Natural Resources
United States Coal Production in Decline
Coal production in the United States totaled 739 million short tons (MMst) in 2016, a 17.5 percent decline from 2015. This is the lowest level of coal production since 1978, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Nearly all coal produced in the United States is used to generate electricity.
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This chart shows the amount of coal sourced in the United States since 2001 (in million short tons)
Production of coal in the United States in 2018, by rank (in 1,000 short tons)
Annual production of coal on federal lands in the United States from 2010 to 2019 (in million short tons)*
Coal consumption in the United States from 2006 to 2024 (in million short tons)
Coking coal production in the United States 1993 to 2018 (in million metric tons)
Production of coal in the United States in 2023, by key state (in 1,000 short tons)
Coal production in the United States from 1998 to 2025 (in exajoules)
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