1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Mississippi
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Mississippi
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Mississippi | $56.3 billion | 117.8 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.9 | 1.2 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 13.7 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 8.9 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8.0 |
| Miscellaneous freight shipments | 7.5 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 6.5 |
| Other commodities | 55.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 28.2 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 24.1 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 9.5 |
| Food or kindred products | 6.4 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 6.1 |
| Other commodities | 25.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 28.7 |
| Texas | 7.7 |
| Louisiana | 6.4 |
| Tennessee | 6.3 |
| Alabama | 4.9 |
| Florida | 4.7 |
| Other States | 41.3 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 56.1 |
| Louisiana | 12.8 |
| Florida | 5.5 |
| Alabama | 5.4 |
| Tennessee | 3.8 |
| Texas | 3.6 |
| Other States | 12.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Mississippi
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 3.1 | 0.1 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 82.2 | 69.2 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.3 | - | |
| Rail | 5.1 | 8.2 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.9 | 2.3 | |
| Pipeline* | 1.3 | 4.0 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 2.5 | 9.3 | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 4.1 | 6.7 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Mississippi
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 19.4 | 46.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 9.1 | 15.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 19.0 | 16.2 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 19.7 | 10.1 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 17.2 | 7.7 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 7.2 | 1.8 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 3.3 | 1.0 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.7 | 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).