CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	25,346	100.0	25,494	100.0	148	0.6
In households	25,096	99.0	25,172	98.7	76	0.3
In group quarters	250	1.0	322	1.3	72	28.8
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	9,165	100.0	9,680	100.0	515	5.6
1-person household	2,158	23.5	2,443	25.2	285	13.2
2-person household	2,651	28.9	3,051	31.5	400	15.1
3-person household	1,725	18.8	1,717	17.7	-8	-0.5
4-person household	1,438	15.7	1,431	14.8	-7	-0.5
5-or-more-person household	1,193	13.0	1,038	10.7	-155	-13.0
Mean number of persons per household	2.74	(X)	2.60	(X)	-0.14	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	9,165	100.0	9,680	100.0	515	5.6
No vehicle available	1,599	17.4	1,293	13.4	-306	-19.1
1 vehicle available	2,901	31.7	3,128	32.3	227	7.8
2 vehicles available	3,189	34.8	3,688	38.1	499	15.6
3 vehicles available	1,100	12.0	1,150	11.9	50	4.5
4 vehicles available	289	3.2	360	3.7	71	24.6
5 or more vehicles available	87	0.9	61	0.6	-26	-29.9
Mean vehicles per household	1.55	(X)	1.62	(X)	0.07	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	8,466	100.0	9,420	100.0	954	11.3
Male	4,883	57.7	4,970	52.8	87	1.8
Female	3,583	42.3	4,450	47.2	867	24.2
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	8,466	100.0	9,421	100.0	955	11.3
Drove alone	6,073	71.7	7,380	78.3	1,307	21.5
Carpooled	1,787	21.1	1,594	16.9	-193	-10.8
Public transportation (including taxicab)	53	0.6	43	0.5	-10	-18.9
Bicycle or walked	266	3.1	161	1.7	-105	-39.5
Motorcycle or other means	105	1.2	118	1.3	13	12.4
Worked at home	182	2.1	125	1.3	-57	-31.3
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	8,284	100.0	9,296	100.0	1,012	12.2
Less than 5 minutes	320	3.9	313	3.4	-7	-2.2
5 to 9 minutes	949	11.5	934	10.0	-15	-1.6
10 to 14 minutes	1,123	13.6	957	10.3	-166	-14.8
15 to 19 minutes	980	11.8	928	10.0	-52	-5.3
20 to 29 minutes	1,208	14.6	1,835	19.7	627	51.9
30 to 44 minutes	1,925	23.2	2,235	24.0	310	16.1
45 or more minutes	1,779	21.5	2,094	22.5	315	17.7
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	27.0	(X)	30.1	(X)	3.1	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	8,284	100.0	9,296	100.0	1,012	12.2
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	2,956	35.7	3,474	37.4	518	17.5
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	2,463	29.7	2,802	30.1	339	13.8
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	910	11.0	911	9.8	1	0.1
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	289	3.5	195	2.1	-94	-32.5
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	165	2.0	204	2.2	39	23.6
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	1,247	15.1	1,216	13.1	-31	-2.5
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	254	3.1	494	5.3	240	94.5
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: De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	25,494	100.0
Under 16 years	6,359	24.9
16 to 20 years	1,853	7.3
21 to 24 years	1,164	4.6
25 to 44 years	6,738	26.4
45 to 64 years	5,692	22.3
65 years and over	3,688	14.5
Mean age (years)	36.4	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	9,680	100.0
Less than $15,000	2,966	30.6
$15,000 to 19,999	782	8.1
$20,000 to 24,999	716	7.4
$25,000 to 49,999	2,817	29.1
$50,000 to 74,999	1,561	16.1
$75,000 to 99,999	510	5.3
$100,000 or more	328	3.4
Mean household income (dollars)	35,356	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	28,252	(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		1.62	9,680	1,295	3,130	3,690	1,150	420
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.4	32.3	38.1	11.9	4.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		0.99	2,445	620	1,325	410	80	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	25.4	54.2	16.8	3.3	0.2
	Column percent	(X)	25.3	47.9	42.3	11.1	7.0	1.0
2-person household		1.75	3,050	285	805	1,490	360	110
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.3	26.4	48.9	11.8	3.6
	Column percent	(X)	31.5	22.0	25.7	40.4	31.3	26.2
3-person household		1.90	1,715	140	395	770	330	80
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.2	23.0	44.9	19.2	4.7
	Column percent	(X)	17.7	10.8	12.6	20.9	28.7	19.0
4-or-more-person household		1.91	2,470	245	605	1,020	375	225
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.9	24.5	41.3	15.2	9.1
	Column percent	(X)	25.5	18.9	19.3	27.6	32.6	53.6
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		30.1	9,295	1,245	1,885	1,835	2,235	2,095
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.4	20.3	19.7	24.0	22.5
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		29.5	7,380	1,000	1,555	1,575	1,730	1,520
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.6	21.1	21.3	23.4	20.6
	Column percent	(X)	79.4	80.3	82.5	85.8	77.4	72.6
Carpooled		33.8	1,595	160	255	230	440	505
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.0	16.0	14.4	27.6	31.7
	Column percent	(X)	17.2	12.9	13.5	12.5	19.7	24.1
Public transportation (including taxicab)		52.3	45	4	0	0	4	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.9	0.0	0.0	8.9	66.7
	Column percent	(X)	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.4
Bicycle or walked		18.4	160	65	30	20	25	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	40.6	18.8	12.5	15.6	12.5
	Column percent	(X)	1.7	5.2	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.0
Motorcycle or other means		24.4	120	15	40	10	30	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.5	33.3	8.3	25.0	16.7
	Column percent	(X)	1.3	1.2	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.0
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.