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| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| INDUSTRIAL SAND AND GRAVEL SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 195 | 1 | $5,250 | 1 | 173 | 1 | $6,290 | 1 | ||||||||
| Middle Atlantic | 2,530 | 8 | 49,500 | 7 | 2,220 | 7 | 56,200 | 7 | ||||||||
| Midwest: | ||||||||||||||||
| East North Central | 10,600 | 35 | 223,000 | 30 | 10,600 | 33 | 244,000 | 30 | ||||||||
| West North Central | 2,240 | 7 | 74,300 | 10 | 2,460 | 8 | 91,200 | 11 | ||||||||
| South: | ||||||||||||||||
| South Atlantic | 4,080 | 13 | 96,800 | 13 | 7,120 | 22 | 134,000 | 17 | ||||||||
| East South Central | 1,760 | 6 | 38,000 | 5 | 1,520 | 5 | 48,400 | 6 | ||||||||
| West South Central | 5,550 | 18 | 170,000 | 23 | 4,660 | 15 | 135,000 | 17 | ||||||||
| West: | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain | 1,280 | 4 | 26,000 | 3 | 982 | 3 | 24,000 | 3 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 2,390 | 8 | 69,600 | 9 | 2,010 | 6 | 67,800 | 8 | ||||||||
| Total | 30,600 | 100 | 752,000 | 100 | 31,700 | 100 | 807,000 | 100 | ||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program