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Table 2
Share of Bay Area Workers Commuting to Jobs Outside the Bay Area – 1980 - 2000
                   
1980 1980 1980 1990 1990 1990 2000 2000 2000
Total Total Share of Total Total Share of Total Total Share of
Workers Workers Workers Workers Workers Workers Workers Workers Workers
County Commuting Living Commuting Commuting Living Commuting Commuting Living Commuting
of Outside the in Outside the Outside the in Outside the Outside the in Outside the
Residence Bay Area Bay Area Bay Area Bay Area Bay Area Bay Area Bay Area Bay Area Bay Area
San Francisco 2,640 333,762 0.8% 3,324 382,309 0.9% 4,028 418,553 1.0%
San Mateo 2,536 303,658 0.8% 3,269 346,559 0.9% 2,494 354,096 0.7%
Santa Clara 7,461 651,358 1.1% 10,797 796,605 1.4% 10,736 828,927 1.3%
Alameda 4,576 507,224 0.9% 6,838 633,191 1.1% 7,436 678,910 1.1%
Contra Costa 3,420 299,396 1.1% 6,016 401,173 1.5% 6,932 442,008 1.6%
Solano 4,230 101,103 4.2% 8,089 158,713 5.1% 10,855 174,571 6.2%
Napa 610 42,128 1.4% 813 51,573 1.6% 921 57,393 1.6%
Sonoma 1,932 128,561 1.5% 2,370 190,431 1.2% 2,645 224,947 1.2%
Marin 1,472 115,775 1.3% 1,408 125,080 1.1% 1,553 126,646 1.2%
Bay Area 28,877 2,482,965 1.2% 42,924 3,085,634 1.4% 47,600 3,306,051 1.4%
The data for "total workers commuting outside the Bay Area" includes commuters to neighboring counties,
     plus workers out-of-town on business travel (e.g., resident workers of Alameda County working in East Coast counties).