WASHINGTON 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      2,302,666 100.0% 2,785,479 100.0% 0.0% 482,813 21.0%
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone      1,700,872 73.9% 2,040,833 73.3% -0.6% 339,961 20.0%
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled         282,240 12.3% 357,742 12.8% 0.6% 75,502 26.8%
Public transportation (including taxicab)         104,403 4.5% 136,278 4.9% 0.4% 31,875 30.5%
Walked           91,475 4.0% 89,739 3.2% -0.8% (1,736) -1.9%
Other means           37,299 1.6% 40,057 1.4% -0.2% 2,758 7.4%
Worked at home           86,377 3.8% 120,830 4.3% 0.6% 34,453 39.9%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 22 (X) 25.5 (X)   3.5 15.9%
Source: Census 2000  - http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/wa.html