As stocks of sand and gravel in the hands of producers are seldom large
and as they do not vary greatly from year to year, the quantities of materials
sold or used are virtually equivalent to production.. Throughout this report
sales and production are used interchangeably. The following table segregates
sand and gravel and summarizes total production of each over a 5-year period.

Sand an~l gravel sold or used by commercial and Government-and-contractor
producers
in the United States, 1937—41

Year
* d
at~

Gravel (including rail
roadballast)
~

°
Short tons Value


Short tons


——


63,385,071


57 13,828


72,542,000


78,674,000


103,835,000
Value
Short tons
~
Value


~-*

1937                
1938
1939               
1940                
1941                

$40, 412,497
33 935 725
41,608,000
45,332,000
62,153,000
126,275,352
124, 20C 405
153,466,000
158,634,000
184,880,000
$57, 060 500
51 987 122
64,458,000
65,356,000
85,055,000
189,660,423
181 320 233
226,008,000
238,308,000
288,715,000
$97, 472,997
85,923,847
106,166,000
110,688,000
147,207,000
 Details on production m 1941, by States and uses, are presented m the followmg
tables California, New York, lilmois, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, in
the order named, were the leading States m commercial output m 1941, each
produced over 10 million tons

Sand and gravel sold or used by. commercial and. Government-and-contractor
producers
in the United States in 1941, by States
State
Short tons Value
State
Short tons Value
Alabama          
Alaska           
Arizona           
Arkansas          
California         
Colorado          
Connecticut        
Delaware          
Florida            
Georgia           
Idaho             
flhinols            
Indiana           
Iowa              
Kansas           
Kentucky         
Louisiana          
Maine            
Maryland          
Massachusetts      
Michigan          
Minnesota.
Mississippi         
Missouri          
Montana          
Nebraska         
Nevada           
2,428,995
1 530,997
702,889
3,587,906
2 19,617,609
2809,270
2,076,977
168,359
1,462,276
615, 511
2,846,752
13,888,985
8,897,976
6,271,702
2,927,921
21,654,183
3,700, 140
3,891,656
5,167,445
5,351 002
15,606,215
13,517,069
' 2, 192,829
5,401,903
4,706,685
2,176,701
2, 170, 145
$1, 556,457
187, 116
335,474
1,798,307
210 968, 766
2528,116
941,902
102,854
949,980
283, 148
882,887
8,271,170
4,560,652
1,728,741
1,288,920
2 1, 124, 705
2,386,097
935,902
4,446,850
2,674,557
6,190,336
2,705,534
21,018,504
3,220.086
1,871.912
i;~n, 066
694,721
New Hampshire     
New iersey        
New Mexico        
New York         
North Carolina 
North Dakota      
Ohio             
Oklahoma         
Oregon -           
Pennsylvania       
Puerto Rico.       
Rhode Island       
South Carolina      
South Dakota       
Tennessee         
Texas            
Utah             
Vermont           
Virginia           
Washington..       
West Virginia       
Wisconsin          
Wyoming          
Undistributed'      
1,894,074
6,964,869
11,948,587
2 14,923,149
4,473,297
2,636,039
12,4.3,145
1,513,988
3,968,395
10,515,940
(2)
649,289
1,125,725
2,627,059
4,811,686
12,134,312
2,760,025
1 601,918
4,593,193
5,583,285
2,733,607
9,263,237
2,003,663
46,147,000
$336,538
4,897,039
1 1 269 813
210,096,8Th
2,345,165
238,864
9,230,358
627, 864
2,150,470
9,936,898
(2)
455,228
611,460
669,765
2,8*836
6,661,277
935,371
1 127, 149
3,770,650.
2,476,834
3,185,639
3, 398,039
840,935
17,145, ~
1 Output of commercial producers included under "Undistributed."
2 Output of Government-and-contractor operations Included under "Undistributed."
' Includes items covered by "1" and "2,"
288,715,0(8)
147,207,0(8)
SAND AND GRAVEL /
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PRODUCTION