# Coal production in North Dakota

Coal production in North Dakota was 25,414,668 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-38`
- 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/north-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-38

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 25,414,668 |
| 2023 | 24,087,205 |
| 2022 | 26,730,626 |
| 2021 | 26,512,608 |
| 2020 | 26,438,192 |
| 2019 | 26,996,860 |
| 2018 | 29,643,430 |
| 2017 | 28,787,505 |
| 2016 | 28,120,859 |
| 2015 | 28,801,826 |
| 2014 | 29,157,193 |
| 2013 | 27,639,060 |
| 2012 | 27,528,666 |
| 2011 | 28,231,419 |
| 2010 | 28,948,944 |
| 2009 | 29,945,292 |
| 2008 | 29,627,097 |
| 2007 | 29,606,266 |
| 2006 | 30,411,056 |
| 2005 | 29,956,259 |
| 2004 | 29,942,871 |
| 2003 | 30,775,437 |
| 2002 | 30,798,895 |
| 2001 | 30,475,417 |