KY Coal Facts - U.S. Coal Production

U.S. Coal Production

Kentucky & U.S. Coal Production,* 1970-2006 (millions of tons)

Year	Kentucky			United States	Kentucky as % of U.S.
Year	Eastern	Western	Total	United States	Kentucky as % of U.S.

1970	72.5	52.8	125.3	602.9	20.8
1971	71.6	47.8	119.4	552.2	21.6
1972	68.9	52.3	121.2	595.4	20.4
1973	74.0	53.7	127.6	591.7	21.6
1974	85.4	51.8	137.2	603.4	22.7
1975	87.3	56.4	143.6	648.4	22.1
1976	91.1	52.8	144.0	678.7	21.2
1977	94.0	52.3	146.3	691.3	21.2
1978	96.2	39.5	135.7	665.1	20.4
1979	104.1	42.5	146.5	777.9	18.8
1980	109.2	41.0	150.1	829.7	18.1
1981	117.9	39.7	157.6	823.8	19.1
1982	111.2	39.0	150.2	838.1	17.9
1983	95.6	35.6	131.2	782.1	16.8
1984	117.3	42.3	159.5	895.9	17.8
1985	113.3	39.0	152.3	883.6	17.2
1986	112.7	41.2	153.9	890.3	17.3
1987	119.9	45.3	165.2	918.8	18.0
1988	117.5	40.3	157.9	950.3	16.6
1989	125.7	41.6	167.4	980.7	17.1
1990	128.4	44.9	173.3	1,029.1	16.8
1991	117.2	41.8	159.0	996.0	16.0
1992	119.4	41.7	161.1	997.5	16.2
1993	120.2	36.1	156.3	945.4	16.5
1994	124.4	37.2	161.6	1,033.5	15.6
1995	118.5	35.2	153.7	1,033.0	14.9
1996	117.0	35.5	152.4	1,063.9	14.3
1997	120.9	34.9	155.9	1,089.9	14.3
1998	116.7	33.6	150.3	1,118.1	13.4
1999	110.0	29.6	139.6	1,100.4	12.7
2000	105.0	25.8	130.7	1,073.6	12.2
2001	109.1	24.7	133.8	1,125.9	11.9
2002	99.4	24.7	124.1	1,094.3	11.3
2003	91.3	21.5	112.8	1,071.8	10.5
2004	90.9	23.4	114.2	1,112.1	10.3
2005	93.3	26.4	119.7	1,131.5	10.6
2006	93.6	27.2	120.8	1,162.7	10.4

* NOTE: These are the official U.S. DOE numbers for Kentucky. State and Federal numbers will differ.

2006 Rank	State	Millions of Tons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Wyoming West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania Texas Montana Colorado Indiana Illinois Virginia	447.0 157.0 120.8 61.1 45.5 41.8 36.3 35.1 32.8 30.4

U.S. Leading Coal Producers

Kentucky ranked third in the United States in coal production during 2006.

Sources: U.S. DOE - Energy Information Administration; Coal Industry Annual, 1993-2006, Coal Production, 1977-1992. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Mineral Yearbook, 1970-1976.