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NAICS 48412
General freight trucking, long-distance

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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
48412	General freight trucking, long-distance	37,577	92,885,701	28,731,388	815,036
484121	General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload	30,043	65,030,821	17,789,144	555,772
484122	General freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload	7,534	27,854,880	10,942,244	259,264

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)
N = Not available
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
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 48412 General freight trucking, long-distance

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing long-distance general freight trucking. General freight establishments handle a wide variety of commodities, generally palletized and transported in a container or van trailer. Long-distance general freight trucking establishments usually provide trucking between metropolitan areas which may cross North American country borders. Included in this industry are establishments operating as truckload (TL) or less than truckload (LTL) carriers.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Providing courier services--are classified in Industry 492110, Couriers;
Providing warehousing services of general freight--are classified in Industry 493110, General Warehousing and Storage;
Providing specialized freight trucking--are classified in Industry Group 4842, Specialized Freight Trucking;
Operating independent trucking terminals--are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation; and
Providing local general freight trucking services--are classified in Industry 484110, General Freight Trucking, Local.

Historical comparability

NAICS 48412, General freight trucking, long-distance, 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, long-distance: 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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Description

Estab-
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Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

37,577

92,885,701

100.00

322

28,731,388

815,036

Texas

3,082

5,902,428

6.35

271

2,012,303

57,817

California

1,991

5,390,684

5.80

154

1,745,845

49,922

Ohio

1,755

5,227,996

5.63

458

1,525,159

41,049

Illinois

1,823

5,147,506

5.54

409

1,589,160

44,664

Tennessee

1,234

4,155,825

4.47

718

1,435,423

40,371

Indiana

1,504

3,902,211

4.20

634

1,107,689

32,101

Pennsylvania

1,459

3,878,093

4.18

315

1,371,318

37,573

Wisconsin

1,357

3,735,026

4.02

687

1,103,823

30,425

Georgia

1,228

3,430,876

3.69

399

1,189,042

32,710

North Carolina

1,266

3,134,762

3.37

377

1,103,215

31,855

Arkansas

824

2,924,021

3.15

1,080

1,005,412

35,247

Iowa

1,180

2,852,497

3.07

972

756,305

20,947

Nebraska

702

2,766,565

2.98

1,602

478,561

12,578

New Jersey

714

2,711,424

2.92

316

867,515

19,289

Missouri

1,419

2,695,323

2.90

475

848,674

23,957

Alabama

899

2,272,330

2.45

507

695,786

21,093

Minnesota

1,011

2,265,603

2.44

451

488,084

12,986

New York

896

1,802,999

1.94

594,496

15,114

Virginia

931

1,561,929

1.68

214

567,371

16,514

Kentucky

576

1,538,860

1.66

376

379,157

11,340

Oregon

492

1,450,843

1.56

412

449,937

11,893

Utah

470

1,358,296

1.46

584

426,155

12,904

Oklahoma

564

1,283,936

1.38

368

370,910

12,238

Washington

678

1,283,026

1.38

211

377,185

10,544

South Carolina

580

1,124,465

1.21

274

445,458

13,231

Mississippi

682

1,059,172

1.14

370

366,270

11,914

Kansas

551

1,028,394

1.11

379

356,928

9,923

Colorado

518

984,325

1.06

219

321,871

9,059

Maryland

366

834,264

0.90

153

271,494

6,675

Massachusetts

330

822,747

0.89

128

260,678

6,055

Louisiana

544

804,222

0.87

180

293,544

9,243

South Dakota

371

533,439

0.57

702

99,176

3,226

New Mexico

246

521,495

0.56

281

120,432

3,356

North Dakota

307

466,271

0.50

736

108,242

3,449

Nevada

205

449,448

0.48

207

109,480

3,127

Montana

279

415,880

0.45

457

85,539

2,640

Idaho

373

397,689

0.43

296

97,640

3,370

Connecticut

158

353,511

0.38

102

114,398

2,785

Maine

244

295,438

0.32

228

92,141

2,632

Alaska

224,912

0.24

351

44,207

959

West Virginia

216

218,032

0.23

121

70,907

2,213

Rhode Island

154,997

0.17

145

50,426

1,242

New Hampshire

104

141,074

0.15

111

78,212

2,139

Wyoming

139

115,580

0.12

232

30,757

989

Delaware

114,450

0.12

142

39,843

978

Vermont

113,879

0.12

185

37,841

1,127

Hawaii

29,068

0.03

7,483

321

All other states, including those below

2,987

9,009,890

9.70

2,739,896

79,252

Arizona

484

(25k-49k)

Florida

1,416

(25k-49k)

Michigan

1,084

(10k-24k)

Products Lines for General freight trucking, long-distance
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
40000	Industry total	92,885,701	100.00
42010	Long-distance motor carrier revenue	88,274,893	95.04
42000	Local motor carrier revenue	3,116,021	3.35
	-Other	1,494,787	1.61

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- General freight trucking, long-distance
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
EC02-48I-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 48412
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