CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Cherokee County, Alabama
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	19,543	100.0	23,988	100.0	4,445	22.7
In households	19,473	99.6	23,630	98.5	4,157	21.3
In group quarters	70	0.4	358	1.5	288	411.4
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	7,452	100.0	9,718	100.0	2,266	30.4
1-person household	1,532	20.6	2,317	23.8	785	51.2
2-person household	2,589	34.7	3,722	38.3	1,133	43.8
3-person household	1,488	20.0	1,707	17.6	219	14.7
4-person household	1,180	15.8	1,349	13.9	169	14.3
5-or-more-person household	663	8.9	623	6.4	-40	-6.0
Mean number of persons per household	2.61	(X)	2.43	(X)	-0.18	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	7,452	100.0	9,718	100.0	2,266	30.4
No vehicle available	557	7.5	579	6.0	22	3.9
1 vehicle available	1,896	25.4	2,645	27.2	749	39.5
2 vehicles available	2,812	37.7	3,566	36.7	754	26.8
3 vehicles available	1,509	20.2	2,020	20.8	511	33.9
4 vehicles available	477	6.4	646	6.6	169	35.4
5 or more vehicles available	201	2.7	262	2.7	61	30.3
Mean vehicles per household	2.02	(X)	2.04	(X)	0.02	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	8,291	100.0	10,015	100.0	1,724	20.8
Male	4,692	56.6	5,660	56.5	968	20.6
Female	3,599	43.4	4,355	43.5	756	21.0
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	8,291	100.0	10,014	100.0	1,723	20.8
Drove alone	6,168	74.4	8,157	81.5	1,989	32.2
Carpooled	1,789	21.6	1,481	14.8	-308	-17.2
Public transportation (including taxicab)	13	0.2	18	0.2	5	38.5
Bicycle or walked	110	1.3	88	0.9	-22	-20.0
Motorcycle or other means	22	0.3	44	0.4	22	100.0
Worked at home	189	2.3	226	2.3	37	19.6
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	8,102	100.0	9,788	100.0	1,686	20.8
Less than 5 minutes	308	3.8	320	3.3	12	3.9
5 to 9 minutes	850	10.5	924	9.4	74	8.7
10 to 14 minutes	1,205	14.9	1,254	12.8	49	4.1
15 to 19 minutes	1,287	15.9	964	9.8	-323	-25.1
20 to 29 minutes	1,208	14.9	1,832	18.7	624	51.7
30 to 44 minutes	1,830	22.6	2,539	25.9	709	38.7
45 or more minutes	1,414	17.5	1,955	20.0	541	38.3
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.7	(X)	30.0	(X)	5.3	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	8,102	100.0	9,788	100.0	1,686	20.8
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	3,761	46.4	4,260	43.5	499	13.3
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,833	22.6	2,368	24.2	535	29.2
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	467	5.8	476	4.9	9	1.9
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	114	1.4	122	1.2	8	7.0
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	89	1.1	111	1.1	22	24.7
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	1,421	17.5	1,717	17.5	296	20.8
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	417	5.1	734	7.5	317	76.0
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: Cherokee County, Alabama
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	23,988	100.0
Under 16 years	4,688	19.5
16 to 20 years	1,428	6.0
21 to 24 years	1,047	4.4
25 to 44 years	6,670	27.8
45 to 64 years	6,320	26.3
65 years and over	3,835	16.0
Mean age (years)	39.4	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	9,718	100.0
Less than $15,000	2,351	24.2
$15,000 to 19,999	786	8.1
$20,000 to 24,999	811	8.3
$25,000 to 49,999	3,363	34.6
$50,000 to 74,999	1,487	15.3
$75,000 to 99,999	566	5.8
$100,000 or more	354	3.6
Mean household income (dollars)	38,066	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	30,874	(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		2.04	9,720	580	2,645	3,565	2,020	910
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.0	27.2	36.7	20.8	9.4
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.21	2,315	340	1,390	420	125	40
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	14.7	60.0	18.1	5.4	1.7
	Column percent	(X)	23.8	58.6	52.6	11.8	6.2	4.4
2-person household		2.11	3,720	160	760	1,655	885	265
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.3	20.4	44.5	23.8	7.1
	Column percent	(X)	38.3	27.6	28.7	46.4	43.8	29.1
3-person household		2.47	1,705	45	240	595	585	240
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.6	14.1	34.9	34.3	14.1
	Column percent	(X)	17.5	7.8	9.1	16.7	29.0	26.4
4-or-more-person household		2.50	1,970	35	255	895	430	360
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.8	12.9	45.4	21.8	18.3
	Column percent	(X)	20.3	6.0	9.6	25.1	21.3	39.6
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		30.0	9,790	1,245	2,220	1,830	2,540	1,955
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.7	22.7	18.7	25.9	20.0
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		28.9	8,155	1,100	1,865	1,590	2,110	1,490
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.5	22.9	19.5	25.9	18.3
	Column percent	(X)	83.3	88.4	84.0	86.9	83.1	76.2
Carpooled		36.5	1,480	65	320	240	415	440
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.4	21.6	16.2	28.0	29.7
	Column percent	(X)	15.1	5.2	14.4	13.1	16.3	22.5
Public transportation (including taxicab)		81.4	20	4	0	0	0	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Bicycle or walked		4.9	90	55	35	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	61.1	38.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.9	4.4	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		52.3	45	15	0	0	15	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	33.3	33.3
	Column percent	(X)	0.5	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.8
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.