Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2008
| 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 | 51,969,415 | Coal | 37,560,566 | Coal |
| Alaska | 6,100,000 | Miscellaneous | 6,100,000 | Miscellaneous |
| Arizona | 27,522,558 | Coal | 3,662,860 | Waste and scrap |
| Arkansas | 26,985,208 | Coal | 19,416,858 | Crushed stone, gravel, sand |
| California | 100,844,567 | Intermodal | 63,854,777 | Intermodal |
| Colorado | 28,848,430 | Coal | 31,839,195 | Coal |
| Connecticut | 1,594,012 | Crushed stone, gravel, sand | 1,778,460 | Waste and scrap |
| Delaware | 5,576,164 | Coal | 703,356 | Iron and steel |
| District of Columbia | 134,636 | Waste and scrap materials | 134,132 | Waste and scrap materials |
| Florida | 69,088,550 | Nonmetallic minerals | 44,726,282 | Nonmetallic minerals |
| Georgia | 82,210,017 | Coal | 33,174,320 | Crushed stone, gravel, sand |
| Hawaii | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Idaho | 8,518,638 | Farm products | 6,864,002 | Farm products |
| Illinois | 155,824,440 | Coal | 106,587,820 | Intermodal |
| Indiana | 59,077,162 | Coal | 50,331,803 | Coal |
| Iowa | 37,429,569 | Coal | 34,934,882 | Food products |
| Kansas | 23,703,303 | Coal | 23,226,109 | Farm products |
| Kentucky | 39,239,064 | Coal | 86,127,100 | Coal |
| Louisiana | 34,465,842 | Chemicals | 28,414,963 | Chemicals |
| Maine | 3,275,464 | Pulp and paper products | 2,998,892 | Pulp and paper products |
| Maryland | 29,220,047 | Coal | 5,596,664 | Waste and scrap |
| Massachusetts | 7,475,780 | Intermodal | 2,242,768 | Intermodal |
| Michigan | 41,572,451 | Coal | 25,162,033 | Metallic ores |
| Minnesota | 57,534,804 | Metallic ores | 74,860,874 | Metallic ores |
| Mississippi | 16,059,403 | Coal | 8,229,320 | Chemicals |
| Missouri | 71,287,602 | Coal | 13,228,482 | Food products |
| Montana | 7,116,984 | Petroleum products | 45,234,173 | Coal |
| Nebraska | 17,633,604 | Coal | 28,902,237 | Farm products |
| Nevada | 7,946,377 | Coal | 2,141,568 | Cement, concrete pr., etc. |
| New Hampshire | 1,228,847 | Coal | 274,672 | Crushed stone, gravel, sand |
| New Jersey | 22,466,962 | Chemicals | 11,242,016 | Intermodal |
| New Mexico | 3,456,234 | Food products | 11,265,862 | Coal |
| New York | 22,800,205 | Coal | 6,770,743 | Waste and scrap |
| North Carolina | 58,440,018 | Coal | 12,086,168 | Chemicals |
| North Dakota | 14,031,268 | Coal | 29,690,563 | Farm Products |
| Ohio | 86,564,754 | Coal | 61,522,546 | Coal |
| Oklahoma | 33,689,501 | Coal | 26,496,734 | Crushed stone, gravel, sand |
| Oregon | 23,889,472 | Farm products | 10,792,772 | Lumber and wood products |
| Pennsylvania | 66,725,355 | Coal | 56,590,737 | Coal |
| Rhode Island | 544,384 | Chemicals | 134,720 | Waste and scrap |
| South Carolina | 31,260,443 | Coal | 13,459,589 | Chemicals |
| South Dakota | 4,490,367 | Coal | 14,411,576 | Farm products |
| Tennessee | 33,387,335 | Coal | 15,491,252 | Intermodal |
| Texas | 210,282,792 | Coal | 96,626,971 | Chemicals |
| Utah | 12,304,453 | Coal | 20,406,386 | Coal |
| Vermont | 1,179,972 | Nonmetallic minerals | 404,560 | Miscellaneous |
| Virginia | 77,081,796 | Coal | 43,684,067 | Coal |
| Washington | 63,162,810 | Farm products | 23,164,170 | Intermodal |
| West Virginia | 22,474,865 | Coal | 114,536,370 | Coal |
| Wisconsin | 72,506,777 | Coal | 14,951,301 | Crushed stone, gravel, sand |
| Wyoming | 17,817,467 | Coal | 445,063,957 | Coal |
| United States, total | 1,898,040,168 | 1,817,102,228 | ||
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-2008, personal communication, Apr. 27, 2010.