American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

California

TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

29,008,161

33,051,894

35,278,768

*****⁴

Households

10,381,206

11,502,870

12,097,894

+/-20,853

Persons per household

2.79

2.87

2.92

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

29,760,021

33,871,648

Total Employed²

14,266,398

14,867,605

16,088,723

*****

Workers at Work

13,940,250

14,525,322

15,547,334

+/-38,729

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

13,940,250

100.0

14,525,322

100.0

15,547,334

100.0

---

Drove alone

9,982,242

71.6

10,432,462

71.8

11,503,746

74.0

+/-

0.2

2-person carpool

1,548,023

11.1

1,564,905

10.8

1,456,000

9.4

+/-

0.2

3-person carpool

292,065

2.1

330,732

2.3

297,663

1.9

+/-

0.1

4-person carpool

100,991

0.7

119,364

0.8

101,936

0.7

+/-

0.1

5-or-6-person carpool

46,509

0.3

57,036

0.4

51,130

0.3

+/-

0.0

7-or-more-person carpool

48,437

0.3

41,276

0.3

39,448

0.3

+/-

0.0

Bus or trolley bus

559,021

4.0

549,425

3.8

552,043

3.6

+/-

0.1

Streetcar or trolley car

20,298

0.1

21,158

0.1

22,475

0.1

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

77,679

0.6

107,711

0.7

106,108

0.7

+/-

0.0

Railroad

16,956

0.1

41,022

0.3

48,006

0.3

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

4,834

0.0

6,831

0.0

6,072

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

130,706

0.9

120,567

0.8

109,912

0.7

+/-

0.0

Walked

469,867

3.4

414,581

2.9

384,989

2.5

+/-

0.1

Taxicab

7,009

0.1

9,890

0.1

8,106

0.1

+/-

0.0

Motorcycle

75,097

0.5

36,262

0.2

45,952

0.3

+/-

0.0

Other means

107,649

0.8

115,064

0.8

151,235

1.0

+/-

0.1

Worked at home

452,867

3.2

557,036

3.8

662,513

4.3

+/-

0.1

Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

13,487,383

100.0

13,968,286

100.0

14,884,821

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

369,388

2.7

324,703

2.3

395,897

2.7

+/-

0.1

5 to 9

1,401,052

10.4

1,280,443

9.2

1,405,458

9.4

+/-

0.2

10 to 14

2,003,503

14.9

1,930,263

13.8

2,008,243

13.5

+/-

0.2

15 to 19

2,218,038

16.4

2,157,970

15.4

2,260,273

15.2

+/-

0.2

20 to 29

2,694,728

20.0

2,786,301

19.9

2,997,093

20.1

+/-

0.2

30 to 44

2,731,135

20.2

2,920,187

20.9

3,137,445

21.1

+/-

0.2

45- 59

1,010,271

7.5

1,151,598

8.2

1,167,265

7.8

+/-

0.2

60 or more

1,059,268

7.9

1,416,821

10.1

1,513,147

10.2

+/-

0.1

Mean travel time (minutes)

24.6

(X)

27.7

(X)

27.0

(X)

+/-

0.13

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

13,487,383

100.0

13,968,286

100.0

14,884,821

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

1,118,821

8.3

1,215,465

8.7

1,440,750

9.7

+/-

0.2

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

2,761,087

20.5

2,579,697

18.5

2,744,421

18.4

+/-

0.2

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

3,965,920

29.4

3,993,781

28.6

3,869,125

26.0

+/-

0.2

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

2,280,000

16.9

2,355,967

16.9

2,549,554

17.1

+/-

0.2

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

1,164,159

8.6

1,386,834

9.9

1,632,614

11.0

+/-

0.2

11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.

1,012,405

7.5

1,054,289

7.5

1,105,476

7.4

+/-

0.1

4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m.

1,184,991

8.8

1,382,253

9.9

1,542,881

10.4

+/-

0.2

Notes:

1. Please read notes.htm

2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.

3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.htm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.

4. ***** Cannot be calculated.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS.

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

California

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000 & 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

Mean travel time (mins.)

Total

Less than 10 minutes

10 to 19 minutes

20 to 29 minutes

30 to 44 minutes

45 -59 minutes

60/more minutes

Total

2000

27.7

13,968,285

1,605,150

4,088,235

2,786,300

2,920,185

1,151,600

1,416,825

2005

27.0

14,884,821

1,801,355

4,268,516

2,997,093

3,137,445

1,167,265

1,513,147

2005 MOE

+/-0.13

+/-38,860

+/-27,175

+/-38,001

+/-30,841

+/-36,863

+/-23,012

+/-20,663

Drove alone

2000

26.3

10,432,460

1,184,580

3,217,365

2,197,205

2,150,075

811,900

871,350

2005

25.7

11,503,746

1,387,386

3,482,332

2,428,652

2,380,671

865,618

959,087

2005 MOE

+/-0.17

+/-41,684

+/-23,557

+/-33,650

+/-29,334

+/-31,742

+/-18,469

+/-17,807

2-person carpool

2000

28.9

1,564,905

143,795

448,175

315,035

346,770

140,435

170,690

2005

28.6

1,456,000

140,615

391,908

291,566

339,569

120,406

171,936

2005 MOE

+/-0.83

+/-24,948

+/-6,891

+/-13,025

+/-11,997

+/-11,556

+/-7,259

+/-9,412

3+ carpool

2000

34.6

548,405

35,540

122,085

96,805

139,345

62,150

92,490

2005

35.8

490,177

31,079

100,137

80,570

119,374

58,987

100,030

2005 MOE

+/-1.81

+/-15,423

+/-3,511

+/-7,520

+/-6,205

+/-8,092

+/-5,371

+/-7,770

Bus or trolley bus

2000

46.4

549,425

8,470

56,305

70,110

164,400

80,380

169,755

2005

44.1

552,043

6,145

57,873

81,387

168,941

63,488

174,209

2005 MOE

+/-2.08

+/-16,900

+/-1,352

+/-5,487

+/-6,731

+/-8,825

+/-5,158

+/-9,548

All other transit³

2000

53.5

176,725

760

6,235

15,770

43,300

37,080

73,570

2005

52.9

182,661

1,248

5,717

16,375

47,023

39,471

72,827

2005 MOE

+/-3.25

+/-7,461

+/-641

+/-1,310

+/-2,521

+/-4,143

+/-3,076

+/-4,620

All other modes⁴

2000

19.5

696,365

232,005

238,075

91,385

76,295

19,655

38,965

2005

18.2

700,194

234,882

230,549

98,543

81,867

19,295

35,058

2005 MOE

+/-0.96

+/-18,172

+/-10,389

+/-10,240

+/-6,172

+/-5,614

+/-2,648

+/-4,116

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, PERCENT OF WORKERS, 2000 and 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)

Percent of Workers

Mean travel time (mins.)¹

Total

Less than 10 minutes

10 to 19 minutes

20 to 29 minutes

30 to 44 minutes

45 -59 minutes

60/more minutes

Total

2000

27.7

100.0

11.5

29.3

19.9

20.9

8.2

10.1

2005

27.0

100.0

12.1

28.7

20.1

21.1

7.8

10.2

2005 MOE

+/-0.13

*****

+/-0.3

Drove alone

2000

26.3

100.0

11.4

30.8

21.1

20.6

7.8

8.4

2005

25.7

100.0

12.1

30.3

21.1

20.7

7.5

8.3

2005 MOE

+/-0.17

*****

+/-0.4

2-person carpool

2000

28.9

100.0

9.2

28.6

20.1

22.2

9.0

10.9

2005

28.6

100.0

9.7

26.9

20.0

23.3

8.3

11.8

2005 MOE

+/-0.83

*****

+/-1.7

3+ carpool

2000

34.6

100.0

6.5