90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Tennessee
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Tennessee
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Tennessee (in billion $ and million tons) | 142.96 - 197.24 | 152.97 - 196.03 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 2.36 - 3.27 | 1.55 - 1.99 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Apparel or other finished textile products . | 6.2 - 34.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 9.5 - 13.7 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 7.6 - 13.0 |
| Transportation equipment | 7.7 - 12.7 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 5.1 - 9.3 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 20.0 - 36.6 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 9.4 - 15.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 9.9 - 13.8 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 8.4 - 14.4 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 5.0 - 7.7 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 22.2 - 29.1 |
| Texas | 5.6 - 8.2 |
| Ohio | 4.6 - 8.2 |
| Georgia | 5.5 - 6.5 |
| Michigan | 3.1 - 6.7 |
| California | 3.8 - 5.2 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 56.9 - 64.8 |
| Texas | 2.4 - 8.4 |
| Georgia | 3.4 - 4.0 |
| Kentucky | 2.8 - 4.4 |
| Alabama | 2.3 - 3.9 |
| Mississippi | 2.2 - 3.2 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Tennessee
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.6 - 7.6 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 80.1 - 87.7 | 86.0 - 92.1 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.6 - 2.0 | (X) | |
| Rail | 2.4 - 4.0 | 5.0 - 8.6 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.1 - 0.7 | 0.8 - 3.4 | |
| Pipeline* | (X) | (X) | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 - 0.7 | (X) | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.4 - 6.0 | 1.2 - 2.2 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Tennessee
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 16.2 - 21.4 | 48.9 - 59.7 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 5.8 - 8.1 | 7.9 - 10.2 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 16.8 - 20.4 | 10.6 - 15.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 22.4 - 27.6 | 9.2 - 13.2 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 14.8 - 18.4 | 4.5 - 6.5 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5.1 - 8.1 | 2.2 - 8.4 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 1.3 - 1.7 | 0.2 - 0.6 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 4.6 - 6.0 | 0.8 - 1.4 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.5 - 0.9 | (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