Table 3-2: Hazardous Material Shipments by Selected State of Origin: 2007
Table 3-2: Hazardous Material Shipments by Selected State of Origin: 2007
(Ranked by tons)
| State | Value ($ millions) | Tons (thousands) | Ton-miles (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 15,790 | 26,336 | 5,559 |
| Alaska | 8,918 | 12,960 | 5,339 |
| Arizona | 17,792 | 14,862 | 2,455 |
| Arkansas | 8,808 | 13,090 | 2,145 |
| California | 151,684 | 199,755 | 9,720 |
| Colorado | 12,321 | 16,126 | 2,589 |
| Connecticut | 14,073 | 18,830 | 895 |
| Delaware | 7,314 | 9,525 | S |
| Florida | 45,582 | 68,259 | 9,429 |
| Georgia | 35,767 | 67,633 | 6,608 |
| Hawaii | 9,643 | 16,873 | 535 |
| Idaho | 1,909 | 2,483 | 1,241 |
| Illinois | 73,473 | 114,925 | 32,108 |
| Indiana | 19,168 | 46,314 | 5,818 |
| Iowa | 7,849 | 11,784 | 4,212 |
| Kansas | 19,784 | 29,512 | 3,424 |
| Kentucky | 27,644 | 39,242 | 3,203 |
| Louisiana | 126,043 | 221,005 | 37,565 |
| Maine | 5,465 | 10,249 | 580 |
| Maryland | 8,849 | 12,622 | S |
| Massachusetts | 21,489 | 43,187 | 1,611 |
| Michigan | 24,593 | 34,455 | 3,011 |
| Minnesota | 23,938 | 42,960 | 5,621 |
| Mississippi | 14,586 | 37,253 | 9,961 |
| Missouri | 18,143 | 19,401 | 2,111 |
| Montana | 7,781 | 14,722 | 6,368 |
| Nebraska | 3,476 | 5,047 | 2,352 |
| Nevada | 2,683 | 1,907 | 390 |
| New Hampshire | 2,885 | 4,259 | 174 |
| New Jersey | 47,908 | 78,894 | 4,421 |
| New Mexico | 5,902 | 6,603 | 1,086 |
| New York | 37,438 | 56,577 | 4,411 |
| North Carolina | 20,400 | 23,736 | 3,431 |
| North Dakota | 3,966 | 6,347 | 925 |
| Ohio | 48,758 | 66,218 | 10,576 |
| Oklahoma | 30,998 | 50,428 | 7,543 |
| Oregon | 9,898 | 12,934 | 777 |
| Pennsylvania | 53,480 | 95,592 | 9,895 |
| Rhode Island | 2,896 | 3,713 | 114 |
| South Carolina | 6,398 | 10,288 | 665 |
| South Dakota | 3,019 | 4,475 | 3,003 |
| Tennessee | 13,540 | 18,603 | 2,927 |
| Texas | 340,144 | 499,592 | 76,530 |
| Utah | 12,596 | 28,063 | 6,542 |
| Vermont | 1,433 | 1,899 | 48 |
| Virginia | 13,726 | 16,727 | 1,537 |
| Washington | 28,513 | 40,661 | 10,860 |
| West Virginia | 5,885 | 8,822 | 2,193 |
| Wisconsin | 15,078 | 18,950 | 2,154 |
| Wyoming | 8,793 | 26,438 | 6,090 |
| United States, total | 1,448,218 | 2,231,133 | 323,457 |
KEY: S = Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality.
NOTES: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Data are based on samples from a survey and is subject to variability. Data exclude shipments from entities classified in forestry, fishing, utilities, construction, transportation, and most retail and services industries. Farms and government-owned entities were also excluded. Also excluded are most imports and commodities shipped from a foreign location to another foreign destination that pass through the United States.
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, Commodity Flow Survey 2007, Hazardous Materials, HazMat Shipment Characteristics by Origin State, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/commodity_flow_survey/ as of March 22, 2012.