Historical Kentucky Production Figures
 
YEAR SURFACE UNDERGROUND TOTAL
1790 0 20 20
1794 0 20 20
1800 0 100 100
1801 0 100 100
1802 0 100 100
1803 0 200 200
1804 0 200 200
1805 0 300 300
1806 0 400 400
1807 0 500 500
1808 0 500 500
1809 0 600 600
1810 0 700 700
1811 0 800 800
1812 0 900 900
1813 0 1,000 1,000
1814 0 1,100 1,100
1815 0 1,200 1,200
1816 0 1,300 1,300
1817 0 1,400 1,400
1818 0 1,500 1,500
1819 0 1,600 1,600
1820 0 2,000 2,000
1821 0 2,100 2,100
1822 0 2,300 2,300
1823 0 2,400 2,400
1824 0 3,100 3,100
1825 0 6,700 6,700
1826 0 7,500 7,500
1827 0 8,500 8,500
1828 0 9,600 9,600
1829 0 16,000 16,000
1830 0 18,900 18,900
1831 0 21,700 21,700
1832 0 23,400 23,400
1833 0 26,600 26,600
1834 0 34,600 34,600
1835 0 36,000 36,000
1836 0 40,300 40,300
1837 0 58,200 58,200
1838 0 74,300 74,300
1839 0 63,200 63,200
1840 0 62,700 62,700
1841 0 64,700 64,700
1842 0 66,700 66,700
1843 0 68,800 68,800
1844 0 70,500 70,500
1845 0 71,800 71,800
1846 0 71,800 71,800
1847 0 72,700 72,700
1848 0 73,400 73,400
1849 0 74,200 74,200
1850 0 75,500 75,500
1851 0 76,800 76,800
1852 0 78,800 78,800
1853 0 82,200 82,200
1854 0 85,800 85,800
1855 0 107,600 107,600
1856 0 114,200 114,200
1857 0 118,600 118,600
1858 0 122,900 122,900
1859 0 127,000 127,000
1860 0 129,000 129,000
1861 0 44,450 44,450
1862 0 4,200 4,200
1863 0 4,100 4,100
1864 0 104,100 104,100
1865 0 106,500 106,500
1866 0 139,135 139,135
1867 0 114,185 114,185
1868 0 174,970 174,970
1869 0 229,038 229,038
1870 0 282,380 282,380
1871 0 345,775 345,775
1872 0 530,385 530,385
1873 0 527,280 527,280
1874 0 583,585 583,585
1875 0 666,465 666,465
1876 0 732,050 732,050
1877 0 799,973 799,973
1878 0 889,358 889,358
1879 0 1,124,615 1,124,615
1880 0 1,200,815 1,200,815
1881 0 1,291,200 1,291,200
1882 0 1,385,000 1,385,000
1883 0 1,485,600 1,485,600
1884 0 1,575,835 1,575,835
1885 0 1,340,887 1,340,887
1886 0 1,519,200 1,519,200
1887 0 1,933,195 1,933,195
1888 0 2,401,323 2,401,323
1889 0 2,399,725 2,399,725
1890 0 2,532,526 2,532,526
1891 0 2,962,738 2,962,738
1892 0 3,027,300 3,027,300
1893 0 3,302,282 3,302,282
1894 0 2,957,194 2,957,194
1895 0 3,207,772 3,207,772
1896 0 3,183,388 3,183,388
1897 0 3,304,053 3,304,053
1898 0 3,534,993 3,534,993
1899 0 4,505,440 4,505,440
1900 0 5,020,686 5,020,686
1901 0 5,324,712 5,324,712
1902 0 6,429,080 6,429,080
1903 0 7,198,251 7,198,251
1904 0 7,167,323 7,167,323
1905 0 8,039,246 8,039,246
1906 0 9,598,439 9,598,439
1907 0 10,436,061 10,436,061
1908 0 9,805,777 9,805,777
1909 0 10,294,155 10,294,155
1910 0 14,765,825 14,765,825
1911 0 13,898,997 13,898,997
1912 0 16,331,804 16,331,804
1913 0 19,423,507 19,423,507
1914 0 20,165,864 20,165,864
1915 0 21,273,669 21,273,669
1916 10,500 25,292,677 25,303,177
1917 0 27,816,641 27,816,641
1918 0 31,521,713 31,521,713
1919 0 29,925,358 29,925,358
1920 0 33,672,802 33,672,802
1921 0 30,319,449 30,319,449
1922 98,164 41,223,446 41,321,610
1923 261,189 42,856,321 43,117,510
1924 744,291 42,634,441 43,378,732
1925 1,024,673 53,689,259 54,713,932
1926 783,945 62,847,010 63,630,955
1927 1,147,948 67,620,151 68,768,099
1928 6,426,320 60,297,636 66,723,956
1929 505,730 59,899,798 60,405,528
1930 309,454 50,588,453 50,897,907
1931 39,340 40,410,159 40,449,499
1932 108,126 35,425,197 35,533,323
1933 156,565 36,876,929 37,033,494
1934 155,849 38,920,687 39,076,536
1935 104,138 41,241,759 41,345,897
1936 0 47,678,547 47,678,547
1937 143,766 47,026,685 47,170,451
1938 556,651 39,107,856 39,664,507
1939 722,660 41,588,335 42,310,995
1940 840,489 48,542,814 49,383,303
1941 1,154,048 52,991,765 54,145,813
1942 1,229,053 62,233,653 63,462,706
1943 1,847,288 62,302,899 64,150,187
1944 5,130,184 67,276,743 72,406,927
1945 6,484,605 63,751,426 70,236,031
1946 6,902,226 62,369,244 69,271,470
1947 10,062,717 78,632,810 88,695,527
1948 12,792,138 69,408,476 82,200,614
1949 13,068,067 60,929,609 73,997,676
1950 13,836,749 67,930,491 81,767,240
1951 24,597,679 49,290,587 73,888,266
1952 10,550,298 53,760,823 64,311,121
1953 10,105,381 53,430,126 63,535,507
1954 11,562,944 47,058,180 58,621,124
1955 14,317,487 54,633,257 68,950,744
1956 18,911,690 57,022,560 75,934,250
1957 20,117,448 55,758,488 75,875,936
1958 20,306,762 47,411,969 67,718,731
1959 21,864,188 43,126,150 64,990,338
1960 22,276,439 39,335,588 61,612,027
1961 24,031,368 41,363,857 65,395,225
1962 27,301,058 42,748,417 70,049,475
1963 30,071,350 48,111,053 78,182,403
1964 33,090,515 50,146,989 83,237,504
1965 36,124,920 51,082,119 87,207,039
1966 36,789,016 56,400,832 93,189,848
1967 40,898,328 59,208,122 100,106,450
1968 39,719,374 61,256,494 100,975,868
1969 44,261,599 63,763,761 108,025,360
1970 61,809,368 63,499,027 125,308,395
1971 66,463,794 52,724,787 119,188,581
1972 63,716,836 56,554,411 120,271,247
1973 64,155,581 63,361,739 127,517,320
1974 72,749,131 64,019,427 136,768,558
1975 78,165,004 66,037,152 144,202,156
1976 78,713,231 64,218,716 142,931,947
1977 83,311,681 64,262,934 147,574,615
1978 75,522,231 59,758,431 135,280,662
1979 73,103,809 76,730,355 149,834,164
1980 70,807,609 79,161,587 149,969,196
1981 76,879,673 79,656,868 156,536,541
1982 73,839,152 77,438,459 151,277,611
1983 64,883,341 66,712,175 131,595,516
1984 81,221,394 89,456,897 170,678,291
1985 74,896,858 94,674,205 169,571,063
1986 67,765,062 97,841,934 165,606,996
1987 74,179,229 103,080,194 177,259,423
1988 62,104,729 99,104,469 161,209,198
1989 67,476,142 103,039,042 170,515,184
1990 70,420,387 108,952,882 179,373,269
1991 61,585,654 101,707,903 163,293,557
1992 65,162,785 98,309,346 163,472,131
1993 68,540,855 97,551,799 166,092,654
1994 65,173,465 103,357,953 168,531,418
1995 59,101,790 98,043,852 157,145,642
1996 59,195,320 98,479,285 157,674,605
1997 63,329,300 102,459,999 165,789,299
1998 58,941,761 97,937,265 156,879,026
1999 55,150,235 89,249,086 144,399,321
2000 50,346,219 81,499,769 131,845,988
2001 53,107,358 85,107,965 138,215,323
2002 50,595,329 80,807,468 131,402,797
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