New Jersey’s Black workers ranked among the lowest in the nation for public transit use, according to Census figures.

About 16.8% used some form of public transportation to get to work in New Jersey in 2024, compared to 12.1% of their counterparts who drove to work alone, the data showed.

The state ranked 31st among its peers nationally in using buses, trains, and trams to get to work.

The figures follow national trends in the last decade.

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center report, “Americans who are lower-income, Black or Hispanic, immigrants or under 50 are especially likely to use public transportation on a regular basis.”

The report noted that many Black and Hispanic people and immigrants live in bigger cities, where they’re more likely to have access to public transportati

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