[6] In honor of Earth Day, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau has pulled together a sampling of green data [7] on green initiatives being taken to protect the environment.
According to the American Community Survey [8] (5-year estimates):
- 0.5% of Americans bike to and from work. More men bike to work than women (0.7% vs. 0.3%).
- 10.5% of U.S. residents carpool to work. Men are more likely to carpool than women (11% vs. 10%).
- 5% of U.S. residents take public transportation to work. Women are more likely to take public transportation (5.4% vs. 4.6%).
- About 36,000 households in the United States [9] rely on solar energy to heat their homes.
In 2009, according to data from the American Community Survey [10], the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metropolitan area led in the nation in the percentage of workers who used public transportation at 30.5%, followed by the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area, at 14.6%.
The Census Bureau’s 2011 Statistical Abstract [11]is an excellent source for additional green stats, including on solar and renewable energy [12] (PDF), emissions from power generation [13], air quality [14], threatened and endangered wildlife and plant species [15], and emissions of greenhouse gases by type and source [16] (PDF).
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