CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in DeSoto County, Florida
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF WORK, 1990 and 2000
Selected Characteristics                     (Universe: All Workers) 1990 2000 Change 1990 to 2000
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Workers 16 years or over 7,966 100 11,355 100 3,389 42.5
Sex              
Male 4,448 55.8 7,120 62.7 2,672 60.1
Female 3,518 44.2 4,235 37.3 717 20.4
Mode to work  
Drove alone 5,656 71.0 6,145 54.1 489 8.6
2-person carpool 1,153 14.5 1,640 14.4 487 42.2
3-or-more-person carpool 512 6.4 2,030 17.9 1,518 296.5
Bus or trolley bus 52 0.7 845 7.4 793 1525.0
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 310 3.9 225 2.0 -85 -27.4
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 82 1.0 135 1.2 53 64.6
Worked at home 201 2.5 335 3.0 134 66.7
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 438 5.6 475 4.3 37 8.4
5 to 9 1,273 16.4 1,215 11.0 -58 -4.6
10 to 14 1,544 19.9 1,535 13.9 -9 -0.6
15 to 19 1,598 20.6 1,800 16.3 202 12.6
20 to 29 1,130 14.6 1,480 13.4 350 31.0
30 to 44 987 12.7 2,730 24.8 1,743 176.6
45- 59 283 3.6 795 7.2 512 180.9
60 or more 512 6.6 995 9.0 483 94.3
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 26.5 (X) 7.0 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 17.0 (X) 20.5 (X) 3.5 (X)
           
TABLE 2.  MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000
(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
  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 or more minutes
Total  26.5 11,020 1,690 3,335 1,480 2,730 795 995
                Row percent   100 15.3 30.3 13.4 24.8 7.2 9.0
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 23.1 6,145 1,190 2,335 790 945 500 375
                Row percent   100 19.4 38.0 12.9 15.4 8.1 6.1
               Column percent   55.8 70.4 70.0 53.4 34.6 62.9 37.7
2-person carpool 24.0 1,640 265 595 185 405 125 75
                Row percent   100 16.2 36.3 11.3 24.7 7.6 4.6
               Column percent   14.9 15.7 17.8 12.5 14.8 15.7 7.5
3+ carpool 34.0 2,030 30 305 454 795 159 285
                Row percent   100 1.5 15.0 22.4 39.2 7.8 14.0
               Column percent   18.4 1.8 9.1 30.7 29.1 20.0 28.6
Bus or trolley bus 42.4 845 0 55 50 525 0 219
                Row percent   100 0.0 6.5 5.9 62.1 0.0 25.9
               Column percent   7.7 0.0 1.6 3.4 19.2 0.0 22.0
All other transit1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 2.2
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 6.5 225 165 40 0 20 0 0
                Row percent   100 73.3 17.8 0.0 8.9 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   2.0 9.8 1.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
All other modes1 32.5 135 45 10 0 40 10 30
                Row percent   100 33.3 7.4 0.0 29.6 7.4 22.2
               Column percent   1.2 2.7 0.3 0.0 1.5 1.3 3.0
Notes:
1. See notes1.htm
2. Workers-at-work shown here differs from local employment in many ways.  For more information, please read notes2.htm
CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in DeSoto County, Florida
TABLE 3. MODE TO WORK BY VEHICLES AVAILABLE IN HOUSEHOLDS
Mode to Work                                                                                (Universe = Workers living in households) Workers living in households…
Total Without a vehicle With 1 vehicle With 2+ vehicles
Total 10,875 1,250 3,385 6,235
Drove alone 6,100 120 1,615 4,370
2-person carpool 1,620 135 760 720
3-or-more-person carpool 1,775 510 555 710
Bus or trolley bus 730 450 220 54
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 225 25 130 70
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 90 10 30 55
Worked at Home 335 0 75 255
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 11,355 7,120 4,235  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 3,445 3,080 365  
Construction 575 515 60  
Manufacturing 400 280 120  
Wholesale trade 235 150 90  
Retail trade 1,005 605 400  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 315 245 70  
Information 60 55 10  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 330 95 235  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 540 385 155  
Educational, health and social services 2,355 535 1,820  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 635 295 340  
Other services (except public administration) 470 260 210  
Public administration 960 595 365  
Armed forces 25 25 0  
Occupation  
Management 490 295 195  
Farmers and farm managers 340 310 30  
Business and financial operations specialists 165 75 90  
Computer and mathematical 40 20 20  
Architecture and engineering 65 55 10  
Life, physical and social science 30 10 20  
Community and social service 245 115 130  
Legal 15 4 10  
Education, training and library 515 90 425  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 50 30 20  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 610 120 490  
Healthcare support 300 90 210  
Protective service 605 445 155  
Food preparation and serving related 330 110 220  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 555 400 155  
Personal care and service 320 85 235  
Sales and related 680 335 345  
Office and administrative support 1,235 220 1,015  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 2,845 2,555 295  
Construction and excavation 450 435 15  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 500 495 4  
Production 395 300 95  
Transportation and material moving 550 505 45  
Armed Forces 20 20 0