CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Alger County, Michigan
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	8,972	100.0	9,862	100.0	890	9.9
In households	8,434	94.0	8,874	90.0	440	5.2
In group quarters	538	6.0	988	10.0	450	83.6
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	3,378	100.0	3,797	100.0	419	12.4
1-person household	809	23.9	1,021	26.9	212	26.2
2-person household	1,209	35.8	1,524	40.1	315	26.1
3-person household	557	16.5	582	15.3	25	4.5
4-person household	483	14.3	404	10.6	-79	-16.4
5-or-more-person household	320	9.5	266	7.0	-54	-16.9
Mean number of persons per household	2.50	(X)	2.34	(X)	-0.16	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	3,378	100.0	3,797	100.0	419	12.4
No vehicle available	283	8.4	228	6.0	-55	-19.4
1 vehicle available	1,114	33.0	1,257	33.1	143	12.8
2 vehicles available	1,409	41.7	1,666	43.9	257	18.2
3 vehicles available	467	13.8	490	12.9	23	4.9
4 vehicles available	78	2.3	123	3.2	45	57.7
5 or more vehicles available	27	0.8	33	0.9	6	22.2
Mean vehicles per household	1.72	(X)	1.77	(X)	0.05	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	3,153	100.0	3,715	100.0	562	17.8
Male	1,726	54.7	1,970	53.0	244	14.1
Female	1,427	45.3	1,745	47.0	318	22.3
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,153	100.0	3,713	100.0	560	17.8
Drove alone	2,204	69.9	2,823	76.0	619	28.1
Carpooled	377	12.0	444	12.0	67	17.8
Public transportation (including taxicab)	10	0.3	38	1.0	28	280.0
Bicycle or walked	322	10.2	227	6.1	-95	-29.5
Motorcycle or other means	73	2.3	27	0.7	-46	-63.0
Worked at home	167	5.3	154	4.1	-13	-7.8
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,986	100.0	3,559	100.0	573	19.2
Less than 5 minutes	399	13.4	364	10.2	-35	-8.8
5 to 9 minutes	800	26.8	834	23.4	34	4.2
10 to 14 minutes	603	20.2	641	18.0	38	6.3
15 to 19 minutes	335	11.2	454	12.8	119	35.5
20 to 29 minutes	272	9.1	439	12.3	167	61.4
30 to 44 minutes	289	9.7	369	10.4	80	27.7
45 or more minutes	288	9.6	458	12.9	170	59.0
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	16.4	(X)	19.8	(X)	3.4	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,986	100.0	3,559	100.0	573	19.2
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	930	31.1	1,006	28.3	76	8.2
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	663	22.2	957	26.9	294	44.3
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	512	17.1	569	16.0	57	11.1
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	148	5.0	168	4.7	20	13.5
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	115	3.9	142	4.0	27	23.5
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	562	18.8	609	17.1	47	8.4
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	56	1.9	108	3.0	52	92.9
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: Alger County, Michigan
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	9,862	100.0
Under 16 years	1,760	17.8
16 to 20 years	595	6.0
21 to 24 years	338	3.4
25 to 44 years	2,879	29.2
45 to 64 years	2,603	26.4
65 years and over	1,687	17.1
Mean age (years)	40.5	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	3,797	100.0
Less than $15,000	660	17.4
$15,000 to 19,999	321	8.5
$20,000 to 24,999	252	6.6
$25,000 to 49,999	1,400	36.9
$50,000 to 74,999	749	19.7
$75,000 to 99,999	246	6.5
$100,000 or more	169	4.5
Mean household income (dollars)	42,534	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	35,892	(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		1.77	3,795	230	1,255	1,665	490	155
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.1	33.1	43.9	12.9	4.1
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.07	1,020	175	630	195	20	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	17.2	61.8	19.1	2.0	0.4
	Column percent	(X)	26.9	76.1	50.2	11.7	4.1	2.6
2-person household		1.84	1,525	30	435	855	165	40
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.0	28.5	56.1	10.8	2.6
	Column percent	(X)	40.2	13.0	34.7	51.4	33.7	25.8
3-person household		2.14	580	10	105	310	115	40
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.7	18.1	53.4	19.8	6.9
	Column percent	(X)	15.3	4.3	8.4	18.6	23.5	25.8
4-or-more-person household		2.35	670	15	90	305	190	70
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.2	13.4	45.5	28.4	10.4
	Column percent	(X)	17.7	6.5	7.2	18.3	38.8	45.2
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		19.8	3,560	1,200	1,095	440	370	460
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	33.7	30.8	12.4	10.4	12.9
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		19.4	2,825	985	860	355	290	335
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	34.9	30.4	12.6	10.3	11.9
	Column percent	(X)	79.4	82.1	78.5	80.7	78.4	72.8
Carpooled		27.6	445	45	155	75	75	95
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.1	34.8	16.9	16.9	21.3
	Column percent	(X)	12.5	3.8	14.2	17.0	20.3	20.7
Public transportation (including taxicab)		22.1	40	4	20	4	4	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.0	50.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
	Column percent	(X)	1.1	0.3	1.8	0.9	1.1	0.9
Bicycle or walked		8.9	225	160	50	4	4	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	71.1	22.2	1.8	1.8	6.7
	Column percent	(X)	6.3	13.3	4.6	0.9	1.1	3.3
Motorcycle or other means		23.9	25	4	10	4	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	16.0	40.0	16.0	0.0	16.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.7	0.3	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.9
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.