1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Transportation and Warehousing

Washington
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 %% ** 13,128 7,732,103 9,144 442,647 3,984 7,289,456
481 Air transportation %% 414 361,456 324 11,102 90 350,354
483 Water transportation 363 1,650,369 268 10,982 95 1,639,387
484 Truck transportation 6,914 2,958,211 4,705 332,718 2,209 2,625,493
4841 General freight trucking 4,918 1,904,801 4,079 286,379 839 1,618,422
48411 General freight trucking, local 1,757 353,065 1,481 91,989 276 261,076
48412 General freight trucking, long-distance 3,161 1,551,736 2,598 194,390 563 1,357,346
4842 Specialized freight trucking 1,996 1,053,410 626 46,339 1,370 1,007,071
485 Transit & ground passenger transportation 1,918 210,281 1,743 42,114 175 168,167
4851 Urban transit systems 26 N 19 418 7 D
4852 Interurban & rural bus transportation N N 14 605 N N
4853 Taxi & limousine service 1,301 N 1,234 29,072 67 D
4854 School & employee bus transportation 43 44,925 25 371 18 44,554
4855 Charter bus industry 43 29,619 15 432 28 29,187
4859 Other transit & ground passenger transportation 488 74,310 436 11,216 52 63,094
486 Pipeline transportation N N D D 13 127,761
487 Scenic & sightseeing transportation N N D D 64 73,693
488 Support activities for transportation 1,372 1,306,412 442 16,791 930 1,289,621
492 Couriers & messengers 1,785 678,853 1,558 23,657 227 655,196
493 Warehousing & storage 238 363,930 57 4,146 181 359,784
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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