CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Avoyelles County, Louisiana
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 8,751 100 11,180 100 2,429 27.8
Sex              
Male 4,441 50.7 5,230 46.8 789 17.8
Female 4,310 49.3 5,950 53.2 1,640 38.1
Mode to work  
Drove alone 6,676 76.3 8,910 79.7 2,234 33.5
2-person carpool 870 9.9 1,090 9.7 220 25.3
3-or-more-person carpool 355 4.1 419 3.7 64 18.0
Bus or trolley bus 30 0.3 40 0.4 10 33.3
All other transit1 0 0.0 24 0.2 24 **
Bicycle or walked 304 3.5 285 2.5 -19 -6.3
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 173 2.0 159 1.4 -14 -8.1
Worked at home 343 3.9 245 2.2 -98 -28.6
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 815 9.7 905 8.3 90 11.0
5 to 9 1,909 22.7 1,880 17.2 -29 -1.5
10 to 14 1,505 17.9 1,920 17.6 415 27.6
15 to 19 1,510 18.0 1,860 17.0 350 23.2
20 to 29 1,304 15.5 1,805 16.5 501 38.4
30 to 44 837 10.0 1,560 14.3 723 86.4
45- 59 167 2.0 390 3.6 223 133.5
60 or more 361 4.3 610 5.6 249 69.0
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.6 (X) 21.1 (X) 4.5 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 14.9 (X) 15.4 (X) 0.5 (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  21.1 10,935 2,785 3,780 1,805 1,560 390 610
                Row percent   100 25.5 34.6 16.5 14.3 3.6 5.6
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 20.8 8,910 2,205 3,240 1,500 1,230 325 415
                Row percent   100 24.7 36.4 16.8 13.8 3.6 4.7
               Column percent   81.5 79.2 85.7 83.1 78.8 83.3 68.0
2-person carpool 24.0 1,090 250 290 210 164 49 125
                Row percent   100 22.9 26.6 19.3 15.0 4.5 11.5
               Column percent   10.0 9.0 7.7 11.6 10.5 12.6 20.5
3+ carpool 31.0 419 54 105 59 129 25 55
                Row percent   100 12.9 25.1 14.1 30.8 6.0 13.1
               Column percent   3.8 1.9 2.8 3.3 8.3 6.4 9.0
Bus or trolley bus 19.4 40 8 15 14 4 0 0
                Row percent   100 20.0 37.5 35.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0
All other transit1 20.4 24 15 0 0 4 0 4
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7
Bicycle or walked 8.2 285 195 55 15 30 0 0
                Row percent   100 68.4 19.3 5.3 10.5 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   2.6 7.0 1.5 0.8 1.9 0.0 0.0
All other modes1 16.5 159 65 75 4 0 0 14
                Row percent   100 40.9 47.2 2.5 0.0 0.0 8.8
               Column percent   1.5 2.3 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.3
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 Avoyelles County, Louisiana
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 11,165 485 2,915 7,770
Drove alone 8,910 200 2,245 6,460
2-person carpool 1,090 100 315 670
3-or-more-person carpool 420 40 155 225
Bus or trolley bus 40 4 10 25
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 24 0 4 19
Bicycle or walked 275 105 60 114
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 160 25 70 60
Worked at Home 245 10 50 190
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 11,180 5,230 5,950  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 500 470 30  
Construction 725 685 40  
Manufacturing 790 490 300  
Wholesale trade 270 190 80  
Retail trade 1,365 625 745  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 380 250 130  
Information 160 70 85  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 530 150 375  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 475 250 230  
Educational, health and social services 2,510 470 2,040  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 1,790 615 1,175  
Other services (except public administration) 535 255 280  
Public administration 1,145 700 445  
Armed forces 4 4 0  
Occupation  
Management 510 265 240  
Farmers and farm managers 200 185 15  
Business and financial operations specialists 225 50 175  
Computer and mathematical 20 15 4  
Architecture and engineering 35 35 0  
Life, physical and social science 20 20 0  
Community and social service 105 60 45  
Legal 90 35 55  
Education, training and library 760 145 615  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 105 50 55  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 590 195 395  
Healthcare support 370 25 345  
Protective service 775 565 215  
Food preparation and serving related 830 160 670  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 545 265 280  
Personal care and service 640 130 510  
Sales and related 1,350 555 800  
Office and administrative support 1,335 255 1,085  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 190 190 4  
Construction and excavation 725 710 20  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 415 405 10  
Production 720 435 280  
Transportation and material moving 625 485 140  
Armed Forces 0 0 0