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Table 3b. Shipment Characteristics by Distance Shipped for the United States: 2012 and 2007

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 and 2007 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

Distance shipped (1)
(based on Great Circle Distance)
Value Tons Ton-miles (2)
2012
(million dollars)
2007
(million dollars)
Percent change 2012
(thousands)
2007
(thousands)
Percent change 2012
(millions)
2007
(millions)
Percent change
Total 13,852,143 11,684,872 18.5 11,299,409 12,543,425 –9.9 2,969,506 3,344,658 –11.2
Less than 50 miles 4,995,112 3,851,545 29.7 6,315,527 6,948,743 –9.1 122,912 156,161 –21.3
50 to 99 miles 1,356,710 1,074,137 26.3 1,139,713 1,255,189 –9.2 104,942 122,646 –14.4
100 to 249 miles 2,111,969 1,777,031 18.8 1,338,823 1,585,315 –15.5 297,268 374,666 –20.7
250 to 499 miles 1,735,174 1,606,034 8.0 949,748 1,064,455 –10.8 460,993 529,308 –12.9
500 to 749 miles 1,134,327 1,019,498 11.3 591,737 618,981 –4.4 514,223 533,163 –3.6
750 to 999 miles 796,942 720,623 10.6 446,299 517,669 –13.8 525,243 616,594 –14.8
1,000 to 1,499 miles 810,449 730,366 11.0 362,909 397,272 –8.6 567,159 624,921 –9.2
1,500 to 1,999 miles 489,495 494,992 –1.1 105,065 95,511 10.0 238,211 207,175 15.0
2,000 miles or more 421,964 410,646 2.8 49,589 60,290 –17.7 138,555 180,023 –23.0

(1) Shipments are grouped into distance categories based on Great Circle Distance (GCD). GCD is the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere over the surface of that sphere.

(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.