Download an Excel file* of this document: profile_washington__whatcom_county.xls.
| 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 | 42,450 | 100.0 | 851 | 50,595 | 100.0 | 1,307 | 50,793 | 100.0 | 1,315 | Yes |
| Drove alone | 32,515 | 76.6 | 774 | 35,544 | 70.3 | 1,533 | 37,377 | 73.6 | 1,681 | Yes |
| 2-person Carpool | 3,585 | 8.4 | 283 | 4,404 | 8.7 | 639 | 3,391 | 6.7 | 539 | No |
| 3-or-more-person Carpool | 770 | 1.8 | 132 | 1,571 | 3.1 | 590 | 1,084 | 2.1 | 335 | No |
| Transit | 713 | 1.7 | 127 | 1,621 | 3.2 | 513 | 1,182 | 2.3 | 348 | Yes |
| Bike | 795 | 1.9 | 135 | 1,500 | 3.0 | 469 | 811 | 1.6 | 282 | No |
| Walked | 1,545 | 3.6 | 187 | 2,414 | 4.8 | 482 | 2,428 | 4.8 | 578 | Yes |
| Taxi, Motorcycle and Other means | 650 | 1.5 | 122 | 681 | 1.3 | 261 | 904 | 1.8 | 322 | No |
| Worked at Home | 1,870 | 4.4 | 206 | 2,860 | 5.7 | 504 | 3,616 | 7.1 | 639 | Yes |
| 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 | 36,815 | 100.0 | 810 | 44,701 | 100.0 | 1,253 | 43,291 | 100.0 | 1,357 | Yes |
| Drove alone | 27,610 | 75.0 | 726 | 32,198 | 72.0 | 1,196 | 32,908 | 76.0 | 1,443 | Yes |
| 2-person Carpool | 3,135 | 8.5 | 265 | 3,231 | 7.2 | 536 | 2,742 | 6.3 | 462 | No |
| 3-or-more-person Carpool | 890 | 2.4 | 142 | 1,084 | 2.4 | 361 | 855 | 2.0 | 291 | No |
| Transit | 859 | 2.3 | 140 | 1,727 | 3.9 | 586 | 1,302 | 3.0 | 323 | Yes |
| Bike | 270 | 0.7 | 79 | 1,039 | 2.3 | 397 | 507 | 1.2 | 183 | Yes |
| Walked | 1,740 | 4.7 | 198 | 2,257 | 5.0 | 519 | 2,289 | 5.3 | 529 | No |
| Taxi, Motorcycle and Other means | 175 | 0.5 | 63 | 410 | 0.9 | 221 | 410 | 0.9 | 217 | Yes |
| Worked at Home | 2,130 | 5.8 | 219 | 2,755 | 6.2 | 458 | 2,278 | 5.3 | 496 | 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
