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Slide 2 of 6: Quick Overview

Friday, February 27, 2015

Graphic Version

  • Captured physical and operating characteristics of the nation’s truck population

  • Conducted by the Census Bureau every 5 years from 1967 – 2002

  • Mail-out, mail-back survey

  • Sample Frame = Polk file (state motor vehicle registrations)

  • Mandatory reporting authority 

  • Supported state and national level estimates