# Coal production in Colorado

Coal production in Colorado was 12,391,325 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-08`
- 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/colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-08

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 12,391,325 |
| 2023 | 12,371,195 |
| 2022 | 12,792,903 |
| 2021 | 11,874,792 |
| 2020 | 10,056,334 |
| 2019 | 12,868,122 |
| 2018 | 14,025,508 |
| 2017 | 15,046,510 |
| 2016 | 12,634,136 |
| 2015 | 18,878,915 |
| 2014 | 24,007,495 |
| 2013 | 24,236,286 |
| 2012 | 28,566,094 |
| 2011 | 26,889,632 |
| 2010 | 25,162,526 |
| 2009 | 28,267,207 |
| 2008 | 32,028,460 |
| 2007 | 36,383,903 |
| 2006 | 36,321,783 |
| 2005 | 38,509,970 |
| 2004 | 39,870,097 |
| 2003 | 35,831,185 |
| 2002 | 35,103,060 |
| 2001 | 33,371,705 |