90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Minnesota
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Minnesota
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Minnesota (in billion $ and million tons) | 103.86 - 116.54 | 170.53 - 209.27 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.71 - 1.94 | 1.72 - 2.13 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 18.2 - 25.4 |
| Machinery, including computers | 8.9 - 12.3 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 5.8 - 7.3 |
| Farm products | 4.6 - 8.5 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 3.9 - 7.4 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Farm products | 13.1 - 28.2 |
| Metallic ores | 10.1 - 27.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 13.1 - 20.5 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 7.5 - 17.9 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 4.9 - 10.0 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 37.0 - 43.0 |
| Wisconsin | 6.1 - 7.7 |
| Illinois | 3.8 - 5.8 |
| California | 4.1 - 5.5 |
| Texas | 3.1 - 4.7 |
| Iowa | 2.9 - 3.9 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 51.3 - 66.1 |
| Wisconsin | 4.2 - 8.2 |
| Ohio | 0.8 - 8.7 |
| Illinois | 2.0 - 7.0 |
| Iowa | 1.5 - 2.5 |
| North Dakota | 0.8 - 1.4 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Minnesota
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 12.6 - 15.6 | 0.2 - 0.6 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 67.9 - 73.7 | 54.7 - 65.5 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.7 - 3.7 | (X) | |
| Rail | 3.5 - 6.5 | 12.4 - 27.8 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.0 - 0.3 | (X) | |
| Pipeline* | 0.3 - 0.9 | 0.4 - 3.4 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.6 - 2.6 | 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 | 3.6 - 6.6 | 14.4 - 20.0 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Minnesota
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 24.1 - 29.7 | 34.0 - 50.8 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 8.2 - 9.2 | 7.4 - 19.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 12.1 - 15.1 | 7.6 - 13.8 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 11.1 - 14.1 | 5.5 - 12.1 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 8.1 - 9.5 | 5.5 - 14.1 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 10.5 - 12.5 | (X) |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 11.8 - 15.8 | 3.7 - 12.5 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.1 - 4.7 | 0.2 - 0.6 |
| 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).