001 and Census 2010 Table QT-P11
4 Census 2000 SF3 Table P9 divided Census 2000 SF3 Table P10, 2006-2010 ACS Table B09016 divided 2006-2010 ACS Table B19001 and Census 2010 Table QT-P11
5 CTPP2000 Table 1-090 and 2006-2010 ACS Table B19025
6 Census 2000 SF3 Table H46 and 2006-2010 ACS Table B25046
7 Census 2000 SF3 Table P87 and 2006 -2010 ACS Table B17001
8 Census 2000 SF3 Table P6, 2006-2010 ACS Table B02001 and Census 2010 SF1 Table QT-P3
9 Census 2000 SF3 Table P8, 2006-2010 ACS Table B01001 and Census 2010 Table QT-P1
10 Census 2000 SF3 Table P21 and 2006-2010 ACS Table B06003
11 Census 2000 SF3 Table P43 and 2006-2010 ACS Table B23001
12 Residence place information is from CTPP2000 Table 1-002 and 2006- 2010 ACS Table B08301 and workplace information is from CTPP2000 Table 2-002 and 2006-2010 ACS Table B08406
13 CTPP2000 Table 1-118 and 2006-2010 ACS Table C08136
