1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Colorado
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Colorado
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Colorado | $58.8 billion | 93.7 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Colorado Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 21.3 |
| Machinery, including computers | 13.4 |
| Electrical machinery and equipment . | 8.8 |
| Instruments , photograhic good, optical, or clocks . | 8.7 |
| Misc. products of manufacturing | 6.8 |
| Other commodities | 41.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Colorado Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Coal | 24.4 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 23.2 |
| Clay, concrete, glass or stone | 12.5 |
| Food or kindred products | 10.9 |
| Farm products | 10.0 |
| Other commodities | 19.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Colorado Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 42.4 |
| California | 9.7 |
| Texas | 5.2 |
| Arizona | 2.7 |
| Illinois | 2.4 |
| Utah | 2.2 |
| Other States | 35.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Colorado Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 76.2 |
| Texas | 4.0 |
| Utah | 3.0 |
| California | 2.3 |
| Indiana | 1.6 |
| Kansas | 1.2 |
| Other States | 11.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Colorado
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 13.0 | 0.2 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 74.5 | 72.5 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 4.5 | - | |
| Rail | 2.7 | 20.9 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | - | - | |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 1.0 | 4.4 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | - | - | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 4.3 | 2.0 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Colorado
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 30.4 | 62.8 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 7.8 | 5.7 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 7.1 | 11.2 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 9.1 | 5.0 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 9.3 | 3.4 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 19.2 | 7.1 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 10.6 | 3.8 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.1 | - |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
* CFS data for pipelines exclude most shipments of crude oil.
** Some or all data suppressed to avoid disclosure or because data are statistically unreliable.
- Represents zero or less than 1 unit of measurement.
NOTE: Data are estimates based on a sample and subject to error. 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).