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Table 4a. Shipment Characteristics 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 (1) Average miles per shipment
2012
(million dollars)
Percent of total 2012
(thousands)
Percent of total 2012
(millions)
Percent of total
Total 13,852,143 100.0 11,299,409 100.0 2,969,506 100.0 630
Less than 50 lbs. 1,834,685 13.2 31,186 0.3 18,170 0.6 738
50 to 99 lbs.. 449,065 3.2 17,511 0.2 6,774 0.2 389
100 to 499 lbs. 1,174,345 8.5 96,778 0.9 26,972 0.9 291
500 to 749 lbs. 356,543 2.6 49,115 0.4 11,429 0.4 233
750 to 999 lbs. 260,051 1.9 42,923 0.4 9,054 0.3 211
1,000 to 9,999 lbs. 2,563,775 18.5 700,842 6.2 158,537 5.3 221
10,000 to 49,999 lbs. 4,614,596 33.3 4,480,995 39.7 877,905 29.6 198
50,000 to 99,999 lbs. 1,049,816 7.6 2,227,930 19.7 180,287 6.1 79
100,000 lbs. or more 1,549,267 11.2 3,652,128 32.3 1,680,378 56.6 577

(1) 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.