Key information about United States Coal Consumption

• United States Coal Consumption was reported at 317.010 TOE mn in Dec 2018
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 331.263 TOE mn for Dec 2017
• US Coal Consumption data is updated yearly, averaging 424.641 TOE mn from Dec 1965 to Dec 2018, with 54 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 545.740 TOE mn in 2005 and a record low of 277.235 TOE mn in 1965
• US Coal Consumption data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by BP PLC
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Metal and Mining Sector – Table WB.BP.CONS: Coal Consumption (Discontinued)

Historical chart and dataset showing U.S. coal usage/consumption by year from 1960 to 2023.

United States Coal Consumption: Transportation data was reported at 0.000 Short Ton th in Jul 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Short Ton th for Jun 2018. United States Coal Consumption: Transportation data is updated monthly, averaging 0.000 Short Ton th from Jan 1973 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 547 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.000 Short Ton th in May 1973 and a record low of 0.000 Short Ton th in Jul 2018. United States Coal Consumption: Transportation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Energy Information Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.RB005: Coal Consumption.

The USA: Coal consumption, thousand short tons: The latest value from 2023 is 535735.88 thousand short tons, an increase from 515554.78 thousand short tons in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 50012.11 thousand short tons, based on data from 190 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1980 to 2023 is 883316.04 thousand short tons. The minimum value, 476693 thousand short tons, was reached in 2020 while the maximum of 1127998.13 thousand short tons was recorded in 2007.

United States Coal Consumption: Commercial: Other data was reported at 5.714 Short Ton th in Aug 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.554 Short Ton th for Jul 2018. United States Coal Consumption: Commercial: Other data is updated monthly, averaging 256.351 Short Ton th from Jan 1973 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 548 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,043.120 Short Ton th in Jan 1974 and a record low of 5.714 Short Ton th in Aug 2018. United States Coal Consumption: Commercial: Other data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Energy Information Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RB005: Coal Consumption.

United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data was reported at 34.233 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 39.651 % for 2014. United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 51.846 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.679 % in 1988 and a record low of 34.233 % in 2015. United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

Bituminous hard coal has historically been the most produced coal type in the United States. Growing from just 98,000 metric tons produced in 1800, total coal output reached over 800 million metric tons by 1985. Hard coal was mined more than any other coal type.

Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) geospatial data sets containing information on US Coal Fields.

United States Coal Consumption: Residential data was reported at 0.000 Short Ton th in Jul 2011. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Short Ton th for Jun 2011. United States Coal Consumption: Residential data is updated monthly, averaging 79.390 Short Ton th from Jan 1973 (Median) to Jul 2011, with 463 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 520.960 Short Ton th in Jan 1973 and a record low of 0.000 Short Ton th in Jul 2011. United States Coal Consumption: Residential data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Energy Information Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RB005: Coal Consumption.

Total annual coal consumption by country from 1980 to 2012 (available as Quadrillion Btu). Downloaded from the Energy Information Administration (EIA)'s International Energy Statistics portal

In 2024, coal consumption in the United States reached 411.4 million short tons, a decrease when compared to the previous year. The U.S. has been steadily reducing its reliance on coal for electricity generation, with natural gas having surpassed coal as the largest source for power production in the country.

This file contains weekly coal production data for the United States. For the period 1942-1976, the dataset includes total weekly production, number of working days, and average coal production per working day. For the period 1984-2023, the dataset separates weekly coal production by US region (Appalachian, Interior, Western). This data is associated with an article currently under review.

"Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States" is a digital representation of James Trumbull's "Coal Fields of the United States" (sheet 1, 1960), which is an adaptation of previous maps by Averitt (1942) and Campbell(1908). It is intended to be the first in a series of open file reports that will eventually result in an I-series map that conforms to the U.S. Geological Survey mapping standards. For this edition, coal boundaries were digitized from Trumbull and plotted to represent as closely as possible the original map. In addition, the Gulf Province was updated using generalized boundaries of coal bearing formations digitized from various state geological maps.

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Historical chart and dataset showing Virgin Islands (U.S.) coal usage/consumption by year from 2000 to 2021.

The USA: Coal exports, thousand short tons: The latest value from 2023 is 100207.95 thousand short tons, an increase from 85955.93 thousand short tons in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 8510.21 thousand short tons, based on data from 190 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1980 to 2023 is 82571.9 thousand short tons. The minimum value, 39601.24 thousand short tons, was reached in 2002 while the maximum of 124585.91 thousand short tons was recorded in 2012.

This dataset is a polygon shapefile representing the most recent update of the coal fields of the conterminous United States. Scale of data is 1:5,000,000. This publication is based on a USGS paper map that was a representation of the coal fields and major regions of the time (Trumbull, 1960). Trumbull's 1960 map was digitized and coal fields from the Gulf Coast were added to create USGS OFR 96-92, Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States (Tully, 1996). Tully's (1996) publication consisted of a map in pdf format that could be printed, and an ArcInfo coverage of the coal fields, attributed with rank and potential economic use (minability) of the coal. This new dataset includes a pdf showing updated coal fields and a shapefile that contains attributes on coal rank (without regard to outdated economic standards), province, name, and age. The data used to update Tully's (1996) digital map was collected from the National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) regional Professional Papers produced by the USGS and from AAPG Discovery Series 14/Studies in Geology 62, all of which were conducted by USGS geologists and professional staff. A small number of field names were added and or updated in the western states of Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico using additional coal resource literature.The full study is available from USGS: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121205

Note: Sample data provided. ・ These data identify and provide information on surface and underground coal mines in the United States in 2022. The attribute data for this point dataset come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-7A, Coal Production and Preparation Report and the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report. It includes operating surface and underground coal mines in the United States. Additional coal mine data can be found on EIA Coal Data Browser

Exports of Coal in the United States increased to 1455 USD Million in February from 1244 USD Million in January of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Exports of Coal.