Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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graphic area name Meaning of Mode category Year Value ($million) Value (percent of total) Tons (thousands) Tons (percent of total) Ton-miles (millions) Ton-miles (percent of total) Average miles per shipment (number) Value (percent change) Tons (percent change) Ton-miles (percent change) Average miles per shipment (percent change) Coefficient of variation for Value Standard error for Value (percent of total) Coefficient of variation for Tons Standard error for Tons (percent of total) Coefficient of variation for Ton-miles Standard error for Ton-miles (percent of total) Coefficient of variation for Average miles per shipment
United States All modes 2007 11,684,872 100.0 12,543,425 100.0 3,344,658 100.0 619 39.2 7.5 6.6 13.5 0.8 0.0 1.6 0.0 3.6 0.0 2.5
United States All modes 2002 8,397,210 100.0 11,667,919 100.0 3,137,898 100.0 546
X X X X 1.3
- 2.0
- 3.7
- 2.9
United States Single modes 2007 9,539,037 81.6 11,698,128 93.3 2,894,251 86.5 234 35.3 5.5 0.9 -2.4 1.1 0.4 1.5 0.4 4.2 0.8 4.3
United States Single modes 2002 7,049,383 83.9 11,086,660 95.0 2,867,938 91.4 240
X X X X 1.4 0.3 2.1 0.5 3.1 0.7 7.0
United States Truck 2007 8,335,789 71.3 8,778,713 70.0 1,342,104 40.1 206 33.7 11.9 6.9 19.4 1.2 0.5 1.3 0.7 1.4 1.3 4.5
United States Truck 2002 6,235,001 74.3 7,842,836 67.2 1,255,908 40.0 173
X X X X 1.4 0.4 2.6 1.0 2.8 1.5 3.7
United States For-hire truck 2007 4,955,700 42.4 4,075,136 32.5 1,055,646 31.6 599 31.9 11.4 10.0 14.6 1.5 0.5 1.8 0.7 1.7 1.0 5.2
United States For-hire truck 2002 3,757,114 44.7 3,657,333 31.3 959,610 30.6 523
X X X X 2.3 0.6 3.6 1.0 3.1 1.2 2.6
United States Private truck 2007 3,380,090 28.9 4,703,576 37.5 286,457 8.6 57 38.2 13.3 -1.6 -10.5 1.4 0.3 1.9 0.5 1.7 0.3 3.6
United States Private truck 2002 2,445,288 29.1 4,149,658 35.6 291,114 9.3 64
X X X X 1.6 0.5 3.4 0.8 3.9 0.4 4.2
United States Rail 2007 436,420 3.7 1,861,307 14.8 1,344,040 40.2 728 40.4 -0.7 6.5 -9.9 6.8 0.2 6.2 0.8 8.7 2.1 4.6
United States Rail 2002 310,884 3.7 1,873,884 16.1 1,261,612 40.2 807
X X X X 6.0 0.2 5.7 0.7 6.7 1.3 6.7
United States Water 2007 114,905 1.0 403,639 3.2 157,314 4.7 520 28.6 -40.7 -44.3 -8.5 11.0 0.1 8.1 0.3 11.5 0.6 13.1
United States Water 2002 89,344 1.1 681,227 5.8 282,659 9.0 568
X X X X 6.4
- 6.8 0.4 7.4 0.7 16.5
United States Shallow draft 2007 91,004 0.8 343,307 2.7 117,473 3.5 144 58.4 -25.1 -44.5 -67.9 12.8 0.1 9.4 0.3 13.2 0.6 40.3
United States Shallow draft 2002 57,467 0.7 458,577 3.9 211,501 6.7 450
X X X X 8.6
- 7.9 0.3 10.3 0.7 15.2
United States Great Lakes 2007 S S 17,792 0.1 6,887 0.2 657
S -53.2 -50.1 93.9
S S 23.8 0.0 22.9 0.1 15.3
United States Great Lakes 2002 843
- 38,041 0.3 13,808 0.4 339
X X X X 29.1
- 22.3
- 24.5 0.1 15.0
United States Deep draft 2007 23,058 0.2 42,540 0.3 32,954 1.0 923 -25.7 -77.0 -42.5 38.9 17.5 0.0 12.3 0.0 23.9 0.2 12.0
United States Deep draft 2002 31,034 0.4 184,610 1.6 57,350 1.8 664
X X X X 15.4
- 18.0 0.3 19.2 0.4 28.6
United States Air (incl truck and air) 2007 252,276 2.2 3,611
Z 4,510 0.1 1,304 -4.8 -4.0 -22.7 -32.0 8.2 0.2 10.4 0.0 9.6 0.0 2.2
United States Air (incl truck and air) 2002 264,959 3.2 3,760
- 5,835 0.2 1,919
X X X X 11.6 0.4 11.6
- 15.5
- 4.2
United States Pipeline 2007 399,646 3.4 650,859 5.2
S S S S S S S 6.6 0.2 6.5 0.4
S S S
United States Pipeline 2002 149,195 1.8 684,953 5.9
S S S X X X X 6.4 0.1 6.9 0.4
S S S
United States Multiple modes 2007 1,866,723 16.0 573,729 4.6 416,642 12.5 975 73.0 164.8 84.6 8.9 1.8 0.3 5.3 0.2 5.1 0.8 2.3
United States Multiple modes 2002 1,079,185 12.9 216,686 1.9 225,715 7.2 895
X X X X 3.3 0.4 10.0 0.2 16.5 0.8 2.2
United States Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier 2007 1,561,874 13.4 33,900 0.3 27,961 0.8 975 58.1 32.9 47.1 9.0 2.1 0.3 2.6 0.0 3.0 0.0 2.4
United States Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier 2002 987,746 11.8 25,513 0.2 19,004 0.6 894
X X X X 3.3 0.3 4.4
- 4.2
- 2.3
United States Truck and rail 2007 187,248 1.6 225,589 1.8 196,772 5.9 1,007 167.8 424.8 332.2 -28.8 5.6 0.1 6.2 0.1 5.0 0.3 6.3
United States Truck and rail 2002 69,929 0.8 42,984 0.4 45,525 1.5 1,413
X X X X 13.2 0.1 12.3
- 7.1 0.1 3.1
United States Truck and water 2007 58,389 0.5 145,521 1.2 98,396 2.9 1,429 306.6 524.6 203.6 -26.7 12.5 0.1 15.3 0.2 15.6 0.5 9.0
United States Truck and water 2002 14,359 0.2 23,299 0.2 32,413 1.0 1,950
X X X X 26.4
- 16.6
- 18.5 0.2 9.4
United States Rail and water 2007 13,892 0.1 54,878 0.4 47,111 1.4 1,928 317.3 -47.8 -59.0 101.5 19.2 0.0 26.9 0.1 27.6 0.4 13.1
United States Rail and water 2002 3,329
- 105,107 0.9 114,986 3.7 957
X X X X 16.6
- 23.0 0.2 35.1 0.9 21.0
United States Other multiple modes 2007 45,320 0.4 113,841 0.9 46,402 1.4 1,182 1,085.8 475.5 236.5
S 13.3 0.1 8.7 0.1 11.4 0.2 14.0
United States Other multiple modes 2002 3,822
- 19,782 0.2 13,788 0.4
S X X X X 31.8
- 30.7
- 25.2 0.1
S
United States Other and unknown modes 2007 279,113 2.4 271,567 2.2 33,764 1.0 116 3.9 -25.5 -23.7 -10.7 7.8 0.2 14.0 0.3 9.2 0.1 13.0
United States Other and unknown modes 2002 268,642 3.2 364,573 3.1 44,245 1.4 130
X X X X 3.0 0.1 12.6 0.4 9.7 0.2 13.0
Geographic area name Meaning of Mode category Year Value ($million) Value (percent of total) Tons (thousands) Tons (percent of total) Ton-miles (millions) Ton-miles (percent of total) Average miles per shipment (number) Value (percent change) Tons (percent change) Ton-miles (percent change) Average miles per shipment (percent change) Coefficient of variation for Value Standard error for Value (percent of total) Coefficient of variation for Tons Standard error for Tons (percent of total) Coefficient of variation for Ton-miles Standard error for Ton-miles (percent of total) Coefficient of variation for Average miles per shipment
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Commodity Flow Survey.