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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Fulton County, Georgia

Download an Excel file* of this document: fulton_county_georgia.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 648,951 816,006 x x
Total Persons in Household 626,974 784,622 884,079 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 315,366 385,442 438,053 6,919
Total Workers, Place of Work 571,384 717,700 801,796 14,794
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.81 1.86 1.83 0.06

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 571,384 100.0 717,700 100.0 NA 801,796 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 422,469 73.9 544,785 75.9 0.2 626,399 78.1 0.4 Yes
2-person carpool 61,037 10.7 67,080 9.3 0.2 59,932 7.5 0.7 Yes
3-person carpool 9,105 1.6 12,930 1.8 0.1 10,749 1.3 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 6,000 1.1 10,145 1.4 0.1 10,084 1.3 0.5 No
Public Transportation 50,696 8.9 48,140 6.7 0.1 48,657 6.1 0.6 Yes
Walked 8,712 1.5 8,955 1.2 0.1 9,675 1.2 0.2 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,509 1.0 8,875 1.2 0.1 11,358 1.4 0.3 No
Worked at home 7,856 1.4 16,795 2.3 0.1 24,942 3.1 0.4 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 563,528 100.0 700,905 100.0 NA 776,854 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 31,930 5.7 34,800 5.0 0.1 47,868 6.2 0.6 Yes
10 to 14 46,634 8.3 48,680 6.9 0.1 57,214 7.4 0.6 No
15 to 19 69,457 12.3 72,840 10.4 0.2 72,002 9.3 0.6 Yes
20 to 24 78,527 13.9 86,275 12.3 0.2 99,127 12.8 0.7 No
25 to 29 38,705 6.9 43,420 6.2 0.1 46,129 5.9 0.5 No
30 to 34 110,521 19.6 126,545 18.1 0.2 140,476 18.1 1.1 No
35 to 44 54,789 9.7 71,180 10.2 0.2 74,759 9.6 0.6 No
45 to 59 80,472 14.3 107,080 15.3 0.2 108,681 14.0 0.8 Yes
60 or more 52,493 9.3 110,085 15.7 0.2 130,598 16.8 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 29.9 (X) 35.7 (X) NA 34.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 563,528 100.0 700,905 100.0 NA 776,854 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 16,125 2.9 24,760 3.5 0.1 30,198 3.9 0.4 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 22,109 3.9 30,735 4.4 0.1 34,958 4.5 0.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 50,934 9.0 63,375 9.0 0.2 66,901 8.6 0.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 77,325 13.7 86,435 12.3 0.2 93,296 12.0 0.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 102,285 18.2 112,065 16.0 0.2 113,888 14.7 0.8 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 95,028 16.9 107,975 15.4 0.2 112,919 14.5 0.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 61,757 11.0 64,035 9.1 0.2 86,469 11.1 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 129,026 22.9 186,055 26.5 0.3 221,388 28.5 1.0 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 8,939 1.6 12,770 1.8 0.1 16,837 2.2 0.3 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.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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