How Much Coal is in Wyoming

There are 68,700,000,000 tons of coal in Wyoming. (Click the map of Wyoming to see where Wyoming's coal reserves are located.) This means that Wyoming has the third largest coal reserves and 14.4% of the total coal reserves in the United States. Only Montana (120.1 billion tons) and Illinois (78.5 billion tons) have more coal than Wyoming (68.7 billion tons).

DEMONSTRATED COAL RESERVES (Billion Short Tons)

Rank	State	Undg. Reserve	Surface Reserve	Total Reserve	% of Total U.S.
1	Montana	71.0	49.2	120.1	25.4
2	Illinois	63.1	15.5	78.5	16.5
3	Wyoming	42.6	26.1	68.7	14.4
4	West Virginia	33.0	5.0	37.9	8.0
5	Kentucky	24.5	5.7	30.2	6.3
6	Pennsylvania	28.1	1.4	29.5	6.1
7	Ohio	12.9	5.8	18.6	4.0
8	Colorado	12.2	4.9	17.1	3.6
9	Texas	0.0	13.5	13.5	2.7
10	Indiana	8.9	1.4	10.3	2.1
	All Other States	24.6	25.1	50.1	10.9
	Total U.S.	320.9	153.6	474.5	100.0

How Much Coal is in Wyoming

DEMONSTRATED COAL RESERVES (Billion Short Tons)

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