90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Mississippi
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 49.82 - 62.78 | 92.80 - 142.80 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.82 - 1.04 | 0.94 - 1.44 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 11.0 - 16.5 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 3.8 - 13.9 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 6.2 - 9.8 |
| Miscellaneous freight shipments | 2.4 - 12.6 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 4.6 - 8.4 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 18.3 - 38.1 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 10.4 - 37.9 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 6.1 - 13.0 |
| Food or kindred products | 4.5 - 8.3 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 4.3 - 7.9 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 25.3 - 32.2 |
| Texas | 6.7 - 8.7 |
| Louisiana | 5.4 - 7.4 |
| Tennessee | 5.3 - 7.3 |
| Alabama | 4.1 - 5.7 |
| Florida | 3.6 - 5.9 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Mississippi Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 51.5 - 60.7 |
| Louisiana | 8.4 - 17.2 |
| Florida | 2.7 - 8.3 |
| Alabama | 3.9 - 6.9 |
| Tennessee | 2.3 - 5.3 |
| Texas | 2.9 - 4.3 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Mississippi
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 2.4 - 3.8 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 78.4 - 86.1 | 63.9 - 74.5 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.1 - 0.5 | (X) | |
| Rail | 4.1 - 6.1 | 6.1 - 10.3 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.6 - 1.2 | 1.5 - 3.1 | |
| Pipeline* | 0.5 - 2.1 | 1.9 - 6.1 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.3 - 0.7 | 0.0 - 0.4 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 0.7 - 4.3 | 3.9 - 14.7 | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.0 - 6.2 | (X) | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Mississippi
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 16.1 - 22.7 | 41.1 - 52.7 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 8.1 - 10.1 | 11.8 - 19.4 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 16.5 - 21.5 | 12.8 - 19.7 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 18.1 - 21.4 | 8.5 - 11.8 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 15.7 - 18.7 | 5.9 - 9.5 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5.9 - 8.5 | 1.3 - 2.3 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 2.8 - 3.8 | 0.7 - 1.3 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.7 - 4.7 | 0.6 - 1.0 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.2 - 1.2 | (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).