# Coal production in Alabama

Coal production in Alabama was 14,382,365 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-01`
- Unit: short tons
- Definition: Coal produced by the mines in the place in the year, all ranks and mining methods, in short tons of 2,000 pounds, as published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Note: One short ton is 0.907 metric tonnes. The series starts in 2001. A state whose mines closed has no value after its last producing year, and a year with no production can show zero.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A) (https://www.eia.gov/coal/data/browser/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A). https://www.eia.gov/coal/data/browser/. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/coal-production/alabama
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-01

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 14,382,365 |
| 2023 | 12,043,311 |
| 2022 | 10,407,580 |
| 2021 | 9,338,467 |
| 2020 | 12,151,396 |
| 2019 | 14,124,189 |
| 2018 | 14,783,117 |
| 2017 | 12,860,658 |
| 2016 | 9,642,974 |
| 2015 | 13,190,832 |
| 2014 | 16,362,945 |
| 2013 | 18,620,017 |
| 2012 | 19,321,139 |
| 2011 | 19,071,050 |
| 2010 | 19,914,940 |
| 2009 | 18,796,190 |
| 2008 | 20,611,379 |
| 2007 | 19,327,303 |
| 2006 | 18,829,862 |
| 2005 | 21,338,682 |
| 2004 | 22,270,612 |
| 2003 | 20,117,555 |
| 2002 | 18,931,293 |
| 2001 | 19,363,851 |