American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Georgia

TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

6,304,583

7,952,631

8,821,142

*****⁴

Households

2,366,615

3,006,369

3,320,278

+/-14,891

Persons per household

2.66

2.65

2.66

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

6,478,216

8,186,453

Total Employed²

3,163,411

3,906,614

4,216,601

*****

Workers at Work

3,106,393

3,832,803

4,098,555

+/-20,586

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

3,106,393

100.0

3,832,803

100.0

4,098,555

100.0

---

Drove alone

2,378,509

76.6

2,968,910

77.5

3,279,567

80.0

+/-

0.4

2-person carpool

358,104

11.5

406,954

10.6

342,508

8.4

+/-

0.3

3-person carpool

67,104

2.2

87,725

2.3

71,516

1.7

+/-

0.1

4-person carpool

24,644

0.8

34,505

0.9

22,076

0.5

+/-

0.1

5-or-6-person carpool

10,490

0.3

18,718

0.5

14,713

0.4

+/-

0.1

7-or-more-person carpool

7,282

0.2

9,160

0.2

11,425

0.3

+/-

0.1

Bus or trolley bus

65,507

2.1

59,355

1.5

74,007

1.8

+/-

0.2

Streetcar or trolley car

603

0.0

843

0.0

936

0.0

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

14,764

0.5

20,116

0.5

15,040

0.4

+/-

0.1

Railroad

927

0.0

1,762

0.0

1,512

0.0

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

181

0.0

382

0.0

130

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

4,807

0.2

5,588

0.1

6,543

0.2

+/-

0.0

Walked

72,640

2.3

65,776

1.7

54,467

1.3

+/-

0.1

Taxicab

4,698

0.2

7,572

0.2

7,005

0.2

+/-

0.0

Motorcycle

4,153

0.1

3,055

0.1

4,521

0.1

+/-

0.0

Other means

26,976

0.9

33,396

0.9

46,601

1.1

+/-

0.1

Worked at home

65,004

2.1

108,986

2.8

145,988

3.6

+/-

0.2

Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

3,041,389

100.0

3,723,817

100.0

3,952,567

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

97,419

3.2

93,446

2.5

124,082

3.1

+/-

0.2

5 to 9

328,119

10.8

334,403

9.0

354,503

9.0

+/-

0.3

10 to 14

464,699

15.3

511,628

13.7

506,562

12.8

+/-

0.3

15 to 19

542,780

17.8

583,820

15.7

587,332

14.9

+/-

0.3

20 to 29

611,476

20.1

729,249

19.6

793,382

20.1

+/-

0.5

30 to 44

603,589

19.8

776,519

20.9

850,066

21.5

+/-

0.4

45- 59

234,498

7.7

347,610

9.3

366,450

9.3

+/-

0.3

60 or more

158,809

5.2

347,142

9.3

370,190

9.4

+/-

0.3

Mean travel time (minutes)

22.7

(X)

27.7

(X)

27.2

(X)

+/-

0.32

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

3,041,389

100.0

3,723,817

100.0

3,952,567

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

165,520

5.4

258,984

7.0

292,432

7.4

+/-

0.3

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

611,089

20.1

766,077

20.6

784,079

19.8

+/-

0.4

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

1,055,885

34.7

1,219,646

32.8

1,190,116

30.1

+/-

0.5

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

514,134

16.9

579,541

15.6

656,115

16.6

+/-

0.4

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

199,702

6.6

284,132

7.6

345,052

8.7

+/-

0.3

11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.

224,451

7.4

254,195

6.8

289,930

7.3

+/-

0.2

4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m.

270,608

8.9

361,242

9.7

394,843

10.0

+/-

0.3

Notes:

1. Please read notes.htm

2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.

3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.htm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.

4. ***** Cannot be calculated.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS.

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Georgia

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000 & 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

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/more minutes

Total

2000

27.7

3,723,820

427,850

1,095,450

729,250

776,515

347,610

347,145

2005

27.2

3,952,567

478,585

1,093,894

793,382

850,066

366,450

370,190

2005 MOE

+/-0.32

+/-19,823

+/-15,412

+/-16,799

+/-18,441

+/-17,534

+/-11,299

+/-12,435

Drove alone

2000

26.8

2,968,910

329,380

895,210

607,755

620,135

276,895

239,540

2005

26.4

3,279,567

381,055

936,879

684,958

706,751

303,465

266,459

2005 MOE

+/-0.37

+/-22,738

+/-13,815

+/-15,763

+/-16,629

+/-15,431

+/-10,121

+/-9,411

2-person carpool

2000

28.6

406,955

42,205

120,610

76,080

88,345

37,945

41,765

2005

29.2

342,508

38,488

87,665

67,706

74,060

33,091

41,498

2005 MOE

+/-1.69

+/-12,570

+/-3,751

+/-6,254

+/-5,269

+/-5,748

+/-3,478

+/-5,299

3+ carpool

2000

34.6

150,110

11,235

35,160

24,430

37,250

16,140

25,900

2005

35.3

119,730

9,138

25,844

19,802

30,992

12,897

21,057

2005 MOE

+/-4.48

+/-8,836

+/-2,073

+/-3,068

+/-3,094

+/-4,834

+/-2,704

+/-4,201

Bus or trolley bus

2000

50.5

59,355

2,015

7,090

6,305

13,365

8,365

22,220

2005

46.2

74,007

2,952

10,663

7,931

18,801

9,188

24,472

2005 MOE

+/-5.88

+/-6,204

+/-1,066

+/-2,765

+/-1,790

+/-3,698

+/-2,150

+/-3,529

All other transit³

2000

49.0

23,105

220

1,260

2,725

6,190

5,185

7,520

2005

44.7

17,618

665

669

2,156

5,159

4,095

4,874

2005 MOE

+/-8.78

+/-2,451

+/-656

+/-642

+/-987

+/-1,258

+/-1,219

+/-1,180

All other modes⁴

2000

22.9

115,390

42,795

36,115

11,955

11,235

3,080

10,205

2005

23.5

119,137

46,287

32,174

10,829

14,303

3,714

11,830

2005 MOE

+/-2.63

+/-6,956

+/-4,358

+/-3,912

+/-2,082

+/-1,930

+/-885

+/-2,336

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, PERCENT OF WORKERS, 2000 and 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)

Percent of Workers

Mean travel time (mins.)¹

Total

Less than 10 minutes

10 to 19 minutes

20 to 29 minutes

30 to 44 minutes

45 -59 minutes

60/more minutes

Total

2000

27.7

100.0

11.5

29.4

19.6

20.9

9.3

2005

27.2

100.0

12.1

27.7

20.1

21.5

9.3

9.4

2005 MOE

+/-0.32

*****

+/-0.5

Drove alone

2000

26.8

100.0

11.1

30.2

20.5

20.9

9.3

8.1

2005

26.4

100.0

11.6

28.6

20.9

21.6

9.3

8.1

2005 MOE

+/-0.37

*****

+/-0.7

2-person carpool

2000

28.6

100.0

10.4

29.6

18.7

21.7

9.3

10.3

2005

29.2

100.0

11.2

25.6

19.8

21.6

9.7

12.1

2005 MOE

+/-1.69

*****

+/-3.7

+/-3.6

+/-3.7

3+ carpool

2000

34.6

100.0

7.5

23.4

16.3

24.8

10.8

17.3

2005

35.3

100.0

7.6

21.6

16.5

25.9

10.8

17.6

2005 MOE

+/-4.48

*****

+/-7.4

+/-7.3

+/-7.4

Bus or trolley bus

2000

50.5

100.0

3.4

11.9

10.6

22.5

14.1

37.4

2005

46.2

100.0

4.0

14.4

10.7

25.4

12.4

33.1

2005 MOE

+/-5.88

*****

+/-8.4

+/-8.3

+/-8.4

+/-8.2

All other transit³

2000

49.0

100.0

1.0

5.5

11.8

26.8

22.4

32.5

2005

44.7

100.0

3.8

12.2

29.3

23.2

27.7

2005 MOE

+/-8.78

*****

+/-13.9

+/-13.8

All other modes⁴

2000

22.9

100.0

37.1

31.3

10.4

9.7

2.7

8.8

2005

23.5

100.0

38.9

27.0

9.1

12.0

3.1

9.9

2005 MOE

+/-2.63

*****

+/-5.7

+/-5.8

Notes:

1. Please read notes.htm

2. ACS did not include group quarter population. For more information, please read notes.htm

3. Includes streetcar/trolley car, subway/elevated, railroad, and ferryboat.

4. Includes bicycle, walk, motorcycle, taxicab, or other means.

SSS: Not shown because weighted total by mode is less than 500.

***** Cannot be calculated.