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.