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

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Business type Establishments1 (number) Number of employees Annual payroll ($ thousands)
Total transportation and warehousing 648 7,870 221,606
Air transportation 23 20-99 D
Water transportation 9 20-99 D
Truck transportation 295 3,198 105,907
Transit and ground passenger transportation 161 2,287 39,552
Pipeline transportation 4 0-19 D
Scenic and sightseeing transportation 9 0-19 D
Support activities for transportation 95 1,244 35,705
Couriers and messengers 23 500-999 D
Warehousing and storage 29 374 14,831

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.