US states by coal electricity generation
Texas had the highest coal electricity generation of 48 states in 2016, at 121.23 TWh. Idaho had the lowest, at 0.03 TWh. The median was 22.5 TWh and the figure for the United States was 1,239.15 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
All states, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 121.23 | -0.3% |
| 2 | Indiana | 72.53 | -7.3% |
| 3 | West Virginia | 71.51 | +5.1% |
| 4 | Ohio | 68.78 | -4.1% |
| 5 | Kentucky | 66.82 | -8% |
| 6 | Missouri | 60.32 | -7.7% |
| 7 | Illinois | 59.34 | -19.6% |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 54.67 | -15.4% |
| 9 | Michigan | 40.53 | -23.4% |
| 10 | Wyoming | 40.03 | -7.1% |
| 11 | Florida | 39.43 | -8.1% |
| 12 | Georgia | 37.89 | +2% |
| 13 | North Carolina | 37.44 | -6.2% |
| 14 | Alabama | 34.26 | -17.3% |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 33.36 | -10.3% |
| 16 | Tennessee | 31.17 | +1.9% |
| 17 | Arizona | 30.4 | -15.9% |
| 18 | Colorado | 29.95 | -5% |
| 19 | North Dakota | 26.58 | -4.2% |
| 20 | Utah | 25.94 | -18.1% |
| 21 | Iowa | 25.2 | -15.5% |
| 22 | Arkansas | 23.8 | +9.5% |
| 23 | Minnesota | 23.21 | -6% |
| 24 | Kansas | 23.1 | -6.1% |
| 25 | Nebraska | 21.9 | -9.5% |
| 26 | South Carolina | 21 | -7.2% |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 19.16 | -23% |
| 28 | New Mexico | 18.37 | -10.1% |
| 29 | Virginia | 16.5 | -4.2% |
| 30 | Montana | 14.27 | -10.9% |
| 31 | Maryland | 13.83 | -0.7% |
| 32 | Louisiana | 12.01 | -20.8% |
| 33 | Mississippi | 5.34 | -16.5% |
| 34 | Washington | 4.6 | -8.9% |
| 35 | Nevada | 2.17 | -18.5% |
| 36 | South Dakota | 2.08 | +39.3% |
| 37 | Oregon | 1.9 | -20.2% |
| 38 | Massachusetts | 1.87 | -16.8% |
| 39 | New York | 1.77 | -25.6% |
| 40 | Hawaii | 1.5 | +12% |
| 41 | New Jersey | 1.31 | -25.3% |
| 42 | Alaska | 0.59 | -11% |
| 43 | Delaware | 0.48 | -19.9% |
| 44 | New Hampshire | 0.42 | -54.9% |
| 45 | California | 0.32 | +7.1% |
| 46 | Connecticut | 0.18 | -70.5% |
| 47 | Maine | 0.07 | -24% |
| 48 | Idaho | 0.03 | -63% |
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About this ranking
Net electricity generated from coal at utility-scale plants (1 megawatt or more) in the year, in terawatt hours: bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, anthracite, waste and refined coal, as reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Form EIA-923.
United States and its states only. Net generation can be slightly negative when idle plants use more electricity than they produce, as in Connecticut in 2020.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Electricity data browser: net generation, all coal products, all sectors, annual (EIA-923). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which state has the highest coal electricity generation?
Texas, with 121.23 TWh in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Which state has the lowest coal electricity generation?
Idaho, with 0.03 TWh in 2016.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity data browser: net generation, all coal products, all sectors, annual (EIA-923). Retrieved 2026-10-11.