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Table 3. Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation and Distance Shipped for State of Origin: 2002

[Estimates are based on data from the Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]

All modes

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	388,571	100.0	331,190	100.0	68,679	100.0
Less than 50 miles	139,443	35.9	169,746	51.3	3,933	5.7
50 to 99 miles	40,856	10.5	40,643	12.3	3,566	5.2
100 to 249 miles	59,448	15.3	55,194	16.7	12,560	18.3
250 to 499 miles	52,962	13.6	41,669	12.6	21,505	31.3
500 to 749 miles	50,153	12.9	13,444	4.1	10,060	14.6
750 to 999 miles	10,114	2.6	2,855	0.9	3,054	4.4
1,000 to 1,499 miles	19,425	5.0	4,466	1.3	6,726	9.8
1,500 to 1,999 miles	14,302	3.7	2,928	0.9	6,628	9.7
2,000 miles or more	1,868	0.5	243	–	646	0.9

Single modes

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	326,952	100.0	308,826	100.0	56,131	100.0
Less than 50 miles	129,710	39.7	164,328	53.2	3,844	6.8
50 to 99 miles	37,232	11.4	40,086	13.0	3,518	6.3
100 to 249 miles	51,441	15.7	53,347	17.3	11,836	21.1
250 to 499 miles	42,717	13.1	29,671	9.6	13,488	24.0
500 to 749 miles	37,995	11.6	12,479	4.0	9,292	16.6
750 to 999 miles	7,353	2.2	2,620	0.8	2,772	4.9
1,000 to 1,499 miles	9,771	3.0	3,681	1.2	5,504	9.8
1,500 to 1,999 miles	10,078	3.1	2,456	0.8	5,495	9.8
2,000 miles or more	656	0.2	157	–	382	0.7

Truck²

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	303,640	100.0	245,249	100.0	37,503	100.0
Less than 50 miles	126,264	41.6	147,977	60.3	3,731	9.9
50 to 99 miles	36,804	12.1	34,994	14.3	3,163	8.4
100 to 249 miles	49,012	16.1	32,540	13.3	6,507	17.4
250 to 499 miles	38,276	12.6	12,909	5.3	5,748	15.3
500 to 749 miles	29,580	9.7	9,521	3.9	6,906	18.4
750 to 999 miles	6,630	2.2	2,227	0.9	2,306	6.1
1,000 to 1,499 miles	8,098	2.7	2,822	1.2	4,125	11.0
1,500 to 1,999 miles	8,438	2.8	2,144	0.9	4,743	12.6
2,000 miles or more	537	0.2	115	–	273	0.7

For-hire truck

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	193,899	100.0	98,087	100.0	28,245	100.0
Less than 50 miles	59,464	30.7	40,365	41.2	1,175	4.2
50 to 99 miles	20,039	10.3	10,892	11.1	1,057	3.7
100 to 249 miles	32,695	16.9	20,364	20.8	4,283	15.2
250 to 499 miles	32,809	16.9	11,257	11.5	5,013	17.7
500 to 749 miles	27,028	13.9	8,524	8.7	6,181	21.9
750 to 999 miles	6,059	3.1	2,090	2.1	2,161	7.7
1,000 to 1,499 miles	7,410	3.8	2,494	2.5	3,705	13.1
1,500 to 1,999 miles	7,876	4.1	1,987	2.0	4,398	15.6
2,000 miles or more	520	0.3	114	0.1	272	1.0

Private truck

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	109,656	100.0	147,004	100.0	9,190	100.0
Less than 50 miles	66,778	60.9	107,595	73.2	2,556	27.8
50 to 99 miles	16,764	15.3	24,100	16.4	2,106	22.9
100 to 249 miles	16,289	14.9	12,119	8.2	2,215	24.1
250 to 499 miles	5,463	5.0	1,646	1.1	732	8.0
500 to 749 miles	2,527	2.3	922	0.6	671	7.3
750 to 999 miles	570	0.5	137	–	144	1.6
1,000 to 1,499 miles	S	S	S	S	419	4.6
1,500 to 1,999 miles	561	0.5	157	0.1	345	3.8
2,000 miles or more	S	S	S	S	S	S

Rail

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	16,881	100.0	22,399	100.0	10,362	100.0
Less than 50 miles	700	4.1	392	1.7	9	–
50 to 99 miles	210	1.2	4,240	18.9	294	2.8
100 to 249 miles	1,501	8.9	8,419	37.6	2,439	23.5
250 to 499 miles	3,873	22.9	4,866	21.7	2,631	25.4
500 to 749 miles	7,371	43.7	2,926	13.1	2,357	22.7
750 to 999 miles	593	3.5	390	1.7	462	4.5
1,000 to 1,499 miles	1,212	7.2	821	3.7	S	S
1,500 to 1,999 miles	S	S	305	1.4	735	7.1
2,000 miles or more	S	S	S	S	S	S

Water

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	503	100.0	27,980	100.0	7,908	100.0
Less than 50 miles	S	S	4,133	14.8	S	S
50 to 99 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
100 to 249 miles	289	57.4	11,866	42.4	2,794	35.3
250 to 499 miles	S	S	11,872	42.4	5,093	64.4
500 to 749 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
750 to 999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,000 to 1,499 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,500 to 1,999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
2,000 miles or more	–	–	–	–	–	–

Shallow draft

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	–	–	–	–	–	–
Less than 50 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
50 to 99 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
100 to 249 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
250 to 499 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
500 to 749 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
750 to 999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,000 to 1,499 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,500 to 1,999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
2,000 miles or more	–	–	–	–	–	–

Great Lakes

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	422	100.0	27,034	100.0	7,788	100.0
Less than 50 miles	10	2.4	3,573	13.2	S	S
50 to 99 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
100 to 249 miles	288	68.2	11,658	43.1	2,755	35.4
250 to 499 miles	124	29.3	11,694	43.3	5,013	64.4
500 to 749 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
750 to 999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,000 to 1,499 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,500 to 1,999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
2,000 miles or more	–	–	–	–	–	–

Deep draft

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	S	S	S	S	S	S
Less than 50 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
50 to 99 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
100 to 249 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
250 to 499 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
500 to 749 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
750 to 999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,000 to 1,499 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,500 to 1,999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
2,000 miles or more	–	–	–	–	–	–

Air (including truck and air)

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	2,931	100.0	109	100.0	106	100.0
Less than 50 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
50 to 99 miles	S	S	–	0.2	–	–
100 to 249 miles	504	17.2	28	25.8	16	14.9
250 to 499 miles	442	15.1	24	22.0	16	15.2
500 to 749 miles	1,043	35.6	31	28.6	29	27.8
750 to 999 miles	130	4.5	3	3.0	4	3.7
1,000 to 1,499 miles	450	15.4	14	12.8	21	19.6
1,500 to 1,999 miles	314	10.7	7	6.6	17	15.7
2,000 miles or more	24	0.8	1	0.9	3	3.0

Pipeline³

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	2,997	100.0	S	S	S	S
Less than 50 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
50 to 99 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
100 to 249 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
250 to 499 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
500 to 749 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
750 to 999 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
1,000 to 1,499 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
1,500 to 1,999 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
2,000 miles or more	–	–	–	–	S	S

Multiple modes

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	48,542	100.0	15,202	100.0	11,788	100.0
Less than 50 miles	4,698	9.7	168	1.1	7	–
50 to 99 miles	2,891	6.0	73	0.5	7	–
100 to 249 miles	7,115	14.7	S	S	S	S
250 to 499 miles	9,435	19.4	11,749	77.3	7,904	67.1
500 to 749 miles	9,062	18.7	756	5.0	599	5.1
750 to 999 miles	2,644	5.4	212	1.4	256	2.2
1,000 to 1,499 miles	7,388	15.2	703	4.6	1,109	9.4
1,500 to 1,999 miles	4,135	8.5	458	3.0	1,104	9.4
2,000 miles or more	1,173	2.4	S	S	262	2.2

Parcel, USPS or courier

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	28,909	100.0	845	100.0	480	100.0
Less than 50 miles	4,646	16.1	129	15.2	5	1.0
50 to 99 miles	2,879	10.0	65	7.7	6	1.3
100 to 249 miles	6,835	23.6	200	23.7	43	9.0
250 to 499 miles	4,954	17.1	215	25.4	115	23.9
500 to 749 miles	4,011	13.9	104	12.3	78	16.3
750 to 999 miles	915	3.2	25	3.0	27	5.7
1,000 to 1,499 miles	2,357	8.2	46	5.4	65	13.5
1,500 to 1,999 miles	1,963	6.8	51	6.0	112	23.4
2,000 miles or more	349	1.2	11	1.3	29	5.9

Truck and rail

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	19,114	100.0	2,358	100.0	2,835	100.0
Less than 50 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
50 to 99 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
100 to 249 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
250 to 499 miles	4,143	21.7	714	30.3	460	16.2
500 to 749 miles	5,035	26.3	406	17.2	309	10.9
750 to 999 miles	1,725	9.0	187	7.9	229	8.1
1,000 to 1,499 miles	5,015	26.2	473	20.1	711	25.1
1,500 to 1,999 miles	2,163	11.3	371	15.8	909	32.0
2,000 miles or more	S	S	S	S	S	S

Truck and water

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	63	100.0	S	S	S	S
Less than 50 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
50 to 99 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
100 to 249 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
250 to 499 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
500 to 749 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
750 to 999 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
1,000 to 1,499 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,500 to 1,999 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
2,000 miles or more	S	S	S	S	S	S

Rail and water

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	344	100.0	10,843	100.0	7,530	100.0
Less than 50 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
50 to 99 miles	–	–	–	–	–