Household Vehicles Available - by County

Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)

Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

Table 3
Household Vehicles Available - by County - 1960-2000
1960 - 2000 Decennial Censuses

		Average,	Total	Total	Vehicles	Total	Vehicles
County	Year	3+ V/HH	Vehicles	Households	per Household	Population	per Capita

	1960	3.45	331,980	295,367	1.12	908,209	0.37
	1970	3.45	469,532	365,093	1.29	1,071,446	0.44
Alameda	1980	3.454	675,686	426,092	1.59	1,105,379	0.61
	1990	3.422	804,327	479,518	1.68	1,279,182	0.63
	2000	3.422	883,834	523,366	1.69	1,443,741	0.61

	1960	3.45	158,361	117,858	1.34	409,030	0.39
Contra	1970	3.45	270,950	172,951	1.57	556,116	0.49
Costa	1980	3.46	455,312	241,534	1.89	656,380	0.69
	1990	3.411	572,878	300,288	1.91	803,732	0.71
	2000	3.411	646,012	344,129	1.88	948,816	0.68

	1960	3.4	57,354	44,195	1.3	146,820	0.39
	1970	3.4	102,955	67,266	1.53	208,652	0.49
Marin	1980	3.417	159,344	88,723	1.8	222,568	0.72
	1990	3.365	175,343	95,006	1.85	230,096	0.76
	2000	3.365	180,304	100,650	1.79	247,289	0.73

	1960	3.45	23,870	18,867	1.27	65,890	0.36
	1970	3.45	37,489	25,098	1.49	79,140	0.47
Napa	1980	3.467	70,961	36,624	1.94	99,199	0.72
	1990	3.49	78,407	41,312	1.9	110,765	0.71
	2000	3.49	85,200	45,402	1.88	124,279	0.69

	1960	3.34	208,486	291,970	0.71	740,316	0.28
San	1970	3.34	231,597	295,174	0.78	715,674	0.32
Francisco	1980	3.343	286,008	298,956	0.96	678,974	0.42
	1990	3.342	323,304	305,584	1.06	723,959	0.45
	2000	3.342	364,698	329,700	1.11	776,733	0.47

	1960	3.35	180,614	135,171	1.34	444,387	0.41
San	1970	3.35	279,855	185,028	1.51	557,361	0.5
Mateo	1980	3.398	403,762	225,201	1.79	587,329	0.69
	1990	3.438	455,620	241,914	1.88	649,623	0.7
	2000	3.438	477,185	254,103	1.88	707,161	0.67

	1960	3.45	250,641	184,914	1.36	642,315	0.39
Santa	1970	3.45	516,492	322,782	1.6	1,065,313	0.48
Clara	1980	3.56	899,273	458,519	1.96	1,295,071	0.69
	1990	3.486	1,037,689	520,180	1.99	1,497,577	0.69
	2000	3.486	1,108,428	565,863	1.96	1,682,585	0.66

	1960	3.3	45,681	38,453	1.19	134,597	0.34
	1970	3.3	72,081	51,120	1.41	171,989	0.42
Solano	1980	3.312	148,023	80,426	1.84	235,203	0.63
	1990	3.402	220,208	113,429	1.94	340,421	0.65
	2000	3.402	250,377	130,403	1.92	394,542	0.63

	1960	3.45	57,683	47,191	1.22	147,375	0.39
	1970	3.45	96,984	67,861	1.43	204,885	0.47
Sonoma	1980	3.544	218,834	114,474	1.91	299,681	0.73
	1990	3.439	282,450	149,011	1.9	388,222	0.73
	2000	3.439	326,448	172,403	1.89	394,542	0.83

	1960	3.415	1,314,670	1,173,986	1.12	3,638,939	0.36
Bay	1970	3.422	2,077,935	1,552,373	1.34	4,630,576	0.45
Area	1980	3.474	3,317,203	1,970,549	1.68	5,179,784	0.64
	1990	3.437	3,950,226	2,246,242	1.76	6,023,577	0.66
	2000	3.436	4,322,485	2,466,019	1.75	6,719,688	0.64

Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Censuses - 1960-2000
MTC estimates of averages for 3+ vehicle household category for 1960, 1970, 1980 and 2000.

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