# Coal production in United States

Coal production in United States was 512,540,324 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 512,540,324 |
| 2023 | 577,954,017 |
| 2022 | 594,155,282 |
| 2021 | 577,431,278 |
| 2020 | 535,434,354 |
| 2019 | 706,309,263 |
| 2018 | 756,167,095 |
| 2017 | 774,609,357 |
| 2016 | 728,364,498 |
| 2015 | 896,940,563 |
| 2014 | 1,000,048,758 |
| 2013 | 984,841,779 |
| 2012 | 1,016,458,418 |
| 2011 | 1,095,627,536 |
| 2010 | 1,084,368,148 |
| 2009 | 1,074,923,392 |
| 2008 | 1,171,808,669 |
| 2007 | 1,146,635,345 |
| 2006 | 1,162,749,659 |
| 2005 | 1,131,498,099 |
| 2004 | 1,112,098,870 |
| 2003 | 1,071,752,573 |
| 2002 | 1,094,283,061 |
| 2001 | 1,127,688,806 |