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Last Update: May 16, 2013 | Next Update: June 20, 2013
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| Population and Employment | Alabama | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Population | 4.8 million | 23 | 2012 | ||
| Civilian Labor Force | 2.2 million | 24 | Mar-13 | ||
| Per Capita Personal Income | $ 35,625 | 43 | 2012 | ||
| Industry | Alabama | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Gross Domestic Product | $ 173.1 billion | 26 | 2011 | ||
| Land in Farms | 9.0 Million Acres | 31 | 2007 | ||
| Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold | $ 4.4 billion | 27 | 2007 | ||
| Prices | |||||
| Petroleum | Alabama | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase | $ 107.00 /barrel | $ 95.04 /barrel | Feb-13 | ||
| Natural Gas | Alabama | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| City Gate | $ 4.38 /thousand cu ft | $ 4.56 /thousand cu ft | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Residential | $ 14.29 /thousand cu ft | $ 9.24 /thousand cu ft | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Coal | Alabama | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Average Sales Price | $ 102.69 /Short Ton | $ 41.01 /Short Ton | 2011 | ||
| Delivered to Electric Power Sector | $ 2.82 /Million Btu | $ 2.33 /Million Btu | Feb-13 | ||
| Electricity | Alabama | U.S. Average | Period | find more | |
| Residential | 10.92 cents/kWh | 11.61 cents/kWh | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Commercial | 10.46 cents/kWh | 10.04 cents/kWh | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Industrial | 5.66 cents/kWh | 6.60 cents/kWh | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Reserves & Supply | |||||
| Reserves | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 42 million barrels | 0.2% | 2010 | find more | |
| Dry Natural Gas | 2,629 billion cu ft | 0.9% | 2010 | find more | |
| Natural Gas Plant Liquids | 68 million barrels | 0.7% | 2010 | find more | |
| Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines | 306 million short tons | 1.6% | 2011 | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs & Wells | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Rotary Rigs in Operation | 5 Rigs | 0.3% | 2012 | ||
| Natural Gas Producing Wells | 7,063 wells | 1.4% | 2011 | find more | |
| Production | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Energy | 1,420 Trillion Btu | 1.9% | 2010 | find more | |
| Crude Oil | 834 thousand barrels | 0.4% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Natural Gas - Marketed | 195,581 million cu ft | 0.8% | 2011 | find more | |
| Coal | 19,071 thousand short tons | 1.7% | 2011 | find more | |
| Capacity | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1) | 120,100 Barrels/Calendar Day | 0.7% | 2012 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capability | 32,577 MW | 3.1% | 2011 | ||
| Net Electricity Generation | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Total Net Electricity Generation | 12,166 thousand MWh | 3.9% | Feb-13 | ||
| Petroleum-Fired | 9 thousand MWh | 0.8% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Natural Gas-Fired | 4,322 thousand MWh | 5.4% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Coal-Fired | 3,197 thousand MWh | 2.6% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Nuclear | 3,005 thousand MWh | 4.9% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Hydroelectric | 1,358 thousand MWh | 6.6% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Other Renewables | 254 thousand MWh | 1.3% | Feb-13 | ||
| Stocks | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) | 155 thousand barrels | 0.4% | Feb-13 | ||
| Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) | 661 thousand barrels | 0.7% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Natural Gas in Underground Storage | 27,348 million cu ft | 0.4% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 319 thousand barrels | 1.0% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers | 6,043 thousand tons | 3.4% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Production Facilities | Alabama | ||||
| Major Coal Mines | None | find more | |||
| Petroleum Refineries | Goodway Refining LLC (Atmore); Hunt Refining Co (Tuscaloosa); Shell Chemical LP (Saraland) | find more | |||
| Major Non-Nuclear Electricity Generating Plants | Barry (Alabama Power Co) ; James H Miller Jr (Alabama Power Co) ; H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle (Southern Power Co) ; E B Harris Electric Generating Plant (Southern Power Co) ; E C Gaston (Alabama Power Co) | ||||
| Nuclear Power Plants | Browns Ferry (Tennessee Valley Authority), Joseph M Farley (Alabama Power Co) | find more | |||
| Distribution & Marketing | |||||
| Distribution Centers | Alabama | ||||
| Oil Seaports/Oil Import Sites | Mobile | find more | |||
| Natural Gas Market Centers | None | ||||
| Major Pipelines | Alabama | find more | |||
| Crude Oil | Citronelle-Mobile, Genesis, Hess, Hunt, Miller. | ||||
| Petroleum Product | Amoco, Colonial, Plantation. | ||||
| Liquefied Petroleum Gases | Dixie, Enterprise | ||||
| Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines | Chandeleur Pipeline Co., Enbridge Pipelines, Florida Gas Transmission Co., Gulf South Pipeline Co., Gulfstream Natural Gas System, Southeast Supply Header, Southern Natural Gas Co., Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Texas Eastern Transmission Co., Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. | ||||
| Fueling Stations | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Motor Gasoline | 6,150 Stations | 3.8% | 2008 | ||
| Liquefied Petroleum Gases | 94 Stations | 3.4% | 2013 | ||
| Compressed Natural Gas | 15 Stations | 1.3% | 2013 | ||
| Ethanol | 28 Stations | 1.1% | 2013 | ||
| Other Alternative Fuels | 61 Stations | 0.4% | 2013 | ||
| Consumption | |||||
| per Capita | Alabama | U.S. Rank | Period | ||
| Total Energy | 410 million Btu | 12 | 2010 | ||
| by Source | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Total Energy | 1,960 trillion Btu | 2.0% | 2010 | find more | |
| Total Petroleum | 103.9 million barrels | 1.5% | 2011 | find more | |
| » Motor Gasoline | 61.5 million barrels | 1.9% | 2011 | find more | |
| » Distillate Fuel | 26.9 million barrels | 1.9% | 2011 | find more | |
| » Liquefied Petroleum Gases | 3.4 million barrels | 0.4% | 2011 | find more | |
| » Jet Fuel | 2.4 million barrels | 0.5% | 2011 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 598,068 million cu ft | 2.5% | 2011 | find more | |
| Coal | W | W | 2011 | find more | |
| by End-Use Sector | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | ||
| Residential | 417,483 billion Btu | 1.9% | 2010 | find more | |
| Commercial | 270,890 billion Btu | 1.5% | 2010 | find more | |
| Industrial | 785,810 billion Btu | 2.6% | 2010 | find more | |
| Transportation | 485,514 billion Btu | 1.8% | 2010 | find more | |
| for Electricity Generation | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Petroleum | 13 thousand barrels | 0.7% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Natural Gas | 31,155 million cu ft | 5.2% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| Coal | 1,610 thousand short tons | 2.4% | Feb-13 | find more | |
| for Home Heating (share of households) | Alabama | U.S. Average | Period | ||
| Natural Gas | 29.8 % | 49.5 % | 2011 | ||
| Fuel Oil | 0.2 % | 6.5 % | 2011 | ||
| Electricity | 60.8 % | 35.4 % | 2011 | ||
| Liquefied Petroleum Gases | 7.6 % | 5.0 % | 2011 | ||
| Other/None | 1.4 % | 3.6 % | 2011 | ||
| Environment | |||||
| Special Programs | Alabama | find more | |||
| Clean Cities Coalitions | Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition | ||||
| Alternative Fuels | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Alternative Fueled Vehicles in Use | 15,401 Vehicles | 1.3% | 2011 | find more | |
| Ethanol Plants | 0 Plants | 0.0% | 2013 | find more | |
| Ethanol Plant Capacity | 0 Million Gal/Year | 0.0% | 2013 | find more | |
| Ethanol Consumption | 4,415 Thousand Barrels | 1.4% | 2011 | find more | |
| Total Emissions | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 132.7 million metric tons | 2.4% | 2010 | ||
| Electric Power Industry Emissions | Alabama | Share of U.S. | Period | find more | |
| Carbon Dioxide | 76,413,476 Metric Tons | 3.3% | 2011 | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | 195,481 Metric Tons | 4.0% | 2011 | ||
| Nitrogen Oxide | 64,716 Metric Tons | 2.7% | 2011 | ||
-- = No data reported.
* = Value is less than half of the smallest unit of measure (e.g., for values with no decimals, the smallest unit is 1 then values under 0.5 are shown as *.)
NA = Not available.
NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.
W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Note: Small differences between source data and values displayed here may be due to independent rounding.