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Coal production in Illinois

Coal production in Illinois was 34,230,307 short tons in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is down 7.1% from 2023.

2024, short tons34,230,307
Change on 2023-7.1%
Series high57,969,3002014
Series low31,577,8592020

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Coal production in Illinois, 2001 to 2024

30M40M50M60M20012005200920132017202120242001: 33,783,442 short tons2002: 33,314,366 short tons2003: 31,640,024 short tons2004: 31,852,986 short tons2005: 32,013,963 short tons2006: 32,728,800 short tons2007: 32,445,245 short tons2008: 32,918,044 short tons2009: 33,748,428 short tons2010: 33,241,392 short tons2011: 37,770,397 short tons2012: 48,486,048 short tons2013: 52,147,193 short tons2014: 57,969,300 short tons2015: 56,101,030 short tons2016: 43,422,136 short tons2017: 48,204,145 short tons2018: 49,563,455 short tons2019: 45,852,915 short tons2020: 31,577,859 short tons2021: 36,613,857 short tons2022: 37,487,509 short tons2023: 36,865,381 short tons2024: 34,230,307 short tons30M40M50M60M20012009201720242001: 33,783,442 short tons2002: 33,314,366 short tons2003: 31,640,024 short tons2004: 31,852,986 short tons2005: 32,013,963 short tons2006: 32,728,800 short tons2007: 32,445,245 short tons2008: 32,918,044 short tons2009: 33,748,428 short tons2010: 33,241,392 short tons2011: 37,770,397 short tons2012: 48,486,048 short tons2013: 52,147,193 short tons2014: 57,969,300 short tons2015: 56,101,030 short tons2016: 43,422,136 short tons2017: 48,204,145 short tons2018: 49,563,455 short tons2019: 45,852,915 short tons2020: 31,577,859 short tons2021: 36,613,857 short tons2022: 37,487,509 short tons2023: 36,865,381 short tons2024: 34,230,307 short tons
short tons. Source: EIA, Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-28.
All 24 values
Periodshort tons
202434,230,307
202336,865,381
202237,487,509
202136,613,857
202031,577,859
201945,852,915
201849,563,455
201748,204,145
201643,422,136
201556,101,030
201457,969,300
201352,147,193
201248,486,048
201137,770,397
201033,241,392
200933,748,428
200832,918,044
200732,445,245
200632,728,800
200532,013,963
200431,852,986
200331,640,024
200233,314,366
200133,783,442

Compared with United States

Place2024
Illinois34,230,307
United States512,540,324

Illinois compared with nearby places

Alabama: 14,382,365 short tonsAlaska: 1,003,565 short tonsColorado: 12,391,325 short tonsIllinois: 34,230,307 short tonsIndiana: 20,147,124 short tonsKentucky: 24,308,599 short tonsLouisiana: 264,374 short tonsMaryland: 1,320,929 short tonsMississippi: 2,041,402 short tonsMissouri: 147,314 short tonsMontana: 26,983,458 short tonsNew Mexico: 7,198,771 short tonsNorth Dakota: 25,414,668 short tonsOhio: 1,795,099 short tonsOklahoma: 118 short tonsPennsylvania: 40,596,563 short tonsTexas: 12,296,514 short tonsUtah: 7,419,699 short tonsVirginia: 9,749,858 short tonsWest Virginia: 79,532,981 short tonsWyoming: 190,730,914 short tons
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Coal production, 2024, short tons. Illinois is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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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.

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.

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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.

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APA 7

U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A) (Coal production, Illinois, 2001 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/coal/data/browser/

MLA 9

Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A), Coal production, Illinois, 2001 to 2024. U.S. Energy Information Administration, 28 Sept. 2026, https://www.eia.gov/coal/data/browser/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/coal-production/illinois. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2026. Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A). Coal production, Illinois, 2001 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.eia.gov/coal/data/browser/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/coal-production/illinois.

Harvard

U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A), Coal production, Illinois, 2001 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.eia.gov/coal/data/browser/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/coal-production/illinois (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{energy_coal_production_illinois_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}},
  title = {{Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A): Coal production, Illinois, 2001 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.eia.gov/coal/data/browser/},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/coal-production/illinois. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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What is the coal production in Illinois?

Coal production in Illinois was 34,230,307 short tons in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is down 7.1% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Energy Information Administration. Aggregate coal mine production, all coal, by state, annual, short tons (COAL.PRODUCTION.TOT-<state>-TOT.A). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest coal production in Illinois?

57,969,300 short tons in 2014, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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