Trucking by the numbers:

  • Trucks deliver about 73% of the nation’s freight.
  • Trucks pay $36.48B in federal and state fuel taxes.
  • Trucks represent 5% of all registered vehicles.
  • Trucks travel 195 billion miles per year.
  • Trucking employs 8.5 million people, excluding the self-employed.
  • There are 577,000 active motor carriers.

95.5% of those motor carriers have 10 or fewer trucks, and 99.6% have 100 or fewer trucks.

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