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BTS Home > Publications > State Transportation Statistics > State Transportation Statistics 2006

Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2004

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State	Rail shipments terminating in state		Rail shipments originating in state
State	All commodities (tons)	Top commodity by weight	All commodities (tons)	Top commodity by weight
Alabama	49,824,990	Coal	43,698,288	Coal
Alaska	7,595,904	Nonmetallic minerals	7,595,904	Nonmetallic minerals
Arizona	27,957,398	Coal	5,002,140	Glass and stone products
Arkansas	31,900,676	Coal	22,426,793	Nonmetallic minerals
California	103,739,778	Mixed freight	67,135,711	Mixed freight
Colorado	29,953,159	Coal	42,153,903	Coal
Connecticut	2,510,701	Nonmetallic minerals	2,313,121	Nonmetallic minerals
Delaware	5,365,104	Coal	1,143,180	Chemicals
District of Columbia	55,100	Miscellaneous	124,028	Miscellaneous
Florida	102,981,482	Nonmetallic minerals	70,789,831	Nonmetallic minerals
Georgia	89,426,191	Coal	40,819,027	Nonmetallic minerals
Hawaii	0	NA	0	NA
Idaho	9,354,869	Nonmetallic minerals	11,060,859	Farm products
Illinois	186,968,014	Coal	117,571,405	Coal
Indiana	73,126,223	Coal	56,898,622	Coal
Iowa	39,715,056	Coal	41,117,346	Farm products
Kansas	26,928,862	Coal	21,917,686	Farm products
Kentucky	39,282,071	Coal	94,295,874	Coal
Louisiana	30,907,336	Chemicals	40,213,179	Chemicals
Maine	3,769,004	Glass and stone products	4,164,296	Pulp and paper products
Maryland	29,236,237	Coal	9,961,148	Waste and scrap
Massachusetts	9,764,740	Mixed freight	2,894,858	Mixed freight
Michigan	57,202,673	Coal	37,647,962	Metallic ores
Minnesota	62,043,661	Coal	71,229,810	Metallic ores
Mississippi	18,856,519	Coal	12,031,120	Lumber and wood products
Missouri	85,554,584	Coal	17,919,112	Food products
Montana	4,765,696	Petroleum products	42,122,403	Coal
Nebraska	18,983,226	Coal	24,071,426	Farm products
Nevada	9,059,339	Coal	2,549,328	Nonmetallic minerals
New Hampshire	1,715,362	Coal and petroleum products	760,808	Pulp and paper products
New Jersey	23,427,081	Mixed freight	13,276,876	Mixed freight
New Mexico	3,709,561	Food products	14,106,629	Coal
New York	27,285,452	Coal	12,325,898	Waste and scrap
North Carolina	61,158,149	Coal	15,549,847	Chemicals
North Dakota	11,261,756	Coal	25,767,505	Farm products
Ohio	96,971,971	Coal	69,582,180	Primary metal products
Oklahoma	33,406,200	Coal	24,278,357	Nonmetallic minerals
Oregon	25,751,061	Chemicals	16,931,132	Lumber and wood products
Pennsylvania	69,849,906	Coal	63,243,799	Coal
Rhode Island	432,670	Chemicals	486,192	Waste and scrap
South Carolina	35,771,879	Coal	16,974,219	Chemicals
South Dakota	4,484,127	Coal and petroleum gas	11,995,921	Farm products
Tennessee	37,188,140	Coal	20,746,921	Mixed freight
Texas	205,649,529	Coal	117,571,173	Chemicals
Utah	13,493,158	Coal and petroleum products	21,627,289	Coal
Vermont	1,319,220	Petroleum products	910,240	Glass and stone products
Virginia	68,588,623	Coal	52,006,931	Coal
Washington	48,610,331	Farm products	26,044,298	Mixed freight
West Virginia	33,114,874	Coal	119,378,612	Coal
Wisconsin	74,546,713	Coal	17,260,375	Nonmetallic minerals
Wyoming	16,102,336	Coal	420,131,586	Coal
United States, total	2,050,666,692		1,991,825,148

KEY: NA = not applicable.

NOTE: Top commodity for each state is determined by tonnage terminating and originating of the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings and includes intrastate shipments.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States-2003, Washington, DC: 2005, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Sept. 8, 2006.