Table 14,,,,,
Top 20 U.S. Water Ports by Weight,,,,,
(Millions of tons),,,,,%
,,Total,,Total,change
Rank,Port,tons,Rank,tons,1990–99
1,"South Louisiana, LA",214.2,1,194.2,10.3
2,"Houston, TX",158.8,3,126.2,25.9
3,"New York, NY & NJ",133.7,2,140,–4.5
4,"New Orleans, LA",87.5,6,62.7,39.5
5,"Corpus Christi, TX",78.1,7,62,25.9
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6,"Beaumont, TX",R69.4,23,26.7,R159.6
7,"Baton Rouge, LA",63.7,5,78.1,–18.5
8,"Plaquemine, LA",R62.5,8,56.6,R10.4
9,"Long Beach, CA",60.9,10,52.4,16.2
10,"Valdez, AK",53.4,4,96,–44.3
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11,"Pittsburgh, PA",52.9,19,35.5,49
12,"Tampa, FL",51.5,11,51.6,–0.2
13,"Lake Charles, LA",R50.7,16,40.9,R24.0
14,"Texas City, TX",49.5,12,48.1,3
15,"Mobile, AL",R45.4,15,41.1,R10.4
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16,"Duluth-Superior, 
MN & WI",,,,
,,42.3,17,40.8,3.8
17,"Los Angeles, CA",42.3,13,46.4,–8.7
19,"Norfolk Harbor, VA",40.8,9,53.7,–24.1
18,"Philadelphia, PA",39.3,14,41.8,–6.0
20,"Baltimore, MD",37.3,18,39.5,–5.7
,Total top 20 ,"R1,434.2",,"1,334.40",7.5
Key: R = revised.,,,,,
Note: See table 18 for top 20 freight gateways by value.,,,,,
"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 1999, Part 5, National Summaries, personal communication.     ",,,,,
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