Truck freight in New Mexico
Trucks moved an estimated 49.1 million tons of freight from origins in New Mexico in 2024, worth $77 billion, according to the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).
Trucks carried 19.9% of all freight tonnage that started in New Mexico, and 40.8 million tons of that truck freight stayed within the state.
Inbound, trucks delivered 54.7 million tons of freight worth $84.2 billion to destinations in New Mexico.
The top destination states for trucks leaving New Mexico were Texas (3.3 million tons), Colorado (606,199 tons), California (551,559 tons), Louisiana (476,337 tons) and Arizona (413,010 tons).
The largest truck flows into New Mexico from other states came from Texas (6.6 million tons), Arizona (1.7 million tons), Colorado (1.5 million tons), Minnesota (779,435 tons) and California (599,681 tons).
Truck tonnage from New Mexico origins went from 41.3 million tons in 2018 to 49.1 million tons in 2024, and its value from $50.2 billion to $77 billion. The largest one-year increase in tonnage was in 2024, up 5.7 million tons. A ton of truck freight from New Mexico was worth $1,214 on average in 2018 and $1,568 in 2024.
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| Year | Tons | Value (current US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49,102,198 | $76.98 billion |
| 2023 | 43,399,354 | $65.59 billion |
| 2022 | 41,437,511 | $69.37 billion |
| 2021 | 41,333,492 | $57.2 billion |
| 2020 | 40,632,916 | $49.25 billion |
| 2019 | 40,962,079 | $53.59 billion |
| 2018 | 41,316,063 | $50.16 billion |
The top three, Texas, Colorado and California, took 64.6% of the truck tonnage leaving New Mexico for other states. Freight to Texas averaged $1,804 per ton.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,292,704 | $5.94 billion | $1,804 | 47.8% |
| Colorado | 606,199 | $1.535 billion | $2,531 | 8.8% |
| California | 551,559 | $1.373 billion | $2,490 | 8% |
| Louisiana | 476,337 | $211.8 million | $445 | 6.9% |
| Arizona | 413,010 | $705.5 million | $1,708 | 6% |
| Missouri | 159,902 | $602.8 million | $3,770 | 2.3% |
| Utah | 159,164 | $225.4 million | $1,416 | 2.3% |
| Wisconsin | 133,157 | $401.2 million | $3,013 | 1.9% |
| Illinois | 116,108 | $384.3 million | $3,310 | 1.7% |
| Oklahoma | 99,666 | $57.27 million | $575 | 1.4% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 81,912 | $84.45 million | $1,031 | 1.2% |
| Nebraska | 75,570 | $63.08 million | $835 | 1.1% |
| Ohio | 71,507 | $176.5 million | $2,468 | 1% |
| Idaho | 66,388 | $81.66 million | $1,230 | 1% |
| Tennessee | 63,038 | $725 million | $11,501 | 0.9% |
Texas, Arizona and Colorado sent 75.3% of the truck tonnage arriving from other states, worth $20.4 billion. The 15 states listed sent 93.7% of it.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6,558,374 | $13.67 billion | $2,084 | 50.8% |
| Arizona | 1,661,175 | $3.803 billion | $2,290 | 12.9% |
| Colorado | 1,499,555 | $2.905 billion | $1,937 | 11.6% |
| Minnesota | 779,435 | $861.3 million | $1,105 | 6% |
| California | 599,681 | $2.381 billion | $3,971 | 4.6% |
| Oklahoma | 214,971 | $830.8 million | $3,865 | 1.7% |
| Missouri | 141,263 | $300.4 million | $2,127 | 1.1% |
| Utah | 123,675 | $286 million | $2,312 | 1% |
| Illinois | 92,547 | $494.4 million | $5,343 | 0.7% |
| Idaho | 76,101 | $105.5 million | $1,386 | 0.6% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 74,199 | $177.4 million | $2,390 | 0.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 72,821 | $218.3 million | $2,998 | 0.6% |
| North Carolina | 68,030 | $360.9 million | $5,305 | 0.5% |
| Arkansas | 63,882 | $253.1 million | $3,963 | 0.5% |
| Florida | 58,636 | $276.3 million | $4,713 | 0.5% |
Gravel led by weight (23.8% of outbound truck tonnage); by value the largest of these was mixed freight at $8 billion. The 15 commodities listed make up 87.8% of the tonnage.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel | 11,688,294 | $154.9 million | $13 | 23.8% |
| Natural gas and other fossil products | 5,353,035 | $3.641 billion | $680 | 10.9% |
| Other foodstuffs | 5,071,449 | $6.372 billion | $1,256 | 10.3% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 5,043,840 | $1.41 billion | $280 | 10.3% |
| Waste and scrap | 3,376,596 | $325 million | $96 | 6.9% |
| Mixed freight | 2,442,660 | $8.006 billion | $3,278 | 5% |
| Gasoline | 1,709,023 | $1.374 billion | $804 | 3.5% |
| Cereal grains | 1,319,942 | $539.1 million | $408 | 2.7% |
| Animal feed | 1,312,905 | $413 million | $315 | 2.7% |
| Fuel oils | 1,152,268 | $1.805 billion | $1,567 | 2.3% |
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| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude petroleum | 1,001,974 | $486.4 million | $485 | 2% |
| Basic chemicals | 977,568 | $416.3 million | $426 | 2% |
| Other agricultural products | 900,042 | $1.231 billion | $1,367 | 1.8% |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 881,971 | $110.6 million | $125 | 1.8% |
| Natural sands | 871,168 | $23.55 million | $27 | 1.8% |
Inbound, gravel, natural gas and other fossil products and other foodstuffs were the heaviest, 41.1% of truck tonnage delivered in New Mexico.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel | 11,744,539 | $157.8 million | $13 | 21.5% |
| Natural gas and other fossil products | 5,756,839 | $4.295 billion | $746 | 10.5% |
| Other foodstuffs | 4,998,368 | $4.649 billion | $930 | 9.1% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 4,896,469 | $1.462 billion | $299 | 8.9% |
| Mixed freight | 3,171,943 | $13.37 billion | $4,215 | 5.8% |
| Waste and scrap | 2,928,949 | $164.3 million | $56 | 5.4% |
| Animal feed | 2,687,365 | $1.172 billion | $436 | 4.9% |
| Gasoline | 1,978,234 | $1.56 billion | $789 | 3.6% |
| Basic chemicals | 1,723,801 | $1.399 billion | $811 | 3.2% |
| Cereal grains | 1,413,608 | $537.9 million | $381 | 2.6% |
| Natural sands | 1,389,423 | $43.17 million | $31 | 2.5% |
| Fuel oils | 1,302,371 | $1.968 billion | $1,511 | 2.4% |
85.8% of the truck tonnage from New Mexico moves less than 250 miles, and 3.1% travels 1,000 miles or more.
| Distance | Tons | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|
| Below 100 miles | 5,824,989 | 11.9% |
| 100 to 249 miles | 36,264,675 | 73.9% |
| 250 to 499 miles | 2,486,669 | 5.1% |
| 500 to 749 miles | 1,627,461 | 3.3% |
| 750 to 999 miles | 1,381,392 | 2.8% |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 1,237,328 | 2.5% |
| 1,500 to 2,000 miles | 201,292 | 0.4% |
| Over 2,000 miles | 78,392 | 0.2% |