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

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Business type Establishments1 (number) Number of employees Annual payroll ($ thousands)
Total transportation and warehousing 3,053 66,537 2,340
Air transportation 62 21,375 582,631
Water transportation 26 2,651 99,513
Truck transportation 2,230 22,059 658,606
Transit and ground passenger transportation 127 1,000-2,499 D
Pipeline transportation 46 1,000-2,499 D
Scenic and sightseeing transportation 17 100-249 D
Support activities for transportation 311 5,488 158,252
Couriers and messengers 133 9,318 675,492
Warehousing and storage 101 2,271 68,666

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/map/99data/21/999.txt as of Oct. 25, 2001.