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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Quantity | Quantity | |||||||||||||||
| (thousand | Percentage | Value | Percentage | (thousand | Percentage | Value | Percentage | |||||||||
| Geographic region | metric tons) | of total | (thousands) | of total | metric tons) | of total | (thousands) | of total | ||||||||
| Northeast: | ||||||||||||||||
| New England | 173 | 1 | $6,290 | 1 | 164 | 1 | $6,000 | 1 | ||||||||
| Middle Atlantic | 2,220 | 7 | 56,200 | 7 | 1,780 | 6 | 47,900 | 5 | ||||||||
| Midwest: | ||||||||||||||||
| East North Central | 10,600 | 34 | r | 244,000 | 31 | r | 9,310 | 29 | 240,000 | 27 | ||||||
| West North Central | 2,460 | 8 | 91,200 | 12 | r | 2,560 | 8 | 102,000 | 11 | |||||||
| South: | ||||||||||||||||
| South Atlantic | 4,280 | r | 15 | r | 95,300 | r | 12 | r | 4,640 | 15 | 133,000 | 15 | ||||
| East South Central | 1,520 | 5 | 48,400 | 6 | 1,630 | 5 | 43,000 | 5 | ||||||||
| West South Central | 4,660 | 15 | 135,000 | 17 | 6,490 | 20 | 204,000 | 23 | ||||||||
| West: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 982 | 3 | 24,000 | 3 | 1,170 | 4 | 27,800 | 3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 2,010 | 6 | 67,800 | 9 | r | 2,290 | 7 | 53,900 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 28,900 | r | 100 | 768,000 | r | 100 | 30,000 | 100 | 859,000 | 100 | ||||||
| rRevised. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program