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Table 1-12. U.S. Automobile and Truck Fleets by Use (Thousands)

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	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Number of Automobiles in Fleets of 25 or more (10 or more cars for 1999)^a
Business^b	2,889	2,628	2,492	1,751	1,722	1,326	1,295	1,188	1,159	3,195
Government^c	538	504	516	401	428	1,214	1,209	1,218	1,030	885
Utilities	551	544	548	386	382	376	376	377	359	320
Police	249	250	264	264	266	269	274	280	289	302
Taxi (includes vans)	141	141	140	140	141	139	130	181	190	135
Rental (includes vans and SUVs)	990	1,160	1,448	1,501	1,473	1,518	1,590	1,608	1,602	1,733
Number of Automobiles in Fleets of 4-24 (4 to 9 cars for 1999)^a	U	U	U	U	U	4,200	4,250	4,373	4,921	1,172
Total						9,042	9,124	9,225	9,550	7,742
Number of Trucks in fleets of 25 or more (10 or more trucks for 1999)^a
Business^d	U	U	1,080	1,378	1,375	1,205	1,275	1,332	1,360	3,016
Government^c	U	U	297	632	646	2,221	2,215	2,223	2,010	2,400
Utilities	U	U	593	493	487	480	482	483	459	499
Other (police, taxi, etc.)	U	U	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Rental trucks (not vans and SUVs)	U	U	304	308	363	202	197	179	181	213
Number of Trucks in Fleets of 4-24 (4 to 9 trucks for 1999)^a	U	U	U	U	U	2,100	2,270	2,420	3,311	1,652
Total						6,215	6,446	6,644	7,329	7,788
TOTAL automobiles and trucks in fleets						15,257	15,570	15,869	16,879	15,530

^a The data source, Bobit Publishing, changed data collection categories for 1999.
^b Includes driver schools.
^c Includes military vehicles and federal, state, county, and local government vehicles.
^d Businesses with 25 or more Class 1-5 trucks including leasing, construction, plumbing, heating, food distribution, pest control, cable TV, etc. (Also applies to 1999 data).

KEY: SUV = sport utility vehicles; U = data are not available.

SOURCE: Bobit Publishing Company, Automotive Fleet Fact Book (Torrance, CA: Annual issues).

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