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  "schema_version": "fonteum-carrier-census-by-state/v1",
  "generated_date": "2026-07-21",
  "data_as_of": "2026-06-25",
  "source": {
    "name": "FMCSA Company Census File",
    "publisher": "Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration",
    "official_url": "https://data.transportation.gov/Trucking-and-Motorcoaches/Company-Census-File/az4n-8mr2"
  },
  "national_summary": {
    "carrier_census_records": 4457540,
    "registration_status": [
      {
        "code": "I",
        "label": "Inactive registration",
        "carriers": 2254345,
        "pct": 50.6
      },
      {
        "code": "A",
        "label": "Active registration",
        "carriers": 2202214,
        "pct": 49.4
      },
      {
        "code": "—",
        "label": "Other / unknown",
        "carriers": 981,
        "pct": 0
      }
    ]
  },
  "scope": "The 15 U.S. states with the most carrier-census records in the retained aggregate. Counts are records and registration statuses, not unique firms or operating-authority decisions.",
  "rows": [
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      "state": "CA",
      "carriers": 497891,
      "active": 324803,
      "conditional": 420,
      "unsatisfactory": 7
    },
    {
      "state": "TX",
      "carriers": 371284,
      "active": 189878,
      "conditional": 569,
      "unsatisfactory": 22
    },
    {
      "state": "FL",
      "carriers": 284693,
      "active": 153733,
      "conditional": 301,
      "unsatisfactory": 13
    },
    {
      "state": "GA",
      "carriers": 219529,
      "active": 106115,
      "conditional": 449,
      "unsatisfactory": 12
    },
    {
      "state": "NY",
      "carriers": 211676,
      "active": 127598,
      "conditional": 334,
      "unsatisfactory": 10
    },
    {
      "state": "PA",
      "carriers": 167573,
      "active": 80632,
      "conditional": 391,
      "unsatisfactory": 2
    },
    {
      "state": "IL",
      "carriers": 143222,
      "active": 54635,
      "conditional": 448,
      "unsatisfactory": 31
    },
    {
      "state": "NC",
      "carriers": 132856,
      "active": 53242,
      "conditional": 542,
      "unsatisfactory": 84
    },
    {
      "state": "MI",
      "carriers": 130003,
      "active": 77213,
      "conditional": 361,
      "unsatisfactory": 54
    },
    {
      "state": "NJ",
      "carriers": 129490,
      "active": 48329,
      "conditional": 255,
      "unsatisfactory": 9
    },
    {
      "state": "OH",
      "carriers": 121310,
      "active": 50858,
      "conditional": 657,
      "unsatisfactory": 54
    },
    {
      "state": "MN",
      "carriers": 119877,
      "active": 74980,
      "conditional": 361,
      "unsatisfactory": 32
    },
    {
      "state": "IN",
      "carriers": 107412,
      "active": 46493,
      "conditional": 275,
      "unsatisfactory": 59
    },
    {
      "state": "WI",
      "carriers": 100888,
      "active": 64878,
      "conditional": 429,
      "unsatisfactory": 17
    },
    {
      "state": "MD",
      "carriers": 95161,
      "active": 43506,
      "conditional": 225,
      "unsatisfactory": 6
    }
  ]
}