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Lowest drive-alone commute by state

Workers who drive alone to work.

Share of workers age 16+ whose usual commute is driving alone in a car, truck or van. This is a direct Census commute-pattern measure, not a car-dependency index: it does not tell us whether transit, walking or cycling is workable from a particular address, and it says nothing about errands or household vehicle needs.

  1. 1District of Columbia29.3%
  2. 2New York48.7%
  3. 3Massachusetts62.0%
  4. 4New Jersey63.3%
  5. 5Hawaii65.1%
  6. 6Washington65.1%
  7. 7Oregon65.2%
  8. 8Colorado65.4%
  9. 9Illinois66.0%
  10. 10Maryland66.4%
  11. 11Alaska66.8%
  12. 12California67.3%
  13. 13Arizona67.5%
  14. 14Utah67.7%
  15. 15Vermont67.9%
  16. 16Pennsylvania68.5%
  17. 17Virginia68.6%
  18. 18Florida69.0%
  19. 19Nevada70.0%
  20. 20Connecticut70.2%
  21. 21Minnesota70.7%
  22. 22Maine70.8%
  23. 23Rhode Island71.3%
  24. 24Georgia71.4%
  25. 25Montana71.6%
  26. 26North Carolina71.6%
  27. 27Texas71.8%
  28. 28Delaware72.2%
  29. 29New Hampshire72.3%
  30. 30Wyoming72.6%
  31. 31Idaho72.9%
  32. 32New Mexico73.8%
  33. 33Missouri74.8%
  34. 34South Carolina74.9%
  35. 35Tennessee75.0%
  36. 36Wisconsin75.1%
  37. 37Ohio75.2%
  38. 38Michigan75.6%
  39. 39Nebraska75.8%
  40. 40Kansas76.0%
  41. 41Kentucky76.4%
  42. 42Iowa76.6%
  43. 43North Dakota76.7%
  44. 44Indiana76.8%
  45. 45Oklahoma76.8%
  46. 46West Virginia77.6%
  47. 47South Dakota78.1%
  48. 48Louisiana78.3%
  49. 49Arkansas78.4%
  50. 50Alabama80.8%
  51. 51Mississippi81.2%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS Table B08301. · How this is built