Table 3-2: Hazardous Material Shipments by Selected State of Origin: 2002
Table 3-2: Hazardous Material Shipments by Selected State of Origin: 2002
(Ranked by tons)
| State | Value ($ millions) | Tons (thousands) | Ton-miles (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 127,188 | 467,196 | 72,291 |
| Louisiana | 53,408 | 222,696 | 61,920 |
| California | 67,693 | 198,490 | 15,689 |
| Illinois | 40,893 | 121,087 | 17,402 |
| New Jersey | 22,161 | 92,133 | 11,131 |
| Ohio | 27,971 | 81,342 | 8,482 |
| Indiana | 16,005 | 62,895 | 5,476 |
| Michigan | 23,835 | 61,040 | 4,992 |
| Florida | 17,919 | 56,647 | 3,170 |
| Tennessee | 18,492 | 53,674 | 7,057 |
| Washington | 15,471 | 52,179 | 6,274 |
| Pennsylvania | 24,885 | 51,191 | 5,633 |
| New York | 15,292 | 46,215 | 11,134 |
| Georgia | 17,011 | 46,213 | 4,148 |
| Utah | 10,120 | 42,874 | 10,538 |
| Kentucky | 11,718 | 40,932 | 4,213 |
| Mississippi | 8,761 | 36,542 | 16,540 |
| Alabama | 8,691 | 30,545 | 3,087 |
| North Carolina | 12,932 | 28,611 | 3,011 |
| West Virginia | 2,930 | S | S |
| Top 20 states | 543,376 | S | S |
| All other states | 116,803 | 371,305 | 51,832 |
| United States, total | 660,181 | 2,191,519 | 326,727 |
KEY: S = Withheld due to high sampling variability or poor response quality.
NOTES: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.Some unpublished estimates can be derived directly from this report by subtracting published estimates from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction would be subject to poor response, high sampling variability, or other factors that may make them potentially misleading.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey: Hazardous Materials, Washington, DC: December 2004, Table 5a, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/commodity_flow_survey/2002/hazardous_materials/ as of Jan. 26, 2009.