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, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Material Shipments by Selected State of Origin, available at www.bts.gov/publications/commodity_flow_survey as of July 2014.