Table 5b. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Selected State of Destination: 2002
Monday, July 2, 2012
Table 5b. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Selected State of Destination: 2002
[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]
| Destination 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 | 120,183 | 18.2 | 459,432 | 21.0 | 57,616 | 17.6 | 151 |
| California | 74,773 | 11.3 | 203,905 | 9.3 | 32,293 | 9.9 | 237 |
| Louisiana | 38,542 | 5.8 | 157,297 | 7.2 | 13,783 | 4.2 | 174 |
| Ohio | 28,692 | 4.3 | 105,770 | 4.8 | 17,208 | 5.3 | 130 |
| Illinois | 30,797 | 4.7 | 96,587 | 4.4 | 14,703 | 4.5 | S |
| Florida | 27,431 | 4.2 | 94,555 | 4.3 | 30,545 | 9.3 | 158 |
| New Jersey | 23,071 | 3.5 | 85,470 | 3.9 | 16,218 | 5.0 | S |
| Michigan | 23,135 | 3.5 | 68,731 | 3.1 | 8,682 | 2.7 | 162 |
| Indiana | 19,982 | 3.0 | 68,339 | 3.1 | 4,845 | 1.5 | 91 |
| Pennsylvania | 18,554 | 2.8 | 52,390 | 2.4 | 5,245 | 1.6 | 211 |
| Tennessee | 15,899 | 2.4 | 49,330 | 2.3 | 7,920 | 2.4 | 229 |
| New York | 15,474 | 2.3 | 48,093 | 2.2 | 8,663 | 2.7 | 165 |
| Georgia | 16,255 | 2.5 | 48,091 | 2.2 | 5,638 | 1.7 | 127 |
| Washington | 13,213 | 2.0 | 47,739 | 2.2 | 8,300 | 2.5 | 160 |
| Kentucky | 11,922 | 1.8 | 37,984 | 1.7 | 8,509 | 2.6 | S |
| Mississippi | 9,389 | 1.4 | 35,497 | 1.6 | 4,394 | 1.3 | S |
| North Carolina | 13,976 | 2.1 | 30,367 | 1.4 | 5,017 | 1.5 | 148 |
| Alabama | 9,613 | 1.5 | 30,093 | 1.4 | 4,003 | 1.2 | 108 |
| Utah | 6,261 | 0.9 | 27,951 | 1.3 | 2,295 | 0.7 | 151 |
| Missouri | 9,011 | 1.4 | 27,309 | 1.2 | 2,939 | 0.9 | 108 |
| All other states | 134,008 | 20.3 | 416,587 | 19.0 | 67,911 | 20.8 | 137 |
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.