Table 3-1: Shipments by Mode of Transportation for the United States: 2002
Table 3-1: Shipments by Mode of Transportation for the United States: 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey data)
| Value | Tons | Ton-miles3 | Average miles per shipment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | ||
| All modes | 8,483,123 | 100.0 | 11,572,780 | 100.0 | 3,204,410 | 100.0 | 589 |
| Single modes | 7,052,924 | 83.1 | 10,878,148 | 94.0 | 2,913,015 | 90.9 | 285 |
| Truck1 | 6,200,469 | 73.1 | 7,622,257 | 65.9 | 1,311,085 | 40.9 | 199 |
| For-hire | 3,838,514 | 45.2 | 3,665,982 | 31.7 | 1,001,463 | 31.3 | 577 |
| Private truck | 2,340,328 | 27.6 | 3,920,474 | 33.9 | 302,026 | 9.4 | 70 |
| Rail | 320,469 | 3.8 | 1,816,528 | 15.7 | 1,199,407 | 37.4 | 911 |
| Water | 90,895 | 1.1 | 713,884 | 6.2 | 323,085 | 10.1 | 577 |
| Shallow draft | 56,480 | 0.7 | 499,699 | 4.3 | 236,619 | 7.4 | 423 |
| Great Lakes | 787 | Z | 39,485 | 0.3 | 19,544 | 0.6 | 391 |
| Deep draft | 33,628 | 0.4 | 174,700 | 1.5 | 66,922 | 2.1 | 683 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 279,489 | 3.3 | 3,891 | Z | 5,560 | 0.2 | 1,819 |
| Pipeline2 | 161,601 | 1.9 | 721,588 | 6.2 | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 1,110,975 | 13.1 | 198,454 | 1.7 | 214,833 | 6.7 | 911 |
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier | 1,022,033 | 12.0 | 26,447 | 0.2 | 20,536 | 0.6 | 910 |
| Truck and rail | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Truck and water | 17,053 | 0.2 | 31,814 | 0.3 | 59,147 | 1.8 | 1,946 |
| Rail and water | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Other multiple modes | 5,528 | Z | 28,047 | 0.2 | 19,600 | 0.6 | 173 |
| Other and unknown modes | 319,224 | 3.8 | 496,178 | 4.3 | 76,563 | 2.4 | 153 |
1 "Truck" as a single mode includes shipments that were made by private truck only, for-hire truck only, or a combination of private and for-hire truck.
2 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.
3 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
KEY: S = withheld due to high sampling variability or poor response quality; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
NOTES: The data presented in these tables exclude shipments from the following establishments classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as: farms, forestry, logging, fisheries, construction, publishing, and crude petroleum production; households; governments; and most retail and service businesses. Also excluded are most imports and commodities shipped from a foreign location to another foreign destination that pass through the United States. Estimates are preliminary and may be revised.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey: United States Preliminary Report, Washington, DC: December 2003.