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Survey: ACS 2007 (1-Year Estimates)
Data Source: | U.S. Census Bureau |
Table: | B08105G. Means of Transportation to Work (Two or More Races) [7] |
Universe: Two or More races workers 16 years and Over
Table Details
B08105G. | Means of Transportation to Work (Two or More Races) | ||||||||||||||||
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Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2007 Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
ACS 2007-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Journey to Work -> Means of Transportation to Work |
The data on means of transportation to work were derived from answers to Question 25, which was asked of people who indicated in Question 23 that they worked at some time during the reference week. (See "Reference Week.") Means of transportation to work refers to the principal mode of travel or type of conveyance that the worker usually used to get from home to work during the reference week.
People who used different means of transportation on different days of the week were asked to specify the one they used most often, that is, the greatest number of days. People who used more than one means of transportation to get to work each day were asked to report the one used for the longest distance during the work trip. The category, "Car, truck, or van," includes workers using a car (including company cars but excluding taxicabs), a truck of one-ton capacity or less, or a van. The category, "Public transportation," includes workers who used a bus or trolley bus, streetcar or trolley car, subway or elevated, railroad, or ferryboat, even if each mode is not shown separately in the tabulation. "Carro público" is included in the public transportation category in Puerto Rico. The category, "Other means," includes workers who used a mode of travel that is not identified separately within the data distribution. The category, "Other means," may vary from table to table, depending on the amount of detail shown in a particular distribution. The means of transportation data for some areas may show workers using modes of public transportation that are not available in those areas (for example, subway or elevated riders in a metropolitan area where there is no subway or elevated service). This result is largely due to people who worked during the reference week at a location that was different from their usual place of work (such as people away from home on business in an area where subway service was available), and people who used more than one means of transportation each day but whose principal means was unavailable where they lived (for example, residents of nonmetropolitan areas who drove to the fringe of a metropolitan area, and took the commuter railroad most of the distance to work).
People who used different means of transportation on different days of the week were asked to specify the one they used most often, that is, the greatest number of days. People who used more than one means of transportation to get to work each day were asked to report the one used for the longest distance during the work trip. The category, "Car, truck, or van," includes workers using a car (including company cars but excluding taxicabs), a truck of one-ton capacity or less, or a van. The category, "Public transportation," includes workers who used a bus or trolley bus, streetcar or trolley car, subway or elevated, railroad, or ferryboat, even if each mode is not shown separately in the tabulation. "Carro público" is included in the public transportation category in Puerto Rico. The category, "Other means," includes workers who used a mode of travel that is not identified separately within the data distribution. The category, "Other means," may vary from table to table, depending on the amount of detail shown in a particular distribution. The means of transportation data for some areas may show workers using modes of public transportation that are not available in those areas (for example, subway or elevated riders in a metropolitan area where there is no subway or elevated service). This result is largely due to people who worked during the reference week at a location that was different from their usual place of work (such as people away from home on business in an area where subway service was available), and people who used more than one means of transportation each day but whose principal means was unavailable where they lived (for example, residents of nonmetropolitan areas who drove to the fringe of a metropolitan area, and took the commuter railroad most of the distance to work).
Beginning in 2006, the group quarters (GQ) population is included in the ACS. Some types of GQ populations have means of transportation distributions that are very different from the household population. The inclusion of the GQ population could therefore have a noticeable impact on the means of transportation to work distribution. This is particularly true for areas with a substantial GQ population.
Beginning in 1999, the American Community Survey questions differ from the 1996-1998 questions only in the format of the skip instructions. Beginning in 2004, the category, "Public transportation" was tabulated to exclude workers who used taxicab as their means of transportation.
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2007 Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
ACS 2007-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Race -> Two or More Races |
People may have chosen to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, by providing multiple responses, or by some combination of check boxes and write-in responses. The race response categories shown on the questionnaire are collapsed into the five minimum races identified by the OMB, and the Census Bureau's "Some other race" category. For data product purposes, "Two or More Races" refers to combinations of two or more of the following race categories:
1. White
2. Black or African American
3. American Indian and Alaska Native
4. Asian
5. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
6. Some other race
There are 57 possible combinations (see below) involving the race categories shown above. Thus, according to this approach, a response of "White" and "Asia"n was tallied as two or more races, while a response of Japanese and Chinese was not because "Japanese" and "Chinese" are both Asian responses. Tabulations of responses involving reporting of two or more races within the American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories are available in other data products.
1. White
2. Black or African American
3. American Indian and Alaska Native
4. Asian
5. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
6. Some other race
There are 57 possible combinations (see below) involving the race categories shown above. Thus, according to this approach, a response of "White" and "Asia"n was tallied as two or more races, while a response of Japanese and Chinese was not because "Japanese" and "Chinese" are both Asian responses. Tabulations of responses involving reporting of two or more races within the American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories are available in other data products.
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2007 Summary File: Technical Documentation. |
ACS 2007-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Subject Definitions -> Population Variables -> Race -> Two or More Races (57 Possible Specified Combinations) |
- White; Black or African American
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native
- White; Asian
- White; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; Some other race
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native
- Black or African American; Asian
- Black or African American; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Black or African American; Some other race
- American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian
- American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- American Indian and Alaska Native; Some other race
- Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Asian; Some other race
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native
- White; Black or African American; Asian
- White; Black or African American; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; Black or African American; Some other race
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native; Some other race
- White; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; Asian; Some other race
- White; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Some other race
- Black or African American; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Black or African American; Asian; Some other race
- Black or African American; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Some other race
- American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; Black or African American; Asian; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Some other race
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Some other race
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- Black or African American; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
- White; Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race
Given the many possible ways of displaying data on two or more races, data products will provide varying levels of detail. The most common presentation shows a single line indicating "Two or more races." Some data products provide totals of all 57 possible race combinations, as well as subtotals of people reporting a specific number of races, such as people reporting two races, people reporting three races, and so on. In other presentations on race, data are shown for the total number of people who reported one of the six categories alone or in combination with one or more other race categories. For example, the category, "Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races" includes people who reported Asian alone and people who reported Asian in combination with White, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and/or Some other race. This number, therefore, represents the maximum number of people who reported as Asian in the question on race. When this data presentation is used, the individual race categories will add to more than the total population because people may be included in more than one category.