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Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      

Weekly U.S. Coal Production Overview
 (Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
Week Ended 
Year-To-Date[1]
52 Weeks Ended
4/19/2008 4/12/2008 4/21/2007 4/19/2008 4/19/2007 Percent Change 4/19/2008 4/21/2007 Percent Change
Alabama 389 388 340 6,154 6,180 -0.4 19,420 18,640 4.2
Alaska 27 27 25 395 528 -25.0 1,186 1,532 -22.5
Arizona 116 116 149 1,919 2,472 -22.4 7,399 8,218 -10.0
Arkansas 2 2 1 31 21 48.4 93 40 130.4
Colorado 731 731 746 11,237 10,096 11.3 37,329 36,879 1.2
Illinois 660 660 650 10,659 11,518 -7.5 31,531 34,331 -8.2
Indiana 706 706 640 11,277 10,583 6.6 35,556 34,964 1.7
Kansas 11 11 9 157 131 19.3 444 479 -7.3
Kentucky Total 2,365 2,364 2,142 36,456 36,120 0.9 115,098 118,359 -2.8
Eastern 1,719 1,719 1,649 26,610 27,167 -2.1 86,071 90,866 -5.3
Western 645 645 493 9,846 8,953 10.0 29,027 27,492 5.6
Louisiana 65 65 14 1,356 742 82.9 3,673 3,861 -4.9
Maryland 51 51 40 678 715 -5.3 2,249 4,012 -43.9
Mississippi 105 74 94 994 1,075 -7.6 3,439 3,714 -7.4
Missouri 5 5 4 71 71 -0.2 235 285 -17.5
Montana 890 890 735 13,385 12,132 10.3 44,443 42,060 5.7
New Mexico 481 481 550 7,342 7,095 3.5 24,581 25,485 -3.5
North Dakota 550 549 500 9,084 9,209 -1.4 29,380 30,268 -2.9
Ohio 484 484 379 7,432 6,714 10.7 23,192 22,014 5.4
Oklahoma 37 37 31 590 507 16.4 1,725 1,821 -5.3
Pennsylvania Total 1,320 1,320 1,228 20,578 21,100 -2.5 64,413 66,339 -2.9
Anthracite 40 40 29 564 487 15.8 1,628 1,538 5.9
Bituminous 1,280 1,280 1,199 20,014 20,612 -2.9 62,785 64,801 -3.1
Tennessee 52 52 46 768 847 -9.2 2,557 2,730 -6.3
Texas 859 858 754 13,001 12,013 8.2 42,727 44,149 -3.2
Utah 485 485 469 7,189 7,460 -3.6 23,935 25,152 -4.8
Virginia 474 473 524 7,889 8,797 -10.3 24,360 29,117 -16.3
Washington - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1,619 -100.0
West Virginia Total 3,113 3,113 2,852 48,242 48,275 -0.1 152,607 152,080 0.3
Northern 947 947 781 15,083 14,029 7.5 42,846 42,345 1.2
Southern 2,166 2,166 2,071 33,159 34,245 -3.2 109,760 109,735 *
Wyoming 8,849 8,417 8,852 140,564 132,159 6.4 459,521 446,371 2.9
Appalachian Total 7,601 7,600 7,058 118,351 119,795 -1.2 374,869 385,797 -2.8
Interior Total 3,095 3,063 2,691 47,983 45,615 5.2 148,450 151,137 -1.8
Western Total 12,129 11,696 12,026 191,114 181,151 5.5 627,776 617,584 1.7
East of Miss. River 9,718 9,684 8,935 151,128 151,924 -0.5 474,421 486,299 -2.4
West of Miss. River 13,107 12,674 12,840 206,321 194,636 6.0 676,673 668,220 1.3
Bituminous and Lignite 22,785 22,318 21,745 356,885 346,073 3.1 1,149,466 1,152,982 -0.3
Anthracite 40 40 29 564 487 15.8 1,628 1,538 5.9
U.S. Total 22,825 22,358 21,774 357,449 346,560 3.1 1,151,094 1,154,519 -0.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 149,638 145,467 138,990 2,340,387 2,249,684 4.0 7,494,735 7,435,807 0.8
  [1] The estimates of railroad cars loaded (at bottom of columns) are not exact for the time periods specified.  Weekly railroad cars loaded are not prorated to a daily basis.  For the current year, the estimates include railroad cars loaded for the week that includes January 1, and, therefore, can include railroad cars loaded on days in the prior calendar year, which makes the estimate slightly larger than an exact year-to-date aggregate.  For the previous year, the estimates can include extra days both at the start and at the end of the year-to-date period. The week that includes January 1 can include railroad cars loaded on days that occurred in the prior year. The ending date (previous year)--as specified at the top of the year-to-date column--stops short of a full week ending on a Saturday in the previous year.  But the previous year-to-date aggregation includes a full week's worth of railroad car loadings for that last week, which makes the estimate slightly larger than an exact year-to-date aggregate. By contrast, coal production is prorated to a daily basis and the year-to-date aggregates of produced tons of coal are exact for the time periods specified.
  s Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated totals.
  * Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
  Notes: Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  Bituminous and Lignite Total includes bituminous coal,subbituminous coal, and lignite, and Anthracite Total includes Pennsylvania anthracite.  The States in the Appalachian Region are Alabama,Eastern Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.  The Interior Region States are Arkansas, Illinois,Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Western Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.  The Western Region States are Alaska, Arizona,California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.  Monthly coal production estimates are usually releasedfor printing on Friday of the first full week of the following month.
  Sources: Association of American Railroads, Transportation Division, Weekly Statement CS-54A; for western States, special thanks to BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and HealthAdministration, U.S.  Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."