Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2010
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2010
| State | Rail shipments terminating in state | Rail shipments originating in state | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All commodities (thousands of tons) | Top commodity by weight | All commodities (thousands of tons) | Top commodity by weight | |
| Alabama | 50,334 | Coal | 32,783 | Coal |
| Alaska | 6,194 | Stone, sand , gravel | 6,194 | Stone, sand , gravel |
| Arizona | 24,061 | Coal | 2,546 | Waste and scrap |
| Arkansas | 28,947 | Coal | 18,214 | Stone, sand , gravel |
| California | 95,142 | Intermodal | 56,270 | Intermodal |
| Colorado | 26,219 | Coal | 24,807 | Coal |
| Connecticut | 1,375 | Stone, sand , gravel | 1,639 | Waste and scrap |
| Delaware | 3,643 | Stone, sand , gravel | 421 | Chemicals |
| District of Columbia | 61 | All traffic | 22 | All traffic |
| Florida | 66,691 | Phosphate rock | 40,079 | Phosphate rock |
| Georgia | 73,279 | Coal | 28,294 | Stone, sand , gravel |
| Hawaii | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
| Idaho | 8,514 | Nonmetallic minerals | 7,460 | Farm products |
| Illinois | 157,794 | Coal | 109,467 | Intermodal |
| Indiana | 54,979 | Coal | 52,576 | Coal |
| Iowa | 37,804 | Coal | 47,004 | Food products |
| Kansas | 24,122 | Coal | 22,398 | Farm products |
| Kentucky | 39,190 | Coal | 74,416 | Coal |
| Louisiana | 34,628 | Stone, sand , gravel | 27,221 | Chemicals |
| Maine | 2,748 | Ground earths & minerals | 2,329 | Pulp and paper |
| Maryland | 32,504 | Coal | 6,167 | Waste and scrap |
| Massachusetts | 6,327 | Intermodal | 1,759 | Intermodal |
| Michigan | 38,427 | Coal | 22,030 | Iron ore and metal prod. |
| Minnesota | 71,279 | Iron ore | 89,568 | Iron ore |
| Mississippi | 14,518 | Coal, petrol. & coal prod. | 7,759 | Chemicals |
| Missouri | 69,095 | Coal | 14,521 | Food products |
| Montana | 4,481 | Petrol. prod. & coal prod. | 47,925 | Coal |
| Nebraska | 21,702 | Coal | 32,830 | Farm products |
| Nevada | 7,082 | Coal | 2,009 | Concrete & gypsum prod. |
| New Hampshire | 970 | Coal & petrol. products | 50 | All Traffic |
| New Jersey | 22,175 | Chemicals | 10,637 | Intermodal |
| New Mexico | 3,283 | Food products | 11,357 | Coal |
| New York | 21,991 | Coal | 7,323 | Waste and scrap |
| North Carolina | 53,105 | Coal | 10,093 | Chemicals |
| North Dakota | 14,362 | Coal | 35,585 | Farm products |
| Ohio | 84,423 | Coal | 63,031 | Coal |
| Oklahoma | 31,641 | Coal | 17,727 | Stone, sand , gravel |
| Oregon | 22,284 | Chemicals | 8,374 | Lumber and wood |
| Pennsylvania | 61,590 | Coal | 54,535 | Coal |
| Rhode Island | 950 | Chemicals | 148 | All traffic |
| South Carolina | 31,995 | Coal | 10,810 | Chemicals |
| South Dakota | 4,191 | Coal and cement | 19,053 | Farm products |
| Tennessee | 28,213 | Coal | 17,337 | Waste and scrap |
| Texas | 199,765 | Coal | 88,871 | Chemicals |
| Utah | 11,817 | Coal | 17,960 | Coal |
| Vermont | 1,141 | Lumber and wood | 615 | Ground earths & minerals |
| Virginia | 68,757 | Coal | 37,009 | Coal |
| Washington | 61,078 | Farm products | 20,817 | Intermodal |
| West Virginia | 14,798 | Coal | 100,262 | Coal |
| Wisconsin | 61,596 | Coal | 15,044 | Stone, sand , gravel |
| Wyoming | 17,243 | Coal | 476,841 | Coal |
| United States, total | 1,818,506 | 1,802,184 | ||
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.) Commodity tonnage data are rounded estimates based on the Carload Waybill Sample. Individual state shipments may not add to total.
SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States 2010 , available at http://www.aar.org/KeyIssues/Railroads-States.aspx as of May 22, 2012.