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Table B-14. Estimated Coefficients of Variation for Shipment Characteristics by Origin State for the United States: 2012

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey)

Origin state Value Tons Ton-miles (1) Average miles per shipment
coefficient of variation of number coefficient of variation of number coefficient of variation of number coefficient of variation of number
Total 1.1 1.8 3.7 3.4
Alabama 5.9 7.3 6.9 6.2
Alaska 18.1 15.9 16 14.4
Arizona 6.9 9.9 10.7 9.3
Arkansas 6.1 7.6 9.7 6.3
California 2.9 3.3 7.4 8.2
Colorado 6.3 8.2 9.2 10.5
Connecticut 14.6 22.2 34.6 5.4
Delaware 18 20.6 15.8 17.2
District of Columbia 18.4 27.2 S S
Florida 4.3 14.4 10.9 8.1
Georgia 4.1 12.3 5.4 6.5
Hawaii 15.8 19.4 S 14.8
Idaho 10.1 14.2 17.5 15.9
Illinois 4.1 4.7 7.8 4.4
Indiana 4.8 5.6 4.7 7.6
Iowa 4.3 8.3 10.3 15.5
Kansas 9.3 15 40.6 5.5
Kentucky 5.8 19 22.8 5.5
Louisiana 8.1 9.2 12.1 10.1
Maine 8.9 16.9 15 13.9
Maryland 15.6 6.8 8.6 23
Massachusetts 11.9 25 13.4 8.9
Michigan 4.3 6.5 8.8 8.3
Minnesota 4.1 11.9 13.5 10.7
Mississippi 15.9 25.4 11.5 5.6
Missouri 6.6 6.2 8.8 6
Montana 10.9 18.8 20.1 10.1
Nebraska 7 16.4 24.2 11.1
Nevada 11.2 21.2 7.2 8.7
New Hampshire 6.7 19.2 22.3 12.3
New Jersey 4.9 12.1 7.9 10
New Mexico 20 29.5 13.8 12.6
New York 3.7 6.2 5.9 10.8
North Carolina 4.1 6.2 5.8 7.9
North Dakota 10.3 17.7 12.1 35.4
Ohio 4.5 6.1 5.4 4.6
Oklahoma 11.3 15.8 21.1 12.4
Oregon 6.6 15.4 10 8.4
Pennsylvania 5.4 7 9.1 4.6
Rhode Island 13.4 18.9 18.6 17.6
South Carolina 4.8 6.4 6.9 8.3
South Dakota 29.7 11.4 17.6 25.6
Tennessee 5.1 9 8.3 3.4
Texas 4.8 7.6 7.3 6.4
Utah 9.2 15.1 22.7 7.2
Vermont 11.5 25.4 12.3 10.9
Virginia 5.7 4.2 7.8 10.8
Washington 7.4 11.1 5.4 10.5
West Virginia 8 13.6 17.5 11.7
Wisconsin 4.1 11.6 9.6 4.7
Wyoming 16.1 19.6 19.6 18.5

KEY: S = Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards.

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

NOTES: 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/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.