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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE AND CLASS1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Fixed high explosives | Fixed high explosives | |||||||||||||||
| Other high | Blasting agents | Other high | Blasting agents | |||||||||||||
| State | Permissibles | explosives | and oxidizers | Total | Permissibles | explosives | and oxidizers | Total | ||||||||
| Alabama | 98 | 408 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 26 | 298 | 101,000 | 101,000 | ||||||||
| Alaska | -- | 997 | 15,800 | 16,800 | -- | 1,050 | 16,200 | 17,300 | ||||||||
| Arizona | 62 | 6,470 | 56,600 | 63,100 | 29 | 7,080 | 63,500 | 70,600 | ||||||||
| Arkansas | -- | 218 | 20,000 | 20,200 | -- | 214 | 21,800 | 22,000 | ||||||||
| California | -- | 899 | 29,900 | 30,800 | -- | 1,550 | 33,500 | 35,100 | ||||||||
| Colorado | 17 | 512 | 33,100 | 33,700 | 9 | 470 | 33,500 | 34,000 | ||||||||
| Connecticut | -- | 392 | 4,760 | 5,150 | -- | 333 | 4,630 | 4,960 | ||||||||
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Florida | -- | 176 | 33,000 | 33,200 | -- | 178 | 21,300 | 21,500 | ||||||||
| Georgia | -- | 1,380 | 44,000 | 45,400 | -- | 824 | 37,000 | 37,800 | ||||||||
| Hawaii | -- | 34 | 1,200 | 1,230 | -- | 2 | 788 | 790 | ||||||||
| Idaho | -- | 146 | 8,180 | 8,330 | -- | 132 | 11,500 | 11,600 | ||||||||
| Illinois | (2) | 471 | 41,000 | 41,500 | -- | 364 | 35,600 | 36,000 | ||||||||
| Indiana | -- | 818 | 151,000 | 152,000 | -- | 714 | 145,000 | 146,000 | ||||||||
| Iowa | -- | 686 | 18,200 | 18,900 | -- | 971 | 19,700 | 20,700 | ||||||||
| Kansas | -- | 112 | 6,250 | 6,360 | -- | 187 | 13,800 | 14,000 | ||||||||
| Kentucky | 384 | 1,870 | 355,000 | 357,000 | 303 | 1,890 | 366,000 | 368,000 | ||||||||
| Louisiana | -- | 666 | 2,100 | 2,770 | -- | 1,220 | 2,020 | 3,240 | ||||||||
| Maine | -- | 174 | 1,930 | 2,100 | -- | 171 | 2,220 | 2,390 | ||||||||
| Maryland3 | -- | 279 | 11,200 | 11,500 | 3 | 180 | 14,100 | 14,300 | ||||||||
| Massachusetts | -- | 348 | 6,180 | 6,530 | r | -- | 269 | 4,770 | 5,040 | |||||||
| Michigan | -- | 69 | 23,900 | 24,000 | r | -- | 81 | 23,700 | 23,800 | |||||||
| Minnesota | -- | 196 | 69,700 | 69,900 | -- | 184 | 75,700 | 75,900 | ||||||||
| Mississippi | -- | 12 | 132 | 144 | -- | 54 | 133 | 187 | ||||||||
| Missouri | -- | 1,860 | 49,800 | 51,700 | 1 | 1,790 | 48,700 | 50,500 | ||||||||
| Montana | -- | 1,550 | 61,700 | 63,200 | -- | 1,570 | 70,300 | 71,900 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | -- | 81 | 1,790 | 1,870 | -- | 93 | 1,770 | 1,860 | ||||||||
| Nevada | 1 | 1,340 | 109,000 | 110,000 | -- | 1,310 | 121,000 | 122,000 | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | -- | 482 | 12,500 | 13,000 | -- | 540 | 12,200 | 12,700 | ||||||||
| New Jersey | -- | 180 | 6,980 | 7,160 | -- | 103 | 4,630 | 4,730 | ||||||||
| New Mexico | (2) | 397 | 33,500 | 33,900 | (2) | 279 | 28,800 | 29,100 | ||||||||
| New York | 6 | 727 | 11,200 | 11,900 | (2) | 701 | 13,600 | 14,300 | ||||||||
| North Carolina | -- | 1,180 | 33,700 | 34,900 | -- | 1,230 | 29,100 | 30,300 | ||||||||
| North Dakota | -- | 1 | 4,350 | 4,350 | -- | 16 | 4,020 | 4,040 | ||||||||
| Ohio | (2) | 464 | 31,600 | 32,100 | 1 | 614 | 28,300 | 28,900 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma | -- | 311 | 24,700 | 25,000 | 1 | 497 | 23,600 | 24,100 | ||||||||
| Oregon | -- | 2,160 | 20,700 | 22,900 | -- | 1,550 | 10,200 | 11,800 | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 269 | 1,260 | 78,300 | 79,800 | 63 | 1,520 | 88,000 | 89,600 | ||||||||
| Rhode Island | -- | 21 | 363 | 384 | -- | 34 | 437 | 470 | ||||||||
| South Carolina | -- | 260 | 7,670 | 7,930 | -- | 247 | 6,130 | 6,380 | ||||||||
| South Dakota | -- | 5 | 3,890 | 3,900 | -- | 4 | 5,070 | 5,070 | ||||||||
| Tennessee | -- | 1,620 | 37,100 | 38,700 | -- | 1,770 | 76,500 | 78,300 | ||||||||
| Texas | 16 | 913 | 92,800 | 93,700 | r | -- | 3,130 | 149,000 | 152,000 | |||||||
| Utah | 43 | 251 | 55,800 | 56,100 | 10 | 280 | 58,000 | 58,300 | ||||||||
| Vermont | 4 | 75 | 1,390 | 1,469 | 6 | 518 | 1,200 | 1,720 | ||||||||
| Virginia | 244 | 2,050 | 164,000 | 166,294 | 335 | 1,080 | 134,000 | 135,000 | ||||||||
| Washington | -- | 699 | 19,900 | 20,600 | -- | 445 | 13,000 | 13,500 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 112 | 971 | 529,000 | 530,000 | 73 | 1,590 | 487,000 | 489,000 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin | -- | 436 | 13,100 | 13,500 | -- | 442 | 13,900 | 14,300 | ||||||||
| Wyoming | -- | 721 | 628,000 | 629,000 | r | -- | 418 | 638,000 | 638,000 | |||||||
| Total | 1,260 | 37,400 | 3,120,000 | 3,160,000 | 860 | 40,200 | 3,110,000 | 3,150,000 | ||||||||
| See footnotes at end of table. | ||||||||||||||||
| TABLE 3�Continued | ||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE AND CLASS1 | ||||||||||||||||
| rRevised. -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Less than � unit. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes the District of Columbia. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source:� Institute of Makers of Explosives. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program