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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||||
| (thousand | Percentage | Value | Percentage | (thousand | Percentage | Value | Percentage | ||||||||||||
| Region/division | metric tons) | of total | (thousands) | of total | metric tons) | of total | (thousands) | of total | |||||||||||
| Northeast: | |||||||||||||||||||
| New England | 54,600 | 4.1 | $396,000 | 4.6 | 51,700 | 4.2 | $421,000 | 4.9 | |||||||||||
| Middle Atlantic | 74,300 | 5.6 | 554,000 | 6.5 | 67,300 | 5.5 | 566,000 | 6.5 | |||||||||||
| Midwest: | |||||||||||||||||||
| East North Central | 198,000 | 15.0 | 1,020,000 | 11.9 | 197,000 | 15.9 | 1,020,000 | 11.8 | |||||||||||
| West North Central | 141,000 | r | 10.7 | r | 639,000 | r | 7.5 | r | 130,000 | 10.6 | 630,000 | 7.3 | |||||||
| South: | |||||||||||||||||||
| South Atlantic | 104,000 | 7.9 | 689,000 | r | 8.1 | 90,800 | 7.4 | 676,000 | 7.8 | ||||||||||
| East South Central | 57,900 | 4.4 | 341,000 | 4.0 | 46,800 | 3.8 | 290,000 | 3.4 | |||||||||||
| West South Central | 151,000 | 11.4 | 957,000 | 11.2 | 147,000 | 12.0 | 1,060,000 | 12.2 | |||||||||||
| West: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 303,000 | r | 23.0 | r | 1,860,000 | 21.8 | r | 290,000 | 23.5 | 1,970,000 | 22.8 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 235,000 | r | 17.9 | r | 2,080,000 | 24.4 | r | 212,000 | 17.2 | 2,010,000 | 23.2 | ||||||||
| Total | 1,320,000 | r | 100 | 8,530,000 | r | 100 | 1,230,000 | 100 | 8,640,000 | 100 | |||||||||
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| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except unit value; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program