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FACTS ABOUT THE US TRUCKING INDUSTRY

In 2020: • trucks moved 10.23 billion tons of freight • 7.65 million people worked in the trucking industry • ethnic minorities accounted for 42.3 percent of truck drivers • trucks moved 70.9 percent of the value of surface trade between the US and Canada • trucks transported 83.8 percent of cross-border trade with Mexico

Source: American Trucking Trends 2021, ATA

In 2020, women comprised 7.8 percent of the nation’s drivers—an all-time high.

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