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NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS AND PROCESSING PLANTS
IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2006, BY STATE
    Mining operations on land        
Stationary No plants or Dredging�� Total active
State   Stationary   Portable   and portable   unspecified   operations   operations
Alabama 50 8 1 7 12 78
Alaska1 18 17 3 6 4 48
Arizona 111 81 24 12 4 232
Arkansas 35 8 3 8 8 62
California 211 73 35 18 11 348
Colorado 73 127 18 17 8 243
Connecticut 32 22 10 3 -- 67
Delaware 5 1 -- 1 3 10
Florida 19 4 -- 2 34 59
Georgia 15 2 2 -- 23 42
Hawaii 2 4 -- -- -- 6
Idaho 44 93 4 14 4 159
Illinois 54 22 8 3 37 124
Indiana 86 20 17 8 19 150
Iowa 40 53 4 4 35 136
Kansas 19 29 1 12 51 112
Kentucky 11 -- 2 1 9 23
Louisiana 26 14 1 8 50 99
Maine 57 65 8 14 2 146
Maryland 21 2 2 10 3 38
Massachusetts 54 28 8 1 -- 91
Michigan 131 167 33 34 11 376
Minnesota 94 155 15 19 7 290
Mississippi 46 10 1 7 17 81
Missouri 32 8 4 -- 31 75
Montana 62 71 7 12 1 153
Nebraska 12 17 -- 7 108 144
Nevada 50 45 11 9 -- 115
New Hampshire 26 43 9 4 -- 82
New Jersey 28 6 4 3 18 59
New Mexico 44 47 5 10 -- 106
New York 110 166 24 27 10 337
North Carolina 30 18 7 19 16 90
North Dakota 29 79 1 1 -- 110
Ohio 107 44 11 11 33 206
Oklahoma 26 12 3 12 37 90
Oregon 48 34 7 11 4 104
Pennsylvania 67 18 12 13 9 119
Rhode Island 8 6 2 1 -- 17
South Carolina 14 11 -- 5 16 46
South Dakota 33 81 3 15 1 133
Tennessee 22 9 3 1 12 47
Texas 150 57 19 26 25 277
Utah 58 72 13 11 -- 154
Vermont 22 46 8 10 -- 86
Virginia 24 10 5 13 8 60
Washington 91 77 24 13 5 210
West Virginia 2 1 -- -- 1 4
Wisconsin 107 174 16 22 2 321
Wyoming 32 74 7 14 2 129
Total   2,490   2,230   405   479   691   6,290
-- Zero.
1An undetermined number of operations leased from the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska are
counted as one operation.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program


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