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| TABLE 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2006, BY QUARTER AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Quantity, | Quantity, | Quantity, | Quantity, | Total3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1st quarter | 2d quarter | 3d quarter | 4th quarter | Quantity | |||||||||||||||||
| (thousand | Percentage | (thousand | Percentage | (thousand | Percentage | (thousand | Percentage | (thousand | Value | ||||||||||||
| Region/division | metric tons) | change2 | metric tons) | change2 | metric tons) | change2 | metric tons) | change2 | metric tons) | (thousands) | |||||||||||
| Northeast: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New England | 3,960 | -1.5 | 9,620 | -32.2 | 14,900 | -23.7 | 8,470 | -40.9 | 37,000 | $274,000 | |||||||||||
| Middle Atlantic | 10,800 | 22.4 | 20,300 | -1.3 | 20,700 | -6.7 | 18,400 | 2.5 | 70,100 | 506,000 | |||||||||||
| Midwest: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| East North Central | 29,000 | 14.2 | 65,000 | -4.0 | 71,500 | -7.0 | 49,800 | -10.3 | 215,000 | 1,090,000 | |||||||||||
| West North Central | 11,000 | 4.9 | 36,900 | 9.7 | 42,600 | -24.5 | 27,000 | -20.6 | 118,000 | 530,000 | |||||||||||
| South: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| South Atlantic | 24,600 | 9.6 | 26,100 | -0.3 | 24,600 | -7.2 | 20,600 | -13.8 | 95,900 | 607,000 | |||||||||||
| East South Central | 9,880 | -8.9 | 13,600 | 14.5 | 13,700 | -1.7 | 10,600 | -7.7 | 47,800 | 281,000 | |||||||||||
| West South Central | 29,700 | -0.2 | 30,200 | -10.3 | 28,800 | -8.6 | 24,600 | -13.5 | 113,000 | 722,000 | |||||||||||
| West: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 59,300 | 14.8 | 80,200 | -0.7 | 77,500 | -2.3 | 63,200 | -4.8 | 280,000 | 1,670,000 | |||||||||||
| Pacific4 | 44,600 | 8.7 | 59,900 | 2.1 | 66,700 | -4.5 | 59,300 | -5.8 | 230,000 | 1,980,000 | |||||||||||
| Total3 | 223,000 | 9.0 | 342,000 | -1.6 | 361,000 | -8.9 | 282,000 | -10.5 | 1,210,000 | 5 | 7,680,000 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1As published in the "Crushed Stone and Sand and Gravel in the Fourth Quarter of 2006" Mineral Industry Surveys. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2All percentage changes are calculated using unrounded totals. Percentage changes are based on the corresponding quarter of the previous year.�� | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding and differences between projected totals by States and regions. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4Does not include Alaska and Hawaii. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5Includes Alaska and Hawaii. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program