Table 3-1:  Shipments by Mode of Transportation for the United States: 2002,,,,,,,,,
(Commodity Flow Survey data),,,,,,,,,
,Value ,,Tons ,,Ton-miles 3 ,,Average miles per shipment,,
,"Number
($ millions)",Percent,"Number
(thousands)",Percent,Number (millions),Percent,,,
All modes,"8,483,123",100.0,"11,572,780",100.0,"3,204,410",100.0 ,589,,
    ,,,,,,,,,
Single modes,"7,052,924",83.1,"10,878,148",94.0,"2,913,015",90.9 ,285,,
Truck 1,"6,200,469",73.1,"7,622,257",65.9,"1,311,085",40.9 ,199,,
For-hire,"3,838,514",45.2,"3,665,982",31.7,"1,001,463",31.3 ,577,,
Private truck,"2,340,328",27.6,"3,920,474",33.9,"302,026",9.4 ,70,,
Rail,"320,469",3.8,"1,816,528",15.7,"1,199,407",37.4 ,911,,
Water,"90,895",1.1,"713,884",6.2,"323,085",10.1 ,577,,
Shallow draft,"56,480",0.7,"499,699",4.3,"236,619",7.4 ,423,,
Great Lakes,787,Z,"39,485",0.3,"19,544",0.6 ,391,,
Deep draft,"33,628",0.4,"174,700",1.5,"66,922",2.1 ,683,,
Air (including truck and air),"279,489",3.3,"3,891",Z,"5,560",0.2 ,"1,819",,
Pipeline 2,"161,601",1.9,"721,588",6.2,S,S,S,,
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Multiple modes,"1,110,975",13.1,"198,454",1.7,"214,833",6.7 ,911,,
"Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier","1,022,033",12.0,"26,447",0.2,"20,536",0.6 ,910,,
Truck and rail ,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,,
Truck and water,"17,053",0.2,"31,814",0.3,"59,147",1.8 ,"1,946",,
Rail and water,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,,
Other multiple modes,"5,528",Z,"28,047",0.2,"19,600",0.6 ,173,,
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Other and unknown modes,"319,224",3.8,"496,178",4.3,"76,563",2.4 ,153,,
"1 ""Truck"" as a single mode includes shipments that were made by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of private and for-hire truck.",,,,,,,,,
2 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.  ,,,,,,,,,
3 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.  ,,,,,,,,,
KEY: S = withheld due to high sampling variability or poor response quality; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.,,,,,,,,,
"NOTES: The data presented in these tables exclude shipments from the following establishments classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as: farms, forestry, logging, fisheries, construction, publishing, and crude petroleum production; households; governments; and most retail and service businesses.  Also excluded are most imports and commodities shipped from a foreign location to another foreign destination that pass through the United States.  Estimates are preliminary and may be revised.  ",,,,,,,,,
"SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey: United States Preliminary Report, Washington, DC: December 2003.",,,,,,,,,