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Table 6-2: Transportation and Warehousing Establishments and Employment in the United States: 1999
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Total transportation and warehousing |
187,339 |
3,627,057 |
116,682,214 |
Air transportation |
5,285 |
582,838 |
24,414,357 |
Water transportation |
1,950 |
71,844 |
3,039,510 |
Truck transportation |
108,749 |
1,384,178 |
43,626,168 |
Transit and ground passenger transportation |
16,254 |
370,022 |
6,729,332 |
Pipeline transportation |
2,550 |
48,149 |
3,032,689 |
Scenic and sightseeing transportation |
2,267 |
22,877 |
540,702 |
Support activities for transportation |
31,392 |
440,175 |
14,915,625 |
Couriers and messengers |
11,938 |
578,368 |
16,725,960 |
Warehousing and storage |
6,954 |
128,606 |
3,657,871 |
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.
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