U.S. - Transportation and warehousing - by Year
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More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	169,937	12.3%	3.6%	1.3%	4,438,903	87.7%	75.1%	63.5%
	2007	174,265	12.2%	3.4%	1.3%	4,395,432	87.5%	74.5%	63.2%
	2006	171,947	12.3%	3.4%	1.2%	4,306,405	87.4%	74.0%	62.2%
	2005	169,086	12.2%	3.4%	1.3%	4,168,016	87.3%	73.7%	61.9%
	2004	164,803	12.6%	3.4%	1.3%	4,098,870	87.3%	73.4%	61.7%
	2003	161,862	12.7%	3.5%	1.3%	4,067,935	87.3%	73.4%	61.8%
	2002	159,373	11.5%	2.4%	0.7%	3,581,013	85.6%	70.1%	58.4%
	2001	157,197	12.1%	2.5%	0.7%	3,750,663	86.2%	70.8%	58.5%
	2000	157,333	12.2%	2.5%	0.7%	3,790,002	86.3%	70.9%	58.9%
	1999	155,170	12.1%	2.5%	0.7%	3,627,057	85.8%	70.1%	58.0%
	1998	154,715	12.0%	2.5%	0.7%	3,462,624	85.3%	69.2%	56.5%

Transportation and Warehousing by State
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More data	State	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	United States	157,333	12.2%	2.5%	0.7%	3,790,002	86.3%	70.9%	58.9%
	Alabama	2,789	18.1%	8.9%	5.8%	49,273	83.3%	63.6%	49.0%
	Alaska	766	20.4%	11.5%	7.7%	17,869	89.3%	75.1%	56.9%
	Arizona	2,238	18.3%	9.0%	5.7%	70,337	90.0%	79.9%	71.2%
	Arkansas	2,208	13.9%	7.0%	4.9%	44,799	84.8%	73.2%	60.8%
	California	14,564	18.5%	5.0%	2.2%	418,990	87.4%	70.2%	59.0%
	Colorado	2,555	17.2%	9.4%	6.6%	59,441	88.1%	75.9%	66.8%
	Connecticut	1,363	24.3%	10.0%	6.9%	33,787	85.9%	66.2%	55.9%
	Delaware	613	20.7%	10.3%	7.5%	7,829	76.6%	48.2%	34.7%
	District of Columbia	180	46.7%	32.2%	21.1%	3,796	89.6%	D	D
	Florida	9,382	12.2%	5.3%	2.9%	201,232	87.0%	75.8%	66.5%
	Georgia	4,551	18.9%	10.1%	5.8%	134,055	90.5%	80.8%	72.9%
	Hawaii	598	32.6%	13.7%	7.9%	23,432	90.8%	73.6%	56.6%
	Idaho	1,293	14.1%	6.2%	4.3%	12,663	69.7%	38.1%	23.2%
	Illinois	8,294	16.5%	7.0%	3.5%	215,439	88.5%	76.3%	65.1%
	Indiana	4,142	17.9%	7.5%	4.6%	96,937	86.2%	70.3%	59.6%
	Iowa	2,952	13.5%	5.7%	3.5%	40,148	78.6%	58.8%	44.4%
	Kansas	2,156	15.4%	7.9%	5.8%	35,714	82.9%	68.3%	58.1%
	Kentucky	2,753	17.1%	8.9%	6.1%	67,314	87.1%	75.8%	65.8%
	Louisiana	3,136	19.4%	9.1%	5.9%	63,893	84.2%	67.0%	52.6%
	Maine	1,252	13.2%	5.3%	3.4%	10,778	66.1%	32.9%	19.0%
	Maryland	3,029	18.8%	8.4%	5.1%	56,470	82.9%	63.9%	53.9%
	Massachusetts	3,049	21.0%	8.7%	4.7%	73,423	86.1%	66.3%	51.6%
	Michigan	4,499	17.4%	7.4%	4.2%	100,252	86.7%	71.0%	58.1%
	Minnesota	3,707	15.3%	6.0%	3.6%	78,658	86.2%	70.3%	60.5%
	Mississippi	2,053	15.1%	7.5%	5.4%	25,862	75.4%	55.1%	40.8%
	Missouri	4,451	14.4%	6.5%	4.1%	86,877	84.6%	69.3%	57.9%
	Montana	996	13.8%	6.9%	4.6%	9,997	73.4%	47.5%	28.3%
	Nebraska	1,975	13.0%	6.6%	4.9%	29,378	83.0%	66.3%	58.4%
	Nevada	878	27.6%	17.5%	11.8%	29,376	91.5%	81.3%	65.0%
	New Hampshire	736	16.2%	7.3%	4.9%	15,120	84.8%	68.9%	62.0%
	New Jersey	6,161	18.5%	7.5%	3.6%	161,620	87.7%	72.3%	55.7%
	New Mexico	995	19.1%	10.4%	7.9%	14,433	80.7%	59.7%	49.5%
	New York	9,665	16.4%	5.4%	2.4%	228,555	87.1%	69.8%	53.8%
	North Carolina	4,783	16.3%	7.4%	4.2%	100,493	86.0%	71.0%	59.0%
	North Dakota	854	14.6%	7.1%	4.8%	8,066	69.7%	39.1%	19.8%
	Ohio	6,027	17.5%	7.3%	4.1%	141,812	86.4%	71.3%	59.2%
	Oklahoma	1,971	16.9%	9.0%	6.3%	34,892	83.6%	67.4%	56.2%
	Oregon	2,425	17.4%	8.4%	5.3%	46,131	84.3%	68.1%	53.8%
	Pennsylvania	6,006	20.3%	7.1%	3.7%	163,210	87.4%	69.8%	56.5%
	Rhode Island	562	17.1%	9.3%	7.1%	7,058	80.4%	60.4%	51.1%
	South Carolina	2,018	21.0%	12.0%	7.2%	38,970	84.6%	70.0%	57.5%
	South Dakota	961	10.9%	5.3%	3.7%	7,297	60.4%	33.3%	22.2%
	Tennessee	3,487	19.7%	9.8%	6.1%	104,177	89.5%	77.5%	66.4%
	Texas	11,620	15.9%	6.4%	3.4%	312,089	87.6%	75.0%	64.8%
	Utah	1,300	22.3%	12.6%	9.5%	41,860	91.1%	81.1%	71.8%
	Vermont	491	17.7%	8.1%	5.5%	5,272	71.5%	39.3%	23.0%
	Virginia	4,230	17.2%	7.9%	4.5%	80,818	84.0%	66.7%	52.7%
	Washington	3,715	18.2%	8.2%	4.4%	81,610	86.7%	71.7%	60.0%
	West Virginia	1,352	15.0%	7.1%	4.5%	14,415	69.1%	46.4%	33.4%
	Wisconsin	4,812	15.3%	5.4%	3.1%	78,742	80.4%	58.1%	42.1%
	Wyoming	563	15.5%	8.5%	6.6%	5,343	70.2%	D	D

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U.S. - Transportation and Warehousing by Subsector
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Industry detail	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
			Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	157,333	12.2%	2.5%	0.7%	3,790,002	86.3%	70.9%	58.9%
	481	Air transportation	2,711	21.7%	9.6%	5.0%	615,605	98.7%	96.5%	93.3%
	483	Water transportation	1,445	26.2%	10.9%	4.6%	67,574	92.7%	79.7%	56.1%
	484	Truck transportation	99,065	10.3%	1.9%	0.5%	1,415,794	78.1%	55.7%	41.2%
	485	Transit & ground passenger transportation	14,375	19.8%	4.0%	0.7%	386,874	86.9%	63.0%	42.6%
	486	Pipeline transportation	219	51.6%	41.6%	35.2%	52,960	99.2%	97.8%	95.5%
	487	Scenic & sightseeing transportation	2,174	11.1%	2.7%	1.0%	23,612	74.0%	45.3%	24.3%
	488	Support activities for transportation	25,521	12.4%	3.1%	1.2%	472,372	79.3%	61.4%	46.1%
	492	Couriers & messengers	7,910	12.5%	2.5%	0.5%	619,313	95.9%	91.0%	86.9%
	493	Warehousing & storage	4,567	26.1%	9.2%	3.0%	135,898	87.8%	67.4%	44.5%

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U.S. - Transportation and Warehousing by Industry
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More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	481	Air transportation				2,711	21.7%	9.6%	5.0%	615,605	98.7%	96.5%	93.3%
	4811		Scheduled air transportation			778	33.4%	18.6%	9.1%	570,902	99.6%	98.8%	96.2%
	481111				Scheduled passenger air transportation	500	36.6%	21.0%	10.4%	536,156	99.8%	99.2%	97.2%
	481112				Scheduled freight air transportation	308	34.7%	21.1%	9.7%	34,746	97.0%	92.6%	81.3%
	4812		Nonscheduled air transportation			1,953	17.8%	6.6%	3.7%	44,703	86.6%	68.3%	56.2%
	481211				Nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation	1,346	18.1%	6.5%	4.1%	20,329	79.0%	51.1%	39.9%
	481212				Nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation	190	27.4%	13.2%	6.3%	19,592	97.1%	90.9%	81.7%
	481219				Other nonscheduled air transportation	420	13.1%	4.5%	1.7%	4,782	75.4%	49.1%	20.8%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	483	Water transportation				1,445	26.2%	10.9%	4.6%	67,574	92.7%	79.7%	56.1%
	4831		Deep sea, coastal, & Great Lakes water transportation			867	28.5%	13.1%	6.1%	47,838	93.9%	83.1%	62.1%
	483111				Deep sea freight transportation	241	31.1%	17.4%	9.1%	13,014	95.0%	86.2%	66.2%
	483112				Deep sea passenger transportation	86	26.7%	17.4%	12.8%	12,929	D	D	D
	483113				Coastal & Great Lakes freight transportation	425	30.8%	13.6%	6.6%	20,240	92.2%	77.4%	48.1%
	483114				Coastal & Great Lakes passenger transportation	125	22.4%	7.2%	0.8%	1,655	D	D	D
	4832		Inland water transportation			599	25.5%	10.5%	4.3%	19,736	89.8%	71.3%	41.7%
	483211				Inland water freight transportation	368	31.0%	14.9%	6.8%	16,277	D	D	D
	483212				Inland water passenger transportation	234	17.9%	4.3%	1.3%	3,459	D	D	D
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	484	Truck transportation				99,065	10.3%	1.9%	0.5%	1,415,794	78.1%	55.7%	41.2%
	4841		General freight trucking			47,743	11.3%	2.5%	0.7%	922,740	85.5%	67.7%	53.0%
	48411			General freight trucking, local		19,454	8.3%	1.4%	0.4%	153,280	62.7%	30.5%	15.3%
	48412			General freight trucking, long-distance		28,402	13.6%	3.6%	1.1%	769,460	90.0%	75.1%	60.5%
	484121				General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload	25,439	13.2%	3.4%	1.1%	498,570	86.2%	66.0%	48.4%
	484122				General freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload	3,046	19.3%	7.6%	2.6%	270,890	97.2%	91.8%	82.7%
	4842		Specialized freight trucking			51,474	9.7%	1.5%	0.5%	493,054	64.3%	33.3%	19.3%
	48421			Used household & office goods moving		8,226	17.9%	2.4%	0.5%	128,905	74.5%	37.5%	18.2%
	48422			Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local		31,771	6.5%	0.9%	0.3%	200,437	48.7%	17.7%	8.8%
	48423			Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, long-distance		11,561	13.2%	3.1%	1.2%	163,712	75.5%	49.2%	33.0%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	485	Transit & ground passenger transportation				14,375	19.8%	4.0%	0.7%	386,874	86.9%	63.0%	42.6%
	4851		Urban transit systems			449	36.5%	14.7%	6.2%	43,148	96.8%	87.7%	71.7%
	485111				Mixed mode transit systems	37	35.1%	18.9%	13.5%	6,208	D	D	D
	485112				Commuter rail systems	14	42.9%	28.6%	14.3%	(2500-4999)	D	D	D
	485113				Bus & motor vehicle transit systems	369	37.9%	14.9%	6.2%	31,382	D	D	D
	485119				Other urban transit systems	33	27.3%	12.1%	6.1%	(1000-2499)	D	D	D
	4852		Interurban & rural bus transportation			250	29.2%	13.6%	3.6%	26,805	97.0%	90.5%	82.4%
	4853		Taxi & limousine service			6,731	10.7%	1.3%	0.3%	67,818	67.7%	32.7%	16.3%
	48531			Taxi service		3,085	9.6%	1.3%	0.2%	30,355	67.5%	35.6%	18.1%
	48532			Limousine service		3,650	11.7%	1.5%	0.4%	37,463	67.8%	30.3%	14.8%
	4854		School & employee bus transportation			3,165	31.6%	7.7%	1.0%	162,877	92.7%	72.9%	49.6%
	4855		Charter bus industry			1,312	31.0%	4.8%	1.0%	34,057	85.4%	44.3%	21.8%
	4859		Other transit & ground passenger transportation			2,556	22.4%	5.6%	1.5%	52,169	81.2%	49.4%	24.4%
	485991				Special needs transportation	1,747	23.4%	6.1%	1.7%	34,779	79.8%	47.0%	21.8%
	485999				All other transit & ground passenger transportation	812	20.4%	4.8%	1.2%	17,390	84.1%	54.4%	29.6%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	486	Pipeline transportation				219	51.6%	41.6%	35.2%	52,960	99.2%	97.8%	95.5%
	4861		Pipeline transportation of crude oil			48	75.0%	66.7%	60.4%	6,709	D	D	91.4%
	4862		Pipeline transportation of natural gas			140	46.4%	37.9%	32.1%	39,214	99.2%	98.2%	97.2%
	4869		Other pipeline transportation			61	68.9%	59.0%	54.1%	7,037	D	D	89.9%
	48691			Pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products		51	68.6%	62.7%	56.9%	6,276	D	D	90.5%
	48699			All other pipeline transportation		15	80.0%	60.0%	60.0%	761	98.2%	84.5%	84.5%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	487	Scenic & sightseeing transportation				2,174	11.1%	2.7%	1.0%	23,612	74.0%	45.3%	24.3%
	4871		Scenic & sightseeing transportation, land			414	19.6%	7.0%	3.1%	8,658	D	D	D
	4872		Scenic & sightseeing transportation, water			1,612	8.7%	1.8%	0.7%	12,964	66.0%	35.2%	20.1%
	4879		Scenic & sightseeing transportation, other			152	16.4%	3.3%	0.7%	1,990	D	D	D
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
						Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	488	Support activities for transportation				25,521	12.4%	3.1%	1.2%	472,372	79.3%	61.4%	46.1%
	4881		Support activities for air transportation			3,381	18.2%	5.4%	2.4%	126,701	90.0%	77.2%	65.4%
	48811			Airport operations		1,231	24.0%	7.1%	3.7%	67,932	93.4%	81.9%	73.0%
	488111				Air traffic control	14	42.9%	28.6%	7.1%	755	96.3%	D	D
	488119				Other airport operations	1,217	23.8%	6.9%	3.6%	67,177	93.4%	D	D
	48819			Other support activities for air transportation		2,174	15.8%	5.2%	2.2%	58,769	86.0%	71.7%	56.6%
	4882		Support activities for rail transportation			451	33.5%	16.6%	8.2%	21,427	92.4%	79.0%	54.4%
	4883		Support activities for water transportation			1,993	21.5%	8.6%	3.9%	81,631	92.4%	80.8%	65.2%
	48831			Port & harbor operations		145	47.6%	29.0%	17.9%	7,445	94.4%	82.6%	59.5%
	48832			Marine cargo handling		371	46.4%	25.9%	12.4%	53,496	97.8%	92.6%	79.7%
	48833			Navigational services to shipping		784	17.7%	5.5%	2.8%	11,775	79.5%	49.1%	27.5%
	48839			Other support activities for water transportation		732	12.0%	3.7%	1.6%	8,915	75.4%	50.7%	32.9%
	4884		Support activities for road transportation			6,671	8.2%	1.2%	0.5%	56,207	50.9%	25.7%	16.4%
	48841			Motor vehicle towing		5,902	7.0%	0.5%	0.2%	41,753	38.9%	12.7%	8.7%
	48849			Other support activities for road transportation		769	17.7%	6.8%	2.9%	14,454	85.7%	63.0%	38.5%
	4885		Freight transportation arrangement			11,700	11.5%	2.7%	0.9%	161,662	71.9%	48.4%	29.4%
	4889		Other support activities for transportation			1,405	10.4%	2.8%	0.9%	24,744	83.8%	67.0%	53.9%
	488991				Packing & crating	1,275	10.2%	2.6%	0.7%	13,420	72.6%	D	D
	488999				All other support activities for transportation	130	12.3%	5.4%	3.1%	11,324	97.0%	D	D
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	492	Couriers & messengers				7,910	12.5%	2.5%	0.5%	619,313	95.9%	91.0%	86.9%
	4921		Couriers			2,762	13.1%	3.5%	1.1%	548,858	98.5%	96.6%	94.6%
	4922		Local messengers & local delivery			5,172	12.5%	2.2%	0.3%	70,455	76.3%	47.1%	26.5%
More data	NAICS code	Industry title (with link to definition)				Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
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	493	Warehousing & storage				4,567	26.1%	9.2%	3.0%	135,898	87.8%	67.4%	44.5%
	49311			General warehousing & storage		2,838	26.5%	9.5%	2.7%	80,704	87.4%	66.0%	38.7%
	49312			Refrigerated warehousing & storage		612	32.4%	9.8%	3.9%	27,096	91.5%	71.9%	52.6%
	49313			Farm product warehousing & storage		357	24.9%	11.5%	5.6%	4,891	72.2%	47.4%	24.2%
	49319			Other warehousing & storage		808	24.5%	10.0%	4.7%	23,207	88.2%	71.3%	59.5%

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