1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities SIC Description Estab- Revenue Number Payroll Payroll lish- of Em- annual first qtr ments ($1,000) ployees ($1,000) ($1,000) Total trans/comm/util exc PO* (NA) 869251440 5566120 178424510 0 Tot trans exc US Post Office* (NA) 327623049 3356872 92211414 0 40 Railroad transportation* (NA) 28348895 197421 8752862 0 41 Local & interurban pass trans 17805 12649307 354913 5191117 1245956 411 Local & suburban trans 8275 5968003 153278 2623812 612903 4111 Local & suburban transit 1135 1363966 37653 837711 198901 4119 Local passenger trans nec 7140 4604037 115625 1786101 414002 4119pt Sightseeing bus 277 342076 5565 103682 22332 4119pt Limo svce/auto rent w/driv 2430 964188 20739 278142 63860 4119pt Ambulance or rescue svce, 3070 2506693 66885 1104348 255664 4119pt Other local pass trans nec 1363 791080 22436 299929 72146 412 Taxicabs 3337 992378 26338 305907 74800 413-5,7 Other bus trans & term svce 6193 5688926 175297 2261398 558253 413 Intercity & rural bus trans 607 1092034 20404 483163 115652 414 Bus charter service 1307 1269082 24604 393784 86304 4141 Local bus charter service 429 375221 7699 124635 28649 4142 Bus charter serv exc local 878 893861 16905 269149 57655 415 School buses 4260 3315313 130093 1379955 355205 417 Bus terminal & svce facil 19 12497 196 4496 1092 42 Trucking & warehousing 110908 143794366 1580095 39895651 9196480 421 Truck & cour svces, exc air 101169 135436985 1484655 37760025 8691103 4212 Local trucking w/o storage 49870 33554382 354742 8043459 1799468 4212pt Household goods moving 2566 660685 13237 195883 42556 4212pt General freight, local 12186 8403794 97594 2249680 522352 4212pt Garbage & trash collection 7405 10984763 94054 2473305 576868 4212pt Dump trucking 13383 6807458 66956 1417880 277238 4212pt Other local trucking 14330 6697682 82901 1706711 380454 4212pt Hazardous materials 1279 884791 9270 238148 56784 4212pt Agricultural products 6203 2187919 26897 478128 105627 4212pt Other local trucking 6848 3624972 46734 990435 218043 4213 Trucking, except local 40821 78357536 758435 20974464 4807742 4213pt Household goods moving 3248 7432560 61592 1354103 301626 4213pt General freight trucking 25014 55257352 553202 15879651 3649809 4213pt Other trucking, exc local 12559 15667624 143641 3740710 856307 4213pt Hazardous materials 1666 2758941 25617 719763 169766 4213pt Agric prod trucking 4483 3303974 30518 664945 146237 4213pt Oth trucking except local 6410 9604709 87506 2356002 540304 4214 Local trucking w/storage 4512 4190745 64417 1345954 303473 4214pt Household goods moving 2641 2175138 36483 702729 154664 4214pt Other local trucking 1871 2015607 27934 643225 148809 4215 Courier svces, exc by air 5966 19334322 307061 7396148 1780420 422 Public warehousing & storage 9718 8329899 95145 2127267 503536 4221 Farm prod whsing & storage 584 656468 6497 129615 30655 4222 Refrig whsing & storage 929 1744807 18963 463927 110893 4225 Gen warehousing & storage 6753 3919158 49091 983107 232637 4225pt General goods warehousing 2251 2640592 37814 831642 195933 4225pt Self-service or miniwhsing 4502 1278566 11277 151465 36704 4226 Special whse & stge, nec 1452 2009466 20594 550618 129351 423 Trucking terminal facilities 21 27482 295 8359 1841 44 Water transportation 8147 29207214 171314 5170196 1213197 441-2,4 Water trans of freight 836 14704201 37229 1522599 357814 441-2 Deep sea foreign & domestic 615 11948133 26798 1147862 273745 4412 Deep sea foreign trans 334 8490470 13334 629239 151154 4424 Deep sea domestic trans 281 3457663 13464 518623 122591 443-4 Other water transportation 221 2756068 10431 374737 84069 4432 Freight trans Great Lakes 26 559187 1255 81347 11932 4449 Wtr trans of freight, nec 195 2196881 9176 293390 72137 448 Water trans of passengers 1033 4132926 23308 507753 108438 4482 Ferries 118 154668 1791 50824 8721 4481,9 Wtr trans pass except ferry 915 3978258 21517 456929 99717 4481 Deep sea passenger trans 72 3268465 12503 275067 65699 4489 Water passenger trans, nec 843 709793 9014 181862 34018 449 Water transportation service 6278 10370087 110777 3139844 746945 4493 Marinas 3348 1651400 17913 345922 69447 4491-2,9 Other water trans service 2930 8718687 92864 2793922 677498 4491 Marine cargo handling 871 5066178 58840 1841419 454242 4492 Towing & tugboat service 941 2681907 24639 689085 161234 4499 Water trans svces, nec 1118 970602 9385 263418 62022 45 Transportation by air* (NA) 82670356 707148 24530166 0 451pt.,2 Air trans incl air courier* (NA) 76502800 627195 22733833 0 451pt Sched & air courier servic* (NA) 73070112 604050 22025704 0 4512 Air transportation, sched* (NA) 62057450 505029 19090453 0 4513 Air courier services 2639 11012662 99021 2935251 707719 452 Air trans, nonscheduled 1791 3432688 23145 708129 163286 458 Airports, flying fields 3252 6167556 79953 1796333 433617 46 Pipelines, except natural gas 844 7063056 16779 821085 203267 4613 Refined petroleum pipelines 358 2009975 5578 251939 61009 4612,9 Other pipelines 486 5053081 11201 569146 142258 4612 Crude petroleum pipelines 405 4409247 10355 531135 132005 4619 Pipelines, nec 81 643834 846 38011 10253 47 Transportation services 46593 23889855 329202 7850337 1854022 472 Passenger trans arrangement 31793 10572781 192981 3921219 931209 4724 Travel agencies 27688 6964364 149140 2835511 673435 4725,9 Oth arr of pass trans 4105 3608417 43841 1085708 257774 4725 Tour operators 3008 1864754 30519 690202 155395 4729 Pass trans arrngmnt, nec 1097 1743663 13322 395506 102379 473 Freight trans arrangement 12553 9158618 106979 3232854 760751 4731pt Freight forwarding 5308 4156159 48903 1436808 335081 4731pt Arr freight & cargo, nec 7245 5002459 58076 1796046 425670 474,8 Other transportation service 2247 4158456 29242 696264 162062 474 Rental of railroad cars 125 1881144 1926 84544 22506 478 Misc transportation svces 2122 2277312 27316 611720 139556 4783 Packing & crating 835 522478 8123 154523 33465 4785 Inspection & fixed facil 263 221031 2810 64957 14713 4789 Transportation svces, nec 1024 1533803 16383 392240 91378 48 Communications 39244 230667167 1294236 47057941 12335145 481-2,9 Comm exc broadcasting & cabl 26227 174926125 943518 36522874 9745487 481 Telephone communications 24730 171580095 928245 35900576 9589748 4812 Radiotelephone comm 3063 12269735 61077 2091368 522617 4813 Telephone comm exc radio 21667 159310360 867168 33809208 9067131 482 Telegraph & other comm 489 988142 5536 217800 55824 489 Communication svces, nec 1008 2357888 9737 404498 99915 483-4 Broadcasting & cable servic 13017 55741042 350718 10535067 2589658 483 Radio & TV broadcasting 8549 28228942 221755 6976376 1698018 4832 Radio broadcasting stat 6956 6865419 112385 2547700 612212 4833 TV broadcasting stations 1593 21363523 109370 4428676 1085806 484 Cable & oth pay TV svces 4468 27512100 128963 3558691 891640 49 Electric, gas, & sanitary ser 20049 310961224 915012 39155155 9720355 491-3 Electric & gas service 11156 292030897 795431 35587620 8876580 491 Electric services 5374 145585669 425285 18818272 4698250 492 Gas production & distrib 3968 75742330 147923 6172159 1502733 4922 Natural gas transmission 515 8739619 12928 617982 156723 4923 Gas transmission & distrib 1648 29313654 69311 3000217 734608 4924 Natural gas distribution 1734 37152366 65239 2536744 607540 4925 Gas prod &/or distrib 71 536691 445 17216 3862 493 Comb utility services 1814 70702898 222223 10597189 2675597 4931 Elec & oth svces combined 1589 68726007 216032 10369875 2622057 4932 Gas & oth svces combined 124 1474027 4459 148864 36273 4939 Combination util, nec 101 502864 1732 78450 17267 495 Sanitary services 5064 15156045 92467 2839499 668778 4953 Refuse systems 3317 14101667 80917 2577856 608540 4952,9 Sewerage & oth sanitary ser 1747 1054378 11550 261643 60238 4952 Sewerage systems 470 351947 3470 82519 20192 4959 Sanitary services, nec 1277 702431 8080 179124 40046 494,6,7 Other utility service 3829 3774282 27114 728036 174997 494 Water supply 3453 3188291 23681 620000 149048 496-7 Misc utility services 376 585991 3433 108036 25949 496 Steam & air cond supply 69 479823 1647 69796 17364 497 Irrigation systems 307 106168 1786 38240 8585 Source: 1992 Economic Census: Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities U.S. Census Bureau Last modified: 05/01/96