United States Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 270,312 km

Highways: 6 365,590 km, including 88,641 km expressways

Inland waterways: est. 41 009 km of navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes

Freight carried: rail—1,637.0 million metric tons, 1,345.6 billion metric ton/km (1984); highways—987.53 billion metric ton/km (1984); inland water freight (excluding Great Lakes traffic)—582.81 million metric tons. 358.29 billion metric ton/km (1984); air— 11,495 million metric ton/km (1984)

Pipelines: petroleum, 883.3 billion metric ton/km, 1,049.6 million metric tons carried (1984)

Ports: 44 handling 10.9 million metric tons or more per year

Civil air: 2,9t>0 commercial multiengine transport aircraft, including 2,724 jet, 185 turboprop, 51 piston (1984)

Airfields: 15,422 in operation (1981)

Telecommunications: 182,558 006 telephones (791 telephones per 1,000 popl.); 4,892 AM, 3,915 FM, 1,285 noncommercial FM stations (10,092 total); 796 commercial, 300 noncommercial (public broadcasting), 6,200 commercial cable TV broadcast stations (7,296 total), 495 million radio and 150 million TV receivers (1982)

NOTE: The information regarding United States on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United States 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United States 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.