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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. |
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices