TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||
RECOVERED SULFUR PRODUCED AND SHIPPED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1 | ||||||||||||||
(Thousand metric tons, sulfur content and thousand dollars) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
Shipments- | Shipments- | |||||||||||||
State | Production | Quantity | Valuee | Production | Quantity | Valuee | ||||||||
Alabama | 272 | 273 | 21,400 | 270 | 270 | 23,300 | ||||||||
California | 1,110 | 1,110 | 81,700 | 1,010 | 1,010 | 87,500 | ||||||||
Illinois | 596 | 596 | 49,300 | 546 | 546 | 46,700 | ||||||||
Louisiana | 1,490 | 1,490 | 126,000 | 1,530 | 1,530 | 136,000 | ||||||||
New Mexico | 18 | 18 | 818 | 11 | 11 | 508 | ||||||||
Ohio | 131 | 130 | 16,200 | 125 | 125 | 16,000 | ||||||||
Texas | 3,280 | 3,300 | 292,000 | 3,250 | 3,250 | 338,000 | ||||||||
Washington | 159 | 168 | 7,290 | 150 | 150 | 6,920 | ||||||||
Wyoming | 603 | 603 | 22,900 | 599 | 601 | 22,500 | ||||||||
Other2 | 1,390 | r | 1,400 | 110,000 | 1,400 | 1,420 | 103,000 | |||||||
Total | 9,050 | r | 9,080 | 727,000 | 8,890 | 8,910 | 781,000 | |||||||
eEstimated. rRevised. | ||||||||||||||
1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||||||||||||
2Includes Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. | ||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices