CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Sharkey County, Mississippi
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 2,446 100 1,870 100 -576 -23.5
Sex              
Male 1,362 55.7 960 51.3 -402 -29.5
Female 1,084 44.3 910 48.7 -174 -16.1
Mode to work  
Drove alone 1,547 63.2 1,440 77.0 -107 -6.9
2-person carpool 353 14.4 170 9.1 -183 -51.8
3-or-more-person carpool 297 12.1 89 4.8 -208 -70.0
Bus or trolley bus 16 0.7 25 1.3 9 56.3
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 154 6.3 89 4.8 -65 -42.2
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 22 0.9 10 0.5 -12 -54.5
Worked at home 57 2.3 40 2.1 -17 -29.8
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 323 13.5 265 14.5 -58 -18.0
5 to 9 596 24.9 440 24.0 -156 -26.2
10 to 14 481 20.1 300 16.4 -181 -37.6
15 to 19 385 16.1 285 15.6 -100 -26.0
20 to 29 266 11.1 180 9.8 -86 -32.3
30 to 44 246 10.3 169 9.2 -77 -31.3
45- 59 43 1.8 69 3.8 26 60.5
60 or more 49 2.1 125 6.8 76 155.1
Mean travel time (minutes) 14.0 (X) 18.9 (X) 4.9 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 12.9 (X) 10.7 (X) -2.2 (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  18.9 1,830 705 585 180 169 69 125
                Row percent   100 38.5 32.0 9.8 9.2 3.8 6.8
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 16.5 1,440 590 450 145 139 49 70
                Row percent   100 41.0 31.3 10.1 9.7 3.4 4.9
               Column percent   78.7 83.7 76.9 80.6 82.2 71.0 56.0
2-person carpool 25.3 170 45 60 14 20 8 24
                Row percent   100 26.5 35.3 8.2 11.8 4.7 14.1
               Column percent   9.3 6.4 10.3 7.8 11.8 11.6 19.2
3+ carpool 31.4 89 24 28 14 8 10 12
                Row percent   100 27.0 31.5 15.7 9.0 11.2 13.5
               Column percent   4.9 3.4 4.8 7.8 4.7 14.5 9.6
Bus or trolley bus 89.2 25 0 0 0 4 8 14
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.0 32.0 56.0
               Column percent   1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 11.6 11.2
All other transit1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 16.8 9.0
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 10.1 89 40 45 4 8 0 0
                Row percent   100 44.9 50.6 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   4.9 5.7 7.7 2.2 4.7 0.0 0.0
All other modes1 39.0 10 4 0 4 0 0 4
                Row percent   100 40.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 40.0
               Column percent   0.5 0.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 3.2
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 Sharkey County, Mississippi
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 1,870 130 565 1,175
Drove alone 1,440 70 390 975
2-person carpool 170 25 65 75
3-or-more-person carpool 95 4 40 53
Bus or trolley bus 25 0 15 18
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 90 25 40 24
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 10 0 10 0
Worked at Home 40 4 4 34
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 1,870 960 910  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 365 320 40  
Construction 85 85 0  
Manufacturing 120 85 35  
Wholesale trade 90 70 20  
Retail trade 225 95 130  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 95 70 25  
Information 4 4 0  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 50 20 30  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 50 20 25  
Educational, health and social services 520 85 435  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 75 15 65  
Other services (except public administration) 120 45 75  
Public administration 75 50 25  
Armed forces 0 0 0  
Occupation  
Management 85 60 20  
Farmers and farm managers 135 130 4  
Business and financial operations specialists 40 20 15  
Computer and mathematical 0 0 0  
Architecture and engineering 4 4 0  
Life, physical and social science 15 15 4  
Community and social service 40 10 30  
Legal 4 4 4  
Education, training and library 180 30 150  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 4 4 0  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 105 4 100  
Healthcare support 90 4 80  
Protective service 20 20 4  
Food preparation and serving related 95 10 90  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 60 25 35  
Personal care and service 35 4 30  
Sales and related 220 90 130  
Office and administrative support 195 25 175  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 155 140 15  
Construction and excavation 75 75 0  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 105 105 0  
Production 70 45 25  
Transportation and material moving 140 125 15  
Armed Forces 0 0 0