Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 6-1: Transportation and Warehousing Establishments and Employment in South Dakota: 1999

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Business type Establishments1 (number) Number of employees Annual payroll ($ thousands)
Total transportation and warehousing 1,031 7,371 181,533
Air transportation 28 311 7,961
Water transportation 1 0-19 D
Truck transportation 782 5,081 135,199
Transit and ground passenger transportation 74 500-999 D
Pipeline transportation 15 20-99 D
Scenic and sightseeing transportation 7 100-249 D
Support activities for transportation 54 250-499 D
Couriers and messengers 55 413 10,717
Warehousing and storage 15 100-249 D

KEY: D = withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.

1 The transportation and warehousing sector (North American Industrial Classification System [NAICS] 48 and 49) includes industries providing transportation of passengers and cargo, warehousing and storage for goods, scenic and sightseeing transportation, and support activities related to modes of transportation. Establishments in these industries use transportation equipment or transportation related facilities as a productive asset. The type of equipment depends on the mode of transportation. The modes of transportation comprise air, rail, water, road, and pipeline.

SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1999 County Business Patterns, Washington, DC: May 2001, available at http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html as of Oct. 25, 2001.