BTS | Table 1-40: Long-Distance Travel in the United States by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 2001

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) - Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) - United States Department of Transportation (USDOT, US DOT or DOT)

ABOUT RITA | CONTACT US | PRESS ROOM | CAREERS | SITE MAP

Data and Statistics

Bookstore

Programs

About BTS

Upcoming Press Releases

External Links

BTS Home > Publications > National Transportation Statistics

Table 1-40: Long-Distance Travel in the United States by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 2001

(Roundtrips to destinations at least 50 miles away)

Excel | CSV

	Persons (thousands)		Person trips (thousands)		Person-miles (millions)		Personal-use vehicle trips (thousands)		Personal-use vehicle-miles (millions)
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
TOTAL	277,208	100.0	2,617,126	100.0	1,360,813	100.0	2,336,094	100.0	760,325	100.0
Under 5	19,281	7.0	113,329	4.3	56,136	4.1	107,012	4.6	37,220	4.9
5-17 years	52,450	18.9	337,984	12.9	169,303	12.4	297,520	12.7	101,565	13.4
18-24 years	23,918	8.6	209,171	8.0	97,575	7.2	192,499	8.2	60,386	7.9
25-29 years	18,432	6.6	192,382	7.4	109,392	8.0	172,075	7.4	56,290	7.4
30-39 years	43,114	15.6	505,463	19.3	260,673	19.2	447,666	19.2	136,738	18.0
40-49 years	40,924	14.8	483,005	18.5	257,444	18.9	428,672	18.3	134,938	17.7
50-59 years	30,498	11.0	391,161	14.9	204,614	15.0	351,977	15.1	110,109	14.5
60-64 years	11,250	4.1	123,103	4.7	67,517	5.0	111,692	4.8	39,101	5.1
65-74 years	18,345	6.6	155,190	5.9	81,500	6.0	140,226	6.0	53,741	7.1
75 years and over	18,997	6.9	106,337	4.1	56,659	4.2	86,755	3.7	30,237	4.0
Median (years)	33.5	N/A	37.3	NA	NA	NA	37.4	NA	NA	NA
Sex, total	277,208	100.0	2,617,126	100.0	1,360,813	100.0	2,336,094	100.0	760,325	100.0
Male	135,291	48.8	1,499,967	57.3	757,454	55.7	1,347,123	57.7	429,259	56.5
Female	141,917	51.2	1,117,160	42.7	603,358	44.3	988,971	42.3	331,066	43.5
Race, total	277,208	100.0	2,617,126	100.0	1,360,813	100.0	2,336,094	100.0	760,325	100.0
White	193,338	69.7	2,033,914	77.7	1,058,412	77.8	1,821,143	78.0	595,944	78.4
Black	33,877	12.2	207,350	7.9	91,393	6.7	180,399	7.7	59,363	7.8
Asian or Pacific Islander	7,223	2.6	49,559	1.9	59,235	4.4	39,501	1.7	12,067	1.6
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleutian	1,316	0.5	12,565	0.5	5,975	0.4	11,688	0.5	3,693	0.5
Other	39,472	14.2	294,628	11.3	136,480	10.0	266,200	11.4	84,115	11.1
Not reported	1,983	0.7	19,110	0.7	9,318	0.7	17,163	0.7	5,144	0.7
Ethnicity, total	277,208	100.0	2,617,126	100.0	1,360,813	100.0	2,336,094	100.0	760,325	100.0
Hispanic origin	35,043	12.6	253,100	9.7	118,516	8.7	227,266	9.7	71,465	9.4
Not of Hispanic origin	242,165	87.4	2,364,026	90.3	1,242,297	91.3	2,108,828	90.3	688,859	90.6
Household income	277,208	100.0	2,617,126	100.0	1,360,813	100.0	2,336,094	100.0	760,325	100.0
Less than $25,000	58,935	21.3	327,852	12.5	133,903	9.8	302,354	12.9	95,773	12.6
$25,000-$39,999	54,404	19.6	454,543	17.4	188,296	13.8	422,556	18.1	138,312	18.2
$40,000-$49,999	29,471	10.6	297,383	11.4	135,256	9.9	278,871	11.9	86,849	11.4
$50,000-$59,999	26,622	9.6	285,398	10.9	147,926	10.9	260,465	11.1	85,859	11.3
$60,000-$74,999	25,557	9.2	305,461	11.7	134,024	9.8	281,037	12.0	83,941	11.0
$75,000-$99,999	32,264	11.6	380,371	14.5	221,657	16.3	332,095	14.2	107,055	14.1
$100,000 or more	33,587	12.1	444,802	17.0	334,526	24.6	359,642	15.4	129,050	17.0
Not reported	16,369	5.9	121,316	4.6	65,224	4.8	99,074	4.2	33,486	4.4
Household type	277,208	100.0	2,617,126	100.0	1,360,813	100.0	2,336,094	100.0	760,325	100.0
One adult, no children	13,743	5.0	139,195	5.3	84,619	6.2	119,661	5.1	38,003	5.0
One adult, youngest child 0-5	5,736	2.1	25,736	1.0	15,239	1.1	21,777	0.9	6,528	0.9
One adult, youngest child 6-15	8,242	3.0	70,325	2.7	31,689	2.3	63,413	2.7	18,918	2.5
One adult, youngest child 16-21	2,614	0.9	22,080	0.8	7,677	0.6	18,741	0.8	4,967	0.7
One adult, retired, no children	8,750	3.2	42,932	1.6	23,648	1.7	36,142	1.5	11,325	1.5
Two or more adults, no children	50,160	18.1	620,148	23.7	355,433	26.1	542,463	23.2	175,694	23.1
Two or more adults, youngest child 0-5	69,688	25.1	593,106	22.7	291,117	21.4	536,070	22.9	172,395	22.7
Two or more adults, youngest child 6-15	64,237	23.2	590,787	22.6	292,422	21.5	530,746	22.7	167,498	22.0
Two or more adults, youngest child 16-21	18,741	6.8	205,093	7.8	101,686	7.5	182,859	7.8	57,110	7.5
Two or more adults, retired, no children	35,297	12.7	307,725	11.8	157,284	11.6	284,221	12.2	107,887	14.2
Educational attainment, total (Persons 16 years and over)	208,479	100.0	2,173,473	100.0	1,144,890	100.0	1,940,042	100.0	624,049	100.0
Less than high school graduate	30,601	14.7	183,801	8.5	84,797	7.4	162,768	8.4	49,856	8.0
High school graduate	63,428	30.4	585,117	26.9	225,637	19.7	554,002	28.6	168,467	27.0
Some college, no degree	43,377	20.8	458,953	21.1	211,462	18.5	423,517	21.8	137,884	22.1
Associate's degree	13,570	6.5	162,145	7.5	80,413	7.0	146,649	7.6	46,528	7.5
Bachelor's degree	33,063	15.9	437,767	20.1	285,168	24.9	369,402	19.0	126,532	20.3
Some grad school or grad degree	23,237	11.1	339,237	15.6	253,592	22.1	278,227	14.3	93,484	15.0
Not reported	1,202	0.6	6,453	0.3	3,822	0.3	5,477	0.3	1,299	0.2
Activity status, total (Persons 16 years and over)	208,479	100.0	2,173,473	100.0	1,144,890	100.0	1,940,042	100.0	624,049	100.0
Working full time	115,428	55.4	1,426,531	65.6	716,671	62.6	1,275,103	65.7	382,355	61.3
Retired	35,611	17.1	254,291	11.7	137,388	12.0	230,254	11.9	85,957	13.8
Other	57,098	27.4	491,046	22.6	289,717	25.3	433,191	22.3	155,015	24.8
Not reported	342	0.2	1,605	0.1	1,115	0.1	1,495	0.1	722	0.1

KEY: NA = not applicable.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Household Travel Survey data, CD-ROM, February 2004.