Quick Facts

• A four-lane highway uses 20,000 tons of aggregate material/mile
• Every $1 million in aggregate sales creates 19.5 jobs
• Each person uses approximately 10 tons of aggregates annually
• It takes an average of 400 tons of aggregates to build a new home
• On average, 15,000 tons of aggregates are required for construction of a school or hospital
• The United States imports less than 1 percent of the construction aggregates used annually
• Aggregates are most commonly used within 50 miles of their place of extraction

• 1.64 million pounds of Stone, Sand & Gravel
• 32,061 pounds of Salt
• 68,110 pounds of Cement
• 586,218 pounds of Coal
• 5,599 pounds of Aluminum
• 1,841 pounds of Copper
• 45,176 pounds of Iron Ore
• 3.7 million pounds of Minerals, Metals and Fuels in his/her lifetime