Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2006
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2006
| State | Rail shipments terminating in state | Rail shipments originating in state | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All commodities (tons) | Top commodity by weight | All commodities (tons) | Top commodity by weight | |
| Alabama | 54,795,552 | Coal | 39,833,516 | Coal |
| Alaska | 6,050,000 | Nonmetallic minerals | 6,050,000 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| Arizona | 32,818,804 | Coal | 3,913,724 | Waste and scrap |
| Arkansas | 30,632,161 | Coal | 22,055,391 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| California | 110,117,171 | Mixed freight | 70,067,096 | Mixed Freight |
| Colorado | 33,139,219 | Coal | 33,548,254 | Coal |
| Connecticut | 2,029,792 | Nonmetallic minerals | 2,277,724 | Waste and scrap |
| Delaware | 6,753,686 | Coal | 925,168 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| District of Columbia | 65,480 | Miscellaneous | 120,928 | Miscellaneous |
| Florida | 92,793,888 | Nonmetallic minerals | 60,371,720 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| Georgia | 95,460,937 | Coal | 35,221,078 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| Hawaii | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Idaho | 10,790,673 | Nonmetallic minerals | 10,346,422 | Farm products |
| Illinois | 168,161,452 | Coal | 104,084,854 | Mixed freight |
| Indiana | 69,293,180 | Coal | 53,691,788 | Coal |
| Iowa | 39,518,809 | Coal | 39,834,208 | Food products |
| Kansas | 28,719,409 | Coal | 22,195,882 | Farm products |
| Kentucky | 45,956,463 | Coal | 90,411,262 | Coal |
| Louisiana | 34,666,257 | Farm products | 33,000,869 | Chemicals |
| Maine | 3,774,392 | Pulp and paper products | 3,648,560 | Pulp and paper products |
| Maryland | 28,541,746 | Coal | 5,746,328 | Waste and scrap |
| Massachusetts | 8,740,444 | Mixed freight | 2,488,472 | Mixed freight |
| Michigan | 52,291,490 | Coal | 36,601,302 | Metallic ores |
| Minnesota | 59,750,605 | Metallic ores | 76,732,662 | Metallic ores |
| Mississippi | 17,108,373 | Coal and Metallic ores | 9,188,865 | Chemicals |
| Missouri | 83,724,306 | Coal | 16,058,789 | Farm products |
| Montana | 5,228,672 | Petroleum products | 46,798,991 | Coal |
| Nebraska | 21,231,066 | Coal | 29,453,635 | Farm products |
| Nevada | 9,113,006 | Coal | 2,575,040 | Glass and Stone Products |
| New Hampshire | 1,523,379 | Coal | 541,032 | Pulp, Paper and Scraps |
| New Jersey | 23,380,407 | Chemicals | 12,577,096 | Mixed freight |
| New Mexico | 4,510,523 | Food products | 15,954,589 | Coal |
| New York | 26,924,604 | Coal | 7,567,850 | Waste and scrap |
| North Carolina | 63,232,074 | Coal | 14,335,063 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| North Dakota | 11,972,223 | Coal | 29,860,867 | Farm Products |
| Ohio | 101,033,964 | Coal | 67,596,430 | Primary metal products |
| Oklahoma | 37,632,838 | Coal | 24,574,210 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| Oregon | 24,133,985 | Chemicals | 15,588,564 | Lumber and wood products |
| Pennsylvania | 67,925,852 | Coal | 63,982,125 | Coal |
| Rhode Island | 456,148 | Lumber and wood products | 120,004 | Miscellaneous |
| South Carolina | 37,659,153 | Coal | 16,808,430 | Coal and Petrol products |
| South Dakota | 4,596,693 | Coal and petroleum products | 12,783,454 | Farm products |
| Tennessee | 36,809,874 | Coal | 16,981,597 | Mixed freight |
| Texas | 218,294,813 | Coal | 115,132,816 | Chemicals |
| Utah | 15,159,618 | Coal and Metallic ores | 16,811,662 | Coal |
| Vermont | 1,481,224 | Petroleum products | 516,600 | Miscellaneous |
| Virginia | 62,554,507 | Coal | 48,188,008 | Coal |
| Washington | 56,860,254 | Farm products | 26,227,784 | Mixed freight |
| West Virginia | 35,148,295 | Coal | 114,613,965 | Coal |
| Wisconsin | 78,446,665 | Coal | 16,729,584 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| Wyoming | 19,274,455 | Coal | 493,700,724 | Coal |
| United States, total | 2,080,278,581 | 1,988,434,982 | ||
KEY: NA = not applicable.
NOTE: The top commodity is based on the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings and is determined by the tonnage either originating or terminating in the state (including intrastate shipments.)
SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States-2006, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutAAR/RailroadsAndStates.aspx as of Jan. 27, 2009.