# Coal production in Virginia

Coal production in Virginia was 9,749,858 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-51`
- 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/virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-51

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 9,749,858 |
| 2023 | 10,548,023 |
| 2022 | 10,854,738 |
| 2021 | 10,690,988 |
| 2020 | 9,685,355 |
| 2019 | 12,297,466 |
| 2018 | 12,715,239 |
| 2017 | 13,201,849 |
| 2016 | 12,909,687 |
| 2015 | 13,914,269 |
| 2014 | 15,059,178 |
| 2013 | 16,619,072 |
| 2012 | 18,965,105 |
| 2011 | 22,522,668 |
| 2010 | 22,385,402 |
| 2009 | 21,019,178 |
| 2008 | 24,712,406 |
| 2007 | 25,346,083 |
| 2006 | 29,739,969 |
| 2005 | 27,743,396 |
| 2004 | 31,420,320 |
| 2003 | 31,596,312 |
| 2002 | 29,956,063 |
| 2001 | 32,774,024 |