# Coal production in Louisiana

Coal production in Louisiana was 264,374 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-22`
- 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/louisiana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-22

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 264,374 |
| 2023 | 288,829 |
| 2022 | 307,107 |
| 2021 | 300,093 |
| 2020 | 676,582 |
| 2019 | 1,537,669 |
| 2018 | 1,483,241 |
| 2017 | 2,078,567 |
| 2016 | 2,797,656 |
| 2015 | 3,438,728 |
| 2014 | 2,604,888 |
| 2013 | 2,809,771 |
| 2012 | 3,971,129 |
| 2011 | 3,864,700 |
| 2010 | 3,944,542 |
| 2009 | 3,657,416 |
| 2008 | 3,843,243 |
| 2007 | 3,126,586 |
| 2006 | 4,114,016 |
| 2005 | 4,160,962 |
| 2004 | 3,805,488 |
| 2003 | 4,028,110 |
| 2002 | 3,802,509 |
| 2001 | 3,715,136 |