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Table 45. Average Number of Employees at Surface Mines 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 - - 188 135 82 58 65 528
Alaska 119 - - - - - - 119
Arizona 682 - - - - - 36 718
Colorado 556 - 33 - - - - 589
Illinois 217 105 - - 16 - 11 349
Indiana 1,042 319 80 29 16 17 17 1,520
Kansas - - 8 - - - - 8
Kentucky Total 1,306 971 759 483 248 323 522 4,612
  Eastern 1,231 765 710 401 248 314 493 4,162
  Western 75 206 49 82 - 9 29 450
Louisiana 133 39 - - - - - 172
Maryland - - 104 - 31 24 - 159
Mississippi - 108 - - - - - 108
Missouri - - 35 8 - - - 43
Montana 857 - 10 - - - - 867
New Mexico 1,600 - - - - - - 1,600
North Dakota 896 - - - - - - 896
Ohio 142 326 302 167 80 91 54 1,162
Oklahoma - 41 28 43 16 11 - 139
Pennsylvania Total - 273 769 361 305 362 554 2,624
  Anthracite - 11 194 71 108 145 340 869
  Bituminous - 262 575 290 197 217 214 1,755
Tennessee - - 133 - - 35 19 187
Texas 2,377 - 19 39 - - - 2,435
Virginia 78 264 385 150 93 144 374 1,488
Washington 512 - - - - - - 512
West Virginia Total 2,107 593 332 232 81 159 512 4,016
  Northern 115 34 37 39 57 50 64 396
  Southern 1,992 559 295 193 24 109 448 3,620
Wyoming 4,178 79 48 - - 14 - 4,319
Appalachian Total2 3,558 2,221 2,923 1,446 920 1,187 2,071 14,326
Interior Total2 3,844 818 219 201 48 37 57 5,224
Western Total2 9,400 79 91 - - 14 36 9,620
East of Miss. River 4,892 2,959 3,052 1,557 952 1,213 2,128 16,753
West of Miss. River 11,910 159 181 90 16 25 36 12,417
U.S. Total 16,802 3,118 3,233 1,647 968 1,238 2,164 29,170


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.