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    <periodOfReport>2020-02-26</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2020-02-28</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>US XPRESS ENTERPRISES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>USX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>FULLER MAX L</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>4080 JENKINS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHATTANOOGA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37421</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
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            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Chairman</officerTitle>
            <otherText>Member &amp; Co-Trustee</otherText>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001743588</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Fuller Janice</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4080 JENKINS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHATTANOOGA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37421</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <otherText></otherText>
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            <rptOwnerName>Fuller Family Enterprises, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>4080 JENKINS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHATTANOOGA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37421</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-02-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                    <value>60120</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                    <value>A</value>
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                    <value>85452</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This line is being amended to correct the vesting dates of the restricted stock award that were provided in the footnote. The award vests in four approximately equal installments on each of March 15, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 and is subject to certain vesting, forfeiture, and termination provisions.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares held by Mr. Max Fuller.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Max L. Fuller, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Janice Fuller, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Max L. Fuller, member Fuller Family Enterprises, LLC, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
