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

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Business type Establishments1 (number) Number of employees Annual payroll ($ thousands)
Total transportation and warehousing 965 29,369 766,995
Air transportation 75 7,909 230,323
Water transportation 11 0-19 D
Truck transportation 447 5,820 187,834
Transit and ground passenger transportation 67 9,445 187,631
Pipeline transportation 2 0-19 D
Scenic and sightseeing transportation 28 500-999 D
Support activities for transportation 186 1,997 46,794
Couriers and messengers 105 1,000-2,499 D
Warehousing and storage 44 1,843 52,276

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.