Table 5-3: Missouri Truck Characteristics and Use: 1997
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-3: Missouri Truck Characteristics and Use: 1997
(Percent unless otherwise specified)
Vehicular and operational characteristics | All trucks | Trucks, excluding pickups, panels, vans, sport utilities, and station wagons |
---|---|---|
Total, number (thousands) | 1,626.7 | 135.8 |
Major use | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Agriculture | 7.7 | 22.5 |
Forestry and lumbering | 0.1 | 1.5 |
Mining and quarrying | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Construction | 8.7 | 18.3 |
Manufacturing | 0.7 | 4.0 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 2.5 | 14.9 |
For-hire transportation | 1.0 | 12.5 |
Utilities and service | 7.3 | 16.7 |
Personal transportation | 69.7 | 4.7 |
Other and not reported | 2.1 | 4.2 |
Body type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Pickup, panel, minivan, and sport utility | 91.7 | NA |
Platform and cattlerack | 3.0 | 36.1 |
Van | 2.1 | 24.6 |
Public utility | 0.2 | 2.5 |
Multistop or stepvans | 0.4 | 4.6 |
Dump | 0.8 | 9.1 |
Tank for liquids or dry bulk | 0.4 | 4.9 |
Other or not reported | 1.5 | 18.2 |
Vehicle size | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Light | 92.5 | 15.8 |
Medium | 2.3 | 22.2 |
Light-heavy | 1.2 | 14.3 |
Heavy-heavy | 4.0 | 47.7 |
Annual miles driven | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Less than 5,000 | 18.3 | 31.8 |
5,000 to 9,999 | 18.2 | 14.0 |
10,000 to 19,999 | 41.3 | 15.1 |
20,000 to 29,999 | 14.5 | 11.0 |
30,000 or more | 7.7 | 28.0 |
Year model | 100.0 | 100.0 |
1 to 2 years old | 15.5 | 9.9 |
3 to 4 years old | 17.1 | 12.7 |
Over 4 years old | 67.4 | 77.3 |
Vehicle acquisition | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Purchased new | 41.4 | 35.6 |
Purchased used | 54.1 | 54.5 |
Leased from someone or not reported | 4.5 | 9.9 |
Truck type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Single-unit trucks | 97.0 | 67.9 |
2 axles | 96.0 | 55.6 |
3 axles or more | 1.0 | 12.3 |
Combination | 3.0 | 32.1 |
3 axles | 0.3 | 1.9 |
4 axles | 0.6 | 6.0 |
5 axles or more | 2.0 | 24.3 |
Trailer not specified | V | V |
Range of operation | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Local | 67.6 | 57.0 |
Short-range | 22.0 | 20.2 |
Long-range | 5.4 | 16.6 |
Off-the-road or not reported | 5.0 | 6.1 |
Fuel type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Gasoline | 92.9 | 42.4 |
Diesel, liquefied gas, and other | 7.1 | 57.4 |
Not reported | V | 0.2 |
KEY: NA = not applicable; V = less than 0.05 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, state-specific report, Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.census.gov/econ/www/viusmain.html as of Dec. 27, 2001.