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Domestic Motor Fuel Consumption by Type of Vehicle: 1970 to 2005 (Statistical Abstract 2008 Table 1070)

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The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is also designed to serve as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. The latter function is served by the introductory text to each section, the source note appearing below each table, and Appendix I, which comprises the Guide to Sources of Statistics, the Guide to State Statistical Abstracts, and the Guide to Foreign Statistical Abstracts.
This volume includes a selection of data from many statistical sources, both government and private. Publications cited as sources usually contain additional statistical detail and more comprehensive discussions of definitions and concepts. Data not available in publications issued by the contributing agency but obtained from the Internet or unpublished records are identified in the source notes. More information on the subjects covered in the tables so noted may generally be obtained from the source.

Although emphasis in the Statistical Abstract is primarily given to national data, many tables present data for regions and individual states and a smaller number for metropolitan areas and cities. Appendix II, Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: Concepts, Components, and Population, presents explanatory text, a complete current listing and population data for metropolitan and micropolitan areas defined as of December 2005. Statistics for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and for island areas of the United States are included in many state tables and are supplemented by information in Section 29. Additional information for states, cities, counties, metropolitan areas, and other small units, as well as more historical data are available in various supplements to the Abstract.

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US Census Bureau source http://www.census.gov/statab/www

U.S. Census Bureau,
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 (127th Edition)
Washington, DC, 2007;
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

Philip (flip) Kromer converted http://infochimp.org/flip
U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm

U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway

Statistics, annual. See Internet site

< http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm >

referenced on dataset section Data (#1)

U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/index.htm

U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway

Statistics, annual. See Internet site

< http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm >

For more information

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/index.htm

Contact: Tom Howard

202-366-2833

Questions? Call Rosemary Clark 301-761-11…

U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1985, and Highway Statistics, 1993.

U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1985, and Highway Statistics, 1993.

Contact: Bryant L. Gross (202) 366-5026

Date Available: Dec 1.

referenced on dataset section Notes (#2)

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File structure

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the census department as excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and worst of all the table headers aren’t easily matched to their rows and columns.
The excel files in this collection are unmolested copies of the census originals, with the following exceptions:

  1. A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were
    corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty
    gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no
    data were changed.
The tables that were changed: 0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467 0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629 1144 1227 1231
  1. The first four files have been restructured to allow full
    comprehension of the table. If you’d like to help clean up the data
    follow along with what’s there.

The CSV files, and the payload portions of the yaml files, have not been processed beyond extracting an array (excel sheets) of 2-D arrays (each sheet’s cells).

Some metadata (title, footnotes, symbols, and sources) has been copied (without molesting the imported stream) into the appropriate slot in this schema. This metadata identification was purposefully done to be strict and simple, and the original files are somewhat irregular, so it’s possible that some metadata fields were missed

These files have been tagged by hand and received cursory inspection, but you’re advised to check against the originals before you go lauching any Mars rovers.

Footnotes

Notes (pg 2)

  1. Motorcycles included with cars through 1994; thereafter in total, not shown separately.
  2. Change from immediate prior year.
  3. Includes school buses.
  4. Includes combinations.

Headnotes

[92.3 represent 92,300,000,000. Comprises all fuel types used for propulsion of vehicles under
state motor fuels laws. Excludes federal purchases for military use.
Minus sign (-) indicates decrease]

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Year Annual Vans, Vans, Vans,
All percent pickups, All pickups, All pickups,
vehicles 1 change 2 Cars 1 Motorcycles Buses 3 SUVs Trucks 4 vehicles 1 Cars 1 Motorcycles Buses 3 SUVs Trucks 4 vehicles 1 Cars 1 Motorcycles Buses 3 SUVs Trucks 4
1970 92.3 4.8 67.8 (NA) 0.8 12.3 11.3 830 737 (NA) 2172 866 2467 12.02 13.52 (NA) 5.54 10 5.5
1975 109 2.5 74.3 (NA) 1.1 19.1 14.6 790 665 (NA) 2279 934 2722 12.18 14 (NA) 5.75 10.5 5.6
1980 115 -5.9 70.2 (NA) 1 23.8 20 712 551 (NA) 1926 854 3447 13.29 16 (NA) 5.95 12.2 5.4
1981 114.5 -0.434782608696 69.3 (NA) 1.1 23.7 20.4 697 538 (NA) 1938 819 3565 13.57 16.5 (NA) 5.92 12.5 5.3
1982 113.4 -0.960698689956 69.3 (NA) 1 22.7 20.4 686 535 (NA) 1756 762 3647 14.07 16.9 (NA) 5.93 13.5 5.5
1983 116.1 2.38095238095 70.5 (NA) 0.9 23.9 20.8 686 534 (NA) 1507 767 3769 14.24 17.1 (NA) 5.92 13.7 5.6
20=. … snip
Statistics, annual. See Internet site
<http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm>

Symbols

Notes (pg 2)

  • (NA) Not available.

Tablenum

1070

Year

2008

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