90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: West Virginia
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: West Virginia
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in West Virginia (in billion $ and million tons) | 31.17 - 38.63 | 203.38 - 265.02 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.51 - 0.64 | 2.05 - 2.69 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Chemicals or allied products | 12.3 - 22.5 |
| Coal | 10.4 - 15.2 |
| Primary metal products | 9.3 - 15.7 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 6.1 - 12.0 |
| Food or kindred products | 5.2 - 8.0 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Coal | 52.6 - 82.6 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 10.0 - 23.5 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 2.3 - 4.6 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 1.5 - 5.3 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 1.5 - 3.3 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 22.1 - 28.7 |
| Ohio | 10.2 - 13.5 |
| Virginia | 5.7 - 9.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 6.1 - 8.7 |
| New York | 2.9 - 4.9 |
| Kentucky | 2.6 - 4.0 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 29.9 - 42.7 |
| Ohio | 9.6 - 13.8 |
| Virginia | 6.5 - 16.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.4 - 12.4 |
| Michigan | 2.2 - 7.8 |
| North Carolina | 1.6 - 5.8 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in West Virginia
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | (X) | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 59.4 - 70.4 | 25.9 - 32.1 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.2 - 2.8 | (X) | |
| Rail | 12.0 - 16.0 | 36.2 - 50.4 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 3.8 - 6.0 | 17.4 - 22.8 | |
| Pipeline* | (X) | (X) | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | (X) | 0.1 - 1.7 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 13.2 - 15.2 | 4.7 - 8.7 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in West Virginia
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 21.8 - 29.0 | 34.4 - 46.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 7.7 - 18.5 | 6.0 - 11.0 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 17.6 - 24.5 | 14.7 - 21.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 22.0 - 27.0 | 20.5 - 33.0 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 4.7 - 8.3 | 2.0 - 7.0 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 3.2 - 4.8 | 0.7 - 1.7 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 0.9 - 2.3 | 0.0 - 0.4 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 0.2 - 0.8 | (X) |
| 2,000 miles or more | 2.3 - 4.3 | 0.0 - 0.4 |
| 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).