90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Texas
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Texas
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Texas (in billion $ and million tons) | 396.06 - 507.54 | 771.73 - 992.27 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 6.54 - 8.42 | 7.80 - 10.08 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products. | 14.1 - 25.8 |
| Chemicals or allied products. | 10.9 - 15.6 |
| Food or kindred products. | 10.3 - 13.5 |
| Machinery, including computers. | 4.8 - 16.0 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies. | 4.3 - 5.9 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products. | 30.4 - 57.1 |
| Chemicals or allied products. | 8.7 - 13.2 |
| Nonmetallic minerals. | 8.8 - 12.3 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products. | 5.5 - 9.1 |
| Food or kindred products. | 5.0 - 6.8 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Texas. | 56.1 - 64.0 |
| California. | 3.1 - 4.1 |
| Louisiana. | 2.3 - 2.9 |
| Oklahoma. | 2.1 - 3.1 |
| Illinois. | 1.4 - 2.4 |
| Georgia. | 1.2 - 2.2 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Texas. | 80.7 - 86.7 |
| Louisiana. | 1.3 - 2.9 |
| Missouri. | 0.3 - 1.9 |
| California. | 0.6 - 1.0 |
| Oklahoma. | 0.5 - 0.9 |
| Arkansas. | 0.5 - 0.9 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Texas
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.9 - 8.2 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 63.4 - 73.0 | 46.6 - 56.6 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.2 - 2.6 | (X) | |
| Rail | 5.2 - 8.2 | 11.0 - 18.6 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 1.5 - 2.7 | 3.7 - 6.6 | |
| Pipeline* | 5.6 - 9.2 | 16.5 - 21.7 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 - 0.5 | (X) | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 0.3 - 1.7 | 1.4 - 4.7 | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 4.6 - 6.2 | 4.0 - 8.2 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Texas
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 32.1 - 40.3 | 59.7 - 69.5 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 4.5 - 5.5 | 6.4 - 10.4 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 14.2 - 20.8 | 7.8 - 10.8 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 9.2 - 10.8 | 4.9 - 7.9 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 5.2 - 8.2 | 2.4 - 3.8 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 8.7 - 10.1 | 2.4 - 4.4 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 10.7 - 14.3 | 3.1 - 5.1 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.1 - 3.1 | 0.4 - 0.8 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.0 - 0.3 | (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).