State Resources, Industries, Features, and Attractions

Alabama

coal; marble; salt; iron ore; natural gas; petroleum; timber

poultry and cattle; peanuts and pecans; fishing; cotton; paper and plastic products; lumber; chemicals; textiles; metals; food; clothing

Black Belt;Cumberland Plateau; Appalachian foothills; underground caves; swamplands; beaches

Huntsville Space and Rocket Center; Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum; home of Jefferson Davis; Mobile Bay's exhibition of World War II ships and aircraft; 17th-century plantations

Alaska

oil; natural gas; fish; timber; coal; gold; silver; copper; zinc; uranium; platinum

oil; natural gas; fish and seafood processing; lumber; tourism

Mt. McKinley; Arctic Slope; glaciers

Mount McKinley; Iditarodrace; glaciers; Inside Passage; Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve; Denali National Park

Arizona

copper; gold; silver

cattle; grain; tourism

mountains; Grand Canyon; Painted Desert; Sonoran Desert; Canyon Diablo

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado; Painted Desert; Petrified Forest National Park; Meteor Crater; Sedona; Hoover Dam; rodeos

Arkansas

bauxite; coal; oil; natural gas; iron ore; zinc; lead; sandstone; timber

cotton; rice; soybeans; wheat; steel; aluminum; chemicals; plastics; paper, food, and wood products; tourism

mountains; wilderness; Mississippi Delta; Ozark Plateaus

Hot Springs National Park; Ozark Mountains; Crater of Diamonds; Eureka Springs

California

timber; gold; petroleum; borax

fruits; vegetables; flowers; film; wine; computers; telecommunications; mining; tourism

mountains; Mt. Whitney; desert; Mojave Desert; seashore; Death Valley; Yosemite National Park; redwood forests

Hollywood; Disneyland; Sea World; Alcatraz; San Diego Zoo; Yosemite, Sequoia, King's Canyon, Redwood, and Joshua Tree national parks; Death Valley; Golden Gate Bridge; Spanish missions; Napa Valley

Colorado

gold; molybdenum; vanadium; tungsten; uranium; coal; oil; natural gas; marble; granite; sand; gravel

vegetables; cattle; pigs; chemicals; high technology equipment; heavy machinery; skiing; tourism

Rocky Mountains; high plains

Rocky Mountain and Mesa Verde national parks; Grand Mesa National Forest; winter sports

Connecticut

sand, gravel, stone; clay

insurance; banking; aircraft engine and helicopter manufacturing; chemicals; submarine construction; dairy and tobacco farming; gambling; tourism

seashore; Berkshire foothills

Mystic Seaport; Mystic Aquarium; Peabody Museum; American Shakespeare Festival Theater; Goodspeed Opera House; Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater; Long Island Sound beaches; Foxwoods Resort and Casino; Mark Twain House

Delaware

sand; gravel; magnesium

soybeans; corn; poultry; dairy farming; fishing; chemicals; food, rubber, plastic, and paper products; tourism

seashore; piedmont plateau; Delmarva Peninsula

Winterthur Museum and Garden; Rehoboth Beach; fishing

Florida

phosphate; oil; natural gas; limestone; clay; sand; gravel; titanium

citrus fruits; cattle; lumber; telecommunications; aerospace; tourism

seashore; peninsula; Florida Keys; Everglades; Lake Okeechobee

Everglades National Park; Florida Keys; Kennedy Space Center; Walt Disney World; Sea World; St. Augustine; water sports; Miami Beach

Georgia

clay; stone; kaolin; bauxite; coal; iron ore; barite

tobacco; peanuts; cattle; cotton; fruits; food products; textiles

Okefenokee Swamp; Blue Ridge Mountains

Andersonville Confederate Cemetery; Okefenokee Swamp; beaches; Sea Island; Savannah's historic riverfront district

Hawaii

limestone

sugarcane; fruits; flowers; coffee; tourism

seashore; volcanoes (Mauna Loa, Kilauea); islands

water sports; Pearl Harbor; volcanoes; Waikiki Beach; Diamond Head

Idaho

silver; lead; zinc; gold; tungsten; copper; timber

mining; logging; cattle; sheep; potatoes and other vegetables; technology

mountains; Hells Canyon

Hells Canyon; Craters of the Moon; Sun Valley; winter sports; Shoshone Falls

Illinois

coal; oil; lead; zinc

corn; soybeans; livestock; food products; iron; steel; clay; mining; publishing

prairies; plains

Chicago sites (Museum of Science and Industry; Sears tower); Lincoln Heritage Trail

Indiana

coal; oil; gypsum; sandstone; sand; gravel

soybeans; corn; oil refining; steel; plastics; furniture; automobile parts;

plains; dunes along Lake Michigan shores

Wyandotte Cave; Indianapolis 500; Lincoln Log Cabin Historical Site

Iowa

cement; stone; clay; coal; gypsum; limestone; sand; gravel

cattle; pigs; corn; oats; banking; insurance; farm equipment; food products; mining

Mississippi River; Missouri River watershed

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library; Effigy Mounds National Monument; Amana Colony

Kansas

oil; natural gas; coal; lead; zinc

cattle; pigs; wheat; hay; food products; aircraft

Prairies; Osage plains

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library; Fort Leavenworth; Dodge City; U.S. Cavalry Museum

Kentucky

coal; timber; natural gas; oil; crushed stone

farming; heavy machinery; transportation equipment; textiles; whiskey; horse breeding; tourism

Appalachian Mountains; Bluegrass; Western Coal Field

Kentucky Derby; Fort Knox; Mammoth Cave National Park; Cumberland Gap

Louisiana

oil; natural gas; fish; timber

oil refining; wood products; sugarcane; vegetables; cotton; food products; tourism

Mississippi Delta; Lake Pontchartrain; Gulf Coast

Mardi Gras; French Quarter of New Orleans; jazz; Louisiana Hayride

Maine

fish; timber; sand; gravel; zinc; clay; lead

blueberries; shellfish; potatoes; fishing; lumber; dairy farming; tourism

seashore; Mount Katahdin; wilderness

Acadia National Park; Bar Harbor; Freeport/L.L. Bean; cool summers; hunting; fishing

Maryland

coal; fish; timber

technical and scientific research; fishing (crab, oyster, clam); dairy, poultry, and vegetable farming; food products; tourism

Chesapeake Bay; Chincoteague Island; Assateague Island; Appalachian foothills

U.S. Naval Academy; Ocean City; Baltimore's Inner Harbor; the Preakness at Pimlico Track; Fort McHenry

Massachusetts

stone; gravel; clay

technology; textiles; shoes; telecommunications; cranberries; tourism

seashore; Cape Cod; Martha’s Vineyard; Nantucket Island; Berkshire Mountains

Freedom Trail; Quincy Market; Faneuil Hall; Tanglewood; John F. Kennedy Library; Cape Cod National Seashore; Province-town; Lexington and Concord; water sports; Plymouth Rock and Plantation

Michigan

iron; copper; timber; fish

automobiles; furniture; food products; dairy farming; flowers; tourism

Great Lakes; Upper Peninsula; Lower Peninsula; Straits of Mackinac

Great Lakes; Erie Canal; Mackinac Island; Soo Canals; Dezwann Windmill and Tulip Festival; Greenfield Village; Henry Ford Museum: Kellogg’s Cereal City U.S.A.

Minnesota

iron; taconite; timber

dairy farming; wheat; soybeans; corn; oats; logging; mining; technology; computers; health care and equipment; food products; paper; tourism

Great Lakes Storm Belt; Lake Superior

water sports; camping; Mayo Clinic; St. Paul Winter Carnival

Mississippi

oil; natural gas; sand; gravel; clay; salt; fish

cotton; textiles; clothing; chemicals; shipbuilding; lumber; shrimp; tourism

Black Prairie Belt; Mississippi delta; Pontotoc Ridge

John C. Stennis Space Center; Natchez Trace Parkway; Vicksburg and other Civil War sites; Gulf Islands National Seashore; antebellum homes

Missouri

lead; iron; crushed stone; fire clay; limestone; portland cement; zinc

soybeans; wheat; oats; corn; cattle; mining; aircraft and electronic equipment; paper products, food and dairy products; beer; greeting cards; automobile parts; chemicals

plains; prairies; Mississippi River; Missouri River

Branson country music theaters; Lake of the Ozark; Mark Twain Area historic sites; Harry S. Truman Library and Museum; St.Louis’s Gateway Arch

Montana

coal; gold; copper; silver; oil; timber

wheat; barley; sugar beets; lumber; paper products

Rocky Mountains; Great Plains; glaciers

Rocky Mountains; Glacier and Yellowstone national parks; Badlands; hunting and fishing; Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and Custer National Cemetery

Nebraska

oil; natural gas; sand; gravel; limestone

corn; wheat; cattle; food products; tourism

Great Plains

Chimney Rock; Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nevada

gold; silver; copper; stone; clay; oil; gypsum; limestone; barite

gambling; food products; electronic equipment; mining; cattle; sheep; glass products; entertainment; tourism

mountains; Mojave Desert

gambling casinos (Las Vegas, Reno); Hoover Dam; Virginia City; Lake Tahoe; Great Basin National Park

New Hampshire

timber; granite

lumber; wood and paper products; livestock; dairy and fruit farming; electrical equipment; heavy machinery; precision instruments; tourism

White Mountains

autumn foliage; White Mountains attractions (The Flume; Mt. Washington; Franconia Notch); winter sports; Portsmouth; Lake Winnipesaukee

New Jersey

zinc; limonite; magnetite; sand; gravel

vegetables; fruit; cattle; chemicals; pharmaceuticals; printing; publishing; shipping; gambling casinos tourism

seashore; Palisades; Piedmont Plateau; Appalachian Highlands coastal plain

Beaches (127 total mi.); Cape May historic district; Delaware Water Gap; Atlantic City; Pine Barrens Wilderness Area

New Mexico

oil; natural gas; coal; uranium; copper; molybdenum; timber

cattle and sheep; grain; mining; defense installations; tourism

Rocky Mountains; Great Plains

Carlsbad Caverns National Park; White Sands National Monument; Chaco Culture National Historic Park; Palace of the Governors; Indian reservations; Acoma Pueblo

New York

timber; wollastonite; zinc; lead; aluminum; talc; salt

dairy and poultry farming; financial, information, and media services; textiles and apparel; photographic and ophthalmic supplies; glass; electrical equipment; transportation equipment; tourism

Adirondack Mountains; Appalachian Mountains; Finger Lakes; Lake Champlain; Great Lakes; Catskill Mountains

New York City sites (United Nations; Statue of Liberty); National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; Adirondack Mountains; Fort Ticonderoga; West Point; Seneca Falls; winter and summer sports; Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site; Niagara Falls; Corning Glass Center; Lake Placid; Saranac Lake

North Carolina

timber; fish; rock

corn; tobacco and tobacco products; soybeans; furniture; textiles; paper; electronics; telecommunications; tourism

Great Smoky Mountains; Blue Ridge Mountains; Mount Mitchell; Cape Hatteras; seashore

Wright Brothers National Memorial; Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains; Blue Ridge Parkway; Biltmore House and Gardens; Roanoke Island; Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores; Outer Banks

North Dakota

coal; oil; lignite; limestone; clay

wheat; barley; oats; rye; cattle farming; mining; tourism

Badlands; Black Hills; Great Plains; Red River Valley; Rolling Drift Prairie

Badlands; International Peace Garden; hunting; fishing; Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park and Museum; Bonanzaville

Ohio

coal; oil; natural gas; stone; clay; salt

automotive products; iron and steel; glass; tires; chemicals; mining

Lake Erie; Allegheny Plateau

Professional Football Hall of Fame; birthplaces of presidents William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, Warren G. Harding; Mound City Group National Monuments

Oklahoma

oil; natural gas; coal; gypsum; pumice; bentonite; helium; stone; sand; gravel; feldspar

cattle; sheep; hogs; cotton; wheat; peanuts; mining; milling; aircraft; machinery; metal products

mountains; plains; Black Mesa; Arkansas River basin

Cowboy Hall of Fame; Ouachita National Forest; Will Rogers Memorial; Fort Sill; Cherokee Heritage Center

Oregon

timber; mercury; nickel; uranium; stone; sand; gravel; clay; limestone; talc; fish

fruits and vegetables; cattle; sheep; lumber; tourism

Coastal range of rugged mountains; Willamette River Valley

Crater Lake National Park; Hells Canyon; Bonneville Hatchery; John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Pennsylvania

coal; oil; natural gas; copper; lead; zinc; nickel; cement; limestone; timber

mining; iron; steel; stone products; cattle; food products; chemicals; wood products; tourism

Lake Erie; Cumberland Valley; Pocono Mountains; Delaware Water Gap; Allegheny Mountains

Philadelphia sites (Independence Hall; Liberty Bell); Valley Forge National Historic Park; Brandywine; Pennsylvania Dutch country; Gettysburg National Military Park

Rhode Island

sand; gravel; fish

textiles; electronics; fishing; lobsters; tourism

Block Island; Narragansett Basin

Newport mansions; Block Island; Slater Mill Historic Site

South Carolina

kaolin; vermiculite; barite; sand; gravel; clay; timber

tobacco; soybeans; fruit; textiles; furniture; chemicals; paper and wood products; tourism

Blue Ridge Mountains; Whitewater Falls; coastal plain

Historic Charleston; Cypress Gardens; Myrtle Beach and other coast beaches; Hilton Head Island; Fort Sumter National Monument

South Dakota

gold; silver; lignite; oil; manganese; sand; gravel; granite

livestock; flaxseed; rye; oats; sunflower seeds; hay; wheat; sorghum; meat packing and other food products; machinery and equipment

Black Hills; Great Plains; Prairie Plains

Mount Rushmore; Badlands; Jewel Cave National Monument; Wind Cave National Park; Spirit Mound; Black Hills Passion Play

Tennessee

coal; oil; natural gas; zinc; aluminum; phosphate; marble; hydroelectric power

tobacco; cotton; music; chemicals; food products; textiles; paper products; tourism

Blue Ridge Mountains; Great Smoky Mountains; Cumberland Plateau; Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Grand Old Opry; Graceland; Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Cumberland Gap National Park; Natchez Trace Parkway; The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson’s home)

Texas

oil; natural gas; sulfur; helium; salt; iron; gypsum; uranium

cotton; cattle; oil refining; transportation equipment; food processing; textiles; clothing; lumber; tourism

Great Plains; Guadalupe Mountains; Big Bend, Rio Grande; coastal plains; Rocky Mountains; Great Plains Gulf of Mexico

Houston Space Center; The Alamo; Big Bend; Guadalupe Mountains National Parks; Padre Island National Seashore; San Antonio Missions National Historic Park rodeos

Utah

copper; beryllium; gold; silver; lead; uranium

cattle; steel; food products; electrical equipment; tourism

Bryce Canyon; Great Salt Lake; Great Basin; Bonneville Salt Flats; Rocky Mountains

Temple Square, Mormon Church headquarters; Bryce Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches national parks; Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area; Dinosaur National Monument

Vermont

granite; marble; asbestos; timber

quarrying; dairy farming; lumber; machinery and tools; stone and marble products; food processing; tourism

Green Mountains

foliage; winter and summer sports; Rock of Ages Quarry

Virginia

coal; timber; kyanite; pyrites; titanium; limestone

tobacco products; government services; shipbuilding; chemicals; food products; lumber; stone products; shellfish; tourism

Blue Ridge Mountains; Piedmont Plateau; coastal plains

Colonial Williamsburg; Monticello; Mount Vernon (estate of George Washington); Civil War battlefields, including Yorktown; Jamestown; plantations; Blue Ridge Mountains (Blue Ridge Parkway); estate of Robert E. Lee; Virginia Beach

Washington

timber; fish; zinc; lead; magnesium; gold; coal; sand; gravel; hydroelectric power

wheat; livestock; vegetables; flowers; fruit; fish; lumber; paper products; aircraft; fish products; transportation equipment; computer software; biotechnology; technological research; shipbuilding; tourism

Mt. Rainier; Mt. St. Helens; Cascade Mountains; Olympic Mountains; Puget Sound lowlands; Columbia basin

Seattle Center; Space Needle; Mt. Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades National Parks; Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams; rodeos

West Virginia

coal; timber; oil; natural gas; salt; barite

dairy and fruit farming; lumber; iron; steel; chemicals; glass, clay, and stone products

Allegheny Mountains

Allegheny Mountains; Seneca Rocks; Harpers Ferry National Historic Park; Mammoth Mound; White Sulphur and Berkeley Springs Mineral Water Spas

Wisconsin

iron ore; lead; zinc; copper; timber; fish

dairy products; livestock; machinery; paper; food products; automobiles; lumber; leather good; breweries; tourism

Lake Winnebago; Lake Michigan; Lake Superior

Water activities; The Wisconsin Dells; Great Lakes; Little Norway; Frank Lloyd Wright’s house, Taliesin

Wyoming

oil; natural gas; coal; bentonite; trona; uranium; agate; jade

mining; petroleum, coal, and uranium processing; cattle and sheep farming; food products; hay; wheat; lumber products; wool; tourism

Rocky Mountains foothills; Great Plains; desert; Continental Divide; Black Hills; Devil’s Tower; Big Horn and Great Divide Basins; desert

Devil’s Tower National Monument; Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks; Jackson Hole Wildlife Preserve; Periodic Spring; Cheyenne Frontier Days; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; dude ranches