PURPOSE
The VIUS provides data on the physical and operational characteristics of the nation's private and commercial truck population. Its primary goal is to produce national and state-level estimates of the total number of trucks. This survey was conducted every 5 years, until 2002, as part of the economic census.
The economic census is the major source of facts about the structure and functioning of the nation’s economy. It provides the framework for such composite measures as the gross domestic product, input/output measures, production and price indexes, and other statistical series that measure short-term changes in economic conditions.
