CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Mercer County, North Dakota
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	9,808	100.0	8,644	100.0	-1,164	-11.9
In households	9,700	98.9	8,516	98.5	-1,184	-12.2
In group quarters	108	1.1	128	1.5	20	18.5
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	3,589	100.0	3,354	100.0	-235	-6.5
1-person household	786	21.9	838	25.0	52	6.6
2-person household	1,112	31.0	1,209	36.0	97	8.7
3-person household	530	14.8	447	13.3	-83	-15.7
4-person household	713	19.9	525	15.7	-188	-26.4
5-or-more-person household	448	12.5	335	10.0	-113	-25.2
Mean number of persons per household	2.70	(X)	2.54	(X)	-0.16	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	3,589	100.0	3,354	100.0	-235	-6.5
No vehicle available	152	4.2	124	3.7	-28	-18.4
1 vehicle available	741	20.6	644	19.2	-97	-13.1
2 vehicles available	1,485	41.4	1,220	36.4	-265	-17.8
3 vehicles available	768	21.4	878	26.2	110	14.3
4 vehicles available	319	8.9	313	9.3	-6	-1.9
5 or more vehicles available	124	3.5	175	5.2	51	41.1
Mean vehicles per household	2.21	(X)	2.36	(X)	0.14	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	4,210	100.0	4,065	100.0	-145	-3.4
Male	2,573	61.1	2,270	55.8	-303	-11.8
Female	1,637	38.9	1,795	44.2	158	9.7
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	4,210	100.0	4,067	100.0	-143	-3.4
Drove alone	2,701	64.2	2,935	72.2	234	8.7
Carpooled	821	19.5	597	14.7	-224	-27.3
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12	0.3	4	0.1	-8	-66.7
Bicycle or walked	251	6.0	256	6.3	5	2.0
Motorcycle or other means	52	1.2	6	0.1	-46	-88.5
Worked at home	373	8.9	269	6.6	-104	-27.9
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	3,837	100.0	3,798	100.0	-39	-1.0
Less than 5 minutes	459	12.0	470	12.4	11	2.4
5 to 9 minutes	923	24.1	951	25.0	28	3.0
10 to 14 minutes	626	16.3	591	15.6	-35	-5.6
15 to 19 minutes	788	20.5	818	21.5	30	3.8
20 to 29 minutes	619	16.1	552	14.5	-67	-10.8
30 to 44 minutes	255	6.6	253	6.7	-2	-0.8
45 or more minutes	167	4.4	163	4.3	-4	-2.4
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	14.7	(X)	14.8	(X)	0.1	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	3,837	100.0	3,798	100.0	-39	-1.0
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	1,521	39.6	1,456	38.3	-65	-4.3
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	873	22.8	812	21.4	-61	-7.0
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	419	10.9	469	12.3	50	11.9
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	96	2.5	130	3.4	34	35.4
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	62	1.6	72	1.9	10	16.1
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	750	19.5	621	16.4	-129	-17.2
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	116	3.0	238	6.3	122	105.2
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: Mercer County, North Dakota
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	8,644	100.0
Under 16 years	2,108	24.4
16 to 20 years	621	7.2
21 to 24 years	135	1.6
25 to 44 years	2,395	27.7
45 to 64 years	2,157	25.0
65 years and over	1,228	14.2
Mean age (years)	37.9	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	3,354	100.0
Less than $15,000	562	16.8
$15,000 to 19,999	291	8.7
$20,000 to 24,999	214	6.4
$25,000 to 49,999	851	25.4
$50,000 to 74,999	915	27.3
$75,000 to 99,999	340	10.1
$100,000 or more	181	5.4
Mean household income (dollars)	46,392	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	42,269	(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		2.36	3,355	125	645	1,220	880	490
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.7	19.2	36.4	26.2	14.6
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.44	840	110	410	195	90	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.1	48.8	23.2	10.7	3.6
	Column percent	(X)	25.0	88.0	63.6	16.0	10.2	6.1
2-person household		2.42	1,210	4	140	610	320	130
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.3	11.6	50.4	26.4	10.7
	Column percent	(X)	36.1	3.2	21.7	50.0	36.4	26.5
3-person household		2.73	445	4	50	140	160	90
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.9	11.2	31.5	36.0	20.2
	Column percent	(X)	13.3	3.2	7.8	11.5	18.2	18.4
4-or-more-person household		2.97	860	0	45	275	305	240
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	5.2	32.0	35.5	27.9
	Column percent	(X)	25.6	0.0	7.0	22.5	34.7	49.0
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		14.8	3,800	1,420	1,410	550	255	165
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	37.4	37.1	14.5	6.7	4.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		14.9	2,935	1,105	1,125	380	195	130
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	37.6	38.3	12.9	6.6	4.4
	Column percent	(X)	77.2	77.8	79.8	69.1	76.5	78.8
Carpooled		17.9	595	105	245	165	60	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	17.6	41.2	27.7	10.1	5.0
	Column percent	(X)	15.7	7.4	17.4	30.0	23.5	18.2
Public transportation (including taxicab)		32.5	4	4	0	0	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4
Bicycle or walked		5.7	255	210	35	10	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	82.4	13.7	3.9	0.0	1.6
	Column percent	(X)	6.7	14.8	2.5	1.8	0.0	2.4
Motorcycle or other means		7.5	4	4	4	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
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.