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Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview                      
Report No.: DOE/EIA 0218/40
Report Released: October 08, 2009
Next Release Date: November 05, 2009

Weekly and Monthly U.S. Coal Production Overview
(Thousand Short Tons)
Coal-Producing Region
and State
 Week Ended Year-To-Date[1] Month Ended January - September
10/3/2009
10/4/2008
10/3/2009
10/3/2008
September 2009
September 2008
2009
2008
Percent Change
Alabama 377 407 15,012 15,871 1,661 1,699 14,861 15,626 -4.9
Alaska 27 32 1,291 1,047 117 109 1,280 1,025 24.9
Arizona 138 168 5,422 6,109 607 790 5,367 6,014 -10.8
Arkansas 1 2 15 46 3 5 15 45 -67.2
Colorado 584 648 22,736 25,084 2,528 2,672 22,490 24,774 -9.2
Illinois 572 686 25,227 24,535 2,502 2,923 24,994 24,157 3.5
Indiana 718 713 28,551 26,976 3,150 3,052 28,259 26,577 6.3
Kansas 4 3 148 213 19 21 147 212 -30.8
Kentucky Total 2,117 2,454 85,812 91,828 9,301 10,170 84,955 90,396 -6.0
   Eastern 1,542 1,840 61,375 69,284 6,784 7,696 60,753 68,200 -10.9
   Western 575 614 24,437 22,544 2,517 2,474 24,202 22,196 9.0
Louisiana 84 85 2,907 2,799 349 280 2,872 2,758 4.1
Maryland 53 55 1,852 1,932 232 231 1,831 1,899 -3.6
Mississippi 55 75 2,641 2,386 279 248 2,618 2,346 11.6
Missouri 8 4 330 179 35 22 327 177 84.7
Montana 824 896 30,991 33,301 3,555 3,869 30,642 32,901 -6.9
New Mexico 423 463 18,453 19,940 1,859 2,538 18,283 19,725 -7.3
North Dakota 550 580 22,242 22,390 2,427 2,593 22,021 22,052 -0.1
Ohio 485 521 20,603 19,580 2,127 2,197 20,405 19,288 5.8
Oklahoma 28 27 880 1,142 122 120 869 1,126 -22.8
Pennsylvania Total 1,102 1,283 45,187 49,437 4,845 5,110 44,743 48,657 -8.0
   Anthracite 24 38 1,199 1,274 107 148 1,190 1,250 -4.9
   Bituminous 1,077 1,245 43,988 48,162 4,738 4,962 43,554 47,407 -8.1
Tennessee 45 44 1,780 1,793 200 186 1,762 1,767 -0.3
Texas 738 814 27,404 29,160 3,177 3,361 27,090 28,793 -5.9
Utah 425 492 16,068 18,056 1,869 1,942 15,896 17,761 -10.5
Virginia 439 474 15,658 18,494 1,922 2,064 15,480 18,234 -15.1
West Virginia Total 2,762 3,012 109,865 120,495 12,110 12,706 108,742 118,797 -8.5
   Northern 742 787 30,339 30,878 3,255 3,091 30,038 30,410 -1.2
   Southern 2,020 2,225 79,527 89,617 8,855 9,615 78,705 88,387 -11.0
Wyoming 7,926 9,414 324,921 351,325 34,575 40,442 321,547 347,148 -7.4
Appalachian Total 6,804 7,635 271,332 296,887 29,881 31,888 268,577 292,468 -8.2
Interior Total 2,783 3,025 112,540 109,980 12,154 12,507 111,391 108,388 2.8
Western Total 10,897 12,692 442,124 477,252 47,537 54,956 437,526 471,400 -7.2
East of Miss. River 8,725 9,724 352,188 373,328 38,330 40,586 348,649 367,745 -5.2
West of Miss. River 11,759 13,628 473,808 510,790 51,242 58,765 468,845 504,511 -7.1
Bituminous and Lignite 20,460 23,314 824,797 882,844 89,465 99,203 816,304 871,006 -6.3
Anthracite 24 38 1,199 1,274 107 148 1,190 1,250 -4.9
U.S. Total 20,484 23,352 825,997 884,118 89,572 99,351 817,494 872,257 -6.3
Railroad Cars Loaded 131,260 156,779 5,324,135 5,871,093 - - - - - - - - - -
  [1] The estimates of railroad cars loaded (at bottom of columns) are not exact for the time periods specified. Weekly railroad cars loaded are not prorated to a daily basis. For the current year, the estimates include railroad cars loaded for the week that includes January 1, and, therefore, can include railroad cars loaded on days in the prior calendar year, which makes the estimate slightly larger than an exact year-to-date aggregate. For the previous year, the estimates can include extra days both at the start and at the end of the year-to-date period. The week that includes January 1 can include railroad cars loaded on days that occurred in the prior year. The ending date (previous year)--as specified at the top of the year-to-date column--stops short of a full week ending on a Saturday in the previous year. But the previous year-to-date aggregation includes a full week's worth of railroad car loadings for that last week, which makes the estimate slightly larger than an exact year-to-date aggregate. By contrast, coal production is prorated to a daily basis and the year-to-date aggregates of produced tons of coal are exact for the time periods specified.
s Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated totals.
* Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
- - Not applicable.
Notes: Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Bituminous and Lignite Total includes bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, and lignite, and Anthracite Total includes Pennsylvania anthracite. The States in the Appalachian Region are Alabama, Eastern Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Interior Region States are Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Western Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Western Region States are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Monthly coal production estimates are usually released for printing on Friday of the first full week of the following month.
Sources: Association of American Railroads, Transportation Division, Weekly Statement CS-54A; for western States, special thanks to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and to Union Pacific Railroad for their assistance and for trainload and carload statistics; and, Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."