In a Web survey of 2,200 people, AAA found:

* 43.3 percent of holiday travelers will travel with two to three other people from the same household

* 21.8 percent will be traveling with four or more people from their household.

* 34.8 percent will be traveling alone or with one other person from their household.

Children

* 71.1 percent will be taking their kids with them

* 28.9 percent will be traveling without them.

The region with the greatest percentage of family travelers is the West at 79.8 percent; followed by the Midwest at 74.2 percent; the Southeast at 68.5 percent and the Northeast at 65 percent.

Income

* 44.3 percent of holiday travelers say they earn $40,000 or less

* 32 percent earn between $40,000 and $75,000 and

* 23.4 percent earn $75,000 or more.

Other

Nearly 60 percent (59.4 percent) of travelers this holiday are married and 18.9 percent are single with the reminder falling into other categories.

Finally, 40 percent will be coming from big cities, 23.7 percent from the suburbs and 35.5 from rural areas of the U.S.

The greatest number of Thanksgiving auto travelers will originate in the Southeast with 9 million, followed by the West, 7.1 million; Midwest, 6.6 million; the Great Lakes, 6.2 million; and the Northeast, 2.4 million.

The Southeast is expected to produce the largest number of air travelers with 1.3 million, followed closely by the West which expects 1.2 million air travelers.

The Midwest comes next with 783,000; then the Northeast with 769,000; and Great Lakes with 646,000.