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NAICS 4841
General freight trucking

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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
48411	General freight trucking, local	21,434	17,353,400	5,389,147	174,156
48412	General freight trucking, long-distance	37,577	92,885,701	28,731,388	815,036

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
48411	General freight trucking, local	161,025	25,635,279	139,591	86.7	8,281,879	32.3	21,434	17,353,400
48412	General freight trucking, long-distance	259,351	110,146,844	221,774	85.5	17,261,143	15.7	37,577	92,885,701

Definition: NAICS 4841 General freight trucking

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing general freight trucking. General freight establishments handle a wide variety of commodities, generally palletized, and transported in a container or van trailer. The establishments of this industry group provide a combination of the following network activities: local pickup, local sorting and terminal operations, line-haul, destination sorting and terminal operations, and local delivery.

Historical comparability

NAICS 4841, General freight trucking, 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 -- General freight trucking: 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.

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Indus-
tries

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

59,011

110,239,101

100.00

383

34,120,535

989,192

California

4,389

8,471,927

7.69

242

2,640,844

76,855

Texas

4,269

6,829,633

6.20

314

2,282,416

67,756

Illinois

3,451

6,474,196

5.87

514

1,989,873

56,407

Ohio

2,691

6,158,740

5.59

540

1,816,703

50,637

Pennsylvania

2,224

4,619,211

4.19

375

1,583,102

44,481

Tennessee

1,524

4,408,940

4.00

762

1,525,949

43,416

Indiana

1,965

4,223,968

3.83

686

1,206,598

35,613

Wisconsin

1,888

4,131,915

3.75

760

1,240,105

35,052

New Jersey

1,795

3,872,770

3.51

452

1,225,499

29,076

Georgia

1,757

3,838,561

3.48

446

1,319,378

37,031

North Carolina

1,903

3,474,832

3.15

418

1,217,895

36,121

Arkansas

1,002

3,054,240

2.77

1,129

1,037,551

36,607

Iowa

1,535

3,041,982

2.76

1,036

813,210

22,997

Missouri

1,905

3,006,331

2.73

529

945,903

27,570

Nebraska

1,011

2,885,799

2.62

1,671

529,358

14,233

New York

2,228

2,728,754

2.48

142

918,010

25,026

Minnesota

1,574

2,644,613

2.40

526

594,477

16,298

Alabama

1,169

2,471,180

2.24

552

749,606

23,262

Virginia

1,376

1,839,492

1.67

252

653,003

19,592

Kentucky

949

1,765,286

1.60

432

446,494

13,987

Washington

1,123

1,664,526

1.51

274

502,031

14,394

Oregon

759

1,646,416

1.49

467

522,157

14,293

Utah

634

1,455,100

1.32

626

461,813

14,108

Oklahoma

816

1,426,290

1.29

409

412,389

13,817

South Carolina

820

1,280,764

1.16

312

494,808

15,066

Kansas

781

1,211,882

1.10

446

410,727

11,884

Mississippi

918

1,186,284

1.08

414

400,144

13,335

Massachusetts

708

1,183,777

1.07

184

398,611

9,956

Maryland

730

1,154,662

1.05

212

357,071

9,709

Colorado

845

1,127,147

1.02

250

367,415

10,813

Louisiana

865

1,082,355

0.98

242

371,922

12,218

New Mexico

333

588,829

0.53

317

140,025

4,054

South Dakota

470

562,041

0.51

739

107,539

3,552

Nevada

316

512,391

0.46

236

132,642

3,875

North Dakota

395

508,741

0.46

803

120,137

3,871

Idaho

542

478,097

0.43

356

119,547

4,270

Connecticut

308

477,957

0.43

138

162,847

4,129

Montana

374

450,947

0.41

495

97,767

3,088

Maine

353

388,138

0.35

299

121,189

3,550

West Virginia

394

322,251

0.29

179

101,444

3,354

Alaska

108

304,033

0.28

475

69,048

1,526

New Hampshire

207

220,440

0.20

173

106,047

3,078

Rhode Island

138

195,745

0.18

183

64,072

1,659

Delaware

136

143,904

0.13

179

52,100

1,422

Wyoming

230

140,225

0.13

281

40,068

1,318

Vermont

145

132,661

0.12

215

45,658

1,398

Hawaii

126,998

0.12

103

44,739

1,539

All other states, including those below

4,864

10,324,130

9.37

3,160,604

91,899

Arizona

791

(25k-49k)

Florida

2,346

(25k-49k)

Michigan

1,721

(25k-49k)

District of Columbia

(20-99)

Products Lines for General freight trucking
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
40000	Industry total	110,239,10	100.00
42010	Long-distance motor carrier revenue	89,353,064	81.05
42000	Local motor carrier revenue	18,402,211	16.69
42030	Contract warehousing and storage	575,092	0.52
	-Other	1,908,734	1.73

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- General freight trucking
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
EC02-48I-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

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 4841
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
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