Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2009
Table 3-4: Rail Shipments: 2009
| State | Rail shipments terminating in state | Rail shipments originating in state | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All commodities (tons) | Top commodity by weight | All commodities (tons) | Top commodity by weight | |
| Alabama | 45,315,000 | Coal | 30,039,000 | Coal |
| Alaska | 6,552,000 | Stone, sand, gravel | 6,552,000 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Arizona | 24,658,000 | Coal | 2,817,000 | Waste and scrap |
| Arkansas | 25,112,000 | Coal | 14,397,000 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| California | 88,547,000 | Intermodal | 52,074,000 | Intermodal |
| Colorado | 27,511,000 | Coal | 27,255,000 | Coal |
| Connecticut | 1,266,000 | Nonmetallic minerals | 1,561,000 | Waste and scrap |
| Delaware | 4,172,000 | Coal | 536,000 | Chemicals |
| District of Columbia | 90,000 | NA | 73,000 | NA |
| Florida | 60,496,000 | Phosphate rocke | 37,705,000 | Phosphate rock |
| Georgia | 75,947,000 | Coal | 27,571,000 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Hawaii | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |
| Idaho | 7,330,000 | Chemicals | 6,219,000 | Farm products |
| Illinois | 148,969,000 | Coal | 99,827,000 | Intermodal |
| Indiana | 50,070,000 | Coal | 47,305,000 | Coal |
| Iowa | 40,312,000 | Coal | 37,535,000 | Food products |
| Kansas | 24,551,000 | Coal | 22,625,000 | Farm products |
| Kentucky | 40,984,000 | Coal | 76,773,000 | Coal |
| Louisiana | 30,037,000 | Coal | 25,201,000 | Chemicals |
| Maine | 2,255,000 | Pulp and paper | 2,023,000 | Pulp and paper |
| Maryland | 25,817,000 | Coal | 5,025,000 | Waste, scrap, cement |
| Massachusetts | 6,168,000 | Intermodal | 1,876,000 | Intermodal |
| Michigan | 34,483,000 | Coal | 18,221,000 | Iron ore and metal products |
| Minnesota | 60,186,000 | Iron ore | 67,383,000 | Iron ore |
| Mississippi | 12,926,000 | Coal | 6,851,000 | Chemicals |
| Missouri | 72,793,000 | Coal | 12,465,000 | Food products |
| Montana | 5,944,000 | Petroleum and coal products | 44,205,000 | Coal |
| Nebraska | 20,401,000 | Coal | 29,974,000 | Farm products |
| Nevada | 7,661,000 | Coal | 1,859,000 | Lime and wallboard |
| New Hampshire | 982,000 | Coal and petroleum products | 67,000 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| New Jersey | 20,667,000 | Chemicals | 9,393,000 | Intermodal |
| New Mexico | 3,084,000 | Food products | 12,088,000 | Coal |
| New York | 20,473,000 | Coal | 6,614,000 | Chemicals |
| North Carolina | 52,245,000 | Coal | 9,576,000 | Chemicals |
| North Dakota | 13,783,000 | Coal | 31,089,000 | Farm products |
| Ohio | 66,360,000 | Coal | 50,287,000 | Coal |
| Oklahoma | 33,241,000 | Coal | 16,916,000 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Oregon | 19,638,000 | Farm products | 7,685,000 | Lumber and wood |
| Pennsylvania | 56,267,000 | Coal | 48,931,000 | Coal |
| Rhode Island | 516,000 | Chemicals | 77,000 | All commodities |
| South Carolina | 33,709,000 | Coal | 9,820,000 | Chemicals |
| South Dakota | 4,436,000 | Coal and cement | 16,527,000 | Farm products |
| Tennessee | 24,137,000 | Coal | 14,389,000 | Intermodal |
| Texas | 186,575,000 | Coal | 82,428,000 | Chemicals |
| Utah | 12,248,000 | Coal and cement | 16,600,000 | Coal |
| Vermont | 1,166,000 | Nonmetallic minerals and chemicals | 348,000 | Ground earths, minerals |
| Virginia | 63,379,000 | Coal | 34,553,000 | Coal |
| Washington | 59,106,000 | Farm products | 18,453,000 | Intermodal |
| West Virginia | 18,224,000 | Coal | 99,736,000 | Coal |
| Wisconsin | 56,566,000 | Coal | 12,940,000 | Stone, sand, gravel |
| Wyoming | 16,811,000 | Coal | 473,603,000 | Coal |
| United States, total | 1,714,164,000 | 1,678,064,000 | ||
KEY: NA = not applicable.
NOTE: The top commodity is based on the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings and is determined by the tonnage either originating or terminating in the state (including intrastate shipments.)
Commodity tonnage data are rounded estimates based on the Carload Waybill Sample.
SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States (2009), available at http://www.aar.org/KeyIssues/Railroads-States.aspx as of Jul. 12, 2011.