Truck freight in Ohio
Trucks moved an estimated 466.6 million tons of freight from origins in Ohio in 2024, worth $699.2 billion, according to the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).
Trucks carried 68.3% of all freight tonnage that started in Ohio, and 347.7 million tons of that truck freight stayed within the state.
Inbound, trucks delivered 470.7 million tons of freight worth $731.1 billion to destinations in Ohio.
The top destination states for trucks leaving Ohio were Indiana (20 million tons), Pennsylvania (13.7 million tons), Michigan (12.2 million tons), Kentucky (11.8 million tons) and Illinois (6.4 million tons).
The largest truck flows into Ohio from other states came from Indiana (19.7 million tons), Pennsylvania (17.6 million tons), Michigan (14 million tons), Kentucky (8.6 million tons) and Illinois (7 million tons).
Truck tonnage from Ohio origins went from 489.4 million tons in 2018 to 466.6 million tons in 2024, and its value from $579.6 billion to $699.2 billion. The largest one-year increase in tonnage was in 2021, up 9.3 million tons. A ton of truck freight from Ohio was worth $1,184 on average in 2018 and $1,498 in 2024.
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| Year | Tons | Value (current US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 466,622,453 | $699.2 billion |
| 2023 | 480,713,709 | $693.3 billion |
| 2022 | 475,925,161 | $704.1 billion |
| 2021 | 474,751,107 | $606.1 billion |
| 2020 | 465,445,068 | $532.5 billion |
| 2019 | 471,457,803 | $566.6 billion |
| 2018 | 489,447,114 | $579.6 billion |
The top three, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Michigan, took 41.9% of the truck tonnage leaving Ohio for other states. Freight to Indiana averaged $1,819 per ton.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 19,994,609 | $36.38 billion | $1,819 | 18.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 13,652,557 | $36.05 billion | $2,641 | 12.5% |
| Michigan | 12,190,428 | $33.23 billion | $2,726 | 11.1% |
| Kentucky | 11,809,221 | $23.14 billion | $1,959 | 10.8% |
| Illinois | 6,426,199 | $24.4 billion | $3,796 | 5.9% |
| New York | 3,792,047 | $11.03 billion | $2,908 | 3.5% |
| Texas | 3,619,306 | $19.35 billion | $5,346 | 3.3% |
| West Virginia | 3,282,435 | $7.506 billion | $2,287 | 3% |
| Georgia | 3,251,074 | $10.56 billion | $3,248 | 3% |
| Wisconsin | 3,053,682 | $9.424 billion | $3,086 | 2.8% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 2,954,347 | $12.05 billion | $4,077 | 2.7% |
| California | 2,575,265 | $14.01 billion | $5,440 | 2.4% |
| North Carolina | 2,310,087 | $8.664 billion | $3,750 | 2.1% |
| Iowa | 2,030,374 | $3.267 billion | $1,609 | 1.9% |
| Missouri | 1,969,938 | $7.386 billion | $3,749 | 1.8% |
Indiana, Pennsylvania and Michigan sent 45.1% of the truck tonnage arriving from other states, worth $112.9 billion. The 15 states listed sent 85.9% of it.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 19,704,033 | $41.12 billion | $2,087 | 17.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 17,645,384 | $36.47 billion | $2,067 | 15.5% |
| Michigan | 13,951,006 | $35.29 billion | $2,529 | 12.3% |
| Kentucky | 8,642,708 | $16.75 billion | $1,938 | 7.6% |
| Illinois | 6,953,165 | $26.97 billion | $3,878 | 6.1% |
| West Virginia | 5,062,212 | $7.128 billion | $1,408 | 4.5% |
| California | 4,412,330 | $32.34 billion | $7,328 | 3.9% |
| New York | 4,067,895 | $14.15 billion | $3,477 | 3.6% |
| Texas | 3,227,180 | $16.75 billion | $5,189 | 2.8% |
| Massachusetts | 2,561,327 | $3.613 billion | $1,411 | 2.3% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 2,474,845 | $8.31 billion | $3,358 | 2.2% |
| Virginia | 2,456,786 | $8.299 billion | $3,378 | 2.2% |
| Tennessee | 2,212,002 | $10.13 billion | $4,581 | 1.9% |
| North Carolina | 2,193,673 | $20.01 billion | $9,121 | 1.9% |
| Georgia | 2,064,114 | $6.727 billion | $3,259 | 1.8% |
Gravel led by weight (16.5% of outbound truck tonnage); by value the largest of these was mixed freight at $65.7 billion. The 15 commodities listed make up 78.9% of the tonnage.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel | 77,190,519 | $1.375 billion | $18 | 16.5% |
| Cereal grains | 37,904,314 | $5.806 billion | $153 | 8.1% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 32,370,185 | $14.29 billion | $441 | 6.9% |
| Waste and scrap | 28,216,588 | $5.807 billion | $206 | 6% |
| Base metals | 25,333,906 | $49.5 billion | $1,954 | 5.4% |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 24,964,179 | $1.198 billion | $48 | 5.3% |
| Other foodstuffs | 23,628,990 | $34.71 billion | $1,469 | 5.1% |
| Gasoline | 23,079,535 | $16.33 billion | $708 | 4.9% |
| Other agricultural products | 21,302,473 | $9.71 billion | $456 | 4.6% |
| Mixed freight | 16,169,639 | $65.71 billion | $4,064 | 3.5% |
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| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal feed | 12,843,220 | $7.017 billion | $546 | 2.8% |
| Natural gas and other fossil products | 12,240,402 | $6.546 billion | $535 | 2.6% |
| Plastics and rubber | 11,650,385 | $46.62 billion | $4,002 | 2.5% |
| Articles of base metal | 11,618,936 | $43.61 billion | $3,753 | 2.5% |
| Chemical products | 10,134,073 | $37.02 billion | $3,653 | 2.2% |
Inbound, gravel, cereal grains and nonmetallic mineral products were the heaviest, 31.6% of truck tonnage delivered in Ohio.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel | 78,868,061 | $1.395 billion | $18 | 16.8% |
| Cereal grains | 35,201,232 | $5.391 billion | $153 | 7.5% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 34,785,273 | $12.64 billion | $363 | 7.4% |
| Gasoline | 27,677,012 | $19.54 billion | $706 | 5.9% |
| Base metals | 27,373,575 | $48.48 billion | $1,771 | 5.8% |
| Waste and scrap | 26,837,542 | $5.186 billion | $193 | 5.7% |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 25,543,158 | $1.343 billion | $53 | 5.4% |
| Other foodstuffs | 22,932,178 | $29.18 billion | $1,272 | 4.9% |
| Other agricultural products | 22,258,156 | $12.54 billion | $563 | 4.7% |
| Mixed freight | 14,992,664 | $71.08 billion | $4,741 | 3.2% |
| Fuel oils | 12,284,140 | $13.81 billion | $1,124 | 2.6% |
| Wood products | 12,175,849 | $9.806 billion | $805 | 2.6% |
84.6% of the truck tonnage from Ohio moves less than 250 miles, and 2.6% travels 1,000 miles or more.
| Distance | Tons | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|
| Below 100 miles | 231,466,295 | 49.6% |
| 100 to 249 miles | 163,398,371 | 35% |
| 250 to 499 miles | 35,096,701 | 7.5% |
| 500 to 749 miles | 19,862,251 | 4.3% |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5,113,870 | 1.1% |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 5,918,944 | 1.3% |
| 1,500 to 2,000 miles | 1,737,392 | 0.4% |
| Over 2,000 miles | 4,028,628 | 0.9% |