List of ports in the United States
This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including geography, ownership, and link to official website.
List by 2013 figures
Rank | Port name | State | Total trade | Foreign imports | Foreign exports | Foreign total | Domestic total |
1 | Port of South Louisiana | Louisiana | 238,585,604 | 38,247,047 | 73,487,319 | 111,734,366 | 126,851,238 |
2 | Port of Houston | Texas | 229,246,833 | 76,448,532 | 83,102,459 | 159,550,991 | 69,695,842 |
3 | Port of New York and New Jersey Port Newark | New Jersey New York | 123,322,644 | 56,144,985 | 20,461,245 | 76,606,230 | 46,716,414 |
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 |
6 | Port of Hampton Roads | Virginia | 78,664,496 | 9,671,323 | 61,673,749 | 71,345,072 | 7,319,424 |
7 | Port of New Orleans | Louisiana | 77,159,081 | 15,413,666 | 18,588,978 | 34,002,644 | 43,156,437 |
8 | Port of Corpus Christi | Texas | 76,157,693 | 28,469,897 | 15,776,788 | 44,246,685 | 31,911,008 |
9 | Port of Greater Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 63,875,439 | 14,429,910 | 10,713,197 | 25,143,107 | 38,732,332 |
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 |
12 | Port of Lake Charles | Louisiana | 56,577,328 | 22,124,549 | 8,960,143 | 31,084,692 | 25,492,636 |
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 |
15 | Port of Huntington-Tristate | West Virginia | 46,831,097 | 46,831,097 | |||
16 | Port of Baltimore | Maryland | 36,578,828 | 10,645,458 | 19,347,371 | 29,992,829 | 6,585,999 |
17 | Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior | Minnesota Wisconsin | 36,477,257 | 659,886 | 7,087,895 | 7,747,781 | 28,729,476 |
18 | Port of Port Arthur | Texas | 34,699,150 | 9,652,814 | 15,506,956 | 25,159,770 | 9,539,380 |
19 | Port of St. Louis and East St. Louis | Missouri Illinois | 33,574,650 | 33,574,650 | |||
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 |
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 |
43 | Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor | Indiana | 12,354,161 | 303,902 | 0 | 303,902 | 12,050,259 |
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 |
49 | Port of Albany–Rensselaer | New York | 11,021,185 | 585,778 | 429,535 | 1,015,313 | 10,005,872 |
50 | Port of Port Lavaca – Point Comfort | Texas | 10,888,384 | 5,223,082 | 2,501,123 | 7,724,205 | 3,164,179 |
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 |
58 | Burns Waterway Harbor | Indiana | 7,969,513 | 449,212 | 21,170 | 470,382 | 7,499,131 |
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 |
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 |
71 | Port of Camden-Gloucester | New Jersey | 5,536,807 | 2,503,858 | 509,120 | 3,012,978 | 2,523,829 |
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 | |||
74 | Port of Vancouver USA | Washington | 5,363,607 | 621,054 | 4,227,716 | 4,848,770 | 514,837 |
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 | |
82 | Escanaba, Michigan | Michigan | 3,756,984 | 195,149 | 195,149 | 3,561,835 | |
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 |
96 | Tulsa Port of Catoosa | Oklahoma | 2,679,152 | 2,679,152 | |||
97 | Portsmouth | New Hampshire | 2,679,152 | 2,003,852 | 157,827 | 2,161,679 | 2,094,956 |
98 | Nashville | Tennessee | 2,632,700 | 2,632,700 | |||
99 | Caruthersville | Missouri | 2,599,496 | 2,599,496 |
Not ranked
- Alpena, Michigan
- Aransas Pass, Texas
- Biloxi, Mississippi
- Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Buffalo, New York
- Buffington, Indiana
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Port of 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
- 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
- Tucson, Arizona
- Unalaska Island, Alaska
- Utqiagvik, Alaska
- Vallejo, California
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
Non-continental islands
Port | Country, Province or State | GNIS Feature ID # and Reference Link | Coordinates | Elevation | External Link |
San Juan | PR | ||||
Marina Puerto Chico, Fajardo | PR | ||||
Port of Ponce | PR | ||||
Christiansted, St Croix, Virgin Islands Port Authority | VI | ) | |||
Hilo | HI | ||||
Kawaihae Harbor | HI | ||||
Kahului | HI | ||||
Port of Honolulu | HI | ||||
Kalaeloa | HI | ||||
Nawiliwili | HI | ) | |||
Middle Ground harbor, Port of Guam | GU | ||||
Agat harbor, Port of Guam | GU | ||||
Ports of Saipan-Commonwealth Ports Authority of CNMI | MP |