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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| EXPANDED PERLITE PRODUCED AND SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| � | 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 | 37,200 | 37,000 | $12,300 | 334 | 33,500 | 33,200 | $11,500 | 348 | ||||||||||
| Florida | 30,800 | 30,600 | 8,350 | 273 | � | 28,300 | 27,900 | 8,060 | 288 | |||||||||
| Indiana� | 18,700 | 18,500 | 6,110 | 330 | 17,400 | 17,300 | 5,970 | 345 | ||||||||||
| Michigan | 20,500 | 20,400 | 5,530 | 271 | � | 23,100 | 22,500 | 6,160 | 274 | |||||||||
| Nevada | 6,620 | 6,590 | 4,120 | 625 | 11,300 | 11,300 | 4,810 | 425 | ||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 51,700 | 51,700 | 10,300 | 199 | 51,300 | 51,300 | 11,200 | 217 | ||||||||||
| Other3 | 481,000 | r | 479,000 | r | 118,000 | r | 246 | r | 412,000 | 411,000 | 107,000 | 260 | ||||||
| Total or average | 646,000 | 644,000 | 165,000 | 256 | � | 577,000 | 575,000 | 155,000 | 269 | |||||||||
| rRevised. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2Average value is based on unrounded data and is rounded to the nearest dollar. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (2006), Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi,���� | ||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (2006), Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. | ||||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program