U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Recession leads to lackluster employment in the trucking industry

Chart 1. Employment in truck transportation, seasonally adjusted, January 1990-December 2009
Month	Employment (in thousands)
January-90	1123.2
February-90	1127.4
March-90	1132.5
April-90	1130.4
May-90	1130.5
June-90	1125.5
July-90	1119.9
August-90	1114.4
September-90	1113.5
October-90	1113.3
November-90	1112.9
December-90	1128.0
January-91	1121.1
February-91	1109.6
March-91	1104.5
April-91	1104.7
May-91	1100.1
June-91	1099.9
July-91	1102.6
August-91	1103.6
September-91	1101.4
October-91	1103.0
November-91	1102.1
December-91	1104.6
January-92	1099.8
February-92	1098.1
March-92	1099.7
April-92	1101.7
May-92	1104.5
June-92	1107.4
July-92	1105.0
August-92	1102.5
September-92	1111.7
October-92	1112.2
November-92	1116.4
December-92	1127.1
January-93	1139.8
February-93	1136.6
March-93	1139.4
April-93	1141.3
May-93	1145.3
June-93	1147.4
July-93	1155.1
August-93	1159.2
September-93	1166.7
October-93	1172.0
November-93	1177.3
December-93	1175.6
January-94	1182.9
February-94	1188.2
March-94	1196.1
April-94	1146.7
May-94	1208.6
June-94	1210.7
July-94	1214.6
August-94	1214.6
September-94	1221.5
October-94	1223.0
November-94	1231.0
December-94	1238.5
January-95	1239.6
February-95	1243.8
March-95	1247.4
April-95	1252.6
May-95	1244.8
June-95	1243.7
July-95	1236.3
August-95	1242.7
September-95	1238.1
October-95	1270.0
November-95	1265.8
December-95	1261.7
January-96	1267.7
February-96	1270.2
March-96	1271.8
April-96	1277.0
May-96	1281.8
June-96	1289.5
July-96	1296.7
August-96	1292.1
September-96	1288.8
October-96	1286.1
November-96	1283.8
December-96	1280.9
January-97	1284.4
February-97	1288.9
March-97	1292.5
April-97	1295.7
May-97	1301.7
June-97	1303.7
July-97	1311.4
August-97	1317.0
September-97	1324.9
October-97	1323.9
November-97	1326.4
December-97	1327.5
January-98	1330.0
February-98	1336.7
March-98	1337.5
April-98	1347.6
May-98	1352.5
June-98	1356.6
July-98	1357.1
August-98	1361.5
September-98	1364.7
October-98	1366.7
November-98	1366.3
December-98	1369.8
January-99	1373.1
February-99	1374.7
March-99	1375.5
April-99	1380.6
May-99	1384.5
June-99	1389.9
July-99	1395.9
August-99	1395.8
September-99	1401.9
October-99	1405.4
November-99	1408.4
December-99	1405.9
January-00	1408.5
February-00	1406.5
March-00	1409.1
April-00	1409.3
May-00	1406.2
June-00	1404.9
July-00	1404.3
August-00	1404.9
September-00	1402.2
October-00	1402.3
November-00	1403.5
December-00	1405.6
January-01	1407.0
February-01	1406.8
March-01	1408.2
April-01	1400.5
May-01	1396.1
June-01	1391.8
July-01	1389.2
August-01	1378.0
September-01	1377.2
October-01	1369.3
November-01	1362.8
December-01	1356.3
January-02	1349.6
February-02	1347.8
March-02	1344.8
April-02	1345.5
May-02	1341.7
June-02	1337.6
July-02	1334.1
August-02	1330.9
September-02	1332.0
October-02	1337.6
November-02	1333.3
December-02	1332.8
January-03	1327.9
February-03	1325.2
March-03	1330.1
April-03	1318.7
May-03	1319.0
June-03	1319.6
July-03	1319.9
August-03	1329.4
September-03	1325.8
October-03	1328.5
November-03	1332.2
December-03	1334.3
January-04	1338.5
February-04	1337.5
March-04	1338.8
April-04	1342.8
May-04	1346.0
June-04	1351.2
July-04	1353.4
August-04	1358.6
September-04	1362.8
October-04	1360.9
November-04	1359.3
December-04	1368.6
January-05	1374.3
February-05	1380.7
March-05	1385.7
April-05	1391.1
May-05	1395.7
June-05	1400.1
July-05	1402.9
August-05	1401.2
September-05	1403.6
October-05	1409.7
November-05	1412.8
December-05	1414.5
January-06	1417.9
February-06	1421.6
March-06	1423.2
April-06	1431.7
May-06	1430.5
June-06	1433.6
July-06	1443.3
August-06	1441.9
September-06	1444.2
October-06	1445.4
November-06	1446.4
December-06	1452.7
January-07	1454.6
February-07	1451.8
March-07	1451.3
April-07	1446.1
May-07	1449.1
June-07	1443.8
July-07	1436.8
August-07	1433.2
September-07	1435.7
October-07	1427.8
November-07	1424.7
December-07	1420.4
January-08	1418.4
February-08	1411.9
March-08	1414.6
April-08	1410.4
May-08	1405.1
June-08	1393.1
July-08	1391.2
August-08	1390.3
September-08	1378.1
October-08	1370.3
November-08	1358.0
December-08	1340.8
January-09	1323.3
February-09	1313.9
March-09	1300.3
April-09	1283.2
May-09	1277.4
June-09	1269.5
July-09	1264.6
August-09	1261.2
September-09	1261.7
October-09	1253.5
November-09	1249.9
December-09	1246.6