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Which state makes the most coal power? 🪨

1Guess
Which states make the most electricity from coal in a year? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… West Virginia — coal country!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Giant Texas makes the most — but look at #2 and #3: little Kentucky and West Virginia, the Appalachian coal states, punching way above their size!
    📚 Background Giant Texas makes the most coal power too — it produces enormous amounts of electricity of many kinds. The real story is #2 and #3: Kentucky and West Virginia, two small Appalachian states sitting right on top of America's famous coal country. (U.S. EIA, electricity data)
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    I bet… West Virginia — coal country!
    3Compare
    Coal power generated (billion kWh, by state, 2024)
    Texas #1 65.5 billion kWh
    Highest: Texas (65.5 billion kWh); lowest shown here: South Dakota (1.6 billion kWh).

    Note: net electricity from coal, in billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) — 2024, U.S. EIA. Only the states that generate a meaningful amount of coal power are shown.

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    : 2024
    U.S. EIA: net generation from coal by state, 2024 (2026-07-26) — Official published values (the committed raw file holds EIA's megawatt-hour value for every generating state; the display converts to billion kWh).
    ↳ On eia.gov/electricity/data/state, open 'Annual generation by state and energy source', filter YEAR 2024, TYPE OF PRODUCER 'Total Electric Power Industry', ENERGY SOURCE 'Coal'.