U.S. Inter-City Freight

Most recent update: June 24, 2010..

Source: National Transportation Statistics, Dept. of Transportation

(Billions of Ton-Miles)

Year Water Rail Truck Pipe Line Air Total
1980 922 932 630 916 5 3,405
1981 929 924 631 878 5 3,367
1982 886 810 647 847 5 3,195
1983 920 841 674 812 5 3,252
1984 888 901 707 839 6 3,341
1985 893 876 717 821 7 3,314
1986 873 891 735 821 7 3,327
1987 895 952 775 844 9 3,475
1988 890 1,026 801 871 9 3,597
1989 816 1,046 828 868 10 3,568
1990 834 1,064 849 865 10 3,622
1991 848 1,042 868 868 10 3,636
1992 857 1,098 890 890 11 3,746
1993 790 1,135 928 903 12 3,768
1994 815 1,221 988 909 12 3,945
1995 808 1,317 1,034 933 13 4,105
1996 765 1,377 1,062 957 14 4,175
1997 707 1,391 1,111 956 14 4,179
1998 673 1,448 1,140 953 14 4,228
1999 656 1,503 1,176 950 15 4,300
2000 646 1,467 1,193 928 16 4,250
2001 622 1,546 1,213 910 13 4,304
2002 612 1,605 1,245 932 14 4,408
2003 606 1,604 1,265 925 15 4,415
2004 621 1,684 1,281 937 16 4,539
2005 591 1,733 1,291 939 16 4,570
2006 562 1,856 1,291 907 15 4,631
2007 553 1,820 1,317 904 15 4,609