Industrial Explosives And Blasting Agents Sold For Consumption In The United States, By State And Class

TABLE 4
INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING AGENTS SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE AND CLASS¹

(Metric tons)

	2014				2015
	Fixed high explosives				Fixed high explosives
		Other high	Blasting agents			Other high	Blasting agents
State	Permissibles	explosives	and oxidizers	Total	Permissibles	explosives	and oxidizers	Total
Alabama	9	275	9,080	9,360	5	435	34,300	34,700
Alaska	---	621	9,950	10,600	---	525	27,100	27,600
Arizona	---	616	63,700	64,300	---	1,720	35,600	37,300
Arkansas	---	418	18,800	19,200	---	537	9,790	10,300
California	---	333	33,900	34,200	---	315	28,100	28,400
Colorado	---	684	61,700	62,400	---	1,130	20,700	21,900
Connecticut	---	211	2,950	3,160	---	382	3,100	3,480
Delaware	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Florida	---	257	21,700	22,000	---	180	12,900	13,000
Georgia	---	330	24,400	24,800	---	829	26,400	27,200
Hawaii	---	(2)	248	248	---	---	58	58
Idaho	---	208	5,690	5,900	---	129	10,300	10,400
Illinois	4	512	62,100	62,600	(2)	769	36,800	37,600
Indiana	---	1,110	278,000	279,000	---	844	144,000	145,000
Iowa	---	1,030	39,000	40,000	---	1,480	25,200	26,700
Kansas	---	48	6,750	6,790	7	35	3,070	3,120
Kentucky	207	1,920	174,000	176,000	13	5,620	116,000	122,000
Louisiana	---	236	2,490	2,730	---	336	2,710	3,050
Maine	---	126	3,300	3,420	---	92	3,360	3,460
Maryland³	---	98	12,700	12,800	(2)	82	9,640	9,720
Massachusetts	---	141	5,680	5,820	---	116	6,090	6,210
Michigan	---	179	41,700	41,800	---	207	27,500	27,700
Minnesota	---	148	120,000	120,000	---	343	78,700	79,000
Mississippi	---	9	3	12	---	6	2	8
Missouri	159	3,050	88,400	91,600	(2)	2,510	40,800	43,300
Montana	---	5,360	35,800	41,100	---	3,460	68,300	71,700
Nebraska	---	37	1,890	1,920	---	46	2,750	2,790
Nevada	152	1,190	226,000	228,000	(2)	1,610	154,000	156,000
New Hampshire	---	331	8,070	8,400	---	454	5,800	6,260
New Jersey	---	37	6,760	6,790	---	33	2,850	2,880
New Mexico	---	142	68,000	68,200	---	2,080	26,000	28,100
New York	1	1,250	27,400	28,600	(2)	1,570	16,100	17,700
North Carolina	---	351	18,700	19,100	---	333	17,700	18,000
North Dakota	---	15	1,590	1,610	---	21	2,370	2,390
Ohio	---	1,060	69,400	70,400	---	1,210	46,100	47,300
Oklahoma	1	655	30,000	30,700	---	217	19,300	19,500
Oregon	---	85	9,760	9,850	---	146	4,830	4,970
Pennsylvania	53	2,000	98,600	101,000	74	2,810	74,200	77,000
Rhode Island	---	32	1,620	1,650	---	26	1,540	1,560
South Carolina	---	40	6,160	6,200	---	52	8,000	8,050
South Dakota	---	5	5,840	5,840	---	3	3,800	3,800
Tennessee	1,180	4,750	20,000	25,900	3	2,140	23,800	26,000
Texas	1	1,090	72,700	73,800	---	2,670	46,100	48,800
Utah	61	575	67,800	68,500	11	440	76,800	77,200
Vermont	6	77	2,630	2,720	8	99	7,680	7,790
Virginia	264	1,190	85,100	86,600	95	811	58,900	59,800
Washington	215	648	13,500	14,400	---	971	13,300	14,200
West Virginia	42	1,210	220,000	222,000	32	705	131,000	132,000
Wisconsin	---	436	19,300	19,700	---	604	16,500	17,100
Wyoming	46	549	854,000	855,000	---	6,060	462,000	468,000
Total	2,400	35,700	3,060,000	3,100,000	249	47,200	1,990,000	2,040,000
-- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
²Less than - unit.
³Includes the District of Columbia.

Source: Institute of Makers of Explosives.