Truck freight in Wyoming
Trucks moved an estimated 30.2 million tons of freight from origins in Wyoming in 2024, worth $23.6 billion, according to the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).
Trucks carried 11.1% of all freight tonnage that started in Wyoming, and 17.8 million tons of that truck freight stayed within the state.
Inbound, trucks delivered 27.7 million tons of freight worth $30.3 billion to destinations in Wyoming.
The top destination states for trucks leaving Wyoming were Montana (3 million tons), Colorado (2.8 million tons), Utah (1.8 million tons), California (487,025 tons) and Missouri (335,839 tons).
The largest truck flows into Wyoming from other states came from Colorado (4 million tons), Montana (1.7 million tons), Utah (969,132 tons), Texas (648,778 tons) and South Dakota (641,257 tons).
Truck tonnage from Wyoming origins went from 31.2 million tons in 2018 to 30.2 million tons in 2024, and its value from $18.5 billion to $23.6 billion. The largest one-year increase in tonnage was in 2019, up 996,095 tons. A ton of truck freight from Wyoming was worth $592 on average in 2018 and $781 in 2024.
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| Year | Tons | Value (current US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30,230,191 | $23.6 billion |
| 2023 | 29,511,512 | $23.6 billion |
| 2022 | 28,854,222 | $24.77 billion |
| 2021 | 29,061,375 | $20 billion |
| 2020 | 30,799,584 | $15.84 billion |
| 2019 | 32,184,119 | $17.98 billion |
| 2018 | 31,188,024 | $18.45 billion |
The top three, Montana, Colorado and Utah, took 67.2% of the truck tonnage leaving Wyoming for other states. Freight to Montana averaged $563 per ton.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 2,995,805 | $1.688 billion | $563 | 26.5% |
| Colorado | 2,786,900 | $4.165 billion | $1,495 | 24.7% |
| Utah | 1,806,842 | $992.9 million | $550 | 16% |
| California | 487,025 | $474.2 million | $974 | 4.3% |
| Missouri | 335,839 | $194.5 million | $579 | 3% |
| Nebraska | 307,336 | $185 million | $602 | 2.7% |
| South Dakota | 258,476 | $202 million | $782 | 2.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 231,763 | $147.4 million | $636 | 2.1% |
| Texas | 228,363 | $247.5 million | $1,084 | 2% |
| Idaho | 227,454 | $171.8 million | $755 | 2% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 157,826 | $83.98 million | $532 | 1.4% |
| North Dakota | 152,251 | $172 million | $1,130 | 1.3% |
| Illinois | 138,016 | $136.3 million | $988 | 1.2% |
| Arizona | 126,325 | $74.15 million | $587 | 1.1% |
| Washington | 92,478 | $84.75 million | $916 | 0.8% |
Colorado, Montana and Utah sent 68.3% of the truck tonnage arriving from other states, worth $7.8 billion. The 15 states listed sent 95.4% of it.
| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 3,988,486 | $5.285 billion | $1,325 | 41% |
| Montana | 1,680,107 | $836.7 million | $498 | 17.3% |
| Utah | 969,132 | $1.719 billion | $1,773 | 10% |
| Texas | 648,778 | $1.744 billion | $2,688 | 6.7% |
| South Dakota | 641,257 | $470.7 million | $734 | 6.6% |
| Idaho | 320,062 | $446.3 million | $1,394 | 3.3% |
| Nebraska | 307,982 | $469.2 million | $1,523 | 3.2% |
| California | 220,324 | $622.9 million | $2,827 | 2.3% |
| Nevada | 86,094 | $81.39 million | $945 | 0.9% |
| Washington | 85,037 | $392.2 million | $4,612 | 0.9% |
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| State | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 79,261 | $362.2 million | $4,570 | 0.8% |
| Missouri | 62,374 | $188.9 million | $3,029 | 0.6% |
| Iowa | 61,572 | $373.3 million | $6,062 | 0.6% |
| Kansas | 61,344 | $445.9 million | $7,270 | 0.6% |
| Minnesota | 60,416 | $196.5 million | $3,252 | 0.6% |
Basic chemicals led by weight (16% of outbound truck tonnage); by value the largest of these was mixed freight at $3.4 billion. The 15 commodities listed make up 89.5% of the tonnage.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic chemicals | 4,838,469 | $2.369 billion | $490 | 16% |
| Crude petroleum | 3,749,200 | $1.724 billion | $460 | 12.4% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 2,523,599 | $348 million | $138 | 8.3% |
| Fuel oils | 2,434,405 | $2.195 billion | $902 | 8.1% |
| Fertilizers | 1,806,934 | $626.7 million | $347 | 6% |
| Gravel | 1,642,211 | $19.97 million | $12 | 5.4% |
| Mixed freight | 1,434,530 | $3.448 billion | $2,403 | 4.7% |
| Logs | 1,263,049 | $25.07 million | $20 | 4.2% |
| Gasoline | 1,252,829 | $965.4 million | $771 | 4.1% |
| Waste and scrap | 1,173,937 | $38.83 million | $33 | 3.9% |
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| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereal grains | 1,169,166 | $231.2 million | $198 | 3.9% |
| Animal feed | 1,107,456 | $199 million | $180 | 3.7% |
| Natural gas and other fossil products | 1,056,401 | $684.5 million | $648 | 3.5% |
| Other agricultural products | 864,841 | $140.2 million | $162 | 2.9% |
| Natural sands | 719,646 | $7.628 million | $11 | 2.4% |
Inbound, crude petroleum, nonmetallic mineral products and gravel were the heaviest, 30.6% of truck tonnage delivered in Wyoming.
| Commodity | Tons | Value | Per ton | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude petroleum | 3,107,346 | $1.429 billion | $460 | 11.2% |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 2,744,677 | $554.3 million | $202 | 9.9% |
| Gravel | 2,631,688 | $34.98 million | $13 | 9.5% |
| Fuel oils | 2,563,434 | $2.315 billion | $903 | 9.3% |
| Gasoline | 1,496,808 | $1.134 billion | $757 | 5.4% |
| Animal feed | 1,318,498 | $340.7 million | $258 | 4.8% |
| Logs | 1,265,769 | $26.93 million | $21 | 4.6% |
| Basic chemicals | 1,237,237 | $533.3 million | $431 | 4.5% |
| Natural gas and other fossil products | 1,209,993 | $663.5 million | $548 | 4.4% |
| Other foodstuffs | 1,016,519 | $1.1 billion | $1,082 | 3.7% |
| Waste and scrap | 1,000,682 | $1.899 million | $2 | 3.6% |
| Other agricultural products | 896,900 | $251.7 million | $281 | 3.2% |
65.7% of the truck tonnage from Wyoming moves less than 250 miles, and 9.8% travels 1,000 miles or more.
| Distance | Tons | Share of tons |
|---|---|---|
| Below 100 miles | 1,285,149 | 4.3% |
| 100 to 249 miles | 18,549,529 | 61.4% |
| 250 to 499 miles | 6,335,295 | 21% |
| 500 to 749 miles | 414,093 | 1.4% |
| 750 to 999 miles | 691,096 | 2.3% |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 2,444,405 | 8.1% |
| 1,500 to 2,000 miles | 433,824 | 1.4% |
| Over 2,000 miles | 76,800 | 0.3% |