Coal production in Illinois (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Coal production (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Illinois, coal production was 604 thousand short tons on 3 October 2026, compared to 605 on 26 September. This constitutes a decrease of 0.29 percent.
Sample. There are 2,231 data points overall in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1984 to October 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: coal production reached its lowest level of 367 thousand short tons on 29 December 2001; it hit a maximum of 1,459 on 29 September 1984; it had an average value of 848.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand short tons |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | 598.115 |
| 2026-09-26 | 605.407 |
| 2026-10-03 | 603.659 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Coal production in Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Thousand short tons |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
Series in the same data set
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United States
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
| Bituminous and lignite coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 718 | 2013-01-05 | 2026-10-03 |
| Anthracite coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
Regions
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal production in the Appalachian region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
| Coal production in the Interior region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |
| Coal production in the Western region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2231 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-10-03 |