Freight Facts and Figures 2009

Table 3-2. Number of U.S. Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances: 1980-2007 (Historical)

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Highway	161,490,159	193,057,376	225,821,241	235,331,381	234,624,135	236,760,033	243,010,550	247,421,120	(R) 250,844,644	254,403,081
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more	4,373,784	4,486,981	5,926,030	5,703,500	5,650,619	5,848,523	6,161,028	6,395,240	6,649,337	6,806,630
Truck, combination	1,416,869	1,708,895	2,096,619	2,154,174	2,276,661	1,908,365	2,010,335	2,086,759	2,169,670	2,220,995
Truck, total	5,790,653	6,195,876	8,022,649	7,857,674	7,927,280	7,756,888	8,171,363	8,481,999	8,819,007	9,027,625
Trucks as percent of all highway vehicles	3.6	3.2	3.6	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5
Rail
Class I, locomotive	28,094	18,835	20,028	19,745	20,506	20,774	22,015	22,779	23,732	24,143
Class I, freight cars¹	1,168,114	658,902	560,154	499,860	477,751	467,063	473,773	474,839	475,415	460,172
Non-class I freight cars¹	102,161	103,527	132,448	125,470	130,590	124,580	120,169	120,195	120,688	120,463
Car companies and shippers freight cars¹	440,552	449,832	688,194	688,806	691,329	687,337	693,978	717,211	750,404	805,074
Water	38,788	39,445	41,354	41,588	41,002	39,983	40,290	41,028	41,109	40,695
Nonself-propelled vessels²	31,662	31,209	33,152	33,042	32,381	31,335	31,296	32,052	32,211	31,654
Self-propelled vessels³	7,126	8,236	8,202	8,546	8,621	8,648	8,994	8,976	8,898	9,041
Oceangoing steam and motor ships⁴	864	636	454	443	426	418	412	391	347	216
U.S. Flag fleet as percent of world fleet⁴	3.5	2.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.7

Key: R = revised.

¹Beginning with 2001 data, Canadian-owned U.S. railroads are excluded. This accounted for approximately 176,275 freight cars in 2009.

²Nonself-propelled vessels include dry-cargo barges, tank barges, and railroad-car floats.

³Self-propelled vessels include dry cargo, passenger, off-shore support, tankers, and towboats.

⁴1,000 gross tons and over.

Sources:

Highway: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: annual issues), table VM-1, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2007/ as of April 20, 2009.

Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: annual issues).

Water: Nonself-propelled vessels and self-propelled vessels: U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States, Volume 1, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: annual issues). Oceangoing steam motor ships and U.S. Flag fleet: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics,table 1-23, available at www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_23.html as of April 20, 2009.

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