| Rank | Mining method | Location | |||||||
| Bitum- | Subbi- | Anthra- | Under- | ||||||
| Year | inous | tuminous | Lignite | cite | ground | Surface | West | East | Total |
| million short tons | |||||||||
| 1949 | 437.9 | i | i | 42.7 | 358.9 | 121.7 | 36.4 | 444.2 | 480.6 |
| 1950 | 516.3 | i | i | 44.1 | 421.0 | 139.4 | 36.0 | 524.4 | 560.4 |
| 1951 | 533.7 | i | i | 42.7 | 442.2 | 134.2 | 34.6 | 541.7 | 576.3 |
| 1952 | 466.8 | i | i | 40.6 | 381.2 | 126.3 | 32.7 | 474.8 | 507.4 |
| 1953 | 457.3 | i | i | 30.9 | 367.4 | 120.8 | 30.6 | 457.7 | 488.2 |
| 1954 | 391.7 | i | i | 29.1 | 306.0 | 114.8 | 24.4 | 395.4 | 420.8 |
| 1955 | 464.6 | i | i | 26.2 | 358.0 | 132.9 | 26.6 | 464.2 | 490.8 |
| 1956 | 500.9 | i | i | 28.9 | 380.8 | 148.9 | 25.8 | 504.0 | 529.8 |
| 1957 | 492.7 | i | i | 25.3 | 373.6 | 144.5 | 24.7 | 493.4 | 518.0 |
| 1958 | 410.4 | i | i | 21.2 | 297.6 | 134.0 | 20.3 | 411.3 | 431.6 |
| 1959 | 412.0 | i | i | 20.6 | 292.8 | 139.8 | 20.3 | 412.4 | 432.7 |
| 1960 | 415.5 | i | i | 18.8 | 292.6 | 141.7 | 21.3 | 413.0 | 434.3 |
| 1961 | 403.0 | i | i | 17.4 | 279.6 | 140.9 | 21.8 | 398.6 | 420.4 |
| 1962 | 422.1 | i | i | 16.9 | 287.9 | 151.1 | 21.4 | 417.6 | 439.0 |
| 1963 | 458.9 | i | i | 18.3 | 309.0 | 168.2 | 23.7 | 453.5 | 477.2 |
| 1964 | 487.0 | i | i | 17.2 | 327.7 | 176.5 | 25.7 | 478.5 | 504.2 |
| 1965 | 512.1 | i | i | 14.9 | 338.0 | 189.0 | 27.4 | 499.5 | 527.0 |
| 1966 | 533.9 | i | i | 12.9 | 342.6 | 204.2 | 28.0 | 518.8 | 546.8 |
| 1967 | 552.6 | i | i | 12.3 | 352.4 | 212.5 | 28.9 | 536.0 | 564.9 |
| 1968 | 545.2 | i | i | 11.5 | 346.6 | 210.1 | 29.7 | 527.0 | 556.7 |
| 1969 | 547.2 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 349.2 | 221.7 | 33.3 | 537.7 | 571.0 |
| 1970 | 578.5 | 16.4 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 340.5 | 272.1 | 44.9 | 567.8 | 612.7 |
| 1971 | 521.3 | 22.2 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 277.2 | 283.7 | 51.0 | 509.9 | 560.9 |
| 1972 | 556.8 | 27.5 | 11.0 | 7.1 | 305.0 | 297.4 | 64.3 | 538.2 | 602.5 |
| 1973 | 543.5 | 33.9 | 14.3 | 6.8 | 300.1 | 298.5 | 76.4 | 522.1 | 598.6 |
| 1974 | 545.7 | 42.2 | 15.5 | 6.6 | 278.0 | 332.1 | 91.9 | 518.1 | 610.0 |
| 1975 | 577.5 | 51.1 | 19.8 | 6.2 | 293.5 | 361.2 | 110.9 | 543.7 | 654.6 |
| 1976 | 588.4 | 64.8 | 25.5 | 6.2 | 295.5 | 389.4 | 136.1 | 548.8 | 684.9 |
| 1977 | 581.0 | 82.1 | 28.2 | 5.9 | 266.6 | 430.6 | 163.9 | 533.3 | 697.2 |
| 1978 | 534.0 | 96.8 | 34.4 | 5.0 | 242.8 | 427.4 | 183.0 | 487.2 | 670.2 |
| 1979 | 612.3 | 121.5 | 42.5 | 4.8 | 320.9 | 460.2 | 221.4 | 559.7 | 781.1 |
| 1980 | 628.8 | 147.7 | 47.2 | 6.1 | 337.5 | 492.2 | 251.0 | 578.7 | 829.7 |
| 1981 | 608.0 | 159.7 | 50.7 | 5.4 | 316.5 | 507.3 | 269.9 | 553.9 | 823.8 |
| 1982 | 620.2 | 160.9 | 52.4 | 4.6 | 339.2 | 499.0 | 273.9 | 564.3 | 838.1 |
| 1983 | 568.6 | 151.0 | 58.3 | 4.1 | 300.4 | 481.7 | 274.7 | 507.4 | 782.1 |
| 1984 | 649.5 | 179.2 | 63.1 | 4.2 | 352.1 | 543.9 | 308.3 | 587.6 | 895.9 |
| 1985 | 613.9 | 192.7 | 72.4 | 4.7 | 350.8 | 532.8 | 324.9 | 558.7 | 883.6 |
| 1986 | 620.1 | 189.6 | 76.4 | 4.3 | 360.4 | 529.9 | 325.9 | 564.4 | 890.3 |
| 1987 | 636.6 | 200.2 | 78.4 | 3.6 | 372.9 | 545.9 | 336.8 | 581.9 | 918.8 |
| 1988 | 638.1 | 223.5 | 85.1 | 3.6 | 382.2 | 568.1 | 370.7 | 579.6 | 950.3 |
| 1989 | 659.8 | 231.2 | 86.4 | 3.3 | 393.8 | 586.9 | 381.7 | 599.0 | 980.7 |
| 1990 | 693.2 | 244.3 | 88.1 | 3.5 | 424.5 | 604.5 | 398.9 | 630.2 | 1,029.1 |
| 1991 | 650.7 | 255.3 | 86.5 | 3.4 | 407.2 | 588.8 | 404.7 | 591.3 | 996.0 |
| 1992 | 651.8 | 252.2 | 90.1 | 3.5 | 407.2 | 590.3 | 409.0 | 588.6 | 997.5 |
| 1993 | 576.7 | 274.9 | 89.5 | 4.3 | 351.1 | 594.4 | 429.2 | 516.2 | 945.4 |
| 1994 | 640.3 | 300.5 | 88.1 | 4.6 | 399.1 | 634.4 | 467.2 | 566.3 | 1,033.5 |
| 1995 | 613.8 | 328.0 | 86.5 | 4.7 | 396.2 | 636.7 | 488.7 | 544.2 | 1,033.0 |
| 1996 | 630.7 | 340.3 | 88.1 | 4.8 | 409.8 | 654.0 | 500.2 | 563.7 | 1,063.9 |
| 1997 | 653.8 | 345.1 | 86.3 | 4.7 | 420.7 | 669.3 | 510.6 | 579.4 | 1,089.9 |
| 1998 | 631.7 | 394.8 | 85.8 | 5.3 | 417.7 | 699.8 | 547.0 | 570.6 | 1,117.5 |
| 1999 | 621.3 | 388.3 | 84.4 | 5.2 | 410.8 | 688.3 | 537.9 | 561.2 | 1,099.1 |
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1999, Table 7.2, p. 193, DOE/EIA-0384(99) (GPO, Washington, DC, 2000).
Notes: i = included in bituminous coal. Location refers to east and west of the Mississippi River. Totals may not agree with sum of components due to independent rounding. Previous-year data may have been revised. Current-year data are estimates and may be revised in future publications.
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