# Coal production in Kentucky

Coal production in Kentucky was 24,308,599 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-21`
- 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/kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-21

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 24,308,599 |
| 2023 | 28,346,168 |
| 2022 | 28,526,558 |
| 2021 | 26,425,787 |
| 2020 | 24,245,038 |
| 2019 | 36,005,701 |
| 2018 | 39,567,024 |
| 2017 | 41,784,412 |
| 2016 | 42,867,898 |
| 2015 | 61,424,961 |
| 2014 | 77,334,723 |
| 2013 | 80,379,779 |
| 2012 | 90,861,804 |
| 2011 | 108,766,150 |
| 2010 | 104,960,118 |
| 2009 | 107,338,054 |
| 2008 | 120,322,708 |
| 2007 | 115,280,302 |
| 2006 | 120,847,953 |
| 2005 | 119,733,923 |
| 2004 | 114,243,649 |
| 2003 | 112,805,618 |
| 2002 | 124,141,999 |
| 2001 | 133,834,374 |