Freight Facts and Figures 2012
Tables 3-11 and 3-11M. Truck Miles by Products Carried: 2002
Approximately three-fourths of the miles traveled by trucks larger than pickups, minivans, and other light vans are for the movement of products that range from electronics to sand and gravel. Most of the remaining mileage is for empty backhauls and empty shipping containers.
Table 3-11 (standard units)
| Products carried | Millions of miles |
|---|---|
| Total1 | 145,173 |
| Animals and fish, live | 735 |
| Animal feed and products of animal origin | 2,088 |
| Grains, cereal | 1,368 |
| All other agricultural products | 2,661 |
| Basic chemicals | 876 |
| Fertilizers and fertilizer materials | 1,666 |
| Pharmaceutical products | 305 |
| All other chemical products and preparations | 1,351 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 1,124 |
| Bakery and milled grain products | 3,553 |
| Meat, seafood, and their preparations | 3,056 |
| Tobacco products | 445 |
| All other prepared foodstuffs | 7,428 |
| Logs and other wood in the rough | 1,149 |
| Paper or paperboard articles | 3,140 |
| Printed products | 765 |
| Pulp, newsprint, paper, paperboard | 1,936 |
| Wood products | 3,561 |
| Articles of base metal | 3,294 |
| Base metal in primary or semifinished forms | 2,881 |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 3,049 |
| Tools, nonpowered | 7,759 |
| Tools, powered | 6,478 |
| Electronic and other electrical equipment | 3,024 |
| Furniture, mattresses, lamps, etc. | 2,043 |
| Machinery | 3,225 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products | 4,008 |
| Precision instruments and apparatus | 734 |
| Textile, leather, and related articles | 1,538 |
| Vehicles, including parts | 3,844 |
| All other transportation equipment | 636 |
| Coal | 301 |
| Crude petroleum | 132 |
| Gravel or rushed stone | 2,790 |
| Metallic ores and concentrates | 45 |
| Monumental or building stone | 462 |
| Natural sands | 1,089 |
| All other nonmetallic minerals | 499 |
| Fuel oils | 1,232 |
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 849 |
| Plastic and rubber | 2,393 |
| All other coal and refined petroleum products | 1,172 |
| Hazardous waste (EPA manifest) | 190 |
| All other waste and scrape (non-EPA manifest) | 2,647 |
| Recyclable products | 922 |
| Mail and courier parcels | 4,760 |
| Empty shipping containers | 794 |
| Passengers | 274 |
| Mixed freight | 14,659 |
| Products, equipment, or materials not elsewhere classified | 265 |
| Products not specified | 6,358 |
| Not applicable2 | 150 |
| No product carried | 28,977 |
1Detail lines may not add to total because multiple products/hazardous materials may be carried at the same time.
2Vehicles not in use. When the survey respondent had partial-year ownership of the vehicle, annual miles were adjusted to reflect miles traveled when not owned by the respondent.
Notes:
Includes trucks registered to companies and individuals in the United States except pickups, minivans, other light vans, and sport utility vehicles. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey: United States, EC02TV-US (Washington, DC: 2004), available at www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec02tv-us.pdf as of August 5, 2012.
Table 3-11M (metric units)1
| Products carried | Millions of kilometers |
|---|---|
| Total2 | 233,622 |
| Animals and fish, live | 1,182 |
| Animal feed and products of animal origin | 3,360 |
| Grains, cereal | 2,201 |
| All other agricultural products | 4,282 |
| Basic chemicals | 1,410 |
| Fertilizers and fertilizer materials | 2,681 |
| Pharmaceutical products | 491 |
| All other chemical products and preparations | 2,174 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 1,808 |
| Bakery and milled grain products | 5,717 |
| Meat, seafood, and their preparations | 4,918 |
| Tobacco products | 717 |
| All other prepared foodstuffs | 11,953 |
| Logs and other wood in the rough | 1,849 |
| Paper or paperboard articles | 5,052 |
| Printed products | 1,231 |
| Pulp, newsprint, paper, paperboard | 3,115 |
| Wood products | 5,730 |
| Articles of base metal | 5,301 |
| Base metal in primary or semifinished forms | 4,637 |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 4,906 |
| Tools, nonpowered | 12,487 |
| Tools, powered | 10,424 |
| Electronic and other electrical equipment | 4,866 |
| Furniture, mattresses, lamps, etc. | 3,288 |
| Machinery | 5,190 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products | 6,449 |
| Precision instruments and apparatus | 1,181 |
| Textile, leather, and related articles | 2,475 |
| Vehicles, including parts | 6,186 |
| All other transportation equipment | 1,024 |
| Coal | 484 |
| Crude petroleum | 212 |
| Gravel or rushed stone | 4,490 |
| Metallic ores and concentrates | 73 |
| Monumental or building stone | 744 |
| Natural sands | 1,753 |
| All other nonmetallic minerals | 802 |
| Fuel oils | 1,983 |
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 1,365 |
| Plastic and rubber | 3,850 |
| All other coal and refined petroleum products | 1,886 |
| Hazardous waste (EPA manifest) | 306 |
| All other waste and scrape (non-EPA manifest) | 4,260 |
| Recyclable products | 1,484 |
| Mail and courier parcels | 7,660 |
| Empty shipping containers | 1,278 |
| Passengers | 440 |
| Mixed freight | 23,590 |
| Products, equipment, or materials not elsewhere classified | 426 |
| Products not specified | 10,232 |
| Not applicable3 | 241 |
| No product carried | 46,632 |
1Excludes pickups, minivans, other light vans, and sport utility vehicles.
2Detail lines may not add to total because multiple products/hazardous materials may be carried at the same time.
3Vehicles not in use. When the respondent had partial-year ownership of the vehicle, annual miles were adjusted to reflect miles traveled when not owned by the respondent.
Note:
1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles.
Sources:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey: United States, EC02TV-US (Washington, DC: 2004), available at www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec02tv-us.pdf as of August 5, 2012.
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