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Table 19. Shipment Characteristics of Temperature Controlled Shipments (1) by Shipment Weight for the United States: 2012

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

Shipment weight Value Tons Ton-miles (2) Average miles per shipment
2012 Percent of total 2012 Percent of total 2012 Percent of total
(million dollars) (thousands) (millions)
    Total 1,620,164 100 668,225 100 213,293 100 204
Less than 50 lbs. 133,997 8.3 1,519 0.2 361 0.2 338
50 to 99 lbs. 46,571 2.9 1,812 0.3 188 0.1 104
100 to 499 lbs. 116,623 7.2 14,960 2.2 1,427 0.7 94
500 to 749 lbs. 38,969 2.4 8,769 1.3 884 0.4 100
750 to 999 lbs. 37,350 2.3 8,155 1.2 884 0.4 108
1,000 to 9,999 lbs. 419,944 25.9 130,820 19.6 24,111 11.3 163
10,000 to 49,999 lbs. 744,095 45.9 383,318 57.4 136,958 64.2 335
50,000 to 99,999 lbs. 42,318 2.6 64,988 9.7 10,316 4.8 153
100,000 lbs. or more 40,297 2.5 53,884 8.1 38,164 17.9 820

(1) Shipments that are temperature controlled are transported in a vehicle or container that regulates or maintains the temperature when en route to its destination.

(2) Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network. See “Mileage Calculations” section for additional information.

NOTES: Value-of-shipments estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be found at <www.census.gov/econ/cfs>.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2014.