Table 1-50: Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 1-50: Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa
| 1990 | 2000 | Percent change 1990-2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total tons (Millions) | Rank | Total tons (Millions) | ||
| South Louisiana, LA | 1 | 194.2 | 1 | 217.8 | 12.1% |
| Houston, TX | 3 | 126.2 | 2 | 191.4 | 51.7% |
| New York, NY and NJ | 2 | 140.0 | 3 | 138.7 | -1.0% |
| New Orleans, LA | 6 | 62.7 | 4 | 90.8 | 44.7% |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 7 | 62.0 | 5 | 83.1 | 34.0% |
| Beaumont, TX | 23 | 26.7 | 6 | 82.7 | 209.2% |
| Huntington, WV | 34 | 17.3 | 7 | 76.9 | 344.1% |
| Long Beach, CA | 10 | 52.4 | 8 | 70.1 | 33.8% |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 5 | 78.1 | 9 | 65.6 | -16.0% |
| Texas City, TX | 12 | 48.1 | 10 | 61.6 | 28.1% |
| Plaquemine, LA | 8 | 56.6 | 11 | 59.9 | 5.9% |
| Lake Charles, LA | 16 | 40.9 | 12 | 55.5 | 35.8% |
| Mobile, AL | 15 | 41.1 | 13 | 54.2 | 31.7% |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 19 | 35.5 | 14 | 53.9 | 51.9% |
| Los Angeles, CA | 13 | 46.4 | 15 | 48.2 | 4.0% |
| Valdez, AK | 4 | 96.0 | 16 | 48.1 | -49.9% |
| Tampa, FL | 11 | 51.6 | 17 | 46.5 | -9.9% |
| Philadelphia, PA | 14 | 41.8 | 18 | 43.9 | 4.8% |
| Norfolk Harbor, VA | 9 | 53.7 | 19 | 42.4 | -21.1% |
| Duluth-Superior, MN and WI | 17 | 40.8 | 20 | 41.7 | 2.2% |
| Baltimore, MD | 18 | 39.5 | 21 | 40.8 | 3.3% |
| Portland, OR | 21 | 27.5 | 22 | 34.3 | 25.0% |
| St. Louis, MO and IL | 22 | 27.1 | 23 | 33.3 | 23.0% |
| Freeport, TX | 40 | 14.5 | 24 | 31.0 | 113.8% |
| Portland, ME | 51 | 10.8 | 25 | 29.3 | 172.3% |
| Pascagoula, MS | 24 | 26.5 | 26 | 28.7 | 8.4% |
| Paulsboro, NJ | 27 | 23.3 | 27 | 26.9 | 15.2% |
| Seattle, WA | 30 | 21.6 | 28 | 24.2 | 12.0% |
| Chicago, IL | 28 | 22.5 | 29 | 23.9 | 6.2% |
| Marcus Hook, PA | 25 | 25.9 | 30 | 22.6 | -12.7% |
| Port Everglades, FL | 42 | 14.1 | 31 | 22.5 | 59.1% |
| Tacoma, WA | 31 | 21.4 | 32 | 22.3 | 4.0% |
| Port Arthur, TX | 20 | 30.7 | 33 | 21.4 | -30.3% |
| Charleston, SC | 54 | 9.7 | 34 | 21.1 | 117.3% |
| Boston, MA | 29 | 21.9 | 35 | 20.8 | -5.3% |
| Jacksonville, FL | 36 | 15.1 | 36 | 19.7 | 30.3% |
| Savannah, GA | 44 | 13.6 | 37 | 19.7 | 45.0% |
| Richmond, CA | 32 | 21.2 | 38 | 19.5 | -8.0% |
| Memphis, TN | 47 | 12.4 | 39 | 18.3 | 47.8% |
| Anacortes, WA | 35 | 15.4 | 40 | 18.0 | 17.1% |
| Detroit, MI | 33 | 17.7 | 41 | 17.3 | -2.5% |
| Indiana Harbor, IN | 37 | 14.7 | 42 | 16.2 | 10.3% |
| Honolulu, HI | 50 | 11.3 | 43 | 15.8 | 39.3% |
| Cleveland, OH | 41 | 14.4 | 44 | 14.4 | 0.2% |
| Cincinnati, OH | 46 | 12.6 | 45 | 14.3 | 13.6% |
| Lorain, OH | 43 | 14.0 | 46 | 14.2 | 1.5% |
| San Juan, PR | 39 | 14.5 | 47 | 13.9 | -4.4% |
| Newport News, VA | 26 | 24.9 | 48 | 13.8 | -44.6% |
| Toledo, OH | 38 | 14.7 | 49 | 13.3 | -9.2% |
| Two Harbors, MN | 48 | 12.3 | 50 | 13.1 | 6.2% |
| Total top 50 | 1,877.9 | 2,217.3 | 18.1% | ||
| All ports | 2,163.9 | 2,461.6 | 13.8% | ||
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.
NOTE
In 1990, Grays Harbor, Washington, ranked 45th (12.8 tons) and Ashtabula, Ohio, ranked 49th (11.9 tons).
Numbers may not add to totals due to roundings.
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: Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2000, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2002), tables 1-1 and 5-2.