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| TABLE 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 52,100 | 4.1 | $341,000 | 4.6 | 54,600 | 4.1 | $396,000 | 4.6 | |||||||||||
| Middle Atlantic | 69,500 | 5.4 | 460,000 | 6.1 | 74,300 | 5.6 | 554,000 | 6.5 | |||||||||||
| Midwest: | |||||||||||||||||||
| East North Central | 225,000 | 17.6 | 1,070,000 | 14.2 | 198,000 | 15.0 | 1,020,000 | 11.9 | |||||||||||
| West North Central | 135,000 | 10.5 | 585,000 | 7.8 | 140,000 | 10.6 | 634,000 | 7.4 | |||||||||||
| South: | |||||||||||||||||||
| South Atlantic | 99,000 | 7.7 | 584,000 | 7.8 | 104,000 | 7.9 | 691,000 | 8.1 | |||||||||||
| East South Central | 48,200 | 3.8 | 262,000 | 3.5 | 57,900 | 4.4 | 341,000 | 4.0 | |||||||||||
| West South Central | 123,000 | 9.6 | 712,000 | 9.5 | 151,000 | 11.4 | 957,000 | 11.2 | |||||||||||
| West: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 278,000 | 21.7 | 1,520,000 | 20.2 | 302,000 | 22.8 | 1,860,000 | 21.7 | |||||||||||
| Pacific | 249,000 | r | 19.5 | 1,970,000 | r | 26.3 | 239,000 | 18.1 | 2,100,000 | 24.6 | |||||||||
| Total | 1,280,000 | r | 100 | 7,500,000 | r | 100 | 1,320,000 | 100 | 8,540,000 | 100 | |||||||||
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| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program