American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile
Geographic Area1:  Mississippi
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005
Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS    MOE 3
Persons in Household 2,503,499 2,749,244 2,824,156 *****4
Households   911,374 1,046,434 1,084,034 +/-7,745
Persons per household 2.75 2.63 2.61 *****
    Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 2,573,216 2,844,658 na na
Total Employed2 1,046,181 1,188,979 1,223,683 *****
Workers at Work 1,028,014 1,164,118 1,182,086 +/-11,632
Mode to work1 1990 2000 2005 ACS
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers   1,028,014 100.0 1,164,118 100.0 1,182,086 100.0   ---
Drove alone   777,422 75.6 924,506 79.4 974,121 82.4 +/- 0.7
2-person carpool   132,625 12.9 131,637 11.3 111,379 9.4 +/- 0.5
3-person carpool   30,047 2.9 26,778 2.3 22,250 1.9 +/- 0.2
4-person carpool   12,159 1.2 10,226 0.9 8,837 0.7 +/- 0.1
5-or-6-person carpool   5,332 0.5 4,859 0.4 2,945 0.2 +/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool 3,856 0.4 2,965 0.3 1,504 0.1 +/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus   5,855 0.6 4,991 0.4 4,654 0.4 +/- 0.1
Streetcar or trolley car   80 0.0 137 0.0 209 0.0 +/- 0.0
Subway or elevated   35 0.0 56 0.0 0 0.0 +/- 0.0
Railroad   22 0.0 146 0.0 0 0.0 +/- 0.0
Ferryboat   77 0.0 133 0.0 81 0.0 +/- 0.0
Bicycle   1,519 0.1 1,112 0.1 1,318 0.1 +/- 0.1
Walked   27,142 2.6 21,868 1.9 15,274 1.3 +/- 0.2
Taxicab   1,951 0.2 1,124 0.1 715 0.1 +/- 0.0
Motorcycle   1,156 0.1 712 0.1 1,167 0.1 +/- 0.0
Other means   10,116 1.0 10,269 0.9 15,590 1.3 +/- 0.2
Worked at home   18,620 1.8 22,599 1.9 22,042 1.9 +/- 0.2
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home) 1,009,394 100.0 1,141,519 100.0 1,160,044 100.0   ---
Less than 5 minutes 47,063 4.7 43,278 3.8 51,035 4.4 +/- 0.4
5 to 9 149,058 14.8 142,991 12.5 147,639 12.7 +/- 0.6
10 to 14 177,907 17.6 188,931 16.6 186,341 16.1 +/- 0.6
15 to 19 193,024 19.1 197,875 17.3 194,861 16.8 +/- 0.6
20 to 29 186,612 18.5 224,343 19.7 227,429 19.6 +/- 0.6
30 to 44 156,242 15.5 197,602 17.3 205,585 17.7 +/- 0.6
45- 59 46,923 4.6 68,120 6.0 74,253 6.4 +/- 0.5
60 or more 52,565 5.2 78,379 6.9 72,901 6.3 +/- 0.5
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.6 (X) 24.6 (X) 23.5 (X) +/- 0.52
           
Departure Time to  Work1
Workers (Did not work at home) 1,009,394 100.0 1,141,519 100.0 1,160,044 100.0   ---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 72,530 7.2 101,696 8.9 116,065 10.0 +/- 0.5
6:00 - 6:59 a.m. 284,283 28.2 288,157 25.2 281,986 24.3 +/- 0.7
7:00 - 7:59 a.m. 334,987 33.2 365,342 32.0 348,175 30.0 +/- 0.8
8:00 - 8:59 a.m. 107,514 10.7 112,258 9.8 122,422 10.6 +/- 0.6
9:00 - 10:59 a.m. 46,697 4.6 57,548 5.0 64,355 5.5 +/- 0.3
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. 74,014 7.3 86,275 7.6 81,600 7.0 +/- 0.4
4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m. 89,369 8.9 130,243 11.4 145,441 12.5 +/- 0.6
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:  Mississippi
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 24.6 1,141,520 186,270 386,805 224,340 197,605 68,120 78,380
2005 23.5 1,160,044 198,674 381,202 227,429 205,585 74,253 72,901
2005 MOE +/-0.52 +/-11,452 +/-8,375 +/-9,901 +/-7,525 +/-7,495 +/-5,661 +/-5,514
Drove alone  2000 23.5 924,505 150,700 321,575 187,170 159,290 52,050 53,720
2005 22.7 974,121 162,743 331,482 196,573 172,434 57,787 53,102
2005 MOE +/-0.57 +/-12,506 +/-7,461 +/-9,304 +/-7,400 +/-6,837 +/-4,742 +/-4,567
2-person carpool 2000 28.1 131,635 16,000 42,555 25,210 25,810 10,020 12,040
2005 26.1 111,379 16,669 32,373 21,325 22,349 9,877 8,786
2005 MOE +/-2.6 +/-6,297 +/-2,177 +/-3,692 +/-2,651 +/-2,929 +/-1,770 +/-1,783
3+ carpool 2000 36.7 44,830 4,190 11,915 8,110 8,245 4,330 8,035
2005 33.6 35,536 3,280 8,613 6,197 6,267 5,031 6,148
2005 MOE +/-5.83 +/-3,521 +/-1,016 +/-1,742 +/-1,404 +/-1,263 +/-1,623 +/-1,724
Bus or trolley bus 2000 52.8 4,990 525 750 520 745 565 1,880
2005 43.5 4,654 SSS 1,086 SSS 840 SSS 1,401
2005 MOE +/-21.54 +/-1,376 SSS +/-626 SSS +/-612 SSS +/-676
All other transit3 2000 46.5 475 43 155 25 94 24 124
2005 SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
2005 MOE SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
All other modes4 2000 21.0 35,085 14,805 9,855 3,305 3,435 1,120 2,560
2005 22.9 34,064 15,500 7,648 2,890 3,542 1,157 3,327
2005 MOE +/-6.7 +/-3,498 +/-2,452 +/-1,691 +/-786 +/-1,202 +/-681 +/-1,281
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 24.6 100.0 16.3 33.9 19.7 17.3 6.0 6.9
2005 23.5 100.0 17.1 32.9 19.6 17.7 6.4 6.3
2005 MOE +/-0.52 ***** +/-1.0 +/-0.9 +/-1.0 +/-1.0 +/-1.0 +/-1.0
Drove alone  2000 23.5 100.0 16.3 34.8 20.2 17.2 5.6 5.8
2005 22.7 100.0 16.7 34.0 20.2 17.7 5.9 5.5
2005 MOE +/-0.57 ***** +/-1.3 +/-1.2 +/-1.3 +/-1.3 +/-1.3 +/-1.3
2-person carpool 2000 28.1 100.0 12.2 32.3 19.2 19.6 7.6 9.1
2005 26.1 100.0 15.0 29.1 19.1 20.1 8.9 7.9
2005 MOE +/-2.6 ***** +/-5.6 +/-5.6 +/-5.6 +/-5.6 +/-5.7 +/-5.7
3+ carpool 2000 36.7 100.0 9.3 26.6 18.1 18.4 9.7 17.9
2005 33.6 100.0 9.2 24.2 17.4 17.6 14.2 17.3
2005 MOE +/-5.83 ***** +/-9.9 +/-9.8 +/-9.9 +/-9.9 +/-9.9 +/-9.9
Bus or trolley bus 2000 52.8 100.0 10.5 15.0 10.4 14.9 11.3 37.7
2005 43.5 100.0 SSS 23.3 SSS 18.0 SSS 30.1
2005 MOE +/-21.54 ***** SSS +/-29.4 SSS +/-29.5 SSS +/-29.2
All other transit3 2000 46.5 100.0 9.1 32.6 5.3 19.8 5.1 26.1
2005 SSS 100.0 SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
2005 MOE SSS ***** SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
All other modes4 2000 21.0 100.0 42.2 28.1 9.4 9.8 3.2 7.3
2005 22.9 100.0 45.5 22.5 8.5 10.4 3.4 9.8
2005 MOE +/-6.7 ***** +/-9.7 +/-10.2 +/-10.3 +/-10.3 +/-10.3 +/-10.3
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.