1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Transportation and Warehousing

Massachusetts
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Revenue
($1,000)
48-49 Transportation & warehousing %% ** 16,293 5,160,217 13,010 455,921 3,283 4,704,296
481 Air transportation %% 314 371,892 231 8,879 83 363,013
483 Water transportation 240 N 201 8,263 39 D
484 Truck transportation 4,882 2,014,694 3,397 228,263 1,485 1,786,431
4841 General freight trucking 3,491 1,152,202 2,933 193,194 558 959,008
48411 General freight trucking, local 1,666 263,857 1,402 88,337 264 175,520
48412 General freight trucking, long-distance 1,825 888,345 1,531 104,857 294 783,488
4842 Specialized freight trucking 1,391 862,492 464 35,069 927 827,423
485 Transit & ground passenger transportation 5,373 729,756 4,712 120,564 661 609,192
4851 Urban transit systems 59 44,898 26 255 33 44,643
4852 Interurban & rural bus transportation 51 68,376 41 866 10 67,510
4853 Taxi & limousine service 3,811 207,057 3,520 82,449 291 124,608
4854 School & employee bus transportation 329 205,292 159 3,924 170 201,368
4855 Charter bus industry 73 76,496 38 699 35 75,797
4859 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 1,050 127,637 928 32,371 122 95,266
487 Scenic & sightseeing transportation 109 N 45 2,322 64 D
488 Support activities for transportation 1,190 519,220 639 18,521 551 500,699
492 Couriers & messengers 3,970 893,172 3,724 65,067 246 828,105
493 Warehousing & storage 210 225,582 61 4,042 149 221,540
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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