Table 1-21: Number of Trucks by Weight
Table 1-21: Number of Trucks by Weight
| Thousands of trucks | Percent change 1992-97 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1997 | ||
| ALL trucks | 59,200.8 | 72,800.3 | 23.0% |
| Light Trucks | |||
| Less than 6,001 lb | 50,545.7 | 62,798.4 | 24.2% |
| Medium Trucks | |||
| 6,001 to 10,000 lb | 4,647.5 | 5,301.5 | 14.1% |
| 10,001 to 14,000 lb | 694.3 | 818.9 | 17.9% |
| 14,001 to 16,000 lb | 282.4 | 315.9 | 11.9% |
| 16,001 to 19,500 lb | 282.3 | 300.8 | 6.6% |
| Light-heavy Trucks | |||
| 19,501 to 26,000 lb | 732.0 | 729.3 | -0.4% |
| Heavy Trucks | |||
| 26,001 to 33,000 lb | 387.3 | 427.7 | 10.4% |
| 33,001 to 40,000 lb | 232.6 | 256.7 | 10.4% |
| 40,001 to 50,000 lb | 338.6 | 399.9 | 18.1% |
| 50,001 to 60,000 lb | 226.7 | 311.4 | 37.4% |
| 60,001 to 80,000 lb | 781.1 | 1,069.8 | 37.0% |
| 80,001 to 100,000 lb | 33.3 | 46.3 | 39.0% |
| 100,001 to 130,000 lb | 12.3 | 17.9 | 45.5% |
| 130,000 lb or more | 4.6 | 5.9 | 28.3% |
| Not reported | <50 | <50 | N |
KEY: lb = pound; N = data do not exist.
NOTES
Average vehicle weight is the empty weight of the vehicle plus the average load of the vehicle.
Excludes vehicles owned by Federal, state, or local governments; ambulances; buses; motor homes; farm tractors; unpowered trailer units; and trucks reported to have been sold, junked, or wrecked prior to July 1 of the year preceding the survey.
SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census: Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey: United States, EC97TV-US (Washington, DC: 1999).