CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in De Soto 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 6,336 100 6,585 100 249 3.9
Sex              
Male 3,865 61.0 3,875 58.8 10 0.3
Female 2,471 39.0 2,710 41.2 239 9.7
Mode to work  
Drove alone 4,612 72.8 5,100 77.4 488 10.6
2-person carpool 857 13.5 810 12.3 -47 -5.5
3-or-more-person carpool 285 4.5 280 4.3 -5 -1.8
Bus or trolley bus 36 0.6 35 0.5 -1 -2.8
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 261 4.1 140 2.1 -121 -46.4
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 103 1.6 94 1.4 -9 -8.7
Worked at home 182 2.9 125 1.9 -57 -31.3
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 312 5.1 335 5.2 23 7.4
5 to 9 956 15.5 890 13.8 -66 -6.9
10 to 14 1,110 18.0 930 14.4 -180 -16.2
15 to 19 877 14.3 885 13.7 8 0.9
20 to 29 950 15.4 990 15.3 40 4.2
30 to 44 1,104 17.9 1,275 19.7 171 15.5
45- 59 459 7.5 545 8.4 86 18.7
60 or more 386 6.3 605 9.4 219 56.7
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.0 (X) 27.7 (X) 5.7 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 19.0 (X) 20.3 (X) 1.3 (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  27.7 6,460 1,225 1,815 990 1,275 545 605
                Row percent   100 19.0 28.1 15.3 19.7 8.4 9.4
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 25.9 5,100 985 1,460 835 995 435 390
                Row percent   100 19.3 28.6 16.4 19.5 8.5 7.6
               Column percent   78.9 80.4 80.4 84.3 78.0 79.8 64.5
2-person carpool 32.0 810 120 195 110 205 95 94
                Row percent   100 14.8 24.1 13.6 25.3 11.7 11.6
               Column percent   12.5 9.8 10.7 11.1 16.1 17.4 15.5
3+ carpool 44.5 280 39 89 33 29 12 79
                Row percent   100 13.9 31.8 11.8 10.4 4.3 28.2
               Column percent   4.3 3.2 4.9 3.3 2.3 2.2 13.1
Bus or trolley bus 58.0 35 0 0 0 4 4 19
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.4 11.4 54.3
               Column percent   0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 3.1
All other transit1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 14.4 140 65 35 20 10 4 10
                Row percent   100 46.4 25.0 14.3 7.1 2.9 7.1
               Column percent   2.2 5.3 1.9 2.0 0.8 0.7 1.7
All other modes1 41.2 94 20 35 4 24 0 19
                Row percent   100 21.3 37.2 4.3 25.5 0.0 20.2
               Column percent   1.5 1.6 1.9 0.4 1.9 0.0 3.1
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 De Soto 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 6,565 420 1,560 4,580
Drove alone 5,090 150 1,115 3,820
2-person carpool 810 95 280 435
3-or-more-person carpool 265 80 55 130
Bus or trolley bus 35 0 4 30
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 140 55 55 30
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 100 35 25 44
Worked at Home 125 4 25 99
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 6,585 3,875 2,710  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 630 580 50  
Construction 600 570 30  
Manufacturing 1,440 1,165 275  
Wholesale trade 105 70 30  
Retail trade 710 335 380  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 385 285 100  
Information 70 50 25  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 245 70 175  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 185 75 110  
Educational, health and social services 1,375 300 1,075  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 255 55 200  
Other services (except public administration) 305 160 145  
Public administration 280 165 115  
Armed forces 0 0 0  
Occupation  
Management 380 245 135  
Farmers and farm managers 90 85 4  
Business and financial operations specialists 110 50 60  
Computer and mathematical 15 15 0  
Architecture and engineering 70 70 4  
Life, physical and social science 60 40 20  
Community and social service 110 40 70  
Legal 25 0 25  
Education, training and library 530 135 395  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 10 4 4  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 205 70 130  
Healthcare support 155 10 145  
Protective service 145 125 20  
Food preparation and serving related 230 15 210  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 235 125 110  
Personal care and service 230 25 200  
Sales and related 600 245 355  
Office and administrative support 675 125 550  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 170 160 4  
Construction and excavation 650 625 25  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 430 420 10  
Production 905 755 150  
Transportation and material moving 560 485 75  
Armed Forces 0 0 0