Table 3-4: Shipment Characteristics by Distance Shipped for the United States: 2002
Table 3-4: Shipment Characteristics by Distance Shipped for the United States: 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey data)
| Distance shipped1 | Value | Tons | Ton-miles2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | |
| Less than 50 miles | 2,447,018 | 28.8 | 6,028,724 | 52.1 | 121,093 | 3.8 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 753,019 | 8.9 | 1,242,433 | 10.7 | 116,044 | 3.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 1,345,926 | 15.9 | 1,553,406 | 13.4 | 343,922 | 10.7 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 1,258,978 | 14.8 | 1,097,835 | 9.5 | 539,271 | 16.8 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 862,741 | 10.2 | 647,884 | 5.6 | 541,309 | 16.9 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 568,002 | 6.7 | 437,698 | 3.8 | 508,330 | 15.9 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 545,968 | 6.4 | 386,657 | 3.3 | 619,659 | 19.3 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 360,651 | 4.3 | 122,649 | 1.1 | 260,455 | 8.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 340,820 | 4.0 | 55,493 | 0.5 | 154,327 | 4.8 |
| United States, total | 8,483,123 | 100.0 | 11,572,780 | 100.0 | 3,204,410 | 100.0 |
1 Shipments are grouped into distance categories based on Great Circle Distance (GCD). GCD is the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere over the surface of that sphere.
2 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
NOTES: The data presented in this table 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.