Railroad Carload and Tonnage Data, by State

The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Economics has made public a report providing annual carload and corresponding tonnage data for freight-rail transportation either originating, terminating, or traversing each state of the United States, as derived from the Board’s Confidential Waybill Sample, from 2012 through 2014.

Carloads and Tons Across States 2012-2014*
	2012		2013		2014
State Name	Carloads	Tons (Millions)	Carloads	Tons (Millions)	Carloads	Tons (Millions)
Alabama	2,847,690	167.5	3,028,661	175.3	3,166,510	174.6
Arizona	5,648,234	124.4	6,009,026	128.0	6,295,536	132.5
Arkansas	2,748,790	168.2	2,718,777	168.2	2,812,995	177.1
California	6,571,238	154.7	6,757,783	159.6	7,114,486	167.9
Colorado	2,780,933	168.6	2,394,672	145.0	2,541,484	153.8
Connecticut	29,016	2.6	30,368	2.8	32,925	2.9
Delaware	Redacted		Redacted		Redacted
District of Columbia	Redacted		Redacted		Redacted
Florida	1,604,417	82.0	1,669,759	88.1	1,706,586	82.7
Georgia	4,044,516	182.0	4,225,124	188.9	4,441,115	185.2
Idaho	Redacted		Redacted		Redacted
Illinois	12,058,752	510.5	12,424,631	522.3	12,953,581	547.6
Indiana	6,786,443	285.8	7,073,697	313.6	7,513,921	328.4
Iowa	6,358,452	325.1	4,403,645	282.5	7,029,354	358.1
Kansas	6,136,279	344.1	4,409,352	311.9	6,905,498	367.5
Kentucky	4,330,104	250.7	3,891,684	248.0	4,011,384	251.3
Louisiana	1,896,756	126.1	2,062,771	137.3	2,141,264	140.9
Maine	65,881	5.1	64,163	4.9	54,480	4.5
Maryland	2,075,611	89.3	1,588,880	90.3	1,783,794	103.1
Massachusetts	395,912	15.2	414,586	18.1	436,471	15.4
Michigan	1,738,875	84.9	1,700,002	89.7	1,754,686	91.8
Minnesota	3,829,341	246.6	4,237,597	272.1	4,231,054	276.6
Mississippi	1,941,516	115.6	1,993,076	117.4	2,102,728	122.9
Missouri	8,195,232	433.0	8,584,720	437.8	8,938,632	456.9
Montana	1,625,340	94.3	1,642,618	96.5	1,672,613	108.6
Nebraska	5,609,240	510.4	5,248,073	480.9	5,626,527	527.7
Nevada	Redacted		Redacted		Redacted
New Hampshire	70,712	5.6	74,669	5.9	68,987	5.8
New Jersey	1,495,371	43.6	1,496,772	48.0	1,602,937	46.1
New Mexico	Redacted		Redacted		Redacted
New York	1,649,115	66.1	1,689,379	75.7	1,757,891	69.9
North Carolina	1,428,287	83.3	1,369,591	81.0	1,453,304	84.1
North Dakota	2,031,257	127.0	2,334,339	139.6	2,363,706	151.6
Ohio	6,556,383	285.5	6,848,925	305.3	7,309,573	317.2
Oklahoma	6,116,913	296.8	6,582,738	297.3	6,913,344	320.9
Oregon	1,227,073	54.5	Redacted		Redacted
Pennsylvania	4,338,425	187.9	4,569,090	207.2	4,931,054	218.3
Rhode Island	Redacted		Redacted		Redacted
South Carolina	1,304,222	65.7	1,348,127	66.5	1,477,197	67.2
South Dakota	1,122,130	125.3	1,075,437	119.9	1,507,027	171.9
Tennessee	4,039,620	223.2	4,139,256	225.2	4,317,237	232.4
Texas	9,122,722	375.7	9,621,917	386.3	10,176,930	413.1
Utah	1,279,786	54.9	1,087,996	53.5	1,208,852	61.8
Vermont	145,858	6.2	158,901	7.0	152,481	7.0
Virginia	2,843,572	158.6	2,291,252	150.9	2,290,477	145.5
Washington	2,151,618	100.8	2,189,266	104.9	2,211,564	118.9
West Virginia	3,137,601	192.8	2,597,363	186.5	2,703,504	190.9
Wisconsin	2,894,480	175.6	3,265,840	204.6	3,324,099	214.5
Wyoming	5,329,510	494.0	5,014,725	470.4	5,303,405	503.8
*Notes:
Data are from the Confidential Waybill Samples from 2012-2014 for movements that either originate, terminate, or move through states.
States are redacted in years where they fail the Board’s confidentiality test.
The geographically isolated states of Alaska and Hawaii are not included.