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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

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