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U.S. Coal Facts & Figures
| Coal Reserves & Production | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Reserve Base (Billions of Tons) |
Rank by Reserve Base |
2009 Production (Millions of Tons) |
Rank by Production |
| Montana | 119.0 | 1 | 39.5 | 5 |
| Illinois | 104.2 | 2 | 33.7 | 8 |
| Wyoming | 61.6 | 3 | 431.1 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 32.0 | 4 | 137.0 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 29.2 | 5 | 107.3 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 27.0 | 6 | 58.0 | 4 |
| Ohio | 23.1 | 7 | 27.5 | 11 |
| Colorado | 16.0 | 8 | 28.3 | 10 |
| Texas | 12.2 | 9 | 35.1 | 7 |
| New Mexico | 12.0 | 10 | 25.1 | 12 |
| Indiana | 9.3 | 11 | 35.7 | 6 |
| North Dakota | 8.9 | 12 | 29.9 | 9 |
| Alaska | 6.1 | 13 | 1.9 | 14 |
| Missouri | 6.0 | 14 | .5 | 15 |
| Utah | 5.2 | 15 | 21.7 | 13 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration