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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/18
Report Released: May 07, 2009
Next Release Date: June 04, 2009

Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
 Week Ended Year-To-Date[1] Month Ended January - April
5/2/2009 5/3/2008 5/2/2009 5/2/2008 April 2009 April 2008 2009 2008 Percent Change
Alabama 367 393 7,019 7,472 1,683 1,679 6,944 7,317 -5.1
Alaska 24 25 429 500 108 109 425 489 -13.2
Arizona 139 130 2,796 2,503 645 555 2,768 2,451 13.0
Arkansas 1 1 20 20 6 6 20 20 -0.6
Colorado 565 655 11,341 11,202 2,570 2,750 11,192 10,995 1.8
Illinois 555 625 10,164 10,632 2,512 2,657 10,039 10,402 -3.5
Indiana 667 704 12,158 11,976 3,019 2,994 12,011 11,713 2.5
Kansas 3 6 80 107 14 27 79 105 -24.3
Kentucky Total 2,011 2,381 36,952 40,988 9,133 10,149 36,521 40,080 -8.9
   Eastern 1,487 1,778 27,592 30,871 6,776 7,589 27,280 30,182 -9.6
   Western 524 603 9,360 10,117 2,358 2,560 9,241 9,898 -6.6
Louisiana 78 16 1,298 1,246 236 187 1,278 1,241 3.0
Maryland 67 57 918 788 292 245 904 765 18.2
Mississippi 2 65 1,079 1,075 211 270 1,078 1,055 2.2
Missouri 5 5 99 76 24 21 98 74 32.5
Montana 754 794 14,539 14,899 3,393 3,327 14,333 14,658 -2.2
New Mexico 451 595 9,507 7,379 2,101 2,540 9,411 7,150 31.6
North Dakota 531 578 9,598 9,729 2,414 2,475 9,492 9,498 -0.1
Ohio 448 534 8,121 8,547 2,026 2,270 8,022 8,348 -3.9
Oklahoma 29 22 553 493 133 93 547 485 12.8
Pennsylvania Total 1,138 1,304 21,358 23,197 5,196 5,566 21,119 22,692 -6.9
   Anthracite 23 37 382 558 103 158 377 543 -30.6
   Bituminous 1,115 1,267 20,976 22,639 5,093 5,408 20,742 22,149 -6.4
Tennessee 43 46 814 847 199 198 806 829 -2.8
Texas 712 755 13,264 12,709 3,178 3,155 13,066 12,485 4.7
Utah 420 432 7,700 8,566 1,905 1,840 7,610 8,401 -9.4
Virginia 452 504 8,308 7,980 2,048 2,142 8,208 7,793 5.3
West Virginia Total 2,711 3,260 51,257 54,620 12,354 13,870 50,661 53,403 -5.1
   Northern 777 879 13,957 14,330 3,514 3,742 13,788 13,999 -1.5
   Southern 1,934 2,381 37,300 40,290 8,840 10,128 36,873 39,404 -6.4
Wyoming 7,500 8,449 146,263 156,320 32,856 38,025 144,186 153,807 -6.3
Appalachian Total 6,715 7,876 125,387 134,322 30,573 33,560 123,945 131,329 -5.6
Interior Total 2,576 2,802 48,074 48,451 11,691 11,969 47,457 47,476 *
Western Total 10,384 11,659 202,173 211,097 45,993 51,620 199,417 207,450 -3.9
East of Miss. River 8,463 9,873 158,148 168,122 38,673 42,041 156,314 164,396 -4.9
West of Miss. River 11,212 12,464 217,486 225,748 49,584 55,108 214,505 221,859 -3.3
Bituminous and Lignite 19,652 22,300 375,252 393,312 88,154 96,991 370,442 385,712 -4.0
Anthracite 23 37 382 558 103 158 377 543 -30.6
U.S. Total 19,675 22,337 375,634 393,870 88,256 97,149 370,819 386,255 -4.0
Railroad Cars Loaded 123,208 148,211 2,467,942 2,638,539 - - - - - - - - - -
  [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.
- - Not applicable.
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, and Wyoming. Monthly coal production estimates are usually released for 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 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."