CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Fairfield County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	827,645	100.0	882,567	100.0	54,922	6.6
In households	811,763	98.1	864,502	98.0	52,739	6.5
In group quarters	15,882	1.9	18,065	2.0	2,183	13.7
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	305,167	100.0	324,403	100.0	19,236	6.3
1-person household	68,803	22.5	77,808	24.0	9,005	13.1
2-person household	97,012	31.8	101,174	31.2	4,162	4.3
3-person household	55,841	18.3	54,451	16.8	-1,390	-2.5
4-person household	49,403	16.2	52,140	16.1	2,737	5.5
5-or-more-person household	34,108	11.2	38,830	12.0	4,722	13.8
Mean number of persons per household	2.66	(X)	2.66	(X)	[ >0 ]	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	305,167	100.0	324,403	100.0	19,236	6.3
No vehicle available	27,963	9.2	27,396	8.4	-567	-2.0
1 vehicle available	89,330	29.3	101,337	31.2	12,007	13.4
2 vehicles available	123,566	40.5	136,340	42.0	12,774	10.3
3 vehicles available	45,451	14.9	43,550	13.4	-1,901	-4.2
4 vehicles available	13,532	4.4	11,559	3.6	-1,973	-14.6
5 or more vehicles available	5,325	1.7	4,221	1.3	-1,104	-20.7
Mean vehicles per household	1.82	(X)	1.77	(X)	-0.05	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	423,064	100.0	419,235	100.0	-3,829	-0.9
Male	229,519	54.3	227,130	54.2	-2,389	-1.0
Female	193,545	45.7	192,105	45.8	-1,440	-0.7
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	423,064	100.0	419,237	100.0	-3,827	-0.9
Drove alone	319,182	75.4	313,187	74.7	-5,995	-1.9
Carpooled	42,474	10.0	40,131	9.6	-2,343	-5.5
Public transportation (including taxicab)	30,909	7.3	34,024	8.1	3,115	10.1
Bicycle or walked	13,083	3.1	10,100	2.4	-2,983	-22.8
Motorcycle or other means	2,645	0.6	2,831	0.7	186	7.0
Worked at home	14,771	3.5	18,964	4.5	4,193	28.4
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	408,293	100.0	400,273	100.0	-8,020	-2.0
Less than 5 minutes	11,575	2.8	9,769	2.4	-1,806	-15.6
5 to 9 minutes	47,672	11.7	40,918	10.2	-6,754	-14.2
10 to 14 minutes	79,310	19.4	66,301	16.6	-13,009	-16.4
15 to 19 minutes	76,470	18.7	66,413	16.6	-10,057	-13.2
20 to 29 minutes	76,363	18.7	73,847	18.4	-2,516	-3.3
30 to 44 minutes	59,347	14.5	62,781	15.7	3,434	5.8
45 or more minutes	57,556	14.1	80,244	20.0	22,688	39.4
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.0	(X)	28.0	(X)	5.0	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	408,293	100.0	400,273	100.0	-8,020	-2.0
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	82,870	20.3	88,441	22.1	5,571	6.7
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	137,063	33.6	130,682	32.6	-6,381	-4.7
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	107,869	26.4	99,651	24.9	-8,218	-7.6
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	26,993	6.6	28,559	7.1	1,566	5.8
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	11,471	2.8	12,137	3.0	666	5.8
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	37,359	9.2	34,543	8.6	-2,816	-7.5
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	4,668	1.1	6,260	1.6	1,592	34.1
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). >0Value 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: Fairfield County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	882,567	100.0
Under 16 years	203,928	23.1
16 to 20 years	47,741	5.4
21 to 24 years	34,527	3.9
25 to 44 years	274,655	31.1
45 to 64 years	204,731	23.2
65 years and over	116,985	13.3
Mean age (years)	36.9	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	324,403	100.0
Less than $15,000	32,820	10.1
$15,000 to 19,999	12,402	3.8
$20,000 to 24,999	13,093	4.0
$25,000 to 49,999	66,972	20.6
$50,000 to 74,999	57,797	17.8
$75,000 to 99,999	40,664	12.5
$100,000 or more	100,655	31.0
Mean household income (dollars)	103,255	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	65,249	(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		1.77	324,405	27,395	101,335	136,340	43,550	15,780
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.4	31.2	42.0	13.4	4.9
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		0.97	77,810	14,625	53,885	7,440	1,165	690
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	18.8	69.3	9.6	1.5	0.9
	Column percent	(X)	24.0	53.4	53.2	5.5	2.7	4.4
2-person household		1.80	101,175	5,385	24,940	58,150	10,360	2,340
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	5.3	24.7	57.5	10.2	2.3
	Column percent	(X)	31.2	19.7	24.6	42.7	23.8	14.8
3-person household		2.07	54,450	2,995	10,195	25,100	13,215	2,945
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	5.5	18.7	46.1	24.3	5.4
	Column percent	(X)	16.8	10.9	10.1	18.4	30.3	18.7
4-or-more-person household		2.23	90,970	4,395	12,315	45,650	18,805	9,805
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.8	13.5	50.2	20.7	10.8
	Column percent	(X)	28.0	16.0	12.2	33.5	43.2	62.1
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		28.0	400,275	50,685	132,715	73,845	62,780	80,245
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.7	33.2	18.4	15.7	20.0
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		24.3	313,185	41,065	111,625	63,065	50,630	46,800
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.1	35.6	20.1	16.2	14.9
	Column percent	(X)	78.2	81.0	84.1	85.4	80.6	58.3
Carpooled		26.5	40,130	4,280	14,055	7,460	7,190	7,150
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.7	35.0	18.6	17.9	17.8
	Column percent	(X)	10.0	8.4	10.6	10.1	11.5	8.9
Public transportation (including taxicab)		67.1	34,025	405	2,685	1,905	3,895	25,130
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.2	7.9	5.6	11.4	73.9
	Column percent	(X)	8.5	0.8	2.0	2.6	6.2	31.3
Bicycle or walked		13.2	10,100	4,535	3,410	1,110	660	385
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	44.9	33.8	11.0	6.5	3.8
	Column percent	(X)	2.5	8.9	2.6	1.5	1.1	0.5
Motorcycle or other means		45.1	2,830	400	945	300	405	780
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	14.1	33.4	10.6	14.3	27.6
	Column percent	(X)	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.0
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.