Table 4-3. Employment in For-Hire Transportation Primarily Serving Freight1 (Thousands) (Historical)
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1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total U.S. labor force2 | 90,528 | 109,487 | 131,785 | 131,826 | 131,341 | (R) 129,999 | 131,480 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 2,961 | 3,476 | 4,410 | 4,372 | 4,224 | (R) 4,185 | 4,250 |
| Rail transportation | 518 | 272 | 232 | 227 | 218 | (R) 218 | 224 |
| Water transportation | NA | 57 | 56 | 54 | 53 | (R) 55 | 57 |
| Truck transportation | NA | 1,122 | 1,406 | 1,387 | 1,339 | (R) 1,326 | 1,351 |
| Pipeline transportation | NA | 60 | 46 | 45 | 42 | 40 | 39 |
| Support activities for transportation | NA | 364 | 537 | 539 | 525 | (R) 520 | 536 |
| Postal service | 673 | 825 | 880 | 873 | 842 | (R) 809 | 784 |
| Couriers and messengers | NA | 375 | 605 | 587 | 561 | (R) 562 | 561 |
| Warehousing and storage | NA | 407 | 514 | 514 | 517 | (R) 528 | 556 |
Key: NA = not available; R = revised.
1Annual averages.
2Excludes farm employment.
Note: These data include workers employed in transportation industries but not necessarily in a transportation occupation, such as a lawyer working for a trucking company. Moreover, these data exclude workers in transportation occupations employed by non-transportation industries, such as a truck driver employed by a retail company.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, available at www.bls.gov as of July 1, 2005.
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