National Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS)-- Summary of Travel Trends statistics


									Percent	Percent
Characteristics	Unit		1969	1977	1983		1990	1995	change,	change,
									1969-90	1969-95

Households, total	1,000		62,504	75,412	85,371		93,347	98,990	49.0	58.4
1 person	1,000		10,980	16,214	19,354		22,999	24,732	109.0	125.2
2 persons	1,000		18,448	22,925	27,169		30,114	31,834	63.0	72.6
3 persons	1,000		10,746	13,046	14,756		16,128	16,827	50.0	56.6
4+ persons	1,000		22,330	23,227	24,092		24,106	25,597	8.0	14.6

Persons, total	1,000		197,213	213,141	229,453	¹	239,416	259,994	21.0	31.8
Under 16 yrs. old	1,000		60,100	54,958	53,682		54,303	61,411	-10.0	2.2
16-19 yrs. old	1,000		14,598	16,552	15,268		13,851	14,074	-5.0	-3.6
20-34 yrs. old	1,000		40,060	52,252	60,788		59,517	59,494	49.0	48.5
35-64 yrs. old	1,000		62,982	66,988	75,353		82,480	93,766	31.0	48.9
65 yrs. old and over	1,000		19,473	22,391	24,362		26,955	31,249	38.0	60.5

5 yrs. old and over	1,000		(NA)	198,434	212,932		222,101	241,675	12.0	(NA)

Males, total	1,000		94,465	102,521	111,514		114,441	126,553	21.0	34.0
16 yrs. old and over	1,000		66,652	74,542	83,645		86,432	95,627	30.0	43.5
Females	1,000		102,748	110,620	117,939		124,975	133,441	22.0	29.9
16 yrs. old and over	1,000		73,526	83,721	92,080		96,371	102,956	31.0	40.0

Licensed drivers	1,000		102,986	127,552	147,015		163,025	176,330	58.0	71.2
Male	1,000		57,981	66,199	75,639		80,289	88,480	38.0	52.6
Female	1,000		45,005	61,353	71,376		82,707	87,851	84.0	95.2

Workers	1,000		75,758	93,019	103,244		118,343	131,697	56.0	73.8
Male	1,000		48,487	55,625	58,849		63,996	71,105	32.0	46.6
Female	1,000		27,271	37,394	44,395		54,334	60,593	99.0	122.2

Households with--
No vehicle	1,000		12,876	11,538	11,548		8,573	7,989	-33.0	-38.0
One vehicle	1,000		30,252	26,092	28,780		30,654	32,064	1.0	6.0
Two vehicles	1,000		16,501	25,942	28,632		35,872	40,024	117.0	142.6
Three or more Vehicles	1,000		2,875	11,840	16,411		18,248	18,914	535.0	557.9
All vehicles available	1,000		72,500	120,098	143,714		165,221	176,067	128.0	142.9

Vehicle trips	Millions		87,284	108,826	126,874		158,927	229,745	82.0	163.2
Vehicle miles of travel (VMT)	Millions	²	775,940	907,603	1,002,139		1,409,600	2,068,368	82.0	166.6

Person trips	Millions	²	145,146	211,778	224,385		249,562	378,930	72.0	161.1
Person miles of travel	Millions		1,404,137	1,879,215	1,946,662		2,315,300	3,411,122	65.0	142.9

Ratios:
Persons per household	Number	³	3.16	2.83	2.69		2.56	2.63	(NA)	(NA)
Vehicles per household	Number	³	1.16	1.59	1.68		1.77	1.78	(NA)	(NA)

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