CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Sierra County, New Mexico
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	9,912	100.0	13,270	100.0	3,358	33.9
In households	9,573	96.6	13,005	98.0	3,432	35.9
In group quarters	339	3.4	265	2.0	-74	-21.8
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	4,431	100.0	6,103	100.0	1,672	37.7
1-person household	1,425	32.2	2,194	35.9	769	54.0
2-person household	1,842	41.6	2,421	39.7	579	31.4
3-person household	493	11.1	639	10.5	146	29.6
4-person household	356	8.0	488	8.0	132	37.1
5-or-more-person household	315	7.1	361	5.9	46	14.6
Mean number of persons per household	2.16	(X)	2.13	(X)	-0.03	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	4,431	100.0	6,103	100.0	1,672	37.7
No vehicle available	392	8.8	596	9.8	204	52.0
1 vehicle available	1,657	37.4	2,232	36.6	575	34.7
2 vehicles available	1,605	36.2	2,152	35.3	547	34.1
3 vehicles available	526	11.9	861	14.1	335	63.7
4 vehicles available	160	3.6	187	3.1	27	16.9
5 or more vehicles available	91	2.1	75	1.2	-16	-17.6
Mean vehicles per household	1.71	(X)	1.68	(X)	-0.02	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	2,958	100.0	4,360	100.0	1,402	47.4
Male	1,611	54.5	2,295	52.6	684	42.5
Female	1,347	45.5	2,065	47.4	718	53.3
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,958	100.0	4,362	100.0	1,404	47.5
Drove alone	2,246	75.9	2,967	68.0	721	32.1
Carpooled	423	14.3	765	17.5	342	80.9
Public transportation (including taxicab)	4	0.1	0	0.0	-4	-100.0
Bicycle or walked	131	4.4	261	6.0	130	99.2
Motorcycle or other means	45	1.5	83	1.9	38	84.4
Worked at home	109	3.7	286	6.6	177	162.4
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,849	100.0	4,076	100.0	1,227	43.1
Less than 5 minutes	274	9.6	447	11.0	173	63.1
5 to 9 minutes	833	29.2	1,119	27.5	286	34.3
10 to 14 minutes	704	24.7	878	21.5	174	24.7
15 to 19 minutes	328	11.5	519	12.7	191	58.2
20 to 29 minutes	266	9.3	318	7.8	52	19.5
30 to 44 minutes	271	9.5	418	10.3	147	54.2
45 or more minutes	173	6.1	377	9.2	204	117.9
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	14.6	(X)	20.1	(X)	5.4	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,849	100.0	4,076	100.0	1,227	43.1
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	548	19.2	905	22.2	357	65.1
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,026	36.0	1,686	41.4	660	64.3
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	640	22.5	590	14.5	-50	-7.8
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	157	5.5	148	3.6	-9	-5.7
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	113	4.0	173	4.2	60	53.1
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	336	11.8	496	12.2	160	47.6
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	29	1.0	78	1.9	49	169.0
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.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Sierra County, New Mexico
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	13,270	100.0
Under 16 years	2,287	17.2
16 to 20 years	754	5.7
21 to 24 years	323	2.4
25 to 44 years	2,600	19.6
45 to 64 years	3,599	27.1
65 years and over	3,707	27.9
Mean age (years)	45.7	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	6,103	100.0
Less than $15,000	1,932	31.7
$15,000 to 19,999	619	10.1
$20,000 to 24,999	586	9.6
$25,000 to 49,999	1,959	32.1
$50,000 to 74,999	621	10.2
$75,000 to 99,999	196	3.2
$100,000 or more	190	3.1
Mean household income (dollars)	31,955	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	24,152	(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		1.68	6,105	595	2,230	2,150	860	260
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.7	36.5	35.2	14.1	4.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.05	2,195	445	1,335	315	75	25
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	20.3	60.8	14.4	3.4	1.1
	Column percent	(X)	36.0	74.8	59.9	14.7	8.7	9.6
2-person household		1.94	2,420	100	595	1,220	405	105
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.1	24.6	50.4	16.7	4.3
	Column percent	(X)	39.6	16.8	26.7	56.7	47.1	40.4
3-person household		2.15	640	35	135	230	190	45
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	5.5	21.1	35.9	29.7	7.0
	Column percent	(X)	10.5	5.9	6.1	10.7	22.1	17.3
4-or-more-person household		2.24	850	20	165	385	190	90
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.4	19.4	45.3	22.4	10.6
	Column percent	(X)	13.9	3.4	7.4	17.9	22.1	34.6
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		20.1	4,075	1,565	1,395	320	420	375
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	38.4	34.2	7.9	10.3	9.2
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		18.9	2,965	1,115	1,040	260	325	225
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	37.6	35.1	8.8	11.0	7.6
	Column percent	(X)	72.8	71.2	74.6	81.2	77.4	60.0
Carpooled		26.8	765	250	285	30	65	135
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	32.7	37.3	3.9	8.5	17.6
	Column percent	(X)	18.8	16.0	20.4	9.4	15.5	36.0
Bicycle or walked		14.6	260	170	30	25	25	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	65.4	11.5	9.6	9.6	3.8
	Column percent	(X)	6.4	10.9	2.2	7.8	6.0	2.7
Motorcycle or other means		18.1	85	30	45	4	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	35.3	52.9	4.7	0.0	4.7
	Column percent	(X)	2.1	1.9	3.2	1.2	0.0	1.1
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.