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Demographics of Registered Attendees at the 97th Annual Meeting in January 2018
More than 13,000 policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions attended the 97th Annual Meeting in January 2018 to discover the latest innovations.
ATTENDEE ORGANIZATIONAL TYPES
Public Sector Total – 32.79% 
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 U.S. DOT
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10.75%
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 State Highway/Transportation Department
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9.33%
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 Other U.S. Federal Government
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3.50%
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 Local or Regional Government Agency
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2.98%
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 Non-U.S. Government
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2.41%
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 Other State Government
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2.14%
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 Transit Agency
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1.43%
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 Port Authority
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0.25%
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 Academia
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32.61%
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 Contractor/Consultant
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13.91%
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 Industry
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7.41%
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 Research Institution
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6.33%
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 Other
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2.81%
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 Service/Trade Organization or Association
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2.58%
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 Aviation
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0.61%
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 Railroad
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0.55%
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 Media
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0.41%
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ATTENDEE AREAS OF INTEREST
| Administration and Management |
1,602 |
| Aviation |
1,187 |
| Bridges and Other Structures |
1,873 |
| Construction |
2,083 |
| Data and Information Technology |
3,629 |
| Design |
2,408 |
| Economics |
1,964 |
| Education and Training |
1,540 |
| Energy |
1,423 |
| Environment |
2,643 |
| Finance |
1,022 |
| Freight Transportation |
2,054 |
| Geotechnology |
974 |
| History |
663 |
| Hydraulics and Hydrology |
472 |
| Law |
740 |
| Maintenance and Preservation |
1,734 |
| Marine Transportation |
760 |
| Materials |
1,641 |
| Operations and Traffic Management |
3,367 |
| Pavements |
2,116 |
| Pedestrians and Bicyclists |
3,026 |
| Pipelines |
318 |
| Planning and Forecasting |
3,770 |
| Policy |
3,121 |
| Public Transportation |
4,444 |
| Railroads |
1,832 |
| Research (about research) |
2,204 |
| Safety and Human Factors |
3,052 |
| Security and Emergencies |
748 |
| Society |
989 |
| Terminals and Facilities |
733 |
| Transportation, General |
6,101 |
| Vehicles and Equipment |
1,757 |
ATTENDEES BY JOB TYPE
| Attorney |
0.91% |
| Business Development Specialist |
1.61% |
| CEO/President/Director/Executive Officer |
6.44% |
| Economic Development Specialist |
0.50% |
| Elected Official/Staff |
0.23% |
| Enforcement/First Responder |
0.19% |
| Engineer |
21.46% |
| Environmental Analyst |
1.84% |
| Financial/Accountant/Auditor |
0.53% |
| Government Relations/Public |
1.80% |
| Information/Marketing/Communications |
1.49% |
| Operations Coordinator Manager |
1.86% |
| Other |
2.84% |
| Planner/Modeller |
6.37% |
| Policy Analyst |
3.66% |
| Professor |
8.64% |
| Program or Project Coordinator/Manager |
7.49% |
| Purchasing Agent/Contracts |
0.15% |
| Researcher |
14.61% |
| Software Engineer/Developer |
0.98% |
| Student |
14.25% |
| Technical - Construction, Design or Materials |
2.14% |
ATTENDEES BY REGION
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U.S. REGIONS
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 North Eastern
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35%
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 South Eastern
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26%
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 Midwest
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16%
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 Western
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23%
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ALL REGIONS (Including U.S.)
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Africa
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0.17%
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Asia
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5.58%
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Central America
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0.05%
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Europe
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5.71%
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Middle East
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0.60%
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North America
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86.43%
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| Canada (3.20%) |
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| Mexico (0.17%) |
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| USA (83.06%) |
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Australia/New Zealand
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0.70%
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South America
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0.74%
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The Caribbean
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0.02%
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