# Coal production in West Virginia

Coal production in West Virginia was 79,532,981 short tons in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- Place id: `us-state-54`
- 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/west-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=coal_production_short_tons&place=us-state-54

| Period | short tons |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 79,532,981 |
| 2023 | 84,559,546 |
| 2022 | 83,448,369 |
| 2021 | 78,500,650 |
| 2020 | 67,227,591 |
| 2019 | 93,279,116 |
| 2018 | 95,364,743 |
| 2017 | 92,790,774 |
| 2016 | 79,757,315 |
| 2015 | 95,632,900 |
| 2014 | 112,187,373 |
| 2013 | 112,786,287 |
| 2012 | 120,424,758 |
| 2011 | 134,661,745 |
| 2010 | 135,219,749 |
| 2009 | 137,127,322 |
| 2008 | 157,778,087 |
| 2007 | 153,479,515 |
| 2006 | 152,373,615 |
| 2005 | 153,649,647 |
| 2004 | 147,993,201 |
| 2003 | 139,711,310 |
| 2002 | 150,077,736 |
| 2001 | 162,415,815 |