Table 5a. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Selected State of Origin: 2002
Monday, July 2, 2012
Table 5a. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Selected State of Origin: 2002
[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]
| Origin State | Value | Tons 1 | Ton-miles | Average miles per shipment |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002
(million $) |
Percent | 2002 (thousands) |
Percent | 2002 (millions) |
Percent | ||
| Total | 660,181 | 100.0 | 2,191,519 | 100.0 | 326,727 | 100.0 | 136 |
| Texas | 127,188 | 19.3 | 467,196 | 21.3 | 72,291 | 22.1 | 138 |
| Louisiana | 53,408 | 8.1 | 222,696 | 10.2 | 61,920 | 19.0 | 157 |
| California | 67,693 | 10.3 | 198,490 | 9.1 | 15,689 | 4.8 | S |
| Illinois | 40,893 | 6.2 | 121,087 | 5.5 | 17,402 | 5.3 | S |
| New Jersey | 22,161 | 3.4 | 92,133 | 4.2 | 11,131 | 3.4 | 94 |
| Ohio | 27,971 | 4.2 | 81,342 | 3.7 | 8,482 | 2.6 | 147 |
| Indiana | 16,005 | 2.4 | 62,895 | 2.9 | 5,476 | 1.7 | 89 |
| Michigan | 23,835 | 3.6 | 61,040 | 2.8 | 4,992 | 1.5 | 145 |
| Florida | 17,919 | 2.7 | 56,647 | 2.6 | 3,170 | 1.0 | 123 |
| Tennessee | 18,492 | 2.8 | 53,674 | 2.4 | 7,057 | 2.2 | 185 |
| Washington | 15,471 | 2.3 | 52,179 | 2.4 | 6,274 | 1.9 | S |
| Pennsylvania | 24,885 | 3.8 | 51,191 | 2.3 | 5,633 | 1.7 | 180 |
| New York | 15,292 | 2.3 | 46,215 | 2.1 | 11,134 | 3.4 | 131 |
| Georgia | 17,011 | 2.6 | 46,213 | 2.1 | 4,148 | 1.3 | 150 |
| Utah | 10,120 | 1.5 | 42,874 | 2.0 | 10,538 | 3.2 | 161 |
| Kentucky | 11,718 | 1.8 | 40,932 | 1.9 | 4,213 | 1.3 | S |
| Mississippi | 8,761 | 1.3 | 36,542 | 1.7 | 16,540 | 5.1 | S |
| Alabama | 8,691 | 1.3 | 30,545 | 1.4 | 3,087 | 0.9 | 62 |
| North Carolina | 12,932 | 2.0 | 28,611 | 1.3 | 3,011 | 0.9 | 73 |
| West Virginia | 2,930 | 0.4 | S | S | S | S | S |
| All other states | 116,803 | 17.7 | 371,305 | 16.9 | 51,832 | 15.9 | 136 |
KEY:
– Represents and estimate equal to zero or less than
1 unit of measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of highly sampling
variability or poor response quality.
1 Selected states are sorted in descending order of estimated tons without regard to sampling variability.
SOURCE:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S.
Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Individual State Data, December
2004.