CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	58,214	100.0	76,627	100.0	18,413	31.6
In households	57,710	99.1	75,982	99.2	18,272	31.7
In group quarters	504	0.9	645	0.8	141	28.0
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	19,192	100.0	26,773	100.0	7,581	39.5
1-person household	3,184	16.6	4,895	18.3	1,711	53.7
2-person household	5,154	26.9	7,875	29.4	2,721	52.8
3-person household	3,984	20.8	5,430	20.3	1,446	36.3
4-person household	3,898	20.3	5,175	19.3	1,277	32.8
5-or-more-person household	2,972	15.5	3,398	12.7	426	14.3
Mean number of persons per household	3.01	(X)	2.84	(X)	-0.17	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	19,192	100.0	26,773	100.0	7,581	39.5
No vehicle available	1,762	9.2	1,784	6.7	22	1.2
1 vehicle available	5,377	28.0	8,042	30.0	2,665	49.6
2 vehicles available	8,769	45.7	12,389	46.3	3,620	41.3
3 vehicles available	2,504	13.0	3,453	12.9	949	37.9
4 vehicles available	671	3.5	851	3.2	180	26.8
5 or more vehicles available	109	0.6	254	0.9	145	133.0
Mean vehicles per household	1.76	(X)	1.79	(X)	0.04	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	23,309	100.0	34,635	100.0	11,326	48.6
Male	13,764	59.1	19,335	55.8	5,571	40.5
Female	9,545	40.9	15,295	44.2	5,750	60.2
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	23,309	100.0	34,633	100.0	11,324	48.6
Drove alone	18,859	80.9	29,438	85.0	10,579	56.1
Carpooled	3,362	14.4	3,518	10.2	156	4.6
Public transportation (including taxicab)	135	0.6	36	0.1	-99	-73.3
Bicycle or walked	387	1.7	661	1.9	274	70.8
Motorcycle or other means	260	1.1	309	0.9	49	18.8
Worked at home	306	1.3	671	1.9	365	119.3
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	23,003	100.0	33,962	100.0	10,959	47.6
Less than 5 minutes	876	3.8	1,141	3.4	265	30.3
5 to 9 minutes	3,159	13.7	2,995	8.8	-164	-5.2
10 to 14 minutes	2,989	13.0	4,369	12.9	1,380	46.2
15 to 19 minutes	3,537	15.4	4,779	14.1	1,242	35.1
20 to 29 minutes	4,367	19.0	7,282	21.4	2,915	66.8
30 to 44 minutes	5,072	22.0	8,239	24.3	3,167	62.4
45 or more minutes	3,003	13.1	5,157	15.2	2,154	71.7
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.3	(X)	26.3	(X)	3.0	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	23,003	100.0	33,962	100.0	10,959	47.6
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	9,808	42.6	13,633	40.1	3,825	39.0
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	6,659	28.9	9,666	28.5	3,007	45.2
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	2,449	10.6	3,414	10.1	965	39.4
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	662	2.9	1,013	3.0	351	53.0
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	469	2.0	610	1.8	141	30.1
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	2,233	9.7	3,369	9.9	1,136	50.9
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	723	3.1	2,257	6.6	1,534	212.2
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). (X)Not applicable. Source:U.S. Census Bureau. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 and 2000 long-form (sample) data.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	76,627	100.0
Under 16 years	20,511	26.8
16 to 20 years	5,861	7.6
21 to 24 years	3,997	5.2
25 to 44 years	25,125	32.8
45 to 64 years	15,287	19.9
65 years and over	5,846	7.6
Mean age (years)	32.2	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	26,773	100.0
Less than $15,000	4,316	16.1
$15,000 to 19,999	1,447	5.4
$20,000 to 24,999	1,362	5.1
$25,000 to 49,999	7,593	28.4
$50,000 to 74,999	6,446	24.1
$75,000 to 99,999	3,397	12.7
$100,000 or more	2,212	8.3
Mean household income (dollars)	50,689	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	44,288	(X)
Household Size by Vehicles Available1
Household Size		Mean vehicles per household	Vehicles available
			Total households	No vehicle	1 vehicle	2 vehicles	3 vehicles	4 or more vehicles
Total households		1.79	26,775	1,785	8,040	12,390	3,455	1,105
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.7	30.0	46.3	12.9	4.1
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.02	4,895	770	3,435	545	125	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	15.7	70.2	11.1	2.6	0.4
	Column percent	(X)	18.3	43.1	42.7	4.4	3.6	1.8
2-person household		1.78	7,875	355	1,965	4,805	635	115
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.5	25.0	61.0	8.1	1.5
	Column percent	(X)	29.4	19.9	24.4	38.8	18.4	10.4
3-person household		1.98	5,430	240	1,185	2,715	1,075	215
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.4	21.8	50.0	19.8	4.0
	Column percent	(X)	20.3	13.4	14.7	21.9	31.1	19.5
4-or-more-person household		2.13	8,575	415	1,460	4,330	1,615	755
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.8	17.0	50.5	18.8	8.8
	Column percent	(X)	32.0	23.2	18.2	34.9	46.7	68.3
Means of Transportation to Work by Travel Time to Work1
Means of Transportation		Mean travel time to work (minutes)	Travel time to work
			Workers who did not work at home	Less than 10 minutes	10 to 19 minutes	20 to 29 minutes	30 to 44 minutes	45 or more minutes
Workers who did not work at home		26.3	33,960	4,135	9,150	7,280	8,240	5,155
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.2	26.9	21.4	24.3	15.2
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		26.1	29,440	3,240	8,145	6,540	7,335	4,175
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	11.0	27.7	22.2	24.9	14.2
	Column percent	(X)	86.7	78.4	89.0	89.8	89.0	81.0
Carpooled		30.5	3,520	365	845	625	815	870
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.4	24.0	17.8	23.2	24.7
	Column percent	(X)	10.4	8.8	9.2	8.6	9.9	16.9
Public transportation (including taxicab)		45.6	35	0	10	15	4	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	28.6	42.9	11.4	11.4
	Column percent	(X)	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	[ >0 ]	0.1
Bicycle or walked		12.1	660	445	70	55	45	45
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	67.4	10.6	8.3	6.8	6.8
	Column percent	(X)	1.9	10.8	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.9
Motorcycle or other means		29.8	310	85	75	45	45	60
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	27.4	24.2	14.5	14.5	19.4
	Column percent	(X)	0.9	2.1	0.8	0.6	0.5	1.2
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). >0Value is too near zero to display. (X)Not applicable. Source:U.S. Census Bureau. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 and 2000 long-form (sample) data.