| CALIFORNIA | 1990 | 2000 | |||||
| COMMUTING TO WORK | NUMBER | PERCENT | NUMBER | PERCENT | Change in Mode Split % | Net Change | PCT Change in Total Number |
| Workers 16 years and over | 13,940,250 | 100.0% | 14,525,322 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 585,072 | 4.2% |
| Car, truck, or van - - drove alone | 9,982,242 | 71.6% | 10,432,462 | 71.8% | 0.2% | 450,220 | 4.5% |
| Car, truck, or van - - carpooled | 2,036,025 | 14.6% | 2,113,313 | 14.5% | -0.1% | 77,288 | 3.8% |
| Public transportation (including taxicab) | 685,797 | 4.9% | 736,037 | 5.1% | 0.1% | 50,240 | 7.3% |
| Walked | 469,867 | 3.4% | 414,581 | 2.9% | -0.5% | (55,286) | -11.8% |
| Other means | 313,452 | 2.2% | 271,893 | 1.9% | -0.4% | (41,559) | -13.3% |
| Worked at home | 452,867 | 3.2% | 557,036 | 3.8% | 0.6% | 104,169 | 23.0% |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes) | 24.6 | (X) | 27.7 | (X) | 3.1 | 12.6% | |