STATE MERCHANDISE EXPORT TOTALS TO LEADING U.S. MARKETS, 1997-2000 (Thousands of Dollars) % Change % Change Market State 1997 1998 1999 2000 1999-2000 1997-2000 ___________ _______________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ CENTRAL AMERICA Alabama 120,976 149,493 194,808 248,863 27.7 105.7 Alaska 744 242 1,474 2,164 46.8 190.7 Arizona 12,793 40,550 109,438 27,206 -75.1 112.7 Arkansas 11,607 13,376 9,369 20,735 121.3 78.6 California 646,109 781,934 743,434 848,468 14.1 31.3 Colorado 17,524 22,045 18,283 9,812 -46.3 -44.0 Connecticut 378,674 265,683 270,492 240,958 -10.9 -36.4 Delaware 23,657 28,366 15,367 27,652 79.9 16.9 Dist. of Col. 8,370 20,341 61,826 30,263 -51.1 261.6 Florida 1,869,191 2,139,320 2,164,106 2,049,973 -5.3 9.7 Georgia 373,779 457,258 419,073 338,549 -19.2 -9.4 Hawaii 70 1,241 66 71 8.0 1.6 Idaho 3,054 2,968 3,860 4,566 18.3 49.5 Illinois 223,380 289,525 293,767 310,853 5.8 39.2 Indiana 49,284 54,200 72,428 68,891 -4.9 39.8 Iowa 19,223 21,346 22,510 16,398 -27.2 -14.7 Kansas 145,123 69,807 98,274 72,091 -26.6 -50.3 Kentucky 225,015 434,172 440,548 498,201 13.1 121.4 Louisiana 86,557 97,770 99,709 50,765 -49.1 -41.4 Maine 10,429 8,691 5,421 2,234 -58.8 -78.6 Maryland 22,498 50,725 28,894 26,027 -9.9 15.7 Massachusetts 66,275 78,706 68,722 58,679 -14.6 -11.5 Michigan 75,487 75,115 65,409 102,923 57.4 36.3 Minnesota 210,591 224,668 144,297 146,991 1.9 -30.2 Mississippi 136,314 122,887 111,546 67,023 -39.9 -50.8 Missouri 93,960 143,960 125,409 93,512 -25.4 -.5 Montana 422 943 277 203 -26.7 -51.9 Nebraska 3,819 4,481 36,198 48,768 34.7 1,176.8 Nevada 3,226 4,888 6,821 4,636 -32.0 43.7 New Hampshire 7,264 7,014 4,418 3,984 -9.8 -45.1 New Jersey 356,070 381,121 391,177 370,308 -5.3 4.0 New Mexico 4,539 6,347 35,980 2,216 -93.8 -51.2 New York 529,240 545,545 471,090 500,151 6.2 -5.5 North Carolina 675,129 733,395 753,382 1,049,058 39.2 55.4 North Dakota 1,474 1,897 4,374 1,832 -58.1 24.3 Ohio 154,744 140,968 113,181 136,563 20.7 -11.7 Oklahoma 38,302 46,988 41,824 67,009 60.2 75.0 Oregon 18,980 25,262 29,395 23,905 -18.7 25.9 Pennsylvania 195,694 218,439 224,504 311,267 38.6 59.1 Rhode Island 4,812 3,997 5,393 16,755 210.7 248.2 South Carolina 136,316 191,228 161,274 209,692 30.0 53.8 South Dakota 1,577 3,414 2,382 1,627 -31.7 3.2 Tennessee 185,493 225,307 126,332 205,610 62.8 10.8 Texas 687,550 790,829 755,486 933,621 23.6 35.8 Utah 7,750 7,920 9,333 19,259 106.3 148.5 Vermont 10,232 9,655 12,254 12,114 -1.1 18.4 Virginia 77,576 54,424 80,200 79,811 -.5 2.9 Washington 33,452 41,491 196,741 205,846 4.6 515.4 West Virginia 1,565 1,586 1,071 2,036 90.1 30.1 Wisconsin 66,137 82,959 91,787 94,970 3.5 43.6 Wyoming 1,530 966 795 923 16.1 -39.7 Puerto Rico 164,324 182,734 204,741 141,879 -30.7 -13.7 Virgin Islands 36,865 2,170 308 8,966 2,813.0 -75.7 Unallocated 755,136 857,112 846,739 861,158 1.7 14.0 U.S. Total 8,989,901 10,167,472 10,195,986 10,678,035 4.7 18.8 Note: Central America consist of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Prepared by: Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, Dept. of Commerce Source: Exporter Location Series, Census Bureau