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NAICS 48-49
Transportation and warehousing

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

48-49	Transportation & warehousing	199,618	382,152,040	115,988,733	3,650,859
481	Air transportation	3,847	19,734,965	3,805,191	99,144
482	Rail Transportation (not included in the Economic Census)	X	X	X	X
483	Water transportation	1,890	23,331,333	3,194,391	66,153
484	Truck transportation	112,642	164,218,769	47,750,111	1,435,210
485	Transit & ground passenger transportation	17,260	18,849,918	7,675,316	398,383
486	Pipeline transportation	2,188	22,031,419	2,476,638	36,790
487	Scenic & sightseeing transportation	2,523	1,858,979	526,353	22,516
488	Support activities for transportation	33,942	57,414,131	16,202,043	465,616
492	Couriers & messengers	12,655	58,164,869	17,175,401	561,514
493	Warehousing & storage	12,671	16,547,657	17,183,289	565,533

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Revenue ($1,000)

48-49	Transportation & warehousing	1,008,617	422,849,549	808,999	80.2	40,697,509	9.6	199,618	382,152,040
481	Air transportation	21,972	20,777,338	18,125	82.5	1,042,373	5.0	3,847	19,734,965
483	Water transportation	8,224	23,752,407	6,334	77.0	421,074	1.8	1,890	23,331,333
484	Truck transportation	525,742	192,943,014	413,100	78.6	28,724,245	14.9	112,642	164,218,769
485	Transit & ground passenger transportation	180,129	23,500,586	162,869	90.4	4,650,668	19.8	17,260	18,849,918
486	Pipeline transportation	2,758	22,091,223	570	20.7	59,804	0.3	2,188	22,031,419
487	Scenic & sightseeing transportation	6,708	2,007,467	4,185	62.4	148,488	7.4	2,523	1,858,979
488	Support activities for transportation	92,016	59,852,985	58,074	63.1	2,438,854	4.1	33,942	57,414,131
492	Couriers & messengers	152,100	60,980,079	139,445	91.7	2,815,210	4.6	12,655	58,164,869
493	Warehousing & storage	18,968	16,944,450	6,297	33.2	396,793	2.3	12,671	16,547,657

Definition: NAICS 48-49 Transportation and warehousing

The Transportation and Warehousing sector 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 are air, rail, water, road, and pipeline.

The Transportation and Warehousing sector distinguishes three basic types of activities: subsectors for each mode of transportation, a subsector for warehousing and storage, and a subsector for establishments providing support activities for transportation. In addition, there are subsectors for establishments that provide passenger transportation for scenic and sightseeing purposes, postal services, and courier services.

A separate subsector for support activities is established in the sector because, first, support activities for transportation are inherently multimodal, such as freight transportation arrangement, or have multimodal aspects. Secondly, there are production process similarities among the support activity industries.

One of the support activities identified in the support activity subsector is the routine repair and maintenance of transportation equipment (e.g., aircraft at an airport, railroad rolling stock at a railroad terminal, or ships at a harbor or port facility). Such establishments do not perform complete overhauling or rebuilding of transportation equipment (i.e., periodic restoration of transportation equipment to original design specifications) or transportation equipment conversion (i.e., major modification to systems). An establishment that primarily performs factory (or shipyard) overhauls, rebuilding, or conversions of aircraft, railroad rolling stock, or a ship is classified in Subsector 336, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing according to the type of equipment.

Many of the establishments in this sector often operate on networks, with physical facilities, labor forces, and equipment spread over an extensive geographic area.

Warehousing establishments in this sector are distinguished from merchant wholesaling in that the warehouse establishments do not sell the goods.

Excluded from this sector are establishments primarily engaged in providing travel agent services that support transportation and other establishments, such as hotels, businesses, and government agencies. These establishments are classified in Sector 56, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. Also, establishments primarily engaged in providing rental and leasing of transportation equipment without operator are classified in Subsector 532, Rental and Leasing Services.

Historical comparability

NAICS 48-49, Transportation and warehousing, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Revenue ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
(1) Data for NAICS 481111 do not include large certificated passenger carriers that report to the Office of Airline Information, U.S. Department of Transportation.
48-49	Transportation & warehousing	2002	199,618	382,152,040	115,988,733	3,650,859
		1997	178,025	318,245,044	82,346,182	2,920,777
		% change	12.1	20.1	40.9	25.0

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Geographic Distribution -- Transportation and warehousing: 2002

Data for the Transportation & warehousing sector are published for the U.S., states and metropolitan areas

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

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Indus-
tries

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Revenue
($1,000)

Revenue
% of
U.S.

Revenue
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

199,618

382,152,040

100.00

1,326

115,988,733

3,650,859

California

19,012

45,507,276

11.91

1,299

13,129,272

397,266

Texas

14,449

32,254,393

8.44

1,482

9,037,291

271,881

Florida

11,193

25,805,912

6.75

1,547

5,674,523

176,357

Illinois

9,923

19,329,778

5.06

1,535

5,936,581

181,908

New York

11,440

18,845,179

4.93

983

6,201,957

199,815

New Jersey

7,187

16,421,043

4.30

1,914

5,742,202

161,594

Ohio

7,459

15,546,563

4.07

1,362

5,381,792

160,945

Pennsylvania

7,461

13,774,754

3.60

1,118

4,917,291

172,280

Tennessee

4,395

11,650,494

3.05

2,013

3,825,895

118,267

Indiana

4,842

10,601,332

2.77

1,722

2,939,057

97,095

Georgia

5,525

10,586,256

2.77

1,231

3,734,646

117,182

Missouri

5,063

9,216,811

2.41

1,623

2,389,922

78,787

Michigan

5,340

9,189,132

2.40

915

3,163,042

91,458

Wisconsin

5,405

8,266,478

2.16

1,520

2,548,254

87,628

Kentucky

3,040

8,249,830

2.16

2,018

2,017,584

67,163

North Carolina

5,507

7,895,233

2.07

950

2,927,986

96,013

Louisiana

3,642

7,847,325

2.05

1,755

2,228,474

64,409

Washington

4,399

7,592,392

1.99

1,251

2,208,484

65,315

Virginia

4,955

7,137,609

1.87

980

2,504,902

83,277

Minnesota

4,341

6,735,513

1.76

1,341

1,714,042

57,425

Arizona

2,760

6,602,709

1.73

1,213

2,277,103

76,124

Massachusetts

3,597

5,919,533

1.55

920

2,186,001

71,350

Arkansas

2,514

5,222,960

1.37

1,930

1,678,344

59,011

Iowa

3,452

5,063,344

1.32

1,725

1,416,591

43,765

Oregon

2,846

4,892,472

1.28

1,389

1,651,722

48,943

Alabama

3,048

4,794,369

1.25

1,071

1,554,467

51,940

Oklahoma

2,398

4,649,332

1.22

1,333

1,100,325

35,473

Maryland

3,589

4,635,726

1.21

852

1,717,554

56,042

Nebraska

2,244

4,452,719

1.17

2,578

946,814

29,243

Colorado

3,017

4,357,611

1.14

968

1,485,756

47,296

South Carolina

2,419

4,296,475

1.12

1,048

1,409,426

46,772

Utah

1,570

4,053,466

1.06

1,743

1,201,951

37,931

Connecticut

1,656

4,014,398

1.05

1,161

1,378,167

40,216

Kansas

2,513

3,963,169

1.04

1,460

1,239,945

40,578

Alaska

1,034

3,205,233

0.84

5,004

715,528

15,457

Mississippi

2,289

2,801,650

0.73

979

888,398

29,548

West Virginia

1,477

1,927,398

0.50

1,068

472,752

15,322

Nevada

1,141

1,842,072

0.48

849

707,214

28,693

New Mexico

1,152

1,655,584

0.43

892

389,904

13,466

New Hampshire

815

1,297,644

0.34

1,019

465,186

15,400

Hawaii

771

1,293,826

0.34

1,049

487,193

16,177

Idaho

1,474

1,183,968

0.31

881

333,747

12,902

Maine

1,293

1,118,787

0.29

863

369,315

13,234

North Dakota

999

1,021,195

0.27

1,612

231,523

8,103

Montana

1,148

996,647

0.26

1,095

234,545

9,094

District of Columbia

215

905,612

0.24

1,564

209,150

5,777

South Dakota

997

904,994

0.24

1,190

195,726

7,529

Delaware

701

749,566

0.20

930

270,380

8,707

Wyoming

740

746,816

0.20

1,497

188,715

5,865

Rhode Island

632

723,864

0.19

677

227,785

9,360

Vermont

539

405,598

0.11

658

134,309

5,476

Products Lines for Transportation and warehousing
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
40000	Industry total	382,152,04	100.00
42010	Long-distance motor carrier revenue	113,383,08	29.67
42000	Local motor carrier revenue	44,002,872	11.51
42020	Courier and messenger services, including parcel delivery	34,601,722	9.05
	-Other	190,164,36	49.76

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Transportation and warehousing
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-48SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US
EC02-48SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Revenue Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Revenue Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-48SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Summary Statistics of Enterprise Support Establishments by Industry Served	US
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, metros
EC02-48A	Geographic Area Series	Enterprise Support Statistics	US
SB02-00A	Survey of Business Owners	Business Ownership by Gender, Hispanic or Latino Origin, and Race	US

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 48-49
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey	Annual	Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas

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Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 48-49 Transportation and warehousing

Definition: NAICS 48-49 Transportation and warehousing

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