This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. 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.

Top 50 U.S. ports by tonnage

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) issues an annual report, the US ports and states data, pursuant to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (section 6018 of the "FAST" Act), of the top 25 ports in the United States. Since 2015, as recommended by the BTS director, is produced by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) through the Institute for Water Resources, in conjunction with the United States Department of Transportation"s (USDOT or DOT) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Maritime Administration.

Other ports on the Corps of Engineers list include the Port of Houston in the number one spot. South Louisiana is second, then Corpus Christi; New York/New Jersey; Long Beach, California; New Orleans; Beaumont and Baton Rouge.

As of May 2024 the Port of Lake Charles surged to the number 10 on the list below.

+ Cargo volume at U.S. ports, 2023 , short tons Rank(by total trade) Port name State Total trade Domestic total Foreign total Foreign imports Foreign exports 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 JerseyPort Newark New JerseyNew 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 MissouriIllinois 30,487,796 30,487,796 0 0 0 22 Port of Huntington Tri-State West VirginiaKentuckyOhio 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 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 MinnesotaWisconsin 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 IowaIllinoisMissouri 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

Non-continental islands

Ports of non-continental islandsPortState or territoryGNISfeatureID #andreferenceLinkCoordinatesElevationExternallinkPort of San JuanPuerto RicoMarina Puerto Chico, FajardoPuerto RicoPort of PoncePuerto RicoChristiansted, St Croix, Virgin Islands Port AuthorityUS Virgin IslandsHiloHawaiiKawaihae HarborHawaiiKahuluiHawaiiPort of HonoluluHawaiiKalaeloaHawaiiNawiliwiliHawaii)Middle Ground harbor, Port of GuamGuamAgat harbor, Port of GuamGuamPorts of Saipan-Commonwealth Ports Authority of CNMINorthern Mariana Islands

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

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