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U.S. Coal Facts & Figures
| Coal Reserves & Production | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Reserve Base (Billions of Tons) |
Rank by Reserve Base |
2008 Production (Millions of Tons) |
Rank by Production |
| Montana | 119.1 | 1 | 44.8 | 5 |
| Illinois | 104.3 | 2 | 32.9 | 8 |
| Wyoming | 62.1 | 3 | 467.6 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 32.2 | 4 | 157.8 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 29.4 | 5 | 120.3 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 27.1 | 6 | 65.4 | 4 |
| Ohio | 23.2 | 7 | 26.3 | 11 |
| Colorado | 16.0 | 8 | 32.0 | 9 |
| Texas | 12.2 | 9 | 39.0 | 6 |
| New Mexico | 12.0 | 10 | 25.6 | 12 |
| Indiana | 9.3 | 11 | 35.9 | 7 |
| North Dakota | 8.9 | 12 | 29.6 | 10 |
| Alaska | 6.1 | 13 | 1.5 | 14 |
| Missouri | 6.0 | 14 | .2 | 15 |
| Utah | 5.2 | 15 | 24.4 | 13 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration