SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

The 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities for the first
time collected data for the communications, electric, gas and sanitary service
industries.  In addition, the 1992 census expanded coverage of transportation
industries to include passenger transportation, air transportation, and
pipeline transportation of petroleum products.

The data cited in this Summary of Findings represent establishments of firms
with payroll only.  Nonemployer data are presented in a separate report of
this series (UC92-N-1).

For transportation industries previously covered by the 1987 Census, data for
1992 show that the trucking and courier services industry in the United States
had revenues of $135.4 billion, an increase of 37.6 percent over the 5-year
period.  Establishments in water transportation had revenues totaling $29.2
billion, an increase of 41.5 percent, while revenues of travel agents totaled
$7.0 billion and arrangers of freight and cargo totaled $9.2 billion, which
were increases of 33.4 and 39.3 percent, respectively.

There were 1,484,655 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in the
trucking and courier services in the United States as of mid-March 1992,
compared to 1,371,323 in 1987.  Travel agents had 149,140 employees in 1992,
compared to 131,131 in 1987; while arrangers of freight and cargo had 106,979
employees compared to 97,360 employees in 1987.

For transportation industries covered for the first time, in 1992, data showed
that the passenger transportation industry in the United States had revenues
of $12.6 billion.  Other leading kinds of business in the expanded coverage of
transportation were air courier services with revenues of $11.0 billion, and
pipelines, except natural gas, with revenues of $7.1 billion.

Communications industry data show telephone communications with revenues of
$171.6 billion in 1992.  Revenues of radio broadcasting stations totaled $6.9
billion; television broadcasting stations with $21.4 billion; and cable
television with $27.5 billion.

There were 928,245 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in telephone
communications in the United States as of mid-March 1992.  Radio broadcasting
stations had 112,385 employees; television broadcasting stations, 109,370
employees; and cable television, 128,963 employees.

Electric, gas, and sanitary service industry data show electric services with
revenues of $145.6 billion in 1992.  Revenues of natural gas transmission and
distribution totaled $75.7 billion; combination electric and gas services,
$70.7 billion; and sanitary services with $15.2 billion.

There were 425,285 paid employees (full- and part-time) working in electric
services as of mid-March 1992.  Natural gas transmission and distribution had
147,923 employees; combination electric and gas services, 222,223 employees;
and sanitary services, 92,467 employees.