Trends Report Highlights: Regional, State and Territory Analysis

2005-2007 Trends Report Highlights

The table below shows the distribution Priority Chemicals (PCs) quantities by EPA Region, state, and territory. In 2007, facilities in five states (Louisiana, Texas, Indiana, Alabama, and Kentucky) accounted for approximately 60 percent of the total quantity of PCs generated. See Section 3 of the Trends Report for a more detailed analysis.

EPA Region	State	Number of Facilities Reporting PCs (2007)	Quantity (pounds)			Change in Quantity (2005–2007)	Percent of National Total PC Quantity (2007)
EPA Region	State	Number of Facilities Reporting PCs (2007)	2005	2006	2007	Change in Quantity (2005–2007)	Percent of National Total PC Quantity (2007)
6	LA	106	23,533,763	22,445,969	26,929,792	3,396,029	31.7%
6	TX	337	14,289,758	8,471,394	9,085,171	-5,204,587	10.7%
5	IN	218	6,805,500	6,515,041	6,308,586	-496,914	7.4%
4	AL	168	5,138,087	4,792,222	4,552,303	-585,785	5.4%
4	KY	109	3,745,177	4,905,154	4,264,471	519,294	5.0%
3	PA	292	3,111,666	3,475,990	3,747,441	635,775	4.4%
9	CA	324	3,177,318	3,015,735	2,981,331	-195,987	3.5%
7	MO	120	2,498,492	2,943,787	2,228,949	-269,544	2.6%
5	OH	368	5,442,260	2,344,227	1,939,761	-3,502,499	2.3%
5	IL	272	1,578,112	1,833,009	1,911,834	333,722	2.3%
6	AR	75	1,970,628	2,666,894	1,742,328	-228,300	2.1%
6	OK	66	518,703	1,204,630	1,580,905	1,062,202	1.9%
3	WV	43	1,485,338	1,562,726	1,504,458	19,119	1.8%
7	NE	50	1,020,278	1,510,606	1,445,447	425,168	1.7%
7	IA	82	1,211,618	1,297,883	1,340,097	128,479	1.6%
4	GA	151	565,056	633,228	1,279,273	714,217	1.5%
4	NC	137	1,953,298	1,507,681	1,201,824	-751,475	1.4%
3	VA	113	802,497	1,130,313	938,904	136,407	1.1%
4	SC	106	1,092,069	966,220	926,531	-165,538	1.1%
4	TN	134	2,675,944	2,041,592	864,115	-1,811,829	1.0%
8	UT	54	984,378	803,461	845,488	-138,890	1.0%
10	WA	109	832,829	715,599	709,800	-123,029	0.8%
5	MI	180	2,132,174	824,224	708,705	-1,423,470	0.8%
2	NJ	97	805,020	710,866	648,212	-156,807	0.8%
10	OR	87	579,233	587,627	618,204	38,971	0.7%
4	MS	79	504,390	619,169	548,292	43,902	0.6%
10	ID	45	611,074	954,430	529,646	-81,428	0.6%
4	FL	108	641,515	555,874	519,478	-122,037	0.6%
5	WI	203	475,210	539,848	453,067	-22,143	0.5%
5	MN	104	362,092	346,262	420,444	58,352	0.5%
2	NY	168	477,786	381,455	360,875	-116,912	0.4%
3	MD	34	266,804	156,302	306,412	39,607	0.4%
6	NM	23	211,500	240,754	248,063	36,564	0.3%
7	KS	72	181,955	181,530	173,207	-8,748	0.2%
1	MA	121	132,148	144,065	165,987	33,839	0.2%
9	NV	23	62,987	130,668	131,576	68,589	0.2%
8	CO	41	94,242	74,963	120,213	25,970	0.1%
9	AZ	55	89,711	137,896	107,475	17,764	0.1%
1	CT	73	132,490	114,136	80,744	-51,746	0.1%
9	HI	13	41,539	105,226	80,553	39,014	0.1%
10	AK	13	50,963	35,570	50,223	-740	0.1%
1	ME	38	24,244	40,955	45,636	21,392	0.1%
2	PR	18	30,700	35,516	43,443	12,743	0.1%
8	WY	15	33,738	24,528	31,866	-1,872	<0.1%
8	MT	15	10,853	15,383	26,408	15,554	<0.1%
3	DE	14	10,481	15,728	24,240	13,759	<0.1%
1	VT	13	12,471	8,124	16,738	4,267	<0.1%
1	RI	28	8,275	12,185	15,106	6,832	<0.1%
8	ND	9	4,470	27,116	10,986	6,516	<0.1%
1	NH	41	70,247	61,008	9,227	-61,021	<0.1%
8	SD	16	1,432	1,987	7,231	5,798	<0.1%
9	GU	2	987	766	1,580	593	<0.1%
2	VI	1	7,170	2,033	825	-6,345	<0.1%
3	DC	1	1,703	858	435	-1,268	<0.1%
9	MP	2	0	0	250	250	<0.1%
Total		5,186	92,502,375	83,870,410	84,834,153	-7,668,222	100.0%

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