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U.S. Census 2000 - Public Transportation by State

The country's share of commuters using public transportation (Bus or trolley bus, Streetcar or trolley car, Subway or elevated, Railroad, Ferryboat, Taxicab)  remained about the same between 1990 and 2000.  In 2000, an estimated 5.16% of commuters used one form of public transportation.  In 1990, there were 5.27%.

The District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey had double digit rates of public transportation usage by commuters.  Six states have less than 0.5% transit share.

Similar tables are available for drive alone and carpool modes.

Source of data: U.S. Census Supplementary Survey

Mode	Public Transportation Share (2000)	2000 Public Transportation Ranking	Public Transportation Share (1990)	1990 Public Transportation Ranking	Change in Ranking	Change in Public Transportation Share
District of Columbia	34.68%	1	36.60%	1	0	-1.92%
New York	26.82%	2	24.85%	2	0	1.97%
New Jersey	11.25%	3	8.83%	4	1	2.42%
Massachusetts	9.88%	4	8.30%	5	1	1.57%
Illinois	9.34%	5	10.05%	3	-2	-0.71%
Maryland	8.29%	6	8.14%	6	0	0.14%
Hawaii	6.47%	7	7.37%	7	0	-0.90%
Pennsylvania	5.72%	8	6.43%	8	0	-0.71%
California	5.38%	9	4.92%	9	0	0.46%
Washington	4.89%	10	4.53%	10	0	0.36%
Connecticut	4.42%	11	3.93%	12	1	0.49%
Virginia	4.23%	12	4.00%	11	-1	0.23%
Oregon	3.78%	13	3.35%	14	1	0.43%
Nevada	3.76%	14	2.66%	18	4	1.09%
Colorado	3.30%	15	2.87%	16	1	0.43%
Minnesota	3.21%	16	3.60%	13	-3	-0.39%
Delaware	2.99%	17	2.41%	23	6	0.58%
Alaska	2.76%	18	2.45%	22	4	0.32%
Georgia	2.69%	19	2.79%	17	-2	-0.10%
Louisiana	2.64%	20	2.99%	15	-5	-0.35%
Utah	2.47%	21	2.32%	24	3	0.15%
Ohio	2.43%	22	2.52%	20	-2	-0.09%
Arizona	2.15%	23	2.05%	26	3	0.10%
Florida	2.13%	24	2.01%	28	4	0.13%
Rhode Island	2.08%	25	2.53%	19	-6	-0.45%
Texas	1.90%	26	2.21%	25	-1	-0.32%
Wisconsin	1.70%	27	2.46%	21	-6	-0.76%
Kentucky	1.42%	28	1.60%	31	3	-0.18%
Idaho	1.24%	29	1.94%	29	0	-0.70%
Missouri	1.18%	30	2.01%	27	-3	-0.82%
New Mexico	1.16%	31	1.00%	40	9	0.16%
Michigan	1.14%	32	1.63%	30	-2	-0.49%
Wyoming	1.14%	33	1.42%	32	-1	-0.28%
Indiana	1.08%	34	1.32%	34	0	-0.24%
South Carolina	1.07%	35	1.11%	37	2	-0.03%
Nebraska	0.96%	36	1.16%	36	0	-0.20%
Tennessee	0.95%	37	1.32%	33	-4	-0.38%
West Virginia	0.87%	38	1.10%	38	0	-0.23%
Vermont	0.84%	39	0.73%	44	5	0.11%
Maine	0.84%	40	0.89%	41	1	-0.05%
Iowa	0.80%	41	1.24%	35	-6	-0.43%
North Carolina	0.74%	42	1.03%	39	-3	-0.29%
Mississippi	0.59%	43	0.78%	42	-1	-0.19%
New Hampshire	0.55%	44	0.72%	45	1	-0.17%
Oklahoma	0.51%	45	0.57%	48	3	-0.06%
North Dakota	0.47%	46	0.56%	49	3	-0.08%
South Dakota	0.44%	47	0.30%	51	4	0.14%
Montana	0.43%	48	0.59%	47	-1	-0.16%
Arkansas	0.40%	49	0.52%	50	1	-0.12%
Alabama	0.40%	50	0.77%	43	-7	-0.37%
Kansas	0.38%	51	0.64%	46	-5	-0.26%