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Table 4-2. Economic Characteristics of Transportation and Warehousing Establishments in Freight-Dominated Modes: 1997, 2002, and 2007

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NAICS Establishments Revenue (millions of current $) Payroll Paid Employees
1997 2002 2007 1997 2002 2007 1997 2002 2007 1997 2002 2007
Transportation and warehousing1 178,025 199,618 219,706 318,245 382,152 639,916 82,346 115,989 173,183 2,920,777 3,650,859 4,454,383
Rail transportation NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Water transportation 1,921 1,890 1,721 24,019 23,331 34,447 2,834 3,194 4,544 72,857 66,153 75,997
Truck transportation 103,798 112,642 120,390 141,225 164,219 217,833 38,471 47,750 58,266 1,293,790 1,435,210 1,507,923
Pipeline transportation 2,311 2,188 2,529 26,837 22,031 25,718 2,661 2,477 3,219 49,280 36,790 36,964
Support activities for transportation 30,675 33,942 42,130 39,758 57,414 86,596 12,592 16,202 24,579 411,640 465,616 608,385
Couriers and messengers 10,887 12,655 13,004 39,812 58,165 77,877 14,072 17,175 20,431 530,839 561,514 557,195
Warehousing and storage 6,497 12,671 13,938 10,658 16,548 21,921 2,926 17,183 25,526 109,760 565,533 720,451

Key: NA = not available; NAICS = North American Industry Classification System

1Enterprise support establishments are included in 2002 and 2007 but not in 1997, thus these years are not comparable.

Notes:

Total includes air transportation, transit and ground passenger transportation, and scenic and sightseeing transportation. Data are for establishments in which transportation is the primary business. Data exclude transportation provided privately, such as trucking organized "in-house" by a grocery company. Data are not collected for rail transportation nor for governmental organizations even when their primary activity would be classified in industries covered by the census. For example, data are not collected for publicly operated buses and subway systems.

Sources:

1997: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Transportation and Warehousing, United States (Washington, DC: 1999), available at www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/us/US000_48.HTM as of July 19, 2012.

2002: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census, Transportation and Warehousing, United States, (Washington, DC: 2004), available at www.census.gov/econ/census02/data/us/US000_48.HTM as of July 19, 2012.

2007: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census, Transportation and Warehousing, United States (Washington, DC: 2010), available at www.census.gov/econ/census07 as of July 19, 2012.

 


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