"Table 1-51:  Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tonsa",,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1992,,2001,,2002,,Percent change 2001-2002,Percent change 1992-2002,,,,,
,Rank,Total tons  (Millions),Rank,Total tons (Millions),Rank,Total tons  (Millions),,,,,,,
"South Louisiana, LA",1,199.7,1,212.6,1,216.4,1.8%,8.4%,,,,,
"Houston, TX",2,137.7,2,185.1,2,177.6,-4.0%,29.0%,,,,,
"New York, NY and NJ",3,115.3,3,137.5,3,134.5,-2.2%,16.6%,,,,,
"Beaumont, TX",26,22.7,5,79.1,4,85.9,8.6%,278.4%,,,,,
"New Orleans, LA",6,66.4,4,85.6,5,85.0,-0.7%,27.9%,,,,,
"Huntington, WV-KY-OH",29,21.8,7,76.7,6,81.1,5.7%,271.3%,,,,,
"Corpus Christi, TX",7,60.9,6,77.6,7,72.0,-7.2%,18.3%,,,,,
"Long Beach, CA",10,52.0,8,67.6,8,67.9,0.3%,30.4%,,,,,
"Baton Rouge, LA",5,84.7,10,61.4,9,60.6,-1.4%,-28.5%,,,,,
"Plaquemines, LA",8,58.5,11,60.7,10,59.1,-2.6%,1.1%,,,,,
"Texas City, TX",13,43.1,9,62.3,11,55.2,-11.3%,28.1%,,,,,
"Los Angeles, CA",15,40.1,14,51.4,12,52.2,1.6%,30.2%,,,,,
"Pittsburgh, PA",19,34.3,12,53.0,13,52.1,-1.8%,51.7%,,,,,
"Valdez, AK",4,93.7,15,51.0,14,50.5,-0.9%,-46.1%,,,,,
"Tampa, FL",11,46.4,18,45.8,15,48.4,5.7%,4.2%,,,,,
"Lake Charles, LA",12,44.0,13,52.8,16,47.5,-10.1%,7.9%,,,,,
"Mobile, AL",14,40.5,16,48.1,17,46.0,-4.4%,13.7%,,,,,
"Duluth-Superior, MN-WI",17,39.3,20,39.8,18,44.2,10.9%,12.4%,,,,,
"Baltimore, MD",18,37.7,19,42.1,19,38.8,-7.7%,3.1%,,,,,
"Philadelphia, PA",16,39.7,17,46.4,20,34.1,-26.5%,-14.0%,,,,,
"St. Louis, MO-IL",21,31.9,22,34.4,21,32.6,-5.3%,2.0%,,,,,
"Pascagoula, MS",22,29.2,25,29.5,22,31.9,7.8%,8.9%,,,,,
"Norfolk Harbor, VA",9,53.5,21,37.3,23,27.9,-25.2%,-47.8%,,,,,
"Freeport, TX",38,15.0,24,30.1,24,27.2,-9.9%,81.7%,,,,,
"Portland, ME",47,12.5,26,28.5,25,27.1,-4.8%,116.9%,,,,,
"Portland, OR",23,28.2,23,31.3,26,26.6,-15.0%,-5.6%,,,,,
"Paulsboro, NJ",31,20.3,31,21.3,27,26.4,24.1%,30.3%,,,,,
"Marcus Hook, PA",24,26.6,37,19.1,28,25.2,31.8%,-5.1%,,,,,
"Charleston, SC",55,9.7,27,23.3,29,25.0,7.5%,159.0%,,,,,
"Port Arthur, TX",20,33.5,28,22.8,30,22.7,-0.6%,-32.4%,,,,,
"Richmond, CA",30,21.0,32,21.2,31,21.9,3.2%,4.1%,,,,,
"Port Everglades, FL",39,14.5,30,21.9,32,21.3,-2.9%,46.7%,,,,,
"Savannah, GA",41,14.0,36,19.4,33,20.7,6.6%,47.7%,,,,,
"Tacoma, WA",32,20.1,35,20.5,34,20.6,0.3%,2.3%,,,,,
"Chicago, IL",27,22.2,29,22.0,35,20.4,-7.2%,-7.9%,,,,,
"Boston, MA",33,19.2,33,20.6,36,20.4,-1.1%,6.0%,,,,,
"Seattle, WA",28,21.9,34,20.5,37,19.6,-4.7%,-10.5%,,,,,
"Jacksonville, FL",34,17.2,38,17.8,38,17.9,0.5%,4.1%,,,,,
"Detroit, MI",35,16.3,39,17.0,39,17.3,1.9%,6.1%,,,,,
"Honolulu, HI",51,11.5,42,16.6,40,16.6,0.4%,44.4%,,,,,
"Memphis, TN",44,13.3,40,16.9,41,16.4,-3.0%,23.5%,,,,,
"Anacortes, WA",37,15.3,41,16.8,42,15.4,-8.4%,0.7%,,,,,
"Two Harbors, MN",52,11.2,49,11.9,43,14.9,25.4%,33.5%,,,,,
"Indiana Harbor, IN",36,15.3,45,13.6,44,13.8,1.9%,-9.7%,,,,,
"Cincinnati, OH",49,11.9,43,14.1,45,13.0,-7.7%,9.7%,,,,,
"Oakland, CA",45,13.2,47,12.3,46,12.5,1.5%,-5.7%,,,,,
"San Juan, PR",40,14.3,46,12.8,47,12.4,-3.3%,-13.6%,,,,,
"Cleveland, OH",42,13.7,48,11.9,48,11.4,-4.4%,-16.4%,,,,,
"Newport News, VA",25,24.5,44,13.9,49,11.3,-18.5%,-53.8%,,,,,
"Toledo, OH",46,12.7,51,10.5,50,11.1,5.5%,-12.6%,,,,,
Total top 50,,"1,862.1",,"2,146.4",,"2,110.4",-1.7%,13.3%,,,,,
All ports,,"2,132.1",,"2,393.3",,"2,340.3",-2.2%,9.8%,,,,,
a Tonnage totals include both domestic and foreign waterborne trade.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
NOTE  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"In 1992, Lorain, OH, ranked 43rd (13.3 million tons); Galveston, TX, ranked 48th (12.3 million tons); and New Castle, DE, ranked 50th (11.8 million tons).",,,,,,,,,,,,,
"In 2001, Ashtabula, OH, ranked 50th (10.9 million tons).",,,,,,,,,,,,,
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.,,,,,,,,,,,,,
SOURCES,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1992:  Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1992, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 1994), table 1-1 and 5-2. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2001:  Ibid., Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 2001, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2003), tables 1-1 and 5-2.",,,,,,,,,,,,,
"2002: Ibid., A23, Calendar Year 2002, Part 5, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: 2004), tables 1-1 and 5-2.",,,,,,,,,,,,,
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