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Table ES1. Coal Production, 1949-2022

(short tons)

Rank Mining Method Location

Year

Bituminous

Coal1

Subbituminous

Coal Lignite Anthracite1 Underground Surface1

East of

Mississippi

River1

West of

Mississippi

River1 Total1

1949 437,868,000 - - 42,702,000 358,854,000 121,716,000 444,199,000 36,371,000 480,570,000

1950 516,311,000 - - 44,077,000 421,000,000 139,388,000 524,374,000 36,014,000 560,388,000

1951 533,665,000 - - 42,670,000 442,184,000 134,151,000 541,703,000 34,632,000 576,335,000

1952 466,841,000 - - 40,583,000 381,173,000 126,251,000 474,755,000 32,669,000 507,424,000

1953 457,290,000 - - 30,949,000 367,444,000 120,795,000 457,652,000 30,587,000 488,239,000

1954 391,706,000 - - 29,083,000 305,964,000 114,825,000 395,413,000 25,376,000 420,789,000

1955 464,633,000 - - 26,205,000 357,964,000 132,874,000 464,218,000 26,620,000 490,838,000

1956 500,874,000 - - 28,900,000 380,829,000 148,945,000 504,001,000 25,773,000 529,774,000

1957 492,704,000 - - 25,338,000 373,565,000 144,477,000 493,377,000 24,665,000 518,042,000

1958 410,446,000 - - 21,171,000 297,583,000 134,034,000 411,315,000 20,302,000 431,617,000

1959 412,028,000 - - 20,649,000 292,849,000 139,828,000 412,351,000 20,326,000 432,677,000

1960 415,512,000 - - 18,817,000 292,584,000 141,745,000 413,033,000 21,296,000 434,329,000

1961 402,977,000 - - 17,446,000 279,551,000 140,872,000 398,642,000 21,781,000 420,423,000

1962 422,149,000 - - 16,894,000 287,939,000 151,104,000 417,629,000 21,414,000 439,043,000

1963 458,928,000 - - 18,267,000 308,971,000 168,224,000 453,485,000 23,710,000 477,195,000

1964 486,998,000 - - 17,184,000 327,697,000 176,485,000 478,494,000 25,688,000 504,182,000

1965 512,088,000 - - 14,866,000 337,958,000 188,996,000 499,529,000 27,425,000 526,954,000

1966 533,881,000 - - 12,941,000 342,612,000 204,210,000 518,773,000 28,049,000 546,822,000

1967 552,626,000 - - 12,256,000 352,391,000 212,491,000 535,973,000 28,909,000 564,882,000

1968 545,245,000 - - 11,461,000 346,592,000 210,114,000 526,991,000 29,715,000 556,706,000

1969 547,172,000 8,321,000 5,012,000 10,473,000 349,238,000 221,740,000 537,677,000 33,301,000 570,978,000

1970 578,469,000 16,423,000 8,040,000 9,729,000 340,530,000 272,131,000 567,758,000 44,903,000 612,661,000

1971 521,344,000 22,151,000 8,697,000 8,727,000 277,175,000 283,744,000 509,925,000 50,994,000 560,919,000

1972 556,842,000 27,547,000 10,997,000 7,106,000 305,046,000 297,446,000 538,157,000 64,335,000 602,492,000

1973 543,532,000 33,933,000 14,273,000 6,830,000 300,080,000 298,488,000 522,131,000 76,437,000 598,568,000

1974 545,689,000 42,240,000 15,477,000 6,617,000 277,966,000 332,057,000 518,118,000 91,905,000 610,023,000

1975 577,522,000 51,099,000 19,817,000 6,203,000 293,467,000 361,174,000 543,707,000 110,934,000 654,641,000

1976 588,364,000 64,841,000 25,480,000 6,228,000 295,464,000 389,449,000 548,831,000 136,082,000 684,913,000

1977 580,991,000 82,115,000 28,238,000 5,861,000 266,591,000 430,614,000 533,267,000 163,938,000 697,205,000

1978 534,020,000 96,757,000 34,350,000 5,037,000 242,772,000 427,392,000 487,178,000 182,986,000 670,164,000

1979 612,279,000 121,475,000 42,545,000 4,835,000 320,891,000 460,243,000 559,704,000 221,430,000 781,134,000

1980 628,769,000 147,715,000 47,160,000 6,056,000 337,508,000 492,192,000 578,688,000 251,012,000 829,700,000

1981 607,986,000 159,693,000 50,673,000 5,423,000 316,496,000 507,279,000 553,862,000 269,914,000 823,775,000

1982 620,166,000 160,946,000 52,411,000 4,589,000 339,152,000 498,960,000 564,259,000 273,853,000 838,112,000

1983 568,609,000 151,044,000 58,349,000 4,089,000 300,379,000 481,713,000 507,395,000 274,696,000 782,091,000

1984 649,489,000 179,200,000 63,070,000 4,161,735 352,050,000 543,870,000 587,620,000 308,301,000 895,920,767

1985 613,851,000 192,657,000 72,422,000 4,708,375 350,800,000 532,838,000 558,730,000 324,908,000 883,638,117

1986 620,059,000 189,610,000 76,354,000 4,291,951 360,438,000 529,877,000 564,427,000 325,887,000 890,314,708

1987 636,609,000 200,165,000 78,427,000 3,560,459 372,874,000 545,888,000 581,929,000 336,833,000 918,762,162

1988 638,105,000 223,504,000 85,101,000 3,554,509 382,156,000 568,109,000 579,565,000 370,700,000 950,265,278

1989 659,771,000 231,171,000 86,439,000 3,347,996 393,835,000 586,893,000 599,015,000 381,714,000 980,728,790

1990 693,206,000 244,274,000 88,090,000 3,506,247 424,546,000 604,529,000 630,218,000 398,858,000 1,029,075,527

1991 650,700,000 255,325,000 86,514,000 3,445,080 407,225,000 588,759,000 591,294,000 404,690,000 995,983,881

1992 651,842,000 252,158,000 90,062,000 3,482,861 407,239,000 590,306,000 588,575,000 408,970,000 997,544,933

1993 576,652,000 274,901,000 89,549,000 4,322,263 351,053,000 594,371,000 516,219,000 429,205,000 945,424,286

1994 640,260,000 300,517,000 88,081,000 4,646,032 399,103,000 634,401,000 566,289,000 467,216,000 1,033,504,293

1995 613,764,679 327,997,855 86,499,740 4,711,498 396,249,022 636,724,750 544,245,706 488,728,066 1,032,973,772

1996 630,741,292 340,290,580 88,055,815 4,767,826 409,848,871 654,006,642 563,667,655 500,187,858 1,063,855,513

1997 653,827,506 345,071,099 86,341,244 4,691,939 420,657,474 669,274,314 579,369,281 510,562,507 1,089,931,788

1998 640,586,262 385,930,397 85,766,784 5,251,724 417,727,882 699,807,285 570,575,604 546,959,563 1,117,535,167

1999 601,731,551 406,714,233 87,217,912 4,767,752 391,789,870 708,641,558 529,594,228 570,837,200 1,100,431,428

2000 574,275,630 409,203,124 85,560,584 4,572,223 373,658,726 699,952,835 507,517,246 566,094,315 1,073,611,561

2001 611,291,051 434,414,339 80,043,399 1,940,017 380,626,833 747,061,973 528,777,761 598,911,045 1,127,688,806

2002 572,103,243 438,353,294 82,459,406 1,367,118 357,384,967 736,898,094 492,915,076 601,367,985 1,094,283,061

2003 541,475,747 442,618,093 86,366,464 1,292,269 352,784,686 718,967,887 469,246,727 602,505,846 1,071,752,573
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Rank Mining Method Location

Year

Bituminous

Coal1

Subbituminous

Coal Lignite Anthracite1 Underground Surface1

East of

Mississippi

River1

West of

Mississippi

River1 Total1

2004 561,484,652 465,368,953 83,539,698 1,705,567 367,557,255 744,541,615 484,795,840 627,303,030 1,112,098,870

2005 571,177,133 474,675,461 83,941,728 1,703,777 368,611,500 762,886,599 493,801,042 637,697,057 1,131,498,099

2006 561,631,018 515,332,638 84,248,267 1,537,736 359,021,815 803,727,844 490,797,869 671,951,790 1,162,749,659

2007 542,757,594 523,724,347 78,584,915 1,568,489 351,789,934 794,845,411 478,161,383 668,473,962 1,146,635,345

2008 555,267,210 539,145,383 75,683,638 1,712,438 357,079,371 814,729,298 493,342,095 678,466,574 1,171,808,669

2009 504,101,778 496,421,871 72,478,549 1,921,194 332,061,582 742,861,810 449,593,554 625,329,838 1,074,923,392

2010 489,532,051 514,829,513 78,230,494 1,776,090 337,154,614 747,213,534 446,196,808 638,171,340 1,084,368,148

2011 525,995,943 486,295,739 81,101,129 2,234,725 345,605,509 750,022,027 456,446,210 639,181,326 1,095,627,536

2012 485,363,301 449,799,910 78,927,292 2,367,915 342,386,637 674,071,781 423,475,610 592,982,808 1,016,458,418

2013 471,182,631 434,287,168 77,228,703 2,143,277 341,684,553 643,157,226 407,340,833 577,500,946 984,841,779

2014 479,990,818 438,623,717 79,487,116 1,947,107 354,703,991 645,344,767 409,520,451 590,528,307 1,000,048,758

2015 404,426,770 419,514,932 70,857,085 2,141,776 306,821,302 590,119,261 348,977,735 547,962,828 896,940,563

2016 325,147,260 330,242,617 71,309,951 1,664,670 252,106,254 476,258,244 281,627,159 446,737,339 728,364,498

2017 353,519,714 351,502,385 67,674,760 1,912,498 273,128,860 501,480,497 304,429,935 470,179,422 774,609,357

2018 357,226,100 340,007,405 57,037,552 1,896,038 275,361,378 480,805,717 310,662,897 445,504,198 756,167,095

2019 338,954,766 311,551,673 53,191,887 2,610,937 267,372,934 438,936,329 296,045,637 410,263,626 706,309,263

2020 237,916,151 245,781,202 49,364,584 2,372,417 195,529,788 339,904,566 209,010,932 326,423,422 535,434,354

2021 259,900,584 268,055,363 47,364,090 2,111,241 220,597,113 356,834,165 231,355,004 346,076,274 577,431,278

2022 270,525,699 273,617,557 47,526,121 2,485,905 222,143,003 372,012,279 241,914,630 352,240,652 594,155,282

1 Beginning in 2001, includes a small amount of refuse recovery.

Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

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