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2002 Economic Census
Transportation and Warehousing
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Transportation and Warehousing - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

(1) Data for NAICS 481111 do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Information, U.S. Department of Transportation.

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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
  48-49 Transportation & warehousing 4,395 11,650,494 3,825,895 118,267
481 Air transportation 68 D D (1000-2499)
482 Rail Transportation (not covered in the Economic Census) X X X X
483 Water transportation 19 D D (1000-2499)
484 Truck transportation 2,449 5,437,308 1,814,616 52,730
485 Transit & ground passenger transportation 329 D D (2500-4999)
486 Pipeline transportation 35 D D (250-499)
487 Scenic & sightseeing transportation 21 D D (250-499)
488 Support activities for transportation 544 958,878 226,908 6,758
491 Postal Service (not covered in the Economic Census) X X X X
492 Couriers & messengers 539 D D (10k-24k)
493 Warehousing & storage 391 575,604 609,819 24,556

 

 

Transportation and Warehousing - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

(1) Data for NAICS 481111 do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Information, U.S. Department of Transportation.


NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
481 Air transportation 68 D D (1000-2499)
4811 Scheduled air transportation 21 D D (1000-2499)
481111 Scheduled passenger air transportation 17 D D (1000-2499)
4812 Nonscheduled air transportation 47 D D (250-499)
481211 Nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation 32 D D (100-249)
481212 Nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation 11 D D (20-99)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
482 Rail Transportation (not covered in the Economic Census) X X X X
482111 Line-Haul Railroads X X X X
482112 Short Line Railroads X X X X

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
483 Water transportation 19 D D (1000-2499)
4831 Deep sea, coastal, & Great Lakes water transportation 11 D D (100-249)
4832 Inland water transportation 8 295,864 54,556 1,155
483211 Inland water freight transportation 8 295,864 54,556 1,155
4832111 Inland waterways freight transportation (except towing) 7 D D (500-999)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
484 Truck transportation 2,449 5,437,308 1,814,616 52,730
4841 General freight trucking 1,524 4,408,940 1,525,949 43,416
48411 General freight trucking, local 290 253,115 90,526 3,045
4841101 General freight trucking without storage, local, truckload 197 184,826 65,511 2,107
4841102 General freight trucking w/o storage, local, less than truckload 67 55,330 18,930 755
4841103 General freight trucking with storage, local, truckload 15 5,000 2,680 82
4841104 General freight trucking with storage, local, less than truckload 11 7,959 3,405 101
48412 General freight trucking, long-distance 1,234 4,155,825 1,435,423 40,371
484121 General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload 1,007 2,974,986 880,140 27,293
484122 General freight trucking, long-distance, less than truckload 227 1,180,839 555,283 13,078
4842 Specialized freight trucking 925 1,028,368 288,667 9,314
48421 Used household & office goods moving 128 156,147 42,322 1,547
4842101 Used household & office goods moving, local, without storage 46 18,056 7,568 388
4842102 Used household & office goods moving, long-distance 67 128,853 30,426 998
4842103 Used household & office goods moving, local, with storage 15 9,238 4,328 161
48422 Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local 548 341,748 97,146 3,613
4842201 Hazardous materials trucking (except waste), local 22 28,973 11,751 338
4842202 Agricultural products trucking without storage, local 87 34,661 8,138 378
4842203 Dump trucking 330 193,728 49,343 2,095
4842204 Specialized trucking without storage, local 100 75,887 25,176 724
4842205 Specialized trucking, with storage, local 9 8,499 2,738 78
48423 Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, long-distance 249 530,473 149,199 4,154
4842301 Hazardous materials trucking (except waste), long-distance 42 64,466 17,497 499
4842302 Agricultural products trucking, long-distance 50 41,389 11,330 388
4842303 Other specialized trucking, long-distance 157 424,618 120,372 3,267

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
485 Transit & ground passenger transportation 329 D D (2500-4999)
4851 Urban transit systems 19 57,959 46,270 1,419
485113 Bus & motor vehicle transit systems 18 D D (1000-2499)
4852 Interurban & rural bus transportation 12 D D (100-249)
4853 Taxi & limousine service 52 D D (250-499)
48531 Taxi service 28 D D (100-249)
48532 Limousine service 24 D D (100-249)
4854 School & employee bus transportation 172 49,156 15,803 1,531
4855 Charter bus industry 22 D D (500-999)
4859 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 52 D D (500-999)
485991 Special needs transportation 41 D D (500-999)
485999 All other transit & ground passenger transportation 11 D D (100-249)
4859991 Scheduled airport shuttle service 7 D D (100-249)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
486 Pipeline transportation 35 D D (250-499)
4862 Pipeline transportation of natural gas 28 D D (250-499)
4869 Other pipeline transportation 7 D D (20-99)
48691 Pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products 7 D D (20-99)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
487 Scenic & sightseeing transportation 21 D D (250-499)
4871 Scenic & sightseeing transportation, land 15 D D (100-249)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
488 Support activities for transportation 544 958,878 226,908 6,758
4881 Support activities for air transportation 79 234,632 57,321 1,787
48811 Airport operations 29 31,381 9,553 518
488119 Other airport operations 27 D D (500-999)
48819 Other support activities for air transportation 50 203,251 47,768 1,269
4882 Support activities for rail transportation 15 24,440 7,944 208
4883 Support activities for water transportation 27 49,720 12,515 405
48831 Port & harbor operations 8 24,752 3,811 118
48832 Marine cargo handling 6 9,601 2,933 79
48833 Navigational services to shipping and salvage 6 10,542 4,114 108
48839 Other support activities for water transportation 7 4,825 1,657 100
4884 Support activities for road transportation 141 58,823 23,426 1,003
48841 Motor vehicle towing 121 43,806 13,948 596
48849 Other support activities for road transportation 20 15,017 9,478 407
4885 Freight transportation arrangement 265 570,822 121,047 3,091
4885101 Freight forwarding 85 304,280 47,441 1,480
4885102 Arrangement of transportation of freight & cargo 180 266,542 73,606 1,611
4889 Other support activities for transportation 17 20,441 4,655 264
488991 Packing & crating 17 20,441 4,655 264

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
491 Postal Service (not covered in the Economic Census) X X X X

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
492 Couriers & messengers 539 D D (10k-24k)
4921 Couriers 475 D D (10k-24k)
4921101 Courier services (except by air) 69 D D (5000-9999)
4921102 Air courier services 406 D D (10k-24k)
4922 Local messengers & local delivery 64 D D (250-499)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
493 Warehousing & storage 391 575,604 609,819 24,556
49311 General warehousing & storage 297 440,643 479,113 18,624
49312 Refrigerated warehousing & storage 18 35,403 15,908 605
49313 Farm product warehousing & storage 21 32,510 7,518 229
49319 Other warehousing & storage 55 67,048 107,280 5,098
4931901 Household goods warehousing & storage 22 13,190 66,174 3,829
4931902 Specialized goods warehousing & storage 33 53,858 41,106 1,269


Source: 2002 Economic Census, Geographic Area Series   Questions?
Last revised: September 12, 2005