# Coal production in Illinois

Coal production in Illinois was 34,230,307 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-17`
- 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/illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-17

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 34,230,307 |
| 2023 | 36,865,381 |
| 2022 | 37,487,509 |
| 2021 | 36,613,857 |
| 2020 | 31,577,859 |
| 2019 | 45,852,915 |
| 2018 | 49,563,455 |
| 2017 | 48,204,145 |
| 2016 | 43,422,136 |
| 2015 | 56,101,030 |
| 2014 | 57,969,300 |
| 2013 | 52,147,193 |
| 2012 | 48,486,048 |
| 2011 | 37,770,397 |
| 2010 | 33,241,392 |
| 2009 | 33,748,428 |
| 2008 | 32,918,044 |
| 2007 | 32,445,245 |
| 2006 | 32,728,800 |
| 2005 | 32,013,963 |
| 2004 | 31,852,986 |
| 2003 | 31,640,024 |
| 2002 | 33,314,366 |
| 2001 | 33,783,442 |