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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE AND CLASS1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 3 | 474 | 128,000 | 128,000 | 98 | 408 | 160,000 | 160,000 | ||||||||
| Alaska | -- | 759 | 16,800 | 17,500 | -- | 997 | 15,800 | 16,800 | ||||||||
| Arizona | 50 | 211 | 77,000 | 77,300 | 62 | 6,470 | 56,600 | 63,100 | ||||||||
| Arkansas | -- | 131 | 33,200 | 33,300 | -- | 218 | 20,000 | 20,200 | ||||||||
| California | -- | 883 | 29,400 | 30,300 | -- | 899 | 29,900 | 30,800 | ||||||||
| Colorado | 15 | 1,250 | 21,300 | 22,600 | 17 | 512 | 33,100 | 33,700 | ||||||||
| Connecticut | -- | 449 | 5,650 | 6,100 | -- | 392 | 4,760 | 5,150 | ||||||||
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Florida | -- | 156 | 41,200 | 41,400 | -- | 176 | 33,000 | 33,200 | ||||||||
| Georgia | -- | 1,380 | 44,400 | 45,800 | -- | 1,380 | 44,000 | 45,400 | ||||||||
| Hawaii | -- | 5 | 1,260 | 1,260 | -- | 34 | 1,200 | 1,230 | ||||||||
| Idaho | -- | 119 | 9,730 | 9,850 | -- | 146 | 8,180 | 8,330 | ||||||||
| Illinois | 1 | 405 | 53,700 | 54,100 | (2) | 471 | 41,000 | 41,500 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | 1,050 | 264,000 | 265,000 | -- | 818 | 151,000 | 152,000 | ||||||||
| Iowa | 2 | 802 | 19,800 | 20,600 | -- | 686 | 18,200 | 18,900 | ||||||||
| Kansas | -- | 246 | 8,380 | 8,620 | -- | 112 | 6,250 | 6,360 | ||||||||
| Kentucky | 639 | 1,370 | 368,000 | 370,000 | 384 | 1,870 | 355,000 | 357,000 | ||||||||
| Louisiana | -- | 235 | 4,090 | 4,320 | -- | 666 | 2,100 | 2,770 | ||||||||
| Maine | -- | 193 | 2,550 | 2,740 | -- | 174 | 1,930 | 2,100 | ||||||||
| Maryland3 | 2 | 322 | 11,400 | 11,800 | -- | 279 | 11,200 | 11,500 | ||||||||
| Massachusetts | 1 | 444 | 7,130 | 7,570 | -- | 348 | 6,180 | 6,520 | ||||||||
| Michigan | -- | 64 | 31,500 | 31,600 | -- | 69 | 23,900 | 23,900 | ||||||||
| Minnesota | -- | 90 | 41,100 | 41,200 | -- | 196 | 69,700 | 69,900 | ||||||||
| Mississippi | -- | 451 | 37 | 488 | -- | 12 | 132 | 144 | ||||||||
| Missouri | 61 | 2,530 | 84,900 | 87,500 | -- | 1,860 | 49,800 | 51,700 | ||||||||
| Montana | -- | 1,880 | 67,500 | 69,400 | -- | 1,550 | 61,700 | 63,200 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | -- | 44 | 1,230 | 1,270 | -- | 81 | 1,790 | 1,870 | ||||||||
| Nevada | -- | 1,400 | 43,000 | 44,400 | 1 | 1,340 | 109,000 | 110,000 | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | -- | 620 | 12,100 | 12,800 | -- | 482 | 12,500 | 13,000 | ||||||||
| New Jersey | -- | 196 | 5,730 | 5,930 | -- | 180 | 6,980 | 7,160 | ||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | 313 | 39,300 | 39,600 | (2) | 397 | 33,500 | 33,900 | ||||||||
| New York | 13 | 685 | 6,160 | 6,850 | 6 | 727 | 11,200 | 11,900 | ||||||||
| North Carolina | -- | 862 | 35,600 | 36,500 | -- | 1,180 | 33,700 | 34,900 | ||||||||
| North Dakota | -- | 12 | 3,370 | 3,380 | -- | 1 | 4,350 | 4,350 | ||||||||
| Ohio | (2) | 582 | 45,500 | 46,100 | (2) | 464 | 31,600 | 32,100 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma | (2) | 298 | 30,200 | 30,500 | -- | 311 | 24,700 | 25,000 | ||||||||
| Oregon | -- | 2,250 | 8,300 | 10,600 | -- | 2,160 | 20,700 | 22,900 | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 43 | 1,540 | 120,000 | 122,000 | 269 | 1,260 | 78,300 | 79,800 | ||||||||
| Rhode Island | -- | 60 | 644 | 704 | -- | 21 | 363 | 384 | ||||||||
| South Carolina | -- | 369 | 6,960 | 7,320 | -- | 260 | 7,670 | 7,930 | ||||||||
| South Dakota | -- | 4 | 5,480 | 5,490 | -- | 5 | 3,890 | 3,900 | ||||||||
| Tennessee | 1 | 1,150 | 38,300 | 39,400 | -- | 1,620 | 37,100 | 38,700 | ||||||||
| Texas | 42 | 1,030 | 105,000 | 106,000 | 16 | 913 | 92,800 | 93,800 | ||||||||
| Utah | 69 | 203 | 50,700 | 50,900 | 43 | 251 | 55,800 | 56,100 | ||||||||
| Vermont | -- | 89 | 1,140 | 1,230 | 4 | 75 | 1,390 | 1,460 | ||||||||
| Virginia | 217 | 2,140 | 154,000 | 156,000 | 244 | 2,050 | 164,000 | 166,000 | ||||||||
| Washington | 1 | 904 | 16,100 | 17,000 | -- | 699 | 19,900 | 20,600 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 70 | 673 | 473,000 | 474,000 | 112 | 971 | 529,000 | 530,000 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin | -- | 388 | 14,500 | 14,900 | -- | 436 | 13,100 | 13,500 | ||||||||
| Wyoming | -- | 348 | 582,000 | 582,000 | -- | 721 | 628,000 | 628,000 | ||||||||
| Total | 1,240 | 32,100 | 3,170,000 | 3,200,000 | 1,260 | 37,400 | 3,120,000 | 3,160,000 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| -- 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