Table 5-3: Montana Truck Characteristics and Use: 1997
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-3: Montana 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) | 417.2 | 43.4 |
Major use | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Agriculture | 14.3 | 41.2 |
Forestry and lumbering | 1.1 | 4.0 |
Mining and quarrying | 1.0 | 1.3 |
Construction | 7.2 | 16.0 |
Manufacturing | 0.3 | 1.3 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 3.3 | 9.7 |
For-hire transportation | 1.6 | 13.6 |
Utilities and service | 5.1 | 7.0 |
Personal transportation | 64.4 | 3.7 |
Other and not reported | 1.7 | 2.2 |
Body type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Pickup, panel, minivan, and sport utility | 89.6 | NA |
Platform and cattlerack | 3.9 | 37.7 |
Van | 1.3 | 12.1 |
Public utility | 0.2 | 1.8 |
Multistop or stepvans | 0.2 | 1.5 |
Dump | 1.1 | 10.6 |
Tank for liquids or dry bulk | 0.4 | 3.8 |
Other or not reported | 3.4 | 32.4 |
Vehicle size | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Light | 89.9 | 17.2 |
Medium | 3.0 | 15.0 |
Light-heavy | 2.1 | 20.0 |
Heavy-heavy | 5.0 | 47.8 |
Annual miles driven | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Less than 5,000 | 32.0 | 51.6 |
5,000 to 9,999 | 22.5 | 14.5 |
10,000 to 19,999 | 31.3 | 10.6 |
20,000 to 29,999 | 9.2 | 4.7 |
30,000 or more | 5.1 | 18.6 |
Year model | 100.0 | 100.0 |
1 to 2 years old | 8.6 | 5.9 |
3 to 4 years old | 12.8 | 6.5 |
Over 4 years old | 78.6 | 87.6 |
Vehicle acquisition | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Purchased new | 31.5 | 27.2 |
Purchased used | 66.2 | 65.8 |
Leased from someone or not reported | 2.3 | 7.0 |
Truck type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Single-unit trucks | 94.8 | 71.8 |
2 axles | 93.4 | 57.9 |
3 axles or more | 1.4 | 13.9 |
Combination | 5.2 | 28.2 |
3 axles | 0.2 | 1.0 |
4 axles | 2.4 | 3.4 |
5 axles or more | 2.5 | 23.8 |
Trailer not specified | 0.6 | V |
Range of operation | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Local | 63.9 | 50.2 |
Short-range | 17.5 | 15.8 |
Long-range | 9.8 | 14.3 |
Off-the-road or not reported | 8.8 | 19.8 |
Fuel type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Gasoline | 88.0 | 51.1 |
Diesel, liquefied gas, and other | 11.6 | 46.8 |
Not reported | 0.4 | 2.0 |
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.