Table 5-3: North Carolina Truck Characteristics and Use: 1997
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-3: North Carolina 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) | 1,996.1 | 201.4 |
| Major use | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture | 4.2 | 14.6 |
| Forestry and lumbering | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Mining and quarrying | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Construction | 8.6 | 20.7 |
| Manufacturing | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 5.0 | 15.9 |
| For-hire transportation | 1.7 | 15.1 |
| Utilities and service | 7.3 | 16.2 |
| Personal transportation | 69.9 | 2.9 |
| Other and not reported | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Body type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Pickup, panel, minivan, and sport utility | 89.9 | NA |
| Platform and cattlerack | 2.8 | 28.1 |
| Van | 2.6 | 25.8 |
| Public utility | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Multistop or stepvans | 0.9 | 8.4 |
| Dump | 1.5 | 14.9 |
| Tank for liquids or dry bulk | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| Other or not reported | 1.4 | 14.1 |
| Vehicle size | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Light | 91.4 | 21.1 |
| Medium | 3.0 | 23.4 |
| Light-heavy | 1.4 | 14.2 |
| Heavy-heavy | 4.2 | 41.2 |
| Annual miles driven | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Less than 5,000 | 16.4 | 23.8 |
| 5,000 to 9,999 | 18.7 | 15.3 |
| 10,000 to 19,999 | 39.8 | 18.3 |
| 20,000 to 29,999 | 15.3 | 11.9 |
| 30,000 or more | 9.8 | 30.7 |
| Year model | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 to 2 years old | 13.4 | 11.2 |
| 3 to 4 years old | 17.5 | 12.8 |
| Over 4 years old | 69.1 | 76.0 |
| Vehicle acquisition | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Purchased new | 37.5 | 41.2 |
| Purchased used | 57.9 | 49.1 |
| Leased from someone or not reported | 4.5 | 9.7 |
| Truck type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Single-unit trucks | 95.9 | 68.2 |
| 2 axles | 94.9 | 58.7 |
| 3 axles or more | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| Combination | 4.1 | 31.8 |
| 3 axles | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| 4 axles | 1.3 | 6.7 |
| 5 axles or more | 2.2 | 22.3 |
| Trailer not specified | V | V |
| Range of operation | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Local | 74.2 | 56.8 |
| Short-range | 16.4 | 23.5 |
| Long-range | 5.6 | 14.9 |
| Off-the-road or not reported | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| Fuel type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Gasoline | 92.5 | 41.6 |
| Diesel, liquefied gas, and other | 7.4 | 57.0 |
| Not reported | 0.2 | 1.3 |
NOTE: Due to rounding, numbers may not sum to 100.
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 reports, Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.census.gov/econ/www/viusmain.html as of Dec. 27, 2001.