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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: DeSoto County, Mississippi

Download an Excel file* of this document: desoto_county_mississippi.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 67,910 107,199 x x
Total Persons in Household 67,691 106,621 136,353 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 32,719 52,647 68,145 2,373
Total Workers, Place of Work 21,381 32,545 41,785 3,199
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.65 0.62 0.61 0.08

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 21,381 100.0 32,545 100.0 NA 41,785 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 16,530 77.3 25,735 79.1 1.0 34,004 81.4 4.5 No
2-person carpool 2,984 14.0 3,755 11.5 0.8 3,298 7.9 2.4 Yes
3-person carpool 523 2.4 780 2.4 0.4 1,076 2.6 1.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 379 1.8 435 1.3 0.3 465 1.1 0.9 No
Public Transportation 55 0.3 115 0.4 0.1 115 0.3 0.5 No
Walked 175 0.8 180 0.6 0.2 422 1.0 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 191 0.9 440 1.4 0.3 1,264 3.0 2.0 No
Worked at home 544 2.5 1,110 3.4 0.4 1,141 2.7 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 20,837 100.0 31,435 100.0 NA 40,644 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 3,318 15.9 4,130 13.1 0.8 6,668 16.4 3.3 No
10 to 14 3,264 15.7 4,925 15.7 0.9 6,990 17.2 3.3 No
15 to 19 3,587 17.2 4,935 15.7 0.9 7,621 18.8 3.4 No
20 to 24 2,871 13.8 4,500 14.3 0.9 5,660 13.9 2.6 No
25 to 29 1,178 5.7 2,125 6.8 0.6 1,874 4.6 1.4 Yes
30 to 34 3,355 16.1 4,890 15.6 0.9 5,674 14.0 3.1 No
35 to 44 1,112 5.3 1,765 5.6 0.6 2,931 7.2 2.4 No
45 to 59 1,247 6.0 2,300 7.3 0.6 1,793 4.4 2.0 Yes
60 or more 905 4.3 1,865 5.9 0.6 1,433 3.5 1.4 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.0 (X) 24.9 (X) NA 20.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 20,837 100.0 31,435 100.0 NA 40,644 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 690 3.3 1,850 5.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,119 5.4 2,155 6.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,305 15.9 4,445 14.1 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,574 17.2 4,620 14.7 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 3,814 18.3 5,265 16.7 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 2,156 10.3 3,175 10.1 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 864 4.1 1,010 3.2 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 4,755 22.8 7,545 24.0 1.1 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 560 2.7 935 3.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA

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.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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