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Table B–4. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Shipment Characteristics by Mode of Transportation and Shipment Size for State of Origin: 2002

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

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All modes

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 6.5 – 11.0 – 15.7 – 7.1
Less than 50 lbs 12.1 1.4 11.3 – 15.2 0.1 8.5
50 to 99 lbs 14.5 0.3 9.2 – 17.6 – 12.7
100 to 499 lbs 12.9 1.3 6.1 0.2 13.0 0.3 11.7
500 to 749 lbs 10.0 0.4 8.4 – 11.5 0.2 7.2
750 to 999 lbs 16.6 0.4 13.1 – 11.4 0.1 9.2
1,000 to 9,999 lbs 7.3 1.4 10.9 1.0 12.7 1.4 12.4
10,000 to 49,999 lbs 10.3 1.6 11.7 4.6 7.5 4.2 18.1
50,000 to 99,999 lbs 16.3 0.6 28.5 3.9 32.6 1.8 19.5
100,000 lbs or more 32.2 0.7 39.5 5.2 37.1 5.2 15.5

Single modes

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 7.3 – 11.1 – 16.4 – 7.8
Less than 50 lbs 18.2 1.2 15.7 – 17.8 – 18.7
50 to 99 lbs 14.1 0.1 13.9 – 36.6 – 26.2
100 to 499 lbs 14.3 1.3 6.5 0.2 14.3 0.2 14.9
500 to 749 lbs 10.2 0.4 8.4 – 12.0 0.2 7.1
750 to 999 lbs 15.9 0.4 13.5 – 11.1 0.1 9.2
1,000 to 9,999 lbs 8.2 1.7 11.1 1.0 13.2 1.6 12.5
10,000 to 49,999 lbs 11.1 1.7 11.9 4.7 7.5 4.6 18.6
50,000 to 99,999 lbs 17.3 0.7 28.9 4.0 34.5 2.0 14.6
100,000 lbs or more 33.9 0.8 40.6 5.3 39.3 5.5 14.2

Truck

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 7.2 – 11.3 – 8.3 – 8.7
Less than 50 lbs 10.2 0.2 17.2 – 24.0 – 19.6
50 to 99 lbs 15.5 0.1 14.5 – 42.2 – 28.0
100 to 499 lbs 14.4 1.3 6.8 0.2 12.8 0.2 12.1
500 to 749 lbs 9.7 0.4 8.5 – 12.1 0.2 7.2
750 to 999 lbs 16.1 0.4 13.6 – 11.1 0.1 9.2
1,000 to 9,999 lbs 8.2 1.8 11.2 1.0 12.7 1.6 12.3
10,000 to 49,999 lbs 11.2 2.2 12.1 3.4 7.1 2.2 18.2
50,000 to 99,999 lbs 17.6 0.8 29.3 4.3 35.5 3.0 15.2
100,000 lbs or more 18.4 – 36.7 1.3 30.7 1.1 34.8

For-hire truck

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 10.8 – 9.2 – 7.6 – 6.2
Less than 50 lbs 15.6 – 25.7 – 29.3 – 21.1
50 to 99 lbs 29.7 0.2 34.4 – S S 17.1
100 to 499 lbs 16.2 1.2 12.8 0.2 13.5 0.2 7.6
500 to 749 lbs 12.4 0.5 9.6 – 13.7 0.2 6.8
750 to 999 lbs 18.5 0.5 12.6 – 12.3 0.1 4.7
1,000 to 9,999 lbs 9.7 1.8 8.3 0.9 16.6 1.4 10.5
10,000 to 49,999 lbs 14.6 2.6 11.8 2.6 8.4 2.2 15.0
50,000 to 99,999 lbs 10.3 0.2 14.5 2.6 16.3 1.1 18.7
100,000 lbs or more 24.8 0.1 40.1 1.0 32.2 1.4 37.7

Private truck

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 9.2 – 15.1 – 19.0 – 9.8
Less than 50 lbs 15.5 0.6 22.0 – 33.8 – 17.2
50 to 99 lbs 18.0 0.4 18.6 – 17.0 – 22.1
100 to 499 lbs 15.1 1.9 8.2 0.2 20.2 0.3 24.0
500 to 749 lbs 12.0 0.4 11.6 0.1 18.0 0.1 13.0
750 to 999 lbs 13.6 0.4 18.5 – 21.7 0.2 28.3
1,000 to 9,999 lbs 19.5 3.8 19.0 1.9 25.1 4.2 10.1
10,000 to 49,999 lbs 14.1 3.4 19.1 5.8 10.1 6.1 28.0
50,000 to 99,999 lbs 32.5 2.6 42.9 6.9 S S 18.6
100,000 lbs or more 35.5 0.2 44.7 1.8 28.8 0.5 S

Rail

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 24.0 – 38.2 – 32.4 – 12.2
Less than 50 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
50 to 99 lbs – – – – – – –
100 to 499 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
500 to 749 lbs – – – – – – –
750 to 999 lbs S S S S S S 29.5
1,000 to 9,999 lbs S S S S S S 22.9
10,000 to 49,999 lbs 38.1 6.9 36.6 1.8 28.6 1.7 28.2
50,000 to 99,999 lbs S S 45.1 0.6 41.2 0.9 23.3
100,000 lbs or more 26.9 7.8 40.1 2.1 34.6 2.1 3.8

Water

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes S S S S S S S
Less than 50 lbs – – – – – – –
50 to 99 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
100 to 499 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
500 to 749 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
750 to 999 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
1,000 to 9,999 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
10,000 to 49,999 lbs S S S S S S S
50,000 to 99,999 lbs S S S S S S S
100,000 lbs or more S S S S S S S

Shallow draft

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes S S S S S S S
Less than 50 lbs – – – – – – –
50 to 99 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
100 to 499 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
500 to 749 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
750 to 999 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
1,000 to 9,999 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
10,000 to 49,999 lbs S S S S S S S
50,000 to 99,999 lbs S S S S S S S
100,000 lbs or more S S S S S S S

Great Lakes

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes – – – – – – –
Less than 50 lbs – – – – – – –
50 to 99 lbs – – – – – – –
100 to 499 lbs – – – – – – –
500 to 749 lbs – – – – – – –
750 to 999 lbs – – – – – – –
1,000 to 9,999 lbs – – – – – – –
10,000 to 49,999 lbs – – – – – – –
50,000 to 99,999 lbs – – – – – – –
100,000 lbs or more – – – – – – –

Deep draft

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes – – – – – – –
Less than 50 lbs – – – – – – –
50 to 99 lbs – – – – – – –
100 to 499 lbs – – – – – – –
500 to 749 lbs – – – – – – –
750 to 999 lbs – – – – – – –
1,000 to 9,999 lbs – – – – – – –
10,000 to 49,999 lbs – – – – – – –
50,000 to 99,999 lbs – – – – – – –
100,000 lbs or more – – – – – – –

Air (including truck and air)

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 22.6 – S S S S 2.2
Less than 50 lbs 24.6 6.4 14.3 11.9 14.7 11.5 2.0
50 to 99 lbs 32.6 0.4 30.6 3.4 32.6 3.1 20.0
100 to 499 lbs 33.2 2.9 S S S S 10.6
500 to 749 lbs S S 47.5 3.9 43.5 4.0 24.6
750 to 999 lbs 37.9 – 47.8 0.3 47.5 0.4 22.0
1,000 to 9,999 lbs 31.1 0.8 S S S S 29.5
10,000 to 49,999 lbs S S S S S S 25.0
50,000 to 99,999 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
100,000 lbs or more – – – – – – –

Pipeline

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes S S S S S S S
Less than 50 lbs S S S S S S S
50 to 99 lbs – – – – S S S
100 to 499 lbs – – – – S S S
500 to 749 lbs – – – – S S S
750 to 999 lbs – – – – S S S
1,000 to 9,999 lbs – – – – S S S
10,000 to 49,999 lbs – – – – S S S
50,000 to 99,999 lbs – – – – S S S
100,000 lbs or more S S S S S S S

Multiple modes

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 9.1 – 30.4 – 33.5 – 6.9
Less than 50 lbs 11.4 4.0 14.4 5.4 18.2 6.0 7.3
50 to 99 lbs 23.4 2.5 19.7 3.1 21.5 2.5 10.8
100 to 499 lbs 17.2 2.4 18.0 4.3 20.3 3.5 9.6
500 to 749 lbs 33.2 0.1 25.8 0.2 25.3 0.2 14.3
750 to 999 lbs S S 34.4 0.4 40.9 0.4 29.7
1,000 to 9,999 lbs S S S S S S 30.7
10,000 to 49,999 lbs S S 33.3 7.0 31.6 7.2 25.5
50,000 to 99,999 lbs 42.1 0.4 S S S S 24.7
100,000 lbs or more S S S S S S 25.9

Parcel, USPS or courier

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes 10.4 – 13.6 – 17.9 – 6.9
Less than 50 lbs 11.4 3.0 14.4 2.7 18.2 2.9 7.3
50 to 99 lbs 23.4 2.6 19.7 2.3 21.6 1.4 11.0
100 to 499 lbs 17.2 2.2 18.1 3.3 20.8 3.2 10.1
500 to 749 lbs 33.7 0.2 26.1 1.0 26.0 0.6 14.0
750 to 999 lbs S S 42.1 1.3 S S 24.1
1,000 to 9,999 lbs S S S S S S 29.9
10,000 to 49,999 lbs – – – – – – –
50,000 to 99,999 lbs – – – – – – –
100,000 lbs or more – – – – – – –

Truck and rail

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes S S 32.5 – 38.4 – 10.2
Less than 50 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
50 to 99 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
100 to 499 lbs S S 46.4 0.3 46.5 0.3 25.8
500 to 749 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
750 to 999 lbs S S S S S S 29.9
1,000 to 9,999 lbs S S S S S S 28.7
10,000 to 49,999 lbs S S 38.3 10.2 35.8 11.4 12.3
50,000 to 99,999 lbs S S 49.1 2.5 47.0 1.2 27.7
100,000 lbs or more S S S S S S 25.9

Truck and water

Shipment Weight Value Tons Ton-miles CV of average miles
per shipment
CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent		 CV Std. error
of percent
All shipment sizes S S S S S S 36.5
Less than 50 lbs S S S S S S 31.6
50 to 99 lbs – – – – – – –
100 to 499 lbs S S S S S S 29.8
500 to 749 lbs – – – – – –