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| TABLE 3 | ||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT PRODUCTION AND SALES BY PRODUCERS IN 2007, BY STATE1 | ||||||||||
| Sales | ||||||||||
| Production | Quantity | |||||||||
| Active | (thousand | (thousand | Value2 | Percentage | ||||||
| Region and State | operations | metric tons) | metric tons) | (thousands) | packaged | |||||
| East: | ||||||||||
| Florida | 6 | 475 | 501 | $9,800 | 2 | |||||
| Pennsylvania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 48 | |||||
| Other3 | 8 | 68 | 76 | 1,630 | 7 | |||||
| Total or average | 18 | 545 | 579 | 11,500 | 3 | |||||
| Great Lakes: | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | 9 | 45 | 41 | 4,350 | 26 | |||||
| Other4 | 8 | 42 | 70 | 1,800 | 32 | |||||
| Total or average | 17 | 87 | 111 | 6,140 | 30 | |||||
| West5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 122 | 50 | |||||
| Grand total or average | 38 | 635 | 694 | 17,800 | 15 | |||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||
| 2Values for free on board producing plant. | ||||||||||
| 3Includes Maine, New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia. | ||||||||||
| 4Includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. | ||||||||||
| 5Includes Iowa, Washington, and Wisconsin. | ||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program