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Freight Railroad Statistics by State

This table presents state-by-state statistics of freight railroad companies, route mileage, industry employment, and rail traffic (carloadings). All data compiled from Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports. See also: Rail Traffic Volume Statistics, Rail Traffic Mix Statistics, Mileage Statistics, and Railroad Occupations Click on any column header to sort by that statistic.
State	Freight Railroads	Mileage	Employees	Carloads Originated	Carloads Terminated	Carloads Carried*

Texas	47	10,384	15,534	1,802,000	2,901,400	8,808,100
Illinois	41	7,028	11,792	3,380,100	3,692,500	10,989,500
Nebraska	11	3,236	11,392	334,200	212,300	5,724,400
California	25	5,307	8,672	3,093,200	3,249,000	6,298,200
Ohio	35	5,303	7,154	1,038,300	1,189,800	6,089,100
Missouri	17	4,019	6,793	374,300	811,200	7,711,100
Georgia	23	4,679	6,753	769,000	1,283,900	3,572,700
Pennsylvania	55	5,071	6,622	909,100	1,093,100	4,102,700
Indiana	42	4,273	5,679	614,500	585,200	6,183,600
Virginia	9	3,214	5,267	502,300	874,700	2,178,600
Kansas	14	4,891	5,041	361,300	367,300	6,102,800
Florida	14	2,907	4,767	746,200	1,174,200	1,540,900
Kentucky	13	2,526	4,153	782,200	431,100	3,638,100
Minnesota	18	4,521	4,095	1,150,400	965,000	3,599,900
Tennessee	25	2,656	4,037	447,300	535,600	3,773,800
Iowa	15	3,897	3,727	511,700	389,000	6,199,700
Washington	23	3,215	3,576	825,400	1,046,100	2,248,600
Alabama	24	3,254	3,506	405,000	522,100	2,663,600
Michigan	26	3,634	3,245	525,300	578,900	1,628,000
New York	37	3,479	3,229	195,600	360,000	1,674,000
Arkansas	25	2,797	3,133	299,500	412,400	2,595,600
Wisconsin	8	3,387	2,927	178,200	594,700	2,569,300
Louisiana	17	2,858	2,912	379,200	413,700	1,768,500
West Virginia	9	2,228	2,816	935,600	147,500	2,521,900
Colorado	15	2,688	2,717	300,100	343,700	2,494,300
Arizona	10	1,683	2,629	57,900	278,900	5,609,500
Wyoming	4	1,860	2,599	4,066,300	158,200	5,766,800
Montana	8	3,173	2,487	427,300	53,100	1,759,200
North Carolina	22	3,245	2,254	189,100	616,400	1,387,400
Oregon	17	2,395	1,932	203,900	384,000	1,190,200
Utah	8	1,356	1,763	265,600	225,200	1,092,400
Mississippi	27	2,454	1,737	103,500	163,600	1,830,500
Oklahoma	19	3,273	1,722	182,300	303,800	5,952,600
North Dakota	8	3,346	1,657	358,100	147,100	1,967,800
South Carolina	14	2,293	1,653	165,700	392,300	1,168,900
New Mexico	5	1,835	1,534	113,500	45,900	5,763,900
Maryland	9	755	1,472	109,400	412,800	1,310,500
Idaho	12	1,627	1,315	87,100	91,500	2,254,500
New Jersey	18	983	1,098	488,100	691,800	1,327,900
Massachusetts	11	896	782	103,800	204,100	382,600
Maine	7	896	665	29,400	34,800	65,600
South Dakota	9	1,754	661	182,700	40,300	1,284,800
Nevada	2	1,192	646	29,000	79,200	826,200
Alaska	1	506	379	72,600	72,600	72,600
New Hampshire	9	426	238	1,100	11,900	66,200
Vermont	8	590	173	7,000	21,600	131,500
Delaware	6	227	163	4,800	42,900	286,300
Connecticut	8	364	108	17,700	16,700	36,200
Rhode Island	1	19	66	1,500	12,600	16,000
District of Columbia	3	23	8	200	800	570,500

* Carloads carried includes carloads that originated, terminated, and passed through the state. This statistic is sometimes less than the sum of originations plus terminations, as intrastate traffic is only counted once.