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NAICS 484
Truck transportation

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

48-49	Transportation & warehousing	199,618	382,152,040	115,988,733	3,650,859
484	Truck transportation	112,642	164,218,769	47,750,111	1,435,210
4841	General freight trucking	59,011	110,239,101	34,120,535	989,192
4842	Specialized freight trucking	53,631	53,979,668	13,629,576	446,018

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)

48-49	Transportation & warehousing	1,008,617	422,849,549	808,999	80.2	40,697,509	9.6	199,618	382,152,040
484	Truck transportation	525,742	192,943,014	413,100	78.6	28,724,245	14.9	112,642	164,218,769
4841	General freight trucking	420,376	135,782,123	361,365	86.0	25,543,022	18.8	59,011	110,239,101
4842	Specialized freight trucking	105,366	57,160,891	51,735	49.1	3,181,223	5.6	53,631	53,979,668

Definition: NAICS 484 Truck transportation

Industries in the Truck Transportation subsector provide over-the-road transportation of cargo using motor vehicles,such as trucks and tractor trailers. The subsector is subdivided into general freight trucking and specialized freight trucking. This distinction reflects differences in equipment used, type of load carried, scheduling, terminal, and other networking services. General freight transportation establishments handle a wide variety of general commodities, generally palletized, and transported in a container or van trailer. Specialized freight transportation is the transportation of cargo that, because of size, weight, shape, or other inherent characteristics require specialized equipment for transportation.

Each of these industry groups is further subdivided based on distance traveled. Local trucking establishments primarily carry goods within a single metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas. Long distance trucking establishments carry goods between metropolitan areas.

The Specialized Freight Trucking industry group includes a separate industry for Used Household and Office Goods Moving. The household and office goods movers are separated because of the substantial network of establishments that has developed to deal with local and long-distance moving and the associated storage. In this area, the same establishment provides both local and long-distance services, while other specialized freight establishments generally limit their services to either local or long-distance hauling.

Historical comparability

NAICS 484, Truck transportation, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

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Geographic Distribution -- Truck transportation: 2002

Data for the Transportation & warehousing sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

Other
Indus-
tries

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

112,642

164,218,769

100.00

570

47,750,111

1,435,210

California

9,160

13,856,400

8.44

396

3,996,509

121,371

Texas

7,770

11,574,396

7.05

532

3,476,057

107,321

Illinois

6,001

9,142,804

5.57

726

2,653,377

75,883

Ohio

4,756

8,113,675

4.94

711

2,349,131

67,131

Indiana

3,393

7,177,195

4.37

1,166

1,727,516

50,853

Pennsylvania

4,230

6,697,665

4.08

544

2,112,609

61,939

Missouri

3,403

6,412,623

3.90

1,129

1,354,254

40,775

New Jersey

3,314

5,671,495

3.45

661

1,743,082

43,787

Florida

4,619

5,652,207

3.44

339

1,585,087

48,607

Tennessee

2,449

5,437,308

3.31

939

1,814,616

52,730

Wisconsin

3,799

5,428,469

3.31

998

1,591,716

46,296

Georgia

3,220

5,142,530

3.13

598

1,684,244

49,977

North Carolina

3,497

4,729,503

2.88

569

1,590,264

49,499

New York

4,359

4,678,497

2.85

244

1,480,022

42,888

Iowa

2,718

3,746,531

2.28

1,276

972,718

28,989

Arkansas

1,803

3,559,122

2.17

1,315

1,166,630

41,598

Minnesota

2,762

3,509,641

2.14

698

803,156

23,131

Nebraska

1,774

3,408,565

2.08

1,974

625,314

17,925

Alabama

2,121

3,194,477

1.95

713

946,441

30,719

Virginia

3,052

3,095,774

1.89

425

1,043,104

33,435

Kentucky

2,117

2,607,215

1.59

638

667,709

21,704

Washington

2,348

2,582,088

1.57

425

764,722

22,974

Oregon

1,672

2,321,655

1.41

659

719,367

20,849

Utah

1,035

2,227,361

1.36

958

721,181

22,288

Oklahoma

1,578

2,168,952

1.32

622

604,825

20,581

Massachusetts

1,548

2,059,884

1.25

320

656,307

17,361

Maryland

1,650

1,963,698

1.20

361

587,562

17,935

Kansas

1,723

1,916,356

1.17

706

578,201

17,512

Colorado

1,813

1,902,169

1.16

423

567,429

17,196

South Carolina

1,394

1,845,698

1.12

450

657,050

20,675

Louisiana

1,792

1,841,953

1.12

412

570,378

19,741

Mississippi

1,623

1,820,114

1.11

636

559,758

19,056

Connecticut

669

881,622

0.54

255

282,935

7,507

New Mexico

658

880,331

0.54

474

236,161

6,923

West Virginia

1,097

815,933

0.50

452

233,125

8,580

Idaho

1,038

801,406

0.49

596

207,155

7,395

South Dakota

770

734,275

0.45

966

142,504

5,096

Nevada

532

731,259

0.45

337

187,997

5,560

Maine

851

677,759

0.41

523

186,901

6,040

North Dakota

751

673,052

0.41

1,062

159,770

5,469

Montana

722

672,653

0.41

739

152,520

5,033

Alaska

237

547,428

0.33

855

160,780

3,449

Wyoming

531

399,894

0.24

801

107,216

3,591

New Hampshire

450

370,145

0.23

291

146,312

4,377

Rhode Island

293

334,676

0.20

313

94,345

2,529

Delaware

311

281,598

0.17

350

99,491

2,850

Hawaii

196

279,425

0.17

227

95,065

3,046

Vermont

343

255,781

0.16

415

77,219

2,554

All other states, including those below

4,700

9,395,512

5.72

2,810,279

82,485

Arizona

1,443

(25k-49k)

Michigan

3,234

(25k-49k)

District of Columbia

(500-999)

Products Lines for Truck transportation
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
40000	Industry total	164,218,76	100.00
42010	Long-distance motor carrier revenue	113,059,14	68.85
42000	Local motor carrier revenue	43,361,621	26.40
42030	Contract warehousing and storage	1,350,400	0.82
	-Other	6,447,599	3.93

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Truck transportation
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-48SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US
EC02-48SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-48SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Purchased Transportation by Motor Freight Carrier	US, states
EC02-48SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Inventories With LIFO Valuation	US
EC02-48I-09	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (1997 NAICS Basis)	US
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, metros
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Enterprise Support Statistics	US
SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners	Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 484
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
E-Commerce Statistics	Annual	Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments	US
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Serviced Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Messenger Services & Warehousing	Annual	Estimated revenue for employer and nonemployer firms	US
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas