CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Starr 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 10,607 100 11,890 100 1,283 12.1
Sex              
Male 6,381 60.2 6,055 50.9 -326 -5.1
Female 4,226 39.8 5,835 49.1 1,609 38.1
Mode to work  
Drove alone 6,309 59.5 8,255 69.4 1,946 30.8
2-person carpool 1,884 17.8 1,545 13.0 -339 -18.0
3-or-more-person carpool 1,112 10.5 670 5.6 -442 -39.7
Bus or trolley bus 78 0.7 45 0.4 -33 -42.3
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 610 5.8 645 5.4 35 5.7
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 267 2.5 395 3.3 128 47.9
Worked at home 347 3.3 330 2.8 -17 -4.9
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 598 5.8 730 6.3 132 22.1
5 to 9 2,078 20.3 2,300 19.9 222 10.7
10 to 14 2,413 23.5 2,890 25.0 477 19.8
15 to 19 1,817 17.7 2,155 18.6 338 18.6
20 to 29 1,256 12.2 1,310 11.3 54 4.3
30 to 44 1,283 12.5 1,145 9.9 -138 -10.8
45- 59 238 2.3 450 3.9 212 89.1
60 or more 577 5.6 575 5.0 -2 -0.3
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.9 (X) 17.9 (X) 0.0 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 15.1 (X) 11.0 (X) -4.1 (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  17.9 11,560 3,030 5,045 1,310 1,145 450 575
                Row percent   100 26.2 43.6 11.3 9.9 3.9 5.0
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 17.7 8,255 1,960 3,920 905 770 280 420
                Row percent   100 23.7 47.5 11.0 9.3 3.4 5.1
               Column percent   71.4 64.7 77.7 69.1 67.2 62.2 73.0
2-person carpool 22.3 1,545 305 560 235 250 145 39
                Row percent   100 19.7 36.2 15.2 16.2 9.4 2.5
               Column percent   13.4 10.1 11.1 17.9 21.8 32.2 6.8
3+ carpool 23.2 670 145 280 60 75 19 95
                Row percent   100 21.6 41.8 9.0 11.2 2.8 14.2
               Column percent   5.8 4.8 5.6 4.6 6.6 4.2 16.5
Bus or trolley bus 17.9 45 15 15 0 14 0 0
                Row percent   100 33.3 33.3 0.0 31.1 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.4 0.5 0.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0
All other transit1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 5.8 645 470 145 15 10 4 0
                Row percent   100 72.9 22.5 2.3 1.6 0.6 0.0
               Column percent   5.6 15.5 2.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.0
All other modes1 15.2 395 140 125 89 15 0 20
                Row percent   100 35.4 31.6 22.5 3.8 0.0 5.1
               Column percent   3.4 4.6 2.5 6.8 1.3 0.0 3.5
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 Starr 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 11,875 580 3,610 7,685
Drove alone 8,255 235 2,315 5,700
2-person carpool 1,545 75 510 965
3-or-more-person carpool 670 35 255 380
Bus or trolley bus 45 0 10 33
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 630 135 225 275
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 395 55 150 185
Worked at Home 330 30 145 155
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 11,890 6,055 5,835  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 1,310 1,050 260  
Construction 865 835 30  
Manufacturing 180 135 40  
Wholesale trade 610 465 145  
Retail trade 1,350 725 630  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 435 350 85  
Information 65 30 35  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 285 75 210  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 455 240 220  
Educational, health and social services 4,495 1,120 3,380  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 720 320 400  
Other services (except public administration) 580 380 200  
Public administration 540 335 200  
Armed forces 4 4 0  
Occupation  
Management 530 250 280  
Farmers and farm managers 260 240 20  
Business and financial operations specialists 130 60 70  
Computer and mathematical 30 10 20  
Architecture and engineering 40 35 4  
Life, physical and social science 15 15 0  
Community and social service 180 80 100  
Legal 50 40 15  
Education, training and library 1,460 430 1,035  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 65 65 0  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 360 120 240  
Healthcare support 875 4 870  
Protective service 335 315 20  
Food preparation and serving related 565 200 365  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 820 310 510  
Personal care and service 385 50 335  
Sales and related 1,260 665 595  
Office and administrative support 1,230 320 910  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 800 545 255  
Construction and excavation 835 820 15  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 460 455 4  
Production 350 295 55  
Transportation and material moving 860 735 125  
Armed Forces 4 4 0