# US states by coal production, 2017

All 24 values come from U.S. Energy Information Administration for 2017, so the places are comparable. 2 states have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `coal_production_short_tons`
- 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.
- 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
- 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/rankings/coal-production/us-states

| Rank | Place | short tons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wyoming | 316,454,445 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 92,790,774 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | 49,085,344 |
| 4 | Illinois | 48,204,145 |
| 5 | Kentucky | 41,784,412 |
| 6 | Texas | 36,382,244 |
| 7 | Montana | 35,231,843 |
| 8 | Indiana | 31,471,867 |
| 9 | North Dakota | 28,787,505 |
| 10 | Colorado | 15,046,510 |
| 11 | Utah | 14,325,737 |
| 12 | New Mexico | 13,843,683 |
| 13 | Virginia | 13,201,849 |
| 14 | Alabama | 12,860,658 |
| 15 | Ohio | 9,488,894 |
| 16 | Arizona | 6,221,392 |
| 17 | Mississippi | 2,603,668 |
| 18 | Louisiana | 2,078,567 |
| 19 | Maryland | 1,808,384 |
| 20 | Alaska | 959,068 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 561,345 |
| 22 | Tennessee | 431,112 |
| 23 | Missouri | 244,345 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 42,738 |