1992 CENSUS OF TRANSPORTATION
1992 TRUCK INVENTORY AND USE SURVEY


=>INTRODUCTION 


Publications of the 1992 Census of Transportation,
Communications, and Utilities containing data on: transportation,
communications, and utilities establishments; characteristics of
trucks; and characteristics commodity shipments are described
below.  The first results were issued in press releases.  Final
detailed statistics are issued in separate paper bound reports
and compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM).
  
Copies of the reports are available from the Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Post Office Box
371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.  Order forms for the specific
reports or CD-ROM's may be obtained from any Department of
Commerce district office, any Bureau of the Census State data
center or business/industry data center, or from Customer
Services, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300, or
call 301-457-4100.


FINAL REPORTS
  
=>TRUCK INVENTORY AND USE SURVEY
52 reports (TC92-T-1 to -52)

This series includes a United States Summary and a separate
report for each State and the District of Columbia.  Data cover
the physical and operational characteristics of the Nation's
private and commercial truck resources, such as the number of
vehicles, major use, annual miles, model year, body type, vehicle
size, fuel type, operator classification, engine size, range of
operation, weeks operated, products carried, and hazardous
materials carried.  The reports show comparative statistics
reflecting percent changes in number of vehicles between 1987 and
1992 for all characteristics.


=>1993 COMMODITY FLOW SURVEY

This series includes a preliminary United States Summary, a set
of National Transportation Analysis Region (NTAR) reports, a set
of State reports (including the District of Columbia), and a
final, more detailed United States Summary. Data cover the
characteristics of commodity shipments initiated by
establishments engaged in manufacturing, mining, wholesale, and
selected retail, service, and auxiliary activities.  The data
include tons, ton-miles, average miles and value of shipments, by
commodity and transportation mode. The NTAR and State reports
include data on NTAR-to-NTAR and State-to-State commodity
shipments, respectively. The final United States Summary includes
more detailed commodity descriptions, data on containerized and
hazardous materials shipments, and supplemental data on
availability and use of transportation equipment and facilities.


=>GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES
1 report (UC92-A-1)

The geographic area Summary report presents data for the United
States and States for establishments with payroll for detailed
kind-of-business classifications. Statistics on number of
establishments and revenue are also shown for States and selected
metropolitan areas (MA's) by kind of business.  For each State,
the District of Columbia, and the United States, 1992 data are
provided on revenue and employees per establishment and on
revenue and payroll per employee classifications. Comparative
statistics showing percent changes in revenue and payroll between
1987 and 1992 also are shown for some kind-of-business
classifications.


=>NONEMPLOYER STATISTICS SERIES
1 report (UC92-N-1)

The Nonemployer Statistics report includes data by kind of
business for all establishments, establishments with payroll, and
establishments without payroll for the United States and States.


=>SUBJECT SERIES
2 reports (UC92-S-1 to -2)

The Establishment and Firm Size report (UC92-S-1) presents data
for establishments with payroll, based on size of establishment,
size of company or firm, and legal form of organization.
Establishment statistics are presented by revenue size and by
employment size; statistics for firms, by revenue size (including
concentration by largest firms), by employment size, and by
number of establishments operated (single units and multi units).
These data are presented for the United States.

The Miscellaneous Subjects report (UC92-S-2) presents data for
the United States as a whole and, where feasible, for States and
MA's for establishments with payroll. Data are provided for some
kinds of business on major sources of revenue; purchased
transportation; cost of purchased travel; revenue by class of
customer; and other miscellaneous subjects.


=>ELECTRONIC MEDIA

All data included in the printed reports are available on CD-ROM.
For the Commodity Flow Survey data, the CD-ROM  provides greater
detail than the printed reports with respect to shipment distance
and weight ranges.  Electronic media products are available for
users who wish to summarize, rearrange, or process large amounts
of data.  These products and corresponding technical
documentation are sold by Customer Services, Bureau of the
Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300.


=>OTHER 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUS REPORTS

Data on retail trade, wholesale trade, service industries, 
financial, insurance, real estate, construction industries, 
manufactures, mineral industries, enterprise statistics,
minority-owned business enterprises, and women-owned businesses
also are available from the 1992 Economic Census.  A separate
series of reports covers the census of outlying areas--Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, and the Northern
Marianas.  Separate announcements describing these reports
are available free of charge from Customer Services, Bureau of
the Census, Washington, DC 20233-8300.