1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Transportation and Warehousing

United States
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)
48-49 Transportation & warehousing %% ** 823,908 347,672,767 645,883 29,427,723 178,025 318,245,044
481 Air transportation %% 19,518 20,924,969 15,920 675,936 3,598 20,249,033
483 Water transportation 9,047 24,405,146 7,126 385,978 1,921 24,019,168
484 Truck transportation 426,345 162,104,069 322,547 20,878,671 103,798 141,225,398
4841 General freight trucking 332,535 106,892,942 287,754 18,467,427 44,781 88,425,515
48411 General freight trucking, local 119,082 18,223,112 103,622 5,949,836 15,460 12,273,276
48412 General freight trucking, long-distance 213,453 88,669,830 184,132 12,517,591 29,321 76,152,239
4842 Specialized freight trucking 93,810 55,211,127 34,793 2,411,244 59,017 52,799,883
485 Transit & ground passenger transportation 164,672 17,755,522 148,659 3,963,108 16,013 13,792,414
4851 Urban transit systems 2,209 1,555,332 1,591 36,649 618 1,518,683
4852 Interurban & rural bus transportation 1,799 1,202,465 1,392 55,033 407 1,147,432
4853 Taxi & limousine service 106,971 5,660,500 100,553 2,505,979 6,418 3,154,521
4854 School & employee bus transportation 11,147 4,553,742 6,663 160,959 4,484 4,392,783
4855 Charter bus industry 3,948 1,871,149 2,417 102,950 1,531 1,768,199
4859 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 38,598 2,912,334 36,043 1,101,538 2,555 1,810,796
486 Pipeline transportation 2,604 26,876,666 293 39,674 2,311 26,836,992
487 Scenic & sightseeing transportation 4,240 1,963,466 1,915 70,030 2,325 1,893,436
488 Support activities for transportation 55,616 40,929,517 24,941 1,171,272 30,675 39,758,245
492 Couriers & messengers 131,523 41,808,258 120,636 1,995,825 10,887 39,812,433
493 Warehousing & storage 10,343 10,905,154 3,846 247,229 6,497 10,657,925
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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