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This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including history, geography, and statistics.
Rank (by total trade) | Port name | State | Total trade | Domestic total | Foreign total | Foreign imports | Foreign exports |
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1 | Port of Houston | Texas | 275,940,289 | 79,177,826 | 196,762,463 | 56,970,738 | 139,791,725 |
2 | Port of South Louisiana | Louisiana | 225,086,697 | 112,372,057 | 112,714,640 | 30,423,984 | 82,290,656 |
3 | Port of Corpus Christi | Texas | 150,755,485 | 25,056,307 | 125,699,178 | 17,606,086 | 108,093,092 |
4 | Port of New York and New Jersey Port Newark | New Jersey New York | 123,697,438 | 40,087,797 | 83,609,641 | 68,357,078 | 15,252,563 |
5 | Port of New Orleans | Louisiana | 81,067,448 | 43,220,217 | 37,847,231 | 15,324,118 | 22,523,113 |
6 | Port of Long Beach | California | 79,178,087 | 13,490,353 | 65,687,734 | 46,552,104 | 19,135,630 |
7 | Port of Greater Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 71,686,872 | 43,420,458 | 28,266,414 | 5,662,827 | 22,603,587 |
8 | Port of Beaumont | Texas | 70,567,386 | 24,785,761 | 45,781,625 | 16,170,960 | 29,610,665 |
9 | Port of Los Angeles | California | 59,452,139 | 4,501,365 | 54,950,774 | 38,658,365 | 16,292,409 |
10 | Port of Hampton Roads | Virginia | 58,048,785 | 4,956,369 | 53,092,416 | 12,362,773 | 40,729,643 |
11 | Port of Mobile | Alabama | 53,206,561 | 18,794,083 | 34,412,478 | 17,859,999 | 16,552,479 |
12 | Plaquemines Port | Louisiana | 46,750,799 | 25,879,971 | 20,870,828 | 4,555,969 | 16,314,859 |
13 | Port of Savannah | Georgia | 43,453,044 | 1,135,777 | 42,317,267 | 24,505,366 | 17,811,901 |
14 | Port of Lake Charles | Louisiana | 43,053,658 | 20,333,504 | 22,720,154 | 5,026,406 | 17,693,748 |
15 | Port of Port Arthur | Texas | 41,222,200 | 17,297,108 | 23,925,092 | 7,316,835 | 16,608,257 |
16 | Port Freeport | Texas | 38,748,662 | 4,171,925 | 34,576,737 | 6,560,377 | 28,016,360 |
17 | Mid-Ohio Valley Port | Ohio West Virginia | 35,939,474 | 35,939,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Port of Baltimore | Maryland | 35,202,027 | 4,211,847 | 30,990,180 | 12,937,138 | 18,053,042 |
19 | Ports of Cincinnati-Northern KY | Ohio Kentucky | 34,476,340 | 34,476,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Port of Texas City | Texas | 33,721,312 | 12,540,971 | 21,180,341 | 7,601,309 | 13,579,032 |
21 | Port of St. Louis and East St. Louis | Missouri Illinois | 30,487,796 | 30,487,796 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Port of Huntington Tri-State | West Virginia Kentucky Ohio | 29,699,657 | 29,699,657 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Port of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 28,517,760 | 11,589,634 | 16,928,126 | 9,833,680 | 7,094,446 |
24 | Port of Tampa Bay | Florida | 28,511,760 | 15,913,148 | 12,598,612 | 8,250,523 | 4,348,089 |
25 | Valdez | Alaska | 25,113,231 | 23,019,746 | 2,093,485 | 0 | 2,093,485 |
26 | Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior | Minnesota Wisconsin | 25,071,110 | 19,363,238 | 5,707,872 | 692,776 | 5,015,096 |
27 | Port of Charleston | South Carolina | 24,947,482 | 1,822,973 | 23,124,509 | 14,996,099 | 8,128,410 |
28 | Northern Indiana Maritime District | Indiana | 24,684,060 | 24,128,574 | 555,486 | 512,759 | 42,727 |
29 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | 23,096,778 | 8,311,645 | 14,785,133 | 7,450,788 | 7,334,345 |
30 | Port of Seattle | Washington | 22,964,546 | 4,814,772 | 18,149,774 | 9,098,134 | 9,051,640 |
31 | Port of Tacoma | Washington | 21,575,059 | 4,186,844 | 17,388,215 | 5,794,811 | 11,593,404 |
32 | Port of Richmond | California | 21,050,741 | 6,277,538 | 14,773,203 | 11,494,554 | 3,278,649 |
33 | Port of Portland | Oregon | 20,706,345 | 6,391,344 | 14,315,001 | 2,218,431 | 12,096,570 |
34 | Port Everglades | Florida | 20,440,573 | 11,177,768 | 9,262,805 | 6,498,551 | 2,764,254 |
35 | South Jersey | New Jersey | 20,254,325 | 8,383,229 | 11,871,096 | 11,271,285 | 599,811 |
36 | Port of Oakland | California | 19,439,762 | 1,313,835 | 18,125,927 | 8,520,142 | 9,605,785 |
37 | Kalama | Washington | 18,140,886 | 1,393,416 | 16,747,470 | 328,888 | 16,418,582 |
38 | Port of Jacksonville | Florida | 16,701,370 | 7,892,986 | 8,808,384 | 7,379,715 | 1,428,669 |
39 | Port of Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15,536,051 | 15,536,051 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | New Bourbon Port Authority | Missouri | 15,506,754 | 15,506,754 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Mid-America Port | Iowa Illinois Missouri | 14,952,343 | 14,952,343 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Illinois Waterway Ports | Illinois | 14,946,034 | 14,946,034 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Two Harbors | Minnesota | 13,499,847 | 11,746,091 | 1,753,756 | 0 | 1,753,756 |
44 | Port of Boston | Massachusetts | 13,322,582 | 3,399,778 | 9,922,804 | 8,310,101 | 1,612,703 |
45 | Port of Honolulu | Hawaii | 12,261,506 | 11,424,582 | 836,924 | 619,948 | 216,976 |
46 | Port of Galveston | Texas | 11,945,182 | 5,242,679 | 6,702,503 | 1,525,032 | 5,177,471 |
47 | Port of Longview | Washington | 11,071,285 | 1,145,333 | 9,925,952 | 338,172 | 9,587,780 |
48 | Port of Vancouver USA | Washington | 10,198,602 | 2,557,938 | 7,640,664 | 1,128,602 | 6,512,062 |
49 | Port of Cleveland | Ohio | 9,442,739 | 7,655,827 | 1,786,912 | 1,359,394 | 427,518 |
50 | Port of San Juan | Puerto Rico | 9,337,163 | 4,611,787 | 4,725,376 | 4,285,535 | 439,841 |
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