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List of ports in the United States
That is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by
tonnage.[1] See the articles on individual ports for more
information, including geography, ownership, and link to
official website.

Contents
List by 2013 figures
Not ranked
Non-continental islands
See also
Top 25 water ports by tonnage
References
General References

List by 2013 figures

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Cargo volume at U.S. ports, 2013, short tons.[2]

Rank
(by Total Foreign Foreign Foreign Domestic
Port name State
total trade imports exports total total
trade)
Port of South
1 Louisiana 238,585,604 38,247,047 73,487,319 111,734,366 126,851,238
Louisiana
2 Port of Houston Texas 229,246,833 76,448,532 83,102,459 159,550,991 69,695,842
Port of New York
New Jersey
3 and New Jersey 123,322,644 56,144,985 20,461,245 76,606,230 46,716,414
New York
Port Newark
4 Port of Beaumont Texas 94,403,631 48,544,096 12,488,386 61,032,482 33,371,149
5 Port of Long Beach California 84,492,739 46,019,573 27,652,598 73,672,171 10,820,568
Port of Hampton
6 Virginia 78,664,496 9,671,323 61,673,749 71,345,072 7,319,424
Roads
7 Port of New Orleans Louisiana 77,159,081 15,413,666 18,588,978 34,002,644 43,156,437
Port of Corpus
8 Texas 76,157,693 28,469,897 15,776,788 44,246,685 31,911,008
Christi
Port of Greater
9 Louisiana 63,875,439 14,429,910 10,713,197 25,143,107 38,732,332
Baton Rouge
10 Port of Los Angeles California 57,928,594 31,506,185 20,499,092 52,005,277 5,923,317
11 Plaquemines Port Louisiana 58,280,348 1,668,182 22,974,084 24,642,266 33,638,082
Port of Lake
12 Louisiana 56,577,328 22,124,549 8,960,143 31,084,692 25,492,636
Charles
13 Port of Mobile Alabama 53,992,615 12,493,015 18,178,382 30,671,397 23,321,218
14 Port of Texas City Texas 49,674,036 18,977,066 11,415,009 30,392,075 19,281,961
Port of Huntington-
15 West Virginia 46,831,097 46,831,097
Tristate
16 Port of Baltimore Maryland 36,578,828 10,645,458 19,347,371 29,992,829 6,585,999
Twin Ports of Duluth Minnesota
17 36,477,257 659,886 7,087,895 7,747,781 28,729,476
and Superior Wisconsin
18 Port of Port Arthur Texas 34,699,150 9,652,814 15,506,956 25,159,770 9,539,380
Port of St. Louis Missouri
19 33,574,650 33,574,650
and East St. Louis Illinois
20 Port of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 32,746,315 32,746,315
21 Pascagoula Mississippi 32,427,863 16,445,106 7,660,249 24,105,355 8,322,508
22 Port of Tampa Bay Florida 32,406,550 5,764,600 4,940,136 10,704,736 21,701,814
23 Port of Savannah Georgia 31,990,023 13,340,970 16,892,830 30,233,800 1,756,223
24 Valdez Alaska 28,165,948 2,626 2,626 28,163,322
25 Port of Philadelphia Pennsylvania 26,046,318 13,969,775 888,169 14,857,944 11,188,374
26 Port of Richmond California 23,544,415 11,239,776 2,865,906 14,105,682 9,438,733
27 Port of Portland Oregon 23,427,235 3,545,488 11,490,879 15,036,367 8,390,868
28 Port of Tacoma Washington 22,905,704 7,272,236 11,121,702 18,393,938 4,511,766
29 Port Everglades Florida 21,702,940 8,329,969 3,520,011 11,849,980 9,852,960

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Rank
(by Total Foreign Foreign Foreign Domestic
Port name State
total trade imports exports total total
trade)
30 Port of Seattle Washington 20,563,501 7,230,803 7,593,548 14,824,351 5,739,150
31 Port of Freeport Texas 19,716,053 10,511,562 1,973,680 12,485,242 7,230,811
32 Port of Oakland California 19,333,479 6,324,189 10,215,970 16,540,159 2,793,320
33 Port of Paulsboro New Jersey 19,122,088 9,599,779 2,422,011 12,021,790 7,100,298
34 Port of Charleston South Carolina 18,525,276 9,580,355 6,913,836 16,494,191 2,031,085
35 Port of Boston Massachusetts 17,087,802 9,982,605 1,442,311 11,424,916 5,662,886
36 Two Harbors Minnesota 16,709,479 129,978 129,978 16,579,501
37 Port of Jacksonville Florida 16,471,608 7,309,991 2,416,943 9,726,934 6,744,674
38 Port of Chicago Illinois 15,428,892 1,475,235 90,790 1,566,025 13,862,867
39 Port of Honolulu Hawaii 14,274,405 1,181,665 189,717 1,371,382 12,903,023
40 Port of Memphis Tennessee 14,243,251 14,243,251
41 Port of Longview Washington 13,712,139 986,463 10,260,448 11,246,911 2,465,228
42 Port of Detroit Michigan 12,981,468 2,222,427 103,008 2,325,435 10,656,033
Port of Indiana-
43 Indiana 12,354,161 303,902 0 303,902 12,050,259
Burns Harbor
44 Port of Portland Maine 12,039,600 11,039,596 69,819 11,109,415 930,185
45 Marcus Hook Pennsylvania 11,925,449 5,307,394 291,828 5,599,222 6,326,227
46 Cincinnati Ohio 11,682,473 11,682,473
47 Port of Cleveland Ohio 11,454,092 1,459,648 68,657 1,528,305 9,925,787
48 Port of Galveston Texas 11,406,750 1,620,851 2,665,026 4,285,877 7,120,873
Port of Albany–
49 New York 11,021,185 585,778 429,535 1,015,313 10,005,872
Rensselaer
Port of Port Lavaca
50 Texas 10,888,384 5,223,082 2,501,123 7,724,205 3,164,179
– Point Comfort
51 Port of San Juan Puerto Rico 10,451,925 5,880,262 345,443 6,225,705 4,226,220
52 Anacortes Washington 9,889,028 526,383 2,370,881 2,897,264 6,991,764
53 Kalama Washington 9,785,826 486,470 8,116,710 8,603,180 1,182,646
54 Port of Toledo Ohio 8,836,985 3,041,967 1,716,974 4,758,941 4,078,044
55 Barbers Point Hawaii 8,669,252 6,575,240 235,404 6,810,644 1,860,312
56 Buffington Harbor Indiana 8,878,052 147,323 147,323 8,521,929
57 New Haven Harbor Connecticut 8,350,899 2,232,138 341,112 2,573,250 5,777,649
Burns Waterway
58 Indiana 7,969,513 449,212 21,170 470,382 7,499,131
Harbor
59 Presque Isle Michigan 7,833,659 2,076,024 2,076,024 5,757,635
60 Providence Rhode Island 7,749,519 4,236,172 681,179 4,917,351 2,832,168
61 St. Clair Michigan 7,221,316 7,221,316
62 Port of Miami Florida 7,125,341 3,624,913 3,365,470 6,990,383 134,958

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Rank
(by Total Foreign Foreign Foreign Domestic
Port name State
total trade imports exports total total
trade)
63 New Castle Delaware 6,918,896 1,435,452 476,292 1,911,744 5,007,152
64 Wilmington North Carolina 6,146,097 4,109,342 1,827,360 5,936,702 841,781
65 Port Fourchon Louisiana 6,626,240 1,600 1,600 6,624,640
66 Louisville Kentucky 6,402,755 6,402,755
67 Stoneport Michigan 6,315,862 27,464 836,579 864,043 5,451,819
68 Port of Wilmington Delaware 6,146,097 3,434,502 1,118,879 4,553,381 1,592,716
69 Mount Vernon Indiana 6,140,964 6,140,964
70 Port of Calcite Michigan 5,867,959 20,658 220,339 240,997 5,626,962
Camden-Gloucester
71 New Jersey 5,536,807 2,503,858 509,120 3,012,978 2,523,829
City
72 Port of Brownsville Texas 5,533,332 2,075,436 340,303 2,415,739 3,117,593
73 Port of Victoria Texas 5,519,511 5,519,511
Port of Vancouver
74 Washington 5,363,607 621,054 4,227,716 4,848,770 514,837
USA
75 Kaskaskia Illinois 5,208,066 5,208,066
76 Silver Bay Minnesota 5,163,975 925,757 925,757 4,238,218
77 Ashtabula Ohio 4,954,419 443,130 1,199,930 1,643,060 3,311,359
78 Conneaut Ohio 4,771,754 143,081 69,392 212,473 4,559,281
79 Saint Paul Minnesota 4,625,377 4,625,377
80 Nikiski Alaska 4,484,225 45,390 287,856 333,246 4,150,979
81 Port Inland Michigan 4,022,918 401,254 401,254 3,621,664
Escanaba,
82 Michigan 3,756,984 195,149 195,149 3,561,835
Michigan
83 Kahului Hawaii 3,668,583 11,778 11,539 23,317 3,645,266
84 Marblehead Ohio 3,579,746 72,294 1,287,318 1,359,612 2,220,134
85 Greenville Mississippi 3,474,197 3,474,197
86 Port of Stockton California 3,452,033 1,836,709 1,534,501 3,371,210 80,823
87 Morehead City North Carolina 3,425,659 690,717 1,051,004 1,741,721 1,683,938
88 Port of Terrebonne Louisiana 3,425,604 3,425,604
89 Port Canaveral Florida 3,337,439 2,671,156 143,944 2,815,100 522,339
90 Brunswick Georgia 3,227,650 1,158,954 1,969,693 3,128,647 99,003
91 Port of Milwaukee Wisconsin 3,129,354 1,572,159 1,572,159 1,557,195
92 Port Dolomite Michigan 3,087,556 464,368 464,368 2,623,188
93 Sandusky Ohio 2,987,807 100,804 1,978,338 2,079,142 908,665
94 Port of Anchorage Alaska 2,949,456 354,142 150,474 504,616 2,444,840
95 Port Manatee Florida 2,735,813 1,430,285 1,282,837 2,713,122 22,691

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Rank
(by Total Foreign Foreign Foreign Domestic
Port name State
total trade imports exports total total
trade)
Tulsa Port of
96 Oklahoma 2,679,152 2,679,152
Catoosa
New
97 Portsmouth 2,679,152 2,003,852 157,827 2,161,679 2,094,956
Hampshire
98 Nashville Tennessee 2,632,700 2,632,700
99 Caruthersville Missouri 2,599,496 2,599,496
Port of Tucson (htt
100 p://www.portoftucso Arizona 10,856 10,856
n.com)

Not ranked
Alpena, Michigan
Aransas Pass, Texas
Barrow, Alaska
Biloxi, Mississippi
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Buffalo, New York
Buffington, Indiana
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chester, Pennsylvania
Drummond Island, Michigan
Elvis Stahr Harbor, Kentucky
Eureka, California
Everett, Washington
Fairport Harbor, Ohio
Fall River, Massachusetts
Grand Haven, Michigan
Grays Harbor, Washington
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Gulfport, Mississippi
Guntersville, Alabama
Helena, Arkansas
Town of Hempstead, New York
Hilo, Hawaii
Hopewell, Virginia
Iliuliuk Harbor, Alaska
Intracoastal City, Louisiana
Juneau, Alaska
Kawaihae, Hawai'i
Ketchikan, Alaska
Kivilina, Alaska
Lake Providence, Louisiana
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port
Marquette, Michigan
Monroe, Michigan
Morgan City, La, Port of
Muskegon, Michigan
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Natchez, Mississippi
Nawiliwili, Hawaii
New London, Connecticut
Nome, Alaska
Olympia, Washington
Orange, Texas
Panama City, Florida
Penn Manor, Pennsylvania
Pensacola, Florida
Port Angeles, Washington
Port Jefferson, New York
Port of Coos Bay, Oregon
Port of Decatur, Alabama
Port of Hueneme, California
Port of Kansas City
Port of Palm Beach, Florida
Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Port of Redwood City, California
Port of Salem, New Jersey
Port of San Diego, California
Port of San Francisco, California
Port of St. Petersburg, Florida
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Rosedale, Mississippi
Sacramento, California
Salem Harbor, Massachusetts
Salisbury, Maryland
Searsport, Maine
Seward, Alaska
Southeast Missouri Port, Missouri
Unalaska Island, Alaska
Vallejo, California
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Non­continental islands

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Ports of non-continental islands

GNIS
Feature
Country,
ID # External
Port Province Coordinates Elevation
and Link
or State
Reference
Link
18°40′0.01″N
San Juan PR
66°10′0.01″W
1613388 (https://geonames.us
Marina Puerto Chico, 18°20′54″N 20 feet
PR gs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::N
Fajardo 65°38′6″W (6.1 m)
O::P3_FID:1613388)
18°0′4.54″N
Port of Ponce PR
66°43′0.01″W
Christiansted, St Croix, [1] (http://w
17°45′9.76″N
Virgin Islands Port VI ww.viport.c
64°43′56.71″W)
Authority om)
[2] (http://w
19°43′43″N
Hilo HI ww.hawaii.
155°4′32.88″W
gov/dot)
[3] (http://w
20°2′16.01″N
Kawaihae Harbor HI ww.hawaii.
155°49′59.88″W
gov/dot)
[4] (http://w
20°53′55″N
Kahului HI ww.hawaii.
156°28′22.08″W
gov/dot)
[5] (http://w
21°18′40″N
Port of Honolulu HI ww.hawaii.
157°52′18.12″W
gov/dot)
[6] (http://w
21°17′50.03″N
Kalaeloa HI ww.hawaii.
158°6′32.04″W
gov/dot)
[7] (http://w
21°57′40″N
Nawiliwili HI ww.hawaii.
159°21′11.16″W)
gov/dot)
1389888 (https://geonames.us [8] (http://w
Middle Ground harbor, 13°27′17″N
GU gs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::N 0 feet (0 m) ww.portofg
Port of Guam 144°38′20″E
O::P3_FID:1389888) uam.com/)
1934126 (https://geonames.us [9] (http://w
Agat harbor, Port of 13°22′0″N
GU gs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::N 0 feet (0 m) ww.portofg
Guam 144°38′53″E
O::P3_FID:1934126) uam.com/)
Ports of Saipan- [10] (http://
15°11′N
Commonwealth Ports MP www.cpa.g
145°45′E
Authority of CNMI ov.mp)

See also
List of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean
List of ports and harbors of the Pacific Ocean
List of ports and harbors of the Arctic Ocean
Inland port#North America
United States ports
Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal

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United States container ports

References
1. "Port Industry Statistics" (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Copy%20of%202013%20U%20S%20%20PORT%20RANKING
S%20BY%20CARGO%20TONNAGE%5F1427222227746%5F1.xlsx). American Association of Port Authorities.
Retrieved October 9, 2015.
2. "U.S. Port Ranking By Cargo Volume" (http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Copy%20of%202013%20U%20S%20%20PORT%2
0RANKINGS%20BY%20CARGO%20TONNAGE%5F1427222227746%5F1.xlsx). American Association of Port
Authorities. 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

General References
"USGS GNIS query" (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnisp
ublic/). United States Board on Geographic Names,
United States Geological Survey, United States
Department of the Interior.

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