Table 18,,,,,
Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight,,,,,
(Millions of tons),,,,,
Port,2000,,1990,,"% change
1990–2000"
,Rank,"Total
tons",Rank,"Total
tons",
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"South Louisiana, LA",1,215.9,1,194.2,11.2
"Houston, TX",2,186.6,3,126.2,47.9
"New York, NY & NJ",3,137.2,2,140.0,–2.0
"New Orleans, LA",4,90.0,6,62.7,43.5
"Corpus Christi, TX",5,81.3,7,62.0,31.1
"Beaumont, TX",6,76.9,23,26.7,188.0
"Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PAa",7,76.9,N,N,N
"Long Beach, CA",8,69.9,10,52.4,33.4
"Baton Rouge, LA",9,65.2,5,78.1,–16.5
"Plaquemine, LA",10,59.7,8,56.6,5.5
"Texas City, TX",11,58.1,12,48.1,20.8
"Pittsburgh, PA",12,53.9,19,35.5,51.8
"Mobile, AL",13,53.7,15,41.1,30.7
"Lake Charles, LA",14,53.0,16,40.9,29.6
"Los Angeles, CA",15,48.1,13,46.4,3.7
"Valdez, AK",16,48.1,4,96.0,–49.9
"Tampa, FL",17,46.5,11,51.6,–9.9
"Norfolk Harbor, VA",18,42.3,9,53.7,–21.2
"Duluth-Superior, MN & WI",19,41.7,17,40.8,2.2
"Baltimore, MD",20,40.8,18,39.5,3.3
Totalb ,,1468.9,,1292.5,13.6
"a Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is a newly defined port since the release of the 1990 data.   
b For purposes of comparison, Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is excluded.",,,,,
Key: N = data are nonexistent.,,,,,
Note: See table 18 for top 20 freight gateways by value.,,,,,
"Sources: 1990––U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1990, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1993), table 5-2.
2000—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2000, Part 5, National Summaries, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, table 5-2.",,,,,
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