US Journey to Work by State & Mode: 2000
Ranked by Public Transport Market Share

Rank State Personal Vehicle Single Occupant Automobile Car Pools Public Transport Walk & Bicycle Work at Home
1 District of Columbia 48.62% 39.99% 8.51% 34.68% 12.67% 4.04%
2 New York 63.97% 55.74% 8.19% 26.82% 6.45% 2.76%
3 New Jersey 82.00% 72.34% 9.61% 11.25% 4.04% 2.71%
4 Massachusetts 82.24% 73.47% 8.73% 9.88% 4.96% 2.92%
5 Illinois 83.89% 73.21% 10.58% 9.34% 4.00% 2.77%
6 Maryland 85.38% 73.29% 12.04% 8.29% 3.02% 3.31%
7 Hawaii 85.44% 66.78% 17.72% 6.47% 4.47% 3.63%
8 Pennsylvania 86.51% 76.78% 9.62% 5.72% 5.03% 2.74%
9 California 86.61% 72.40% 13.94% 5.38% 4.34% 3.67%
10 Washington 85.84% 74.10% 11.53% 4.89% 4.59% 4.68%
11 Connecticut 89.30% 80.34% 8.95% 4.42% 3.26% 3.02%
12 Virginia 89.39% 78.03% 11.31% 4.23% 3.18% 3.19%
13 Oregon 86.35% 73.57% 12.59% 3.78% 5.01% 4.86%
14 Nevada 87.49% 77.20% 10.15% 3.76% 6.01% 2.75%
15 Colorado 88.25% 77.02% 11.13% 3.30% 4.22% 4.23%
16 Minnesota 87.59% 77.42% 10.07% 3.21% 4.36% 4.84%
17 Delaware 89.83% 78.57% 11.19% 2.99% 3.98% 3.20%
18 Alaska 82.41% 68.80% 13.42% 2.76% 11.60% 3.23%
19 Georgia 91.78% 78.86% 12.86% 2.69% 2.53% 3.00%
20 Louisiana 91.33% 79.95% 11.30% 2.64% 3.99% 2.04%
21 Utah 90.13% 75.82% 14.01% 2.47% 3.70% 3.70%
22 Ohio 92.01% 83.60% 8.33% 2.43% 2.91% 2.64%
23 Arizona 89.63% 74.31% 14.88% 2.15% 4.64% 3.57%
24 Florida 91.10% 79.07% 11.86% 2.13% 3.58% 3.19%
25 Rhode Island 92.53% 82.26% 10.21% 2.08% 3.68% 1.71%
26 Texas 92.06% 79.46% 12.50% 1.90% 3.18% 2.86%
27 Wisconsin 90.34% 79.80% 10.33% 1.70% 4.67% 3.30%
28 Kentucky 92.75% 81.27% 11.38% 1.42% 3.05% 2.77%
29 Idaho 88.07% 76.11% 11.85% 1.24% 5.20% 5.49%
30 Missouri 92.14% 81.36% 10.74% 1.18% 3.15% 3.52%
31 New Mexico 90.61% 77.45% 12.95% 1.16% 3.96% 4.27%
32 Michigan 92.85% 83.71% 9.06% 1.14% 3.24% 2.77%
33 Wyoming 87.99% 74.80% 13.01% 1.14% 6.74% 4.13%
34 Indiana 92.81% 81.55% 11.24% 1.08% 3.58% 2.53%
35 South Carolina 93.55% 81.48% 11.92% 1.07% 2.62% 2.76%
36 Nebraska 90.52% 80.03% 10.31% 0.96% 4.59% 3.94%
37 Tennessee 93.84% 81.34% 12.47% 0.95% 2.34% 2.87%
38 West Virginia 92.85% 79.86% 12.86% 0.87% 3.82% 2.46%
39 Vermont 88.53% 77.76% 10.65% 0.84% 5.28% 5.34%
40 Maine 89.52% 79.93% 9.48% 0.84% 5.18% 4.46%
41 Iowa 90.48% 79.52% 10.87% 0.80% 4.44% 4.28%
42 North Carolina 93.61% 80.84% 12.69% 0.74% 2.70% 2.95%
43 Mississippi 94.63% 82.95% 11.61% 0.59% 3.04% 1.74%
44 New Hampshire 92.77% 83.24% 9.36% 0.55% 2.87% 3.81%
45 Oklahoma 92.92% 81.87% 11.00% 0.51% 3.72% 2.85%
46 North Dakota 87.88% 77.74% 10.12% 0.47% 6.47% 5.18%
47 South Dakota 87.24% 76.64% 10.35% 0.44% 5.91% 6.41%
48 Montana 86.35% 75.12% 11.10% 0.43% 7.37% 5.86%
49 Arkansas 93.88% 82.11% 11.66% 0.40% 2.70% 3.02%
50 Alabama 95.71% 84.56% 11.10% 0.40% 1.94% 1.96%
51 Kansas 91.44% 82.95% 8.42% 0.38% 3.80% 4.38%

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