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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Alaska

Download an Excel file* of this document: alaska.xls.

W1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS MOE3
  Includes GQ Pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 550,043 626,932 x x
Total Persons in Household 529,342 607,583 641,724 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 263,761 290,597 294,690 5,226
Total Workers, Place of Work 269,948 295,715 298,923 5,561
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.02 1.02 1.01 0.04

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff. In Percents2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%) Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers 269,948 100.0 295,715 100.0 NA 298,923 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 166,564 61.7 194,360 65.7 0.3 201,624 67.5 1.6 Yes
2-person carpool 32,627 12.1 35,800 12.1 0.2 35,257 11.8 1.0 No
3-person carpool 4,831 1.8 6,455 2.2 0.1 6,389 2.1 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,531 1.3 3,305 1.1 0.1 2,971 1.0 0.4 No
Public Transportation 5,188 1.9 4,220 1.4 0.1 3,701 1.2 0.3 No
Walked 27,907 10.3 22,155 7.5 0.2 19,766 6.6 0.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 18,254 6.8 17,445 5.9 0.2 17,148 5.7 0.7 No
Worked at home 11,046 4.1 11,980 4.1 0.1 12,067 4.0 0.5 No
 

W3. TRAVEL TIME TO WORK (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1

Workers (Did not work at home) 258,902 100.0 283,735 100.0 NA 286,856 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 75,196 29.0 74,670 26.3 0.3 80,287 28.0 1.3 Yes
10 to 14 50,662 19.6 56,790 20.0 0.3 54,632 19.0 1.2 No
15 to 19 51,103 19.7 54,150 19.1 0.3 54,224 18.9 1.1 No
20 to 24 33,876 13.1 37,425 13.2 0.2 38,960 13.6 0.9 No
25 to 29 8,864 3.4 10,890 3.8 0.1 12,153 4.2 0.6 No
30 to 34 16,946 6.5 19,535 6.9 0.2 16,604 5.8 0.7 Yes
35 to 44 5,034 1.9 6,365 2.2 0.1 7,471 2.6 0.5 No
45 to 59 6,061 2.3 7,765 2.7 0.1 9,017 3.1 0.4 No
60 or more 11,160 4.3 16,155 5.7 0.2 13,508 4.7 0.6 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.9 (X) 20.2 (X) NA 17.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 258,902 100.0 283,735 100.0 NA 286,856 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 13,807 5.3 12,730 4.5 0.1 14,298 5.0 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 12,049 4.7 14,645 5.2 0.2 17,219 6.0 0.7 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 21,896 8.5 23,975 8.4 0.2 26,766 9.3 0.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 35,896 13.9 34,190 12.0 0.2 32,554 11.3 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 50,401 19.5 52,675 18.6 0.3 50,504 17.6 1.1 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 37,652 14.5 39,135 13.8 0.2 37,139 12.9 1.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 17,864 6.9 22,215 7.8 0.2 24,660 8.6 0.8 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 64,006 24.7 79,150 27.9 0.3 77,259 26.9 1.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,331 2.1 6,130 2.2 0.1 6,457 2.3 0.5 No

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. x: Cannot be calculated. NA: Not calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 1990 CTPP, 2000 CTPP, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, and 2005 ACS.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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