"Table 1-47:  Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa  (Millions)",,,,,,,,,,,
,2000,,,1990,,,,,,,
,Rank,Total    tons  ,,Rank,Total    tons ,% change 1990-2000,,,,,
"South Louisiana, LA",1,217.8,,1,194.2,12.1,,,,,
"Houston, TX",2,191.4,,3,126.2,51.7,,,,,
"New York, NY and NJ",3,138.7,,2,140.0,-1.0,,,,,
"New Orleans, LA",4,90.8,,6,62.7,44.7,,,,,
"Corpus Christi, TX",5,83.1,,7,62.0,34.0,,,,,
"Beaumont, TX",6,82.7,,23,26.7,209.2,,,,,
"Huntington, WV",7,76.9,,34,17.3,344.1,,,,,
"Long Beach, CA",8,70.1,,10,52.4,33.8,,,,,
"Baton Rouge, LA",9,65.6,,5,78.1,-16.0,,,,,
"Texas City, TX",10,61.6,,12,48.1,28.1,,,,,
"Plaquemine, LA",11,59.9,,8,56.6,5.9,,,,,
"Lake Charles, LA",12,55.5,,16,40.9,35.8,,,,,
"Mobile, AL",13,54.2,,15,41.1,31.7,,,,,
"Pittsburgh, PA",14,53.9,,19,35.5,51.9,,,,,
"Los Angeles, CA",15,48.2,,13,46.4,4.0,,,,,
"Valdez, AK",16,48.1,,4,96.0,-49.9,,,,,
"Tampa, FL",17,46.5,,11,51.6,-9.9,,,,,
"Philadelphia, PA",18,43.9,,14,41.8,4.8,,,,,
"Norfolk Harbor, VA",19,42.4,,9,53.7,-21.1,,,,,
"Duluth-Superior, MN and WI",20,41.7,,17,40.8,2.2,,,,,
"Baltimore, MD",21,40.8,,18,39.5,3.3,,,,,
"Portland, OR",22,34.3,,21,27.5,25.0,,,,,
"St. Louis, MO and IL",23,33.3,,22,27.1,23.0,,,,,
"Freeport, TX",24,31.0,,40,14.5,113.8,,,,,
"Portland, ME",25,29.3,,51,10.8,172.3,,,,,
"Pascagoula, MS",26,28.7,,24,26.5,8.4,,,,,
"Paulsboro, NJ",27,26.9,,27,23.3,15.2,,,,,
"Seattle, WA",28,24.2,,30,21.6,12.0,,,,,
"Chicago, IL",29,23.9,,28,22.5,6.2,,,,,
"Marcus Hook, PA",30,22.6,,25,25.9,-12.7,,,,,
"Port Everglades, FL",31,22.5,,42,14.1,59.1,,,,,
"Tacoma, WA",32,22.3,,31,21.4,4.0,,,,,
"Port Arthur, TX",33,21.4,,20,30.7,-30.3,,,,,
"Charleston, SC",34,21.1,,54,9.7,117.3,,,,,
"Boston, MA",35,20.8,,29,21.9,-5.3,,,,,
"Jacksonville, FL",36,19.7,,36,15.1,30.3,,,,,
"Savannah, GA",37,19.7,,44,13.6,45.0,,,,,
"Richmond, CA",38,19.5,,32,21.2,-8.0,,,,,
"Memphis, TN",39,18.3,,47,12.4,47.8,,,,,
"Anacortes, WA",40,18.0,,35,15.4,17.1,,,,,
"Detroit, MI",41,17.3,,33,17.7,-2.5,,,,,
"Indiana Harbor, IN",42,16.2,,37,14.7,10.3,,,,,
"Honolulu, HI",43,15.8,,50,11.3,39.3,,,,,
"Cleveland, OH",44,14.4,,41,14.4,0.2,,,,,
"Cincinnati, OH",45,14.3,,46,12.6,13.6,,,,,
"Lorain, OH",46,14.2,,43,14.0,1.5,,,,,
"San Juan, PR",47,13.9,,39,14.5,-4.4,,,,,
"Newport News, VA",48,13.8,,26,24.9,-44.6,,,,,
"Toledo, OH",49,13.3,,38,14.7,-9.2,,,,,
"Two Harbors, MN",50,13.1,,48,12.3,6.2,,,,,
  Total top 50,,"2,217.3",,,"1,877.9",18.1,,,,,
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All ports,,"2,461.6",,,"2,163.9",13.8,,,,,
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.,,,,,,,,,,,
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"NOTE:  In 1990, Grays Harbor, Washington, ranked 45th (12.8).",,,,,,,,,,,
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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. ",,,,,,,,,,,
"2000:  Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2000, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2002), tables 1-1 and 5-2.",,,,,,,,,,,
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