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Released: April 14, 2009
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Table 2. U.S. Coal Production by Coal-Producing Region and State, 2004 - 2008
 (Million Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region and State
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Percent Change
2007 - 2008
Appalachia Total 389.9 396.7 391.2 377.8 389.8 3.2
Alabama 22.3 21.3 18.8 19.3 20.6 6.6
Kentucky, Eastern  90.9 93.3 93.6 87.1 89.9 3.2
Maryland 5.2 5.2 5.1 2.3 2.8 22.0
Ohio 23.2 24.7 22.7 22.6 26.3 16.3
Pennsylvania Total 66.0 67.5 66.0 65.0 65.3 0.4
   Anthracite 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 8.7
   Bituminous 64.3 65.8 64.5 63.5 63.6 0.2
Tennessee 2.9 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.3 -12.0
Virginia 31.4 27.7 29.7 25.3 24.6 -3.0
West Virginia Total 148.0 153.6 152.4 153.5 158.0 2.9
   Northern 40.6 42.6 42.4 42.2 40.9 -3.1
   Southern 107.3 111.0 110.0 111.3 117.1 5.2
Interior Total 146.0 149.2 151.4 146.7 146.7 0.0
Arkansas * * * 0.1 0.1 -16.3
Illinois 31.9 32.0 32.7 32.4 33.0 1.6
Indiana 35.1 34.5 35.1 35.0 36.2 3.3
Kansas 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 -45.5
Kentucky, Western 23.4 26.4 27.2 28.2 30.0 6.3
Louisiana 3.8 4.2 4.1 3.1 3.8 22.9
Mississippi 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 2.8 -19.9
Missouri 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 4.6
Oklahoma 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.4 -17.7
Texas 45.9 45.9 45.5 41.9 39.0 -7.0
Western Total 575.2 585.0 619.4 621.0 633.6 2.0
Alaska 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.5 11.6
Arizona 12.7 12.1 8.2 8.0 8.0 0.5
Colorado 39.9 38.5 36.3 36.4 32.0 -12.0
Montana 40.0 40.4 41.8 43.4 44.8 3.2
New Mexico 27.2 28.5 25.9 24.5 25.6 4.9
North Dakota 29.9 30.0 30.4 29.6 29.6 0.1
Utah 21.7 24.5 26.0 24.3 24.4 0.2
Washington 5.7 5.3 2.6 - - 0.0
Wyoming 396.5 404.3 446.7 453.6 467.6 3.1
Refuse Recovery 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.4 17.9
U.S. Total 1,112.1 1,131.5 1,162.7 1,146.6 1,171.5 2.2
* Less than 50 thousand short tons.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Coal Report 2005, DOE/EIA-0584(2005)(Washington, DC, October 2006); Energy Information Administration, Annual Coal Report 2007, DOE/EIA-0584(2007)(Washington, DC, January 2009); and Quarterly Coal Report, October-December 2008, DOE/EIA-0121(2008/Q4)(Washington, DC, March 2009).

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