KY Coal Facts - KY Production

Kentucky produced 125.9* million tons of bituminous coal in 2006, down over 53 million tons from the record 179.4 million tons set in 1990.

	Underground		Surface		State
Year	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky	Eastern Kentucky	Western Kentucky	Totals
1960	32,041,487	12,851,108	4,622,417	18,552,641	67,067,653
1965	37,740,473	13,341,646	9,587,626	26,537,294	87,207,039
1970	44,068,538	19,430,489	28,527,422	33,281,946	125,308,395
1975	41,280,096	24,757,456	46,957,448	31,209,511	144,204,511
1980	59,603,430	19,558,157	49,582,095	21,400,291	150,143,973
1985	75,530,607	21,188,598	52,294,115	22,602,743	169,616,063
1990	81,577,417	27,375,465	49,393,390	21,026,997	179,373,269
1995	73,922,358	24,763,534	47,288,817	11,812,973	157,787,682
2000	59,956,626	21,543,143	44,335,363	6,010,856	131,845,988
2002	59,562,704	21,244,764	44,615,777	5,979,552	131,402,797
2003	52,952,957	19,055,260	40,751,963	4,360,719	117,120,899
2004	54,250,895	19,228,512	41,544,662	3,930,444	118,954,473
2005	52,679,423	21,751,583	45,073,132	4,903,482	124,407,575
2006	50,853,952	25,971,680	45,537,968	3,597,011	125,960,611

*NOTE: State production numbers differ slightly from yearly federal U.S. DOE - Energy Information Administration (EIA) production numbers, due to minor differences in their methodology (i.e., clean coal versus raw). Please note whether Federal or State numbers are referenced when using a value in this publication.

Source: Kentucky Division of Mines and Minerals, Annual Reports, 1960-2002; Office of Mine Safety & Licensing, Annual Reports, 2003-2006.


	Kentucky			Eastern Kentucky			Western Kentucky
Year	Surface	Underground	Total	Surface	Underground	Total	Surface	Underground	Total
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006	1,137 937 723 612 492 429 360 296 270 250 248 237 237 221 205 198 162 203 194 213 196 208 215	926 921 830 816 738 670 627 542 482 446 425 361 307 308 277 260 246 264 233 187 223 224 227	2,063 1,858 1,553 1,428 1,230 1,099 987 838 752 696 673 598 544 529 482 458 408 467 427 400 419 432 442	1,026 836 633 532 426 358 301 243 225 197 206 201 197 193 186 178 148 187 180 174 185 193 202	900 897 802 791 714 644 601 513 459 425 401 339 287 289 259 243 234 253 219 201 212 211 214	1,926 1,733 1,435 1,323 1,140 1,002 902 756 684 622 607 540 484 482 445 421 382 440 399 375 397 404 416	111 101 90 80 66 71 59 53 45 53 42 36 40 28 19 20 14 16 14 13 11 15 13	26 24 28 25 24 26 26 29 23 21 24 22 20 19 18 17 12 11 14 12 11 13 13	137 125 118 105 90 97 85 82 68 74 66 58 60 47 37 37 26 27 28 25 22 28 26

Source: U.S. DOE--Energy Information Administration, Coal Industry Annual, 1993-2006, Coal Production, 1984-2004.