90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Arkansas
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Arkansas
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Arkansas (in billion $ and million tons) | 63.27 - 70.53 | 84.54 - 115.86 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.95 - 1.07 | 0.85 - 1.18 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 19.0 - 25.0 |
| Miscellaneous freight shipments | 8.7 - 18.3 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 4.0 - 8.0 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 4.9 - 6.7 |
| Transportation equipment | 3.4 - 5.9 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 17.1 - 25.1 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 6.1 - 35.2 |
| Food or kindred products | 14.2 - 22.3 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 5.2 - 10.1 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 4.9 - 7.0 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 25.0 - 27.6 |
| Texas | 11.5 - 14.8 |
| Missouri | 4.8 - 6.2 |
| California | 4.3 - 5.7 |
| Tennessee | 3.9 - 4.9 |
| Illinois | 3.3 - 4.3 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 55.7 - 62.3 |
| Texas | 5.0 - 7.0 |
| Louisiana | 4.1 - 5.5 |
| Missouri | 3.6 - 5.6 |
| Tennessee | 2.4 - 3.8 |
| Oklahoma | 1.8 - 2.8 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Arkansas
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 3.1 - 3.7 | (X) |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 85.1 - 89.9 | 80.8 - 89.4 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.3 - 0.9 | (X) |
| Rail | 4.4 - 6.0 | 9.1 - 13.3 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | (X) | (X) |
| Pipeline* | (X) | (X) |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.5 - 1.1 | 0.1 - 0.5 |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.0 - 3.0 | 2.5 - 4.1 |
| Total | (X) | (X) |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Arkansas
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 15.5 - 18.8 | 46.1 - 55.3 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 8.0 - 10.3 | 9.2 - 13.4 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 16.3 - 17.9 | 11.7 - 15.0 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 19.4 - 23.0 | 8.5 - 12.1 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 15.5 - 17.1 | 5.5 - 7.1 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 6.4 - 7.8 | 2.5 - 4.5 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 7.4 - 9.7 | 2.6 - 3.6 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.0 - 4.0 | 0.7 - 2.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | (X) | (X) |
| Total | (X) | (X) |
* CFS data for pipelines exclude most shipments of crude oil.
NA Not available.
X Not applicable.
NOTE: For explanation of 90-percent confidence intervals see Appendix B, "Reliability of the Data," in source document.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey, TC92-CF (Washington, DC: 1996).