BTS | Table 1-47. Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons (a) (Millions)

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Table 1-47. Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons^a (Millions)

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	1999		1990		% change 1990-99
	Rank	Total tons	Rank	Total tons	% change 1990-99
South Louisiana, LA	1	214.2	1	194.2	10.3
Houston, TX	2	158.8	3	126.2	25.9
New York, NY and NJ	3	133.7	2	140.0	-4.5
New Orleans, LA	4	87.5	6	62.7	39.5
Corpus Christi, TX	5	78.1	7	62.0	25.9
Beaumont, TX	6	69.5	23	26.7	160.0
Baton Rouge, LA	7	63.7	5	78.1	-18.5
Plaquemine, LA	8	62.4	8	56.6	10.3
Long Beach, CA	9	60.9	10	52.4	16.2
Valdez, AK	10	53.4	4	96.0	-44.3
Pittsburgh, PA	11	52.9	19	35.5	49.0
Tampa, FL	12	51.5	11	51.6	-0.2
Lake Charles, LA	13	50.8	16	40.9	24.3
Texas City, TX	14	49.5	12	48.1	3.0
Mobile, AL	15	45.5	15	41.1	10.6
Duluth-Superior, MN and WI	16	42.3	17	40.8	3.8
Los Angeles, CA	17	42.3	13	46.4	-8.7
Norfolk Harbor, VA	18	40.8	9	53.7	-24.1
Philadelphia, PA	19	39.3	14	41.8	-6.0
Baltimore, MD	20	37.3	18	39.5	-5.7
St. Louis, MO and IL	21	32.7	22	27.1	20.6
Portland, OR	22	29.3	21	27.5	6.6
Pascagoula, MS	23	28.1	24	26.5	6.1
Freeport, TX	24	28.1	40	14.5	93.9
Paulsboro, NJ	25	26.9	27	23.3	15.3
Chicago, IL	26	26.0	28	22.5	15.3
Huntington, WV	27	24.7	34	17.3	42.7
Seattle, WA	27	25.5	30	21.6	18.2
Richmond, CA	28	22.4	32	21.2	5.9
Boston, MA	30	22.1	29	21.9	0.9
Port Everglades, FL	31	22.1	42	14.1	56.2
Tacoma, WA	32	21.1	31	21.4	-1.6
Portland, ME	33	20.4	51	10.8	89.4
Charleston, SC	34	19.9	54	9.7	105.2
Marcus Hook, PA	35	19.3	25	25.9	-25.4
Jacksonville, FL	36	19.3	36	15.1	27.6
Port Arthur, TX	37	18.3	20	30.7	-40.4
Savannah, GA	38	18.2	44	13.6	34.1
Detroit, MI	39	16.9	33	17.7	-4.7
Memphis, TN	40	16.6	47	12.4	34.3
San Juan, PR	42	15.6	39	14.5	7.3
Cleveland, OH	43	15.5	41	14.4	7.9
Indiana Harbor, IN	44	15.1	37	14.7	2.9
Newport News, VA	45	14.3	26	24.9	-42.7
Cincinnati, OH	46	14.3	46	12.6	13.3
Lorain, OH	47	13.0	43	14.0	-6.9
Toledo, OH	48	12.3	38	14.7	-16.1
Honolulu, HI	49	12.2	50	11.3	7.6
Two Harbors, MN	50	11.9	48	12.3	-3.3
Total top 50		2,016.5		1,862.5	8.3
All ports		2,326.9		2,163.9	7.5

^a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.

NOTE: In 1990, Grays Harbor, Washington, ranked 45th (12.8) and Anacortes, Washington, ranked 35th (15.4).

SOURCES:
1990: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar
Year 1990, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA :1993), table 5-2.1999: Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar
Year 1998, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA :2000), tables 1-1 and 5-2.

Table 1-47. Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa (Millions)

Table 1-47. Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons^a (Millions)