Table 1-47,,,,,,,,,,,
"Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa  (Millions)",,,,,,,,,,,
,1999,,,1990,,,,,,,
,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,,,,,
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All ports,,"2,326.9",,,"2,163.9",7.5,,,,,
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.,,,,,,,,,,,
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"NOTE:  In 1990, Grays Harbor, Washington, ranked 45th (12.8) and Anacortes, Washington, ranked 35th (15.4).",,,,,,,,,,,
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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.",,,,,,,,,,,
"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.",,,,,,