Table 21,,,,,
Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Shipment Weight,,,,,
(Millions of tons),,,,,
Port,1992,,2002,,"% change
1992–2002"
,Rank,"Total
tons",Rank,"Total
tons",
"South Louisiana, LA",1,199.7,1.0,216.4,8.4
"Houston, TX",2,137.7,2.0,177.6,29.0
"New York, NY & NJ",3,115.3,3.0,134.5,16.6
"Beaumont, TX",26,22.4,4.0,85.9,283.8
"New Orleans, LA",6,66.4,5.0,85.0,27.9
"Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PAa ",N,N,6.0,81.1,N
"Corpus Christi, TX",7,60.9,7.0,72.0,18.3
"Long Beach, CA",10,52.0,8.0,67.9,30.4
"Baton Rouge, LA",5,84.7,9.0,60.6,–28.5
"Plaquemine, LA",8,58.5,10.0,59.1,1.1
"Texas City, TX",13,43.1,11.0,55.2,28.1
"Los Angeles, CA",15,40.1,12.0,52.2,30.2
"Pittsburgh, PA",19,34.3,13.0,52.1,51.7
"Valdez, AK",4,93.7,14.0,50.5,–46.1
"Tampa, FL",11,46.4,15.0,48.4,4.2
"Lake Charles, LA",12,44.0,16.0,47.5,7.9
"Mobile, AL",14,40.5,17.0,46.0,13.7
"Duluth-Superior, MN & WI ",17,39.3,18.0,44.2,12.4
"Baltimore, MD",18,37.7,19.0,38.8,3.1
"Philadelphia, PA",16,39.7,20.0,34.1,–14.0
Total top 20b,,1256.4,,1509.0,20.1
"a Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is a newly defined port. Data collection began in 2000.   b For purposes of comparison, Huntington-Tristate, WV-OH-PA, is excluded.",,,,,
Key: N = data are nonexistent.,,,,,
Note: See table 26 for top 20 freight gateways by value.,,,,,
"Sources: 1992––U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Years 1991 and 1992, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1993), table 5-4. 
2002—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2002, Part 5, National Summaries, table 5-2, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/wcsc.htm, as of October 2004.",,,,,
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