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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE AND CLASS1 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 14 | 257 | 95,900 | 96,200 | 37 | 191 | 91,800 | 92,000 | ||||||||
| Alaska | -- | 528 | 16,020 | 16,500 | -- | 724 | 13,300 | 14,100 | ||||||||
| Arizona | 39 | 119 | 25,500 | 25,700 | 15 | 273 | 39,200 | 39,500 | ||||||||
| Arkansas | -- | 123 | 15,800 | 15,900 | -- | 100 | 19,600 | 19,800 | ||||||||
| California | 15 | 539 | 20,500 | 21,100 | -- | 352 | 23,400 | 23,700 | ||||||||
| Colorado | 18 | 659 | 23,400 | 24,100 | 14 | 406 | 62,500 | 62,900 | ||||||||
| Connecticut | 24 | 274 | 6,460 | 6,760 | -- | 147 | 3,560 | 3,710 | ||||||||
| Delaware | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| Florida | -- | 93 | 28,300 | 28,400 | -- | 77 | 13,300 | 13,300 | ||||||||
| Georgia | -- | 254 | 23,800 | 24,100 | -- | 429 | 18,200 | 18,600 | ||||||||
| Hawaii | -- | 0 | 680 | 680 | -- | -- | 478 | 478 | ||||||||
| Idaho | -- | 151 | 9,510 | 9,660 | 1 | 58 | 11,600 | 11,600 | ||||||||
| Illinois | -- | 324 | 32,400 | 32,700 | 7 | 370 | 41,100 | 41,400 | ||||||||
| Indiana | 70 | 980 | 189,000 | 190,000 | -- | 1,410 | 159,000 | 160,000 | ||||||||
| Iowa | 111 | 422 | 14,200 | 14,700 | 6 | 609 | 19,600 | 20,200 | ||||||||
| Kansas | -- | 119 | 6,640 | 6,760 | -- | 82 | 11,600 | 11,700 | ||||||||
| Kentucky | 206 | 1,330 | 292,000 | 293,000 | 182 | 1,400 | 281,000 | 283,000 | ||||||||
| Louisiana | -- | 571 | 4,010 | 4,580 | -- | 238 | 2,670 | 2,910 | ||||||||
| Maine | -- | 183 | 3,620 | 3,800 | -- | 190 | 2,890 | 3,080 | ||||||||
| Maryland2 | -- | 272 | 9,750 | 10,000 | 11 | 463 | 14,800 | 15,200 | ||||||||
| Massachusetts | 79 | 119 | 4,790 | 4,990 | -- | 103 | 4,280 | 4,390 | ||||||||
| Michigan | -- | 125 | 23,700 | 23,800 | -- | 92 | 25,400 | 25,400 | ||||||||
| Minnesota | -- | 56 | 16,600 | 16,700 | -- | 103 | 83,900 | 84,000 | ||||||||
| Mississippi | -- | 18 | 5 | 22 | -- | 39 | (3) | 40 | ||||||||
| Missouri | 333 | 2,040 | 53,400 | 55,700 | 3 | 1,430 | 61,300 | 62,700 | ||||||||
| Montana | -- | 2,010 | 55,200 | 57,200 | -- | 1,570 | 54,200 | 55,800 | ||||||||
| Nebraska | -- | 74 | 1,780 | 1,860 | -- | 88 | 2,330 | 2,420 | ||||||||
| Nevada | 29 | 1,220 | 21,600 | 22,800 | 327 | 1,060 | 115,000 | 116,000 | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | -- | 756 | 13,400 | 14,100 | -- | 129 | 3,150 | 3,280 | ||||||||
| New Jersey | -- | 138 | 1,890 | 2,030 | -- | 66 | 3,990 | 4,060 | ||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | 330 | 22,400 | 22,700 | -- | 130 | 24,200 | 24,300 | ||||||||
| New York | 8 | 734 | 5,640 | 6,380 | (3) | 555 | 13,400 | 13,900 | ||||||||
| North Carolina | -- | 575 | 20,400 | 21,000 | -- | 313 | 17,800 | 18,100 | ||||||||
| North Dakota | -- | 11 | 2,650 | 2,660 | -- | 10 | 2,610 | 2,620 | ||||||||
| Ohio | -- | 362 | 41,900 | 42,300 | (3) | 364 | 49,000 | 49,400 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma | -- | 140 | 19,600 | 19,700 | -- | 747 | 20,800 | 21,600 | ||||||||
| Oregon | -- | 111 | 4,700 | 4,810 | 5 | 178 | 5,320 | 5,510 | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 36 | 1,390 | 90,400 | 91,800 | 36 | 1,290 | 99,300 | 101,000 | ||||||||
| Rhode Island | -- | 25 | 914 | 939 | -- | 31 | 1,360 | 1,390 | ||||||||
| South Carolina | -- | 205 | 4,970 | 5,170 | -- | 76 | 5,420 | 5,500 | ||||||||
| South Dakota | -- | 54 | 4,380 | 4,430 | -- | 23 | 7,160 | 7,180 | ||||||||
| Tennessee | -- | 1,420 | 28,000 | 29,400 | -- | 2,440 | 28,300 | 30,800 | ||||||||
| Texas | 18 | 699 | 62,700 | 63,500 | -- | 994 | 33,900 | 34,900 | ||||||||
| Utah | 43 | 219 | 64,100 | 64,400 | 37 | 302 | 62,800 | 63,100 | ||||||||
| Vermont | 4 | 196 | 1,480 | 1,680 | 4 | 67 | 1,760 | 1,830 | ||||||||
| Virginia | 299 | 1,560 | 114,000 | 116,000 | 119 | 817 | 113,000 | 114,000 | ||||||||
| Washington | 53 | 670 | 7,950 | 8,670 | 43 | 630 | 18,500 | 19,200 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | 154 | 758 | 348,000 | 349,000 | 138 | 806 | 334,000 | 335,000 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin | 30 | 231 | 7,620 | 7,880 | 5 | 329 | 9,810 | 10,100 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Wyoming | 29 | 240 | 377,000 | 378,000 | (3) | 314 | 623,000 | 623,000 | ||||||||
| Total | 1,610 | 23,700 | 2,240,000 | 2,270,000 | 990 | 22,600 | 2,650,000 | 2,680,000 | ||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Includes the District of Columbia. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Less than - unit. | ||||||||||||||||
| Source: Institute of Makers of Explosives. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices