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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	164,557	100.0	268,935	100.0	44,113	100.0
Less than 50 miles	51,734	31.4	161,386	60.0	3,336	7.6
50 to 99 miles	18,928	11.5	25,102	9.3	2,533	5.7
100 to 249 miles	35,003	21.3	42,450	15.8	10,417	23.6
250 to 499 miles	27,380	16.6	28,344	10.5	13,859	31.4
500 to 749 miles	11,419	6.9	5,676	2.1	4,491	10.2
750 to 999 miles	5,756	3.5	3,166	1.2	3,332	7.6
1,000 to 1,499 miles	4,634	2.8	1,148	0.4	1,644	3.7
1,500 to 1,999 miles	1,611	1.0	242	–	525	1.2
2,000 miles or more	8,091	4.9	1,420	0.5	3,976	9.0

Single modes

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	144,336	100.0	263,668	100.0	42,235	100.0
Less than 50 miles	47,666	33.0	159,010	60.3	3,310	7.8
50 to 99 miles	17,338	12.0	24,144	9.2	2,389	5.7
100 to 249 miles	32,137	22.3	42,264	16.0	10,373	24.6
250 to 499 miles	23,251	16.1	27,025	10.2	13,193	31.2
500 to 749 miles	9,136	6.3	5,608	2.1	4,441	10.5
750 to 999 miles	4,666	3.2	3,124	1.2	3,291	7.8
1,000 to 1,499 miles	3,495	2.4	1,125	0.4	1,611	3.8
1,500 to 1,999 miles	961	0.7	234	–	506	1.2
2,000 miles or more	5,687	3.9	1,136	0.4	3,121	7.4

Truck²

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	137,943	100.0	216,324	100.0	23,392	100.0
Less than 50 miles	47,380	34.3	152,902	70.7	2,961	12.7
50 to 99 miles	16,916	12.3	21,355	9.9	1,983	8.5
100 to 249 miles	30,866	22.4	23,978	11.1	4,608	19.7
250 to 499 miles	20,862	15.1	10,105	4.7	4,532	19.4
500 to 749 miles	8,630	6.3	3,606	1.7	2,627	11.2
750 to 999 miles	4,208	3.1	2,372	1.1	2,494	10.7
1,000 to 1,499 miles	3,143	2.3	846	0.4	1,171	5.0
1,500 to 1,999 miles	886	0.6	183	–	381	1.6
2,000 miles or more	5,052	3.7	978	0.5	2,635	11.3

For-hire truck

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	75,100	100.0	109,856	100.0	17,222	100.0
Less than 50 miles	15,951	21.2	71,980	65.5	1,616	9.4
50 to 99 miles	5,171	6.9	7,811	7.1	725	4.2
100 to 249 miles	15,876	21.1	14,993	13.6	2,943	17.1
250 to 499 miles	17,529	23.3	8,144	7.4	3,675	21.3
500 to 749 miles	7,874	10.5	2,902	2.6	2,121	12.3
750 to 999 miles	3,968	5.3	2,209	2.0	2,327	13.5
1,000 to 1,499 miles	2,956	3.9	751	0.7	1,038	6.0
1,500 to 1,999 miles	798	1.1	153	0.1	319	1.9
2,000 miles or more	4,979	6.6	911	0.8	2,458	14.3

Private truck

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	62,465	100.0	106,125	100.0	6,151	100.0
Less than 50 miles	31,167	49.9	80,614	76.0	1,337	21.7
50 to 99 miles	11,744	18.8	13,535	12.8	1,257	20.4
100 to 249 miles	14,886	23.8	8,962	8.4	1,659	27.0
250 to 499 miles	3,326	5.3	1,958	1.8	855	13.9
500 to 749 miles	753	1.2	703	0.7	505	8.2
750 to 999 miles	240	0.4	163	0.2	167	2.7
1,000 to 1,499 miles	187	0.3	95	–	133	2.2
1,500 to 1,999 miles	88	0.1	S	S	S	S
2,000 miles or more	S	S	66	–	177	2.9

Rail

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	3,206	100.0	45,359	100.0	18,637	100.0
Less than 50 miles	231	7.2	5,462	12.0	332	1.8
50 to 99 miles	80	2.5	1,779	3.9	S	S
100 to 249 miles	940	29.3	17,982	39.6	5,705	30.6
250 to 499 miles	1,279	39.9	16,909	37.3	8,653	46.4
500 to 749 miles	299	9.3	1,998	4.4	1,809	9.7
750 to 999 miles	96	3.0	749	1.7	793	4.3
1,000 to 1,499 miles	128	4.0	277	0.6	437	2.3
1,500 to 1,999 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
2,000 miles or more	142	4.4	S	S	S	S

Water

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	S	S	1,947	100.0	166	100.0
Less than 50 miles	S	S	646	33.2	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	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	S	S	1,788	100.0	151	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	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	–	–	–	–	–	–

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	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	3,069	100.0	38	100.0	39	100.0
Less than 50 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
50 to 99 miles	317	10.3	S	S	1	1.5
100 to 249 miles	294	9.6	8	20.8	5	12.0
250 to 499 miles	1,111	36.2	12	30.8	8	21.0
500 to 749 miles	207	6.7	5	12.6	5	12.9
750 to 999 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
1,000 to 1,499 miles	224	7.3	2	4.2	2	6.2
1,500 to 1,999 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
2,000 miles or more	492	16.0	5	12.5	13	33.8

Pipeline³

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
50 to 99 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
100 to 249 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
250 to 499 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
500 to 749 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
750 to 999 miles	–	–	–	–	S	S
1,000 to 1,499 miles	–	–	–	–	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	16,395	100.0	2,467	100.0	1,714	100.0
Less than 50 miles	2,011	12.3	65	2.6	2	0.1
50 to 99 miles	1,020	6.2	S	S	120	7.0
100 to 249 miles	2,247	13.7	85	3.4	22	1.3
250 to 499 miles	3,833	23.4	S	S	S	S
500 to 749 miles	2,215	13.5	53	2.1	39	2.3
750 to 999 miles	1,051	6.4	24	1.0	24	1.4
1,000 to 1,499 miles	1,027	6.3	18	0.7	26	1.5
1,500 to 1,999 miles	S	S	8	0.3	16	1.0
2,000 miles or more	2,387	14.6	S	S	S	S

Parcel, USPS or courier

Distance Shipped	Value		Tons		Ton-miles¹
Distance Shipped	2002 (million $)	Percent	2002 (thousands)	Percent	2002 (millions)	Percent
All distances	14,902	100.0	337	100.0	231	100.0
Less than 50 miles	1,965	13.2	48	14.3	1	0.6
50 to 99 miles	994	6.7	17	5.1	2	0.7
100 to 249 miles	2,213	14.8	56	16.6	12	5.3
250 to 499 miles	3,480	23.4	88	26.0	40	17.5
500 to 749 miles	2,215	14.9	53	15.7	39	16.9
750 to 999 miles	1,051	7.0	24	7.1	24	10.5
1,000 to 1,499 miles	1,027	6.9	18	5.5	26	11.3
1,500 to 1,999 miles	S	S	8	2.3	16	7.1
2,000 miles or more	1,352	9.1	25	7.4	70	30.2

Truck and rail

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	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	–	–	–	–	–	–
750 to 999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,000 to 1,499 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
1,500 to 1,999 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	S	S	S	S	S	S
Less than 50 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
50 to 99 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S
100 to 249 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	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	S	S	S	S	S	S
Less than 50 miles	–	–	–	–	–	–
50 to 99 miles	S	S	S	S	S	S