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| TABLE 5 | ||||||||||||||
| SALT SOLD OR USED BY PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES, | ||||||||||||||
| BY STATE1, 2 | ||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
| State | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | ||||||||||
| Kansas | 2,600 | 144,000 | 2,870 | 158,000 | ||||||||||
| Louisiana | 12,300 | r | 143,000 | r | 13,900 | 180,000 | ||||||||
| New York | 4,890 | 257,000 | 7,990 | 400,000 | ||||||||||
| Texas | 9,570 | 132,000 | 8,950 | 143,000 | ||||||||||
| Utah | 2,350 | 149,000 | 2,460 | 135,000 | ||||||||||
| Other Eastern States3 | 7,660 | 403,000 | r | 8,050 | 416,000 | |||||||||
| Other Western States4 | 1,230 | 79,100 | � | 1,250 | 87,500 | |||||||||
| Total | 40,600 | r | 1,310,000 | r | 45,400 | 1,520,000 | ||||||||
| Puerto Ricoe | 45 | 1,500 | 45 | 1,500 | ||||||||||
| eEstimated. rRevised. | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to | ||||||||||||||
| totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
| 2The term "sold or used" indicates that some salt, usually salt brine, is not | ||||||||||||||
| sold but is used for captive purposes by plant or company. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Includes Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. | ||||||||||||||
| 4Includes Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.� | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program