Table 3-5: Shipment Characteristics by Shipment Weight for the United States: 2002
Table 3-5: Shipment Characteristics by Shipment Weight for the United States: 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey data)
| Shipment weight | Value | Tons | Ton-miles1 | Average miles per shipment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | ||
| Less than 50 lb | 1,009,779 | 11.9 | 19,140 | 0.2 | 10,869 | 0.3 | 735 |
| 50 to 99 lb | 298,263 | 3.5 | 13,855 | 0.1 | 5,308 | 0.2 | 388 |
| 100 to 499 lb | 829,694 | 9.8 | 81,940 | 0.7 | 22,757 | 0.7 | 283 |
| 500 to 749 lb | 250,562 | 3.0 | 39,364 | 0.3 | 9,907 | 0.3 | 252 |
| 750 to 999 lb | 181,610 | 2.1 | 33,991 | 0.3 | 8,128 | 0.3 | 239 |
| 1,000 to 9,999 lb | 1,797,380 | 21.2 | 584,664 | 5.1 | 154,612 | 4.8 | 259 |
| 10,000 to 49,999 lb | 3,111,754 | 36.7 | 4,358,037 | 37.7 | 906,343 | 28.3 | 212 |
| 50,000 to 99,999 lb | 351,127 | 4.1 | 1,948,882 | 16.8 | 211,709 | 6.6 | 107 |
| 100,000 lb or more | 652,955 | 7.7 | 4,492,907 | 38.8 | 1,874,776 | 58.5 | 539 |
| United States, total | 8,483,123 | 100.0 | 11,572,780 | 100.0 | 3,204,410 | 100.0 | 589 |
1 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.