CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Parmer County, Texas
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 5,057 100 4,605 100 -452 -8.9
Sex              
Male 3,683 72.8 2,915 63.3 -768 -20.9
Female 1,374 27.2 1,695 36.8 321 23.4
Mode to work  
Drove alone 3,429 67.8 3,105 67.4 -324 -9.4
2-person carpool 682 13.5 705 15.3 23 3.4
3-or-more-person carpool 705 13.9 440 9.6 -265 -37.6
Bus or trolley bus 6 0.1 15 0.3 9 150.0
All other transit1 0 0.0 4 0.1 4 **
Bicycle or walked 114 2.3 134 2.9 20 17.5
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 93 1.8 95 2.1 2 2.2
Worked at home 28 0.6 115 2.5 87 310.7
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 828 16.5 610 13.6 -218 -26.3
5 to 9 1,117 22.2 950 21.2 -167 -15.0
10 to 14 634 12.6 680 15.1 46 7.3
15 to 19 570 11.3 510 11.4 -60 -10.5
20 to 29 311 6.2 310 6.9 -1 -0.3
30 to 44 924 18.4 785 17.5 -139 -15.0
45- 59 434 8.6 380 8.5 -54 -12.4
60 or more 211 4.2 265 5.9 54 25.6
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.7 (X) 22.0 (X) 3.3 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 14.5 (X) 15.0 (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  22.0 4,490 1,560 1,190 310 785 380 265
                Row percent   100 34.7 26.5 6.9 17.5 8.5 5.9
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 18.2 3,105 1,285 845 215 475 150 134
                Row percent   100 41.4 27.2 6.9 15.3 4.8 4.3
               Column percent   69.2 82.4 71.0 69.4 60.5 39.5 50.6
2-person carpool 29.8 705 100 215 60 160 114 49
                Row percent   100 14.2 30.5 8.5 22.7 16.2 7.0
               Column percent   15.7 6.4 18.1 19.4 20.4 30.0 18.5
3+ carpool 29.3 440 64 90 19 124 110 30
                Row percent   100 14.5 20.5 4.3 28.2 25.0 6.8
               Column percent   9.8 4.1 7.6 6.1 15.8 28.9 11.3
Bus or trolley bus 112.7 15 0 4 0 4 0 10
                Row percent   100 0.0 26.7 0.0 26.7 0.0 66.7
               Column percent   0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 3.8
All other transit1 5.0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.4
               Column percent   0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 15.9 134 100 19 4 10 0 4
                Row percent   100 74.6 14.2 3.0 7.5 0.0 3.0
               Column percent   3.0 6.4 1.6 1.3 1.3 0.0 1.5
All other modes1 48.2 95 8 20 20 15 4 30
                Row percent   100 8.4 21.1 21.1 15.8 4.2 31.6
               Column percent   2.1 0.5 1.7 6.5 1.9 1.1 11.3
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 Parmer County, Texas
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 4,605 165 965 3,480
Drove alone 3,105 60 615 2,435
2-person carpool 705 55 145 505
3-or-more-person carpool 440 25 105 314
Bus or trolley bus 15 0 0 15
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 4 0 0 4
Bicycle or walked 135 4 40 89
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 95 20 35 39
Worked at Home 115 0 30 85
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 4,605 2,915 1,695  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 800 730 70  
Construction 125 115 10  
Manufacturing 1,550 1,150 400  
Wholesale trade 160 125 35  
Retail trade 255 115 140  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 250 210 40  
Information 45 20 25  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 150 65 90  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 105 55 50  
Educational, health and social services 790 125 665  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 100 40 60  
Other services (except public administration) 150 85 70  
Public administration 125 90 35  
Armed forces 4 4 0  
Occupation  
Management 165 125 40  
Farmers and farm managers 335 330 4  
Business and financial operations specialists 110 65 40  
Computer and mathematical 10 10 4  
Architecture and engineering 4 4 0  
Life, physical and social science 4 4 0  
Community and social service 35 30 4  
Legal 15 10 4  
Education, training and library 325 45 280  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 25 15 10  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 145 45 100  
Healthcare support 85 4 80  
Protective service 60 45 10  
Food preparation and serving related 95 4 90  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 150 75 80  
Personal care and service 90 20 70  
Sales and related 250 160 90  
Office and administrative support 480 100 380  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 335 325 10  
Construction and excavation 120 120 0  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 185 180 4  
Production 1,150 825 320  
Transportation and material moving 430 365 65  
Armed Forces 0 0 0