# Coal production in Montana

Coal production in Montana was 26,983,458 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-30`
- 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/montana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-30

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 26,983,458 |
| 2023 | 29,071,803 |
| 2022 | 28,233,354 |
| 2021 | 28,579,592 |
| 2020 | 26,421,553 |
| 2019 | 34,467,534 |
| 2018 | 38,610,140 |
| 2017 | 35,231,843 |
| 2016 | 32,335,656 |
| 2015 | 41,864,004 |
| 2014 | 44,562,048 |
| 2013 | 42,231,483 |
| 2012 | 36,693,982 |
| 2011 | 42,008,238 |
| 2010 | 44,732,165 |
| 2009 | 39,485,837 |
| 2008 | 44,785,700 |
| 2007 | 43,389,833 |
| 2006 | 41,822,805 |
| 2005 | 40,353,984 |
| 2004 | 39,988,503 |
| 2003 | 36,994,098 |
| 2002 | 37,385,807 |
| 2001 | 39,142,820 |