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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| EXPANDED PERLITE PRODUCED AND SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
| � | Sold or used | � | Sold or used | |||||||||||||||
| Average | Average | |||||||||||||||||
| Production, | value2 | Production, | value2 | |||||||||||||||
| quantity | Quantity | Value | (dollars per | quantity | Quantity | Value | (dollars per | |||||||||||
| State | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | �metric ton) | (metric tons) | (metric tons) | (thousands) | �metric ton) | ||||||||||
| California | 34,200 | 34,200 | $11,200 | 327 | 37,200 | 37,000 | $12,300 | 334 | ||||||||||
| Florida | 31,400 | 31,400 | 8,280 | 263 | � | 30,800 | 30,600 | 8,350 | 273 | |||||||||
| Michigan | 21,600 | 21,600 | 5,910 | 273 | � | 20,500 | 20,400 | 5,530 | 271 | |||||||||
| Mississippi | 61,000 | 61,000 | 9,630 | 157 | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||
| Nevada | 6,610 | 6,610 | 3,950 | 596 | 6,620 | 6,590 | 4,120 | 625 | ||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 51,900 | 51,900 | 9,920 | 191 | 51,700 | 51,700 | 10,300 | 199 | ||||||||||
| Other3 | 470,000 | 470,000 | 116,000 | 246 | 499,000 | 497,000 | 124,000 | 249 | ||||||||||
| Total or average | 677,000 | 677,000 | 165,000 | 243 | � | 646,000 | 644,000 | 165,000 | 256 | |||||||||
| W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; included with "Other." | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2Average value is based on unrounded data and rounded to the nearest dollar. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri,��� | ||||||||||||||||||
| New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and data indicated by symbol W. | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program