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 605 thousand short tons on 26 September 2026, versus 598 on 19 September 2026. This marks an increase of 1.17 percent.
Sample. There are 2,230 records in the weekly series presented in the figure above. The period covered by the series extends from January 1984 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: coal production reached its minimum of 367 thousand short tons on 29 December 2001; it reached its highest level of 1,459 on 29 September 1984; it had a mean of 848.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand short tons |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 590.494 |
| 2026-09-19 | 598.115 |
| 2026-09-26 | 605.407 |
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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 | 2230 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-09-26 |
| Bituminous and lignite coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 717 | 2013-01-05 | 2026-09-26 |
| Anthracite coal production (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2230 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-09-26 |
Regions
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal production in the Appalachian region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2230 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-09-26 |
| Coal production in the Interior region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2230 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-09-26 |
| Coal production in the Western region (thousand short tons) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2230 | 1984-01-07 | 2026-09-26 |