How much coal is there 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).

Coal reserve Map

DEMONSTRATED COAL RESERVES (Billion Short Tons)

Rank State Underground Reserve Surface Reserve Total Reserve

Percent 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