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U.S. Coal Facts & Figures
| Coal Reserves & Production | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Reserve Base (Billions of Tons) |
Rank by Reserve Base |
2006 Production (Millions of Tons) |
Rank by Production |
| Montana | 119.2 | 1 | 41.8 | 6 |
| Illinois | 104.4 | 2 | 32.8 | 9 |
| Wyoming | 63.3 | 3 | 446.7 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 32.7 | 4 | 152.4 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 29.8 | 5 | 120.8 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 27.3 | 6 | 66.0 | 4 |
| Ohio | 23.3 | 7 | 22.7 | 13 |
| Colorado | 16.2 | 8 | 36.3 | 7 |
| Texas | 12.3 | 9 | 45.5 | 5 |
| New Mexico | 12.1 | 10 | 25.9 | 12 |
| Indiana | 9.4 | 11 | 35.1 | 8 |
| North Dakota | 9.0 | 12 | 30.4 | 10 |
| Alaska | 6.1 | 13 | 1.4 | 14 |
| Missouri | 6.0 | 14 | .4 | 15 |
| Utah | 5.3 | 15 | 26.0 | 11 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration