Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2011
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 | 47,007 | Coal | 33,182 | Coal |
Alaska | 6,194 | Stone, sand, gravel | 6,194 | Stone, sand, gravel |
Arizona | 25,245 | Coal | 3,073 | Waste & scrap |
Arkansas | 29,080 | Coal | 15,494 | Stone, sand, gravel |
California | 97,407 | Intermodal | 58,652 | Intermodal |
Colorado | 27,390 | Coal | 25,228 | Coal |
Connecticut | 1,394 | Primary metal prod. | 1,490 | Waste & scrap |
Delaware | 3,096 | Stone, sand, gravel | 576 | Chemicals |
District of Columbia | 68 | All traffic | 39 | All traffic |
Florida | 65,095 | Phosphate rock | 39,523 | Phosphate rock |
Georgia | 74,387 | Coal | 29,630 | Stone, sand, gravel |
Hawaii | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
Idaho | 7,549 | Chemicals | 6,741 | Farm products |
Illinois | 158,660 | Coal | 112,264 | Intermodal |
Indiana | 56,327 | Coal | 56,203 | Coal |
Iowa | 35,950 | Coal | 44,955 | Food products |
Kansas | 24,561 | Coal | 20,051 | Farm products |
Kentucky | 37,012 | Coal | 72,728 | Coal |
Louisiana | 36,867 | Chemicals | 28,923 | Chemicals |
Maine | 2,585 | Ground earths | 2,238 | Pulp & paper |
Maryland | 38,659 | Coal | 6,209 | Coal & cement |
Massachusetts | 6,720 | Intermodal | 1,887 | Intermodal |
Michigan | 36,260 | Coal | 22,294 | Metallic ores |
Minnesota | 72,149 | Iron ore | 90,904 | Iron ore |
Mississippi | 14,458 | Coal & iron ore | 7,195 | Chemicals |
Missouri | 72,376 | Coal | 15,494 | Food products |
Montana | 4,171 | Petroleum prod. | 43,497 | Coal |
Nebraska | 23,601 | Coal | 29,362 | Farm products |
Nevada | 6,201 | Coal | 2,314 | Concrete & gypsum pr. |
New Hampshire | 1,027 | Coal & chemicals | 148 | All traffic |
New Jersey | 23,677 | Chemicals | 11,072 | Intermodal |
New Mexico | 3,306 | Food products | 11,856 | Coal |
New York | 21,986 | Coal | 6,799 | Waste & scrap |
North Carolina | 55,012 | Coal | 10,175 | Chemicals |
North Dakota | 12,382 | Coal | 29,754 | Farm products |
Ohio | 83,315 | Coal | 63,236 | Coal |
Oklahoma | 32,886 | Coal | 16,989 | Stone, sand, gravel |
Oregon | 21,216 | Chemicals | 8,496 | Lumber & wood pr. |
Pennsylvania | 60,430 | Coal | 53,532 | Coal |
Rhode Island | 805 | Chemicals | 45 | All traffic |
South Carolina | 31,313 | Coal | 11,970 | Chemicals |
South Dakota | 4,081 | Coal & cement | 14,792 | Farm products |
Tennessee | 28,464 | Coal | 15,229 | Intermodal |
Texas | 202,425 | Coal | 89,284 | Chemicals |
Utah | 12,755 | Coal & cement | 19,394 | Coal |
Vermont | 1,414 | Lumber & wood pr. | 639 | Ground minerals |
Virginia | 77,572 | Coal | 37,534 | Coal |
Washington | 48,842 | Farm products | 20,354 | Intermodal |
West Virginia | 16,681 | Coal | 104,666 | Coal |
Wisconsin | 58,817 | Coal | 16,341 | Stone, sand, gravel |
Wyoming | 16,952 | Coal | 472,453 | Coal |
United States, total | 1,825,827 | Coal | 1,791,098 | Coal |
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, Railroad Ten-Year Trends 2002-2011, available at www.aar.org/StatisticsAndPublications as of July 2013.