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Geographic Area: Polk County, Minnesota FIPS: 27119

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Table 1a. Mode to Work by Gender
Table 1a. Mode to Work by Gender 1 Census 2000 2007-2009 ACS 2010-2012 ACS Is the numeric change
between Census 2000 and 2010-2012
ACS Significant? **
Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)*
Male At Place of Residence
Total Workers 7,300 100.0 303 7,618 100.0 755 8,154 100.0 398 Yes
Drove alone 5,630 77.1 275 5,815 76.3 714 6,586 80.8 402 Yes
2-person Carpool 665 9.1 103 602 7.9 205 509 6.2 133 No
3-or-more-person Carpool 139 1.9 48 125 1.6 69 306 3.8 127 Yes
Transit 20 0.3 18 230 3.0 186 53 0.6 65 No
Bike 20 0.3 18 136 1.8 110 35 0.4 45 No
Walked 345 4.7 75 225 3.0 84 333 4.1 132 No
Taxi, Motorcycle and Other means 73 1.0 35 156 2.0 120 57 0.7 44 No
Worked at Home 400 5.5 80 329 4.3 74 275 3.4 68 Yes
Table 1b. Mode to Work by Gender
Table 1b. Mode to Work by Gender 1 Census 2000 2007-2009 ACS 2010-2012 ACS Is the numeric change
between Census 2000 and 2010-2012
ACS Significant? **
Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)*
Female At Place of Residence
Total Workers 6,890 100.0 297 7,279 100.0 360 7,260 100.0 302 No
Drove alone 5,320 77.2 269 5,887 80.9 359 5,814 80.1 313 Yes
2-person Carpool 590 8.6 97 548 7.5 155 457 6.3 136 No
3-or-more-person Carpool 149 2.2 49 251 3.4 247 178 2.5 77 No
Transit 20 0.3 18 36 0.5 34 27 0.4 27 No
Bike 4 0.1 8 13 0.2 21 27 0.4 26 No
Walked 415 6.0 82 135 1.9 53 299 4.1 120 No
Taxi, Motorcycle and Other means 29 0.4 22 119 1.6 101 44 0.6 35 No
Worked at Home 365 5.3 77 290 4.0 111 414 5.7 121 No

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 Table 1-002, 2007-2009 ACS Table B08006 and 2010-2012 ACS B08006

Updated: 8/11/2017
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