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National Transportation Statistics presents statistics on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, the human and natural environment, and national security. This is a large online document comprising more than 260 data tables plus data source and accuracy statements, glossary and a list of acronyms and initialisms.
KEY: R= revised; U = data are not available.
a Incudes Freight, Express, and Mail.
b Estimates from 1980 to 1989 come from the Association of American Railroads using ton mile values from the Surface Transportation Board’s Waybill Sample. The Waybill Sample represents all major U.S. railroads, including all Class I railroads and several short-line railroads.
c Foreign water traffic is only measured for their travel on U.S. waterways, based on distance from coastal entrance channels to ports and...
KEY: NA = not applicable; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Estimates are as of July 1 for each year. The numbers for each sub-category in each year may not add up to the total population due to rounding.
b New metropolitan area definitions were published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2003. These definitions were applied to population data by the Census Bureau beginning with the data from the 2000 Census. A new term, core based statistical areas (CBSAs), collectively refers to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical...
KEY: R = revised.
a Other includes "flyaway aircraft" or aircraft moving under their own power (i.e., aircraft moving from the manufacturer to a customer and not carrying any freight), powerhouse (electricity), vessels moving under their own power, pedestrians carrying freight, mode unknown, mail, imports into Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs), and miscellaneous. Although FTZs are treated as a mode of transportation in the Transborder Freight Data, the actual mode for a specific shipment into or out of an FTZ is unknown because U.S....
National Transportation Statistics presents statistics on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, the human and natural environment, and national security. This is a large PDF composed of more than 260 data...
KEY: mpg = miles per gallon; SUV = sport utility vehicle; P = preliminary; U = data are not available; R = revised.
a Production share is based on the total of pickups, plus vans and truck SUVs. Percentages may not sum to totals due to rounding.