Coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Coal production (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, coal production was 10,061 thousand short tons on 3 October 2026, versus 10,054 on 26 September 2026. This represents a gain of 0.07 percent.
Sample. The weekly time series plotted above has 2,231 records. The series covers the time range extending from January 1984 to October 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: coal production reached a trough of 8,114 thousand short tons on 13 April 2024; it reached its highest level of 24,037 on 4 February 2006; it averaged 17,866.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand short tons |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | 10,037.5 |
| 2026-09-26 | 10,054.5 |
| 2026-10-03 | 10,061.3 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Coal production |
| 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 |