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Table 43. Average Number of Employees by State and Mine Production Range, 2000

Coal-Producing State and Region Mine Production Range (thousand short tons) Total
1,000 and over 500 to 1,000 200 to 500 100 to 200 50 to 100 10 to 50 Zero1
Alabama 2,514 - 188 168 106 78 249 3,303
Alaska 119 - - - - - - 119
Arizona 682 - - - - - 36 718
Colorado 1,675 - 49 72 - - 39 1,835
Illinois 3,167 173 - - 16 - 98 3,454
Indiana 1,394 319 117 62 16 85 38 2,031
Kansas - - 8 - - - - 8
Kentucky Total 4,204 2,899 2,656 1,711 1,077 1,057 1,896 15,500
  Eastern 2,568 2,535 2,564 1,572 1,077 1,048 1,626 12,990
  Western 1,636 364 92 139 - 9 270 2,510
Louisiana 133 39 - - - - - 172
Maryland 203 60 104 - 31 24 33 455
Mississippi - 108 - - - - - 108
Missouri - - 35 8 - - - 43
Montana 857 - 10 - - - - 867
New Mexico 1,600 - - - - - - 1,600
North Dakota 896 - - - - - - 896
Ohio 1,491 374 357 185 80 91 110 2,688
Oklahoma - 41 68 43 16 11 - 179
Pennsylvania Total 3,568 689 1,177 620 357 447 1,047 7,905
  Anthracite - 11 194 115 108 185 457 1,070
  Bituminous 3,568 678 983 505 249 262 590 6,835
Tennessee - - 246 46 53 54 66 465
Texas 2,377 - 19 39 - - - 2,435
Utah 1,323 191 100 - - - 31 1,645
Virginia 484 852 1,459 615 378 579 836 5,203
Washington 512 - - - - - - 512
West Virginia Total 6,721 2,096 2,093 1,016 552 661 1,873 15,012
  Northern 2,075 565 372 119 166 120 295 3,712
  Southern 4,646 1,531 1,721 897 386 541 1,578 11,300
Wyoming 4,228 79 48 - - 14 - 4,369
Appalachian Total2 17,549 6,606 8,188 4,222 2,634 2,982 5,840 48,021
Interior Total2 8,707 1,044 339 291 48 105 406 10,940
Western Total2 11,892 270 207 72 - 14 106 12,561
East of Miss. River 23,746 7,570 8,397 4,423 2,666 3,076 6,246 56,124
West of Miss. River 14,402 350 337 162 16 25 106 15,398
U.S. Total 38,148 7,920 8,734 4,585 2,682 3,101 6,352 71,522


1/ Includes all employees at preparation plants and tipples not co-located with a mine, including office workers.
2/ For a definition of coal-producing regions, see Appendix C.
       Source: U.S.  Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."
       Notes: Includes all employees engaged in production, preparation, processing, development, maintenance, repair, shop or yard work at mining operations, including office workers.  Excludes silt, culm, refuse bank, slurry dam, and dredge operations except for Pennsylvania anthracite.  Excludes mines producing less than 10,000 short tons and preparation plants with less than 5,000 employee hours, which are not required to provide data.