1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Iowa
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Iowa
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Iowa | $79.9 billion | 164.5 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.3 | 1.7 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Iowa Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 31.7 |
| Farm products | 10.3 |
| Machinery, including computers | 9.0 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8.4 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 5.3 |
| Other commodities | 35.3 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Iowa Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Farm products | 33.1 |
| Food or kindred products | 24.2 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 15.1 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 9.3 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 5.9 |
| Other commodities | 12.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Iowa Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Iowa | 35.1 |
| Illinois | 10.1 |
| California | 4.1 |
| Nebraska | 3.9 |
| Minnesota | 3.7 |
| Missouri | 3.7 |
| Other States | 39.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Iowa Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Iowa | 60.4 |
| Illinois | 7.1 |
| Minnesota | 3.8 |
| Nebraska | 3.3 |
| Missouri | 2.7 |
| Texas | 2.2 |
| Other States | 20.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Iowa
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 7.1 | 0.1 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 80.3 | 74.5 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | ** | - | |
| Rail | 6.5 | 15.6 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | - | - | |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | - | - | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 5.7 | 9.7 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Iowa
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 22.5 | 45.1 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 10.0 | 13.9 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 22.4 | 15.7 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 14.9 | 8.3 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 9.3 | 3.5 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 10.0 | 9.2 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 7.3 | 3.0 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | - | - |
| 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).