CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Benson County, North Dakota
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	7,198	100.0	6,964	100.0	-234	-3.3
In households	7,168	99.6	6,913	99.3	-255	-3.6
In group quarters	30	0.4	51	0.7	21	70.0
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	2,422	100.0	2,338	100.0	-84	-3.5
1-person household	546	22.5	565	24.2	19	3.5
2-person household	705	29.1	687	29.4	-18	-2.6
3-person household	379	15.6	308	13.2	-71	-18.7
4-person household	317	13.1	329	14.1	12	3.8
5-or-more-person household	475	19.6	449	19.2	-26	-5.5
Mean number of persons per household	2.96	(X)	2.96	(X)	[ <0 ]	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	2,422	100.0	2,338	100.0	-84	-3.5
No vehicle available	271	11.2	215	9.2	-56	-20.7
1 vehicle available	701	28.9	715	30.6	14	2.0
2 vehicles available	830	34.3	809	34.6	-21	-2.5
3 vehicles available	433	17.9	412	17.6	-21	-4.8
4 vehicles available	120	5.0	111	4.7	-9	-7.5
5 or more vehicles available	67	2.8	76	3.3	9	13.4
Mean vehicles per household	1.86	(X)	1.89	(X)	0.03	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	2,283	100.0	2,350	100.0	67	2.9
Male	1,371	60.1	1,270	54.0	-101	-7.4
Female	912	39.9	1,080	46.0	168	18.4
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,283	100.0	2,350	100.0	67	2.9
Drove alone	1,250	54.8	1,485	63.2	235	18.8
Carpooled	302	13.2	418	17.8	116	38.4
Public transportation (including taxicab)	10	0.4	27	1.1	17	170.0
Bicycle or walked	257	11.3	157	6.7	-100	-38.9
Motorcycle or other means	19	0.8	33	1.4	14	73.7
Worked at home	445	19.5	230	9.8	-215	-48.3
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,838	100.0	2,120	100.0	282	15.3
Less than 5 minutes	310	16.9	234	11.0	-76	-24.5
5 to 9 minutes	441	24.0	423	20.0	-18	-4.1
10 to 14 minutes	283	15.4	379	17.9	96	33.9
15 to 19 minutes	235	12.8	257	12.1	22	9.4
20 to 29 minutes	250	13.6	355	16.7	105	42.0
30 to 44 minutes	243	13.2	324	15.3	81	33.3
45 or more minutes	76	4.1	148	7.0	72	94.7
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	14.5	(X)	18.4	(X)	3.9	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,838	100.0	2,120	100.0	282	15.3
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	305	16.6	336	15.8	31	10.2
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	788	42.9	961	45.3	173	22.0
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	356	19.4	387	18.3	31	8.7
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	128	7.0	70	3.3	-58	-45.3
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	28	1.5	37	1.7	9	32.1
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	204	11.1	288	13.6	84	41.2
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	29	1.6	41	1.9	12	41.4
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). <0Negative value 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.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Benson County, North Dakota
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	6,964	100.0
Under 16 years	2,218	31.8
16 to 20 years	573	8.2
21 to 24 years	271	3.9
25 to 44 years	1,630	23.4
45 to 64 years	1,311	18.8
65 years and over	961	13.8
Mean age (years)	33.5	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	2,338	100.0
Less than $15,000	651	27.8
$15,000 to 19,999	224	9.6
$20,000 to 24,999	215	9.2
$25,000 to 49,999	723	30.9
$50,000 to 74,999	344	14.7
$75,000 to 99,999	121	5.2
$100,000 or more	60	2.6
Mean household income (dollars)	34,386	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	26,688	(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		1.89	2,340	215	715	810	410	185
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.2	30.6	34.6	17.5	7.9
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.24	565	95	300	125	35	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	16.8	53.1	22.1	6.2	1.8
	Column percent	(X)	24.1	44.2	42.0	15.4	8.5	5.4
2-person household		2.06	685	45	155	300	145	50
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.6	22.6	43.8	21.2	7.3
	Column percent	(X)	29.3	20.9	21.7	37.0	35.4	27.0
3-person household		2.21	310	15	80	105	70	40
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.8	25.8	33.9	22.6	12.9
	Column percent	(X)	13.2	7.0	11.2	13.0	17.1	21.6
4-or-more-person household		2.08	780	65	180	280	165	90
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.3	23.1	35.9	21.2	11.5
	Column percent	(X)	33.3	30.2	25.2	34.6	40.2	48.6
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		18.4	2,120	655	635	355	325	150
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	30.9	30.0	16.7	15.3	7.1
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		19.1	1,485	460	440	245	240	100
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	31.0	29.6	16.5	16.2	6.7
	Column percent	(X)	70.0	70.2	69.3	69.0	73.8	66.7
Carpooled		19.5	420	75	140	100	70	35
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	17.9	33.3	23.8	16.7	8.3
	Column percent	(X)	19.8	11.5	22.0	28.2	21.5	23.3
Public transportation (including taxicab)		24.3	25	4	15	4	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	16.0	60.0	16.0	0.0	16.0
	Column percent	(X)	1.2	0.6	2.4	1.1	0.0	2.7
Bicycle or walked		7.1	155	115	30	0	4	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	74.2	19.4	0.0	2.6	2.6
	Column percent	(X)	7.3	17.6	4.7	0.0	1.2	2.7
Motorcycle or other means		21.2	35	4	10	4	10	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	11.4	28.6	11.4	28.6	11.4
	Column percent	(X)	1.7	0.6	1.6	1.1	3.1	2.7
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.