Portland (including blended) cement consumption was estimated to have increased by 4% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with that of the third quarter of 2024, according to Jason Christopher Willett, commodity specialist, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS.)
Consumption in the first nine months of 2025 was estimated to have decreased by 2% compared with that in the same period of 2024. This information was obtained from the USGS monthly survey of U.S. cement producers.
An estimated 703 million metric tons (Mt) of construction aggregates was sold or used in the United States in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 5% compared with that in the third quarter of 2024. The estimated production for consumption in the first nine months of 2025 decreased to 1.76 billion metric tons (Gt) from 1.78 Gt in the same period of 2024,
The estimated production for consumption of construction aggregates in the third quarter of 2025 increased in six of the nine geographic divisions compared with that sold or used in the third quarter of 2024 .
The five leading states were, in descending order of production for consumption, Texas, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri. Their combined total production for consumption was 209 Mt, an increase of 5% compared with that in the same period of 2024.
The five leading states combined total production for consumption in the first nine months of 2025 increased to 535 Mt from 532 Mt in the same period of 2024 and represented 30% of the U.S. total.
This marks the first quarter of increases after sixth straight quarters of declines in aggregates production.
An estimated 441 Mt of crushed stone was sold or used in the United States in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 7% compared with that in the third quarter of 2024. The estimated production for consumption in the first nine months of 2025 decreased to 1.10 Gt from 1.12 Gt in the same period of 2024.
The estimated production for consumption of crushed stone in the third quarter of 2025 increased in seven of the nine geographic divisions compared with that sold or used in the third quarter of 2024.
The five leading states were, in descending order of production for consumption, Texas, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. Their combined total production for consumption was 150 Mt, an increase of 5% compared with that in the same period of 2024.
Construction sand and gravel sold or used in the United States in the third quarter of 2025 was estimated to have increased to 262 Mt from 260 Mt in the same period of 2024. The estimated production for consumption in the first nine months of 2025 was 657 Mt, a decrease of 2% compared with that in the same period of 2024.
The estimated production for consumption of construction sand and gravel in the third quarter of 2025 increased in six of the nine geographic divisions compared with that sold or used in the third quarter of 2024.
The five leading states were, in descending order of production for consumption, Texas, California, Minnesota, Michigan and Arizona. Their combined total production for consumption was 98.8 Mt, an increase of 2% compared with that in the same period of 2024.
This sample survey generates production for consumption estimates by quarters, based on information reported voluntarily by a limited number of producing companies. In most quarters, a few companies may report amounts sold in the current quarter that vary greatly from the amounts reported in the previous year during the same quarter. This change in sales is almost never an indicator of a change in demand in the State as a whole. Typically, large changes can be attributed to the opening or closing of an operation, weather, or an external force that only the affected company or one of its operations experienced in that quarter. Previously reported data are occasionally revised, and the estimated quantities for the prior quarters are then recalculated. The latest release of the quarterly Mineral Industry Surveys contains the most recent estimated totals and supersedes previously published reports.
