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Distribution of U.S. Coal by Destination
                                         

Release Date: January 2006
Next Release Date: 2006

Distribution of U.S Coal by Destination
  
Domestic Distribution of U.S. Coal by Destination State, Consumer, Destination and Method of Transportation, 2004
(Thousand Short Tons)
DESTINATION: U.S. TOTAL (cont)
State of Origin
by Method of Transportation
Electricity Generation
Coke Plants
Industrial Plants
(Except Coke)
Residential and Commercial
Total
Pennsylvania Total
47,728
3
11,425
796 [1]
65,614
   Great Lakes
-
-
14
-
14
   Railroad
23,761
-
718
53
24,532
   River
14,954
-
922
29
15,904
   Tidewater Piers
14
-
4
-
18
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
1,742
-
4,584
-
6,326
   Truck
7,257
3
5,183
715
13,158
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
5,662
Anthracite
1,923
-
876
395 [1]
3,607
   Railroad
119
-
147
53
319
   River
-
-
13
-
13
   Tidewater Piers
-
-
4
-
4
   Truck
1,804
-
711
342
2,858
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
413
Bituminous
45,805
3
10,549
401 [1]
62,007
   Great Lakes
-
-
14
-
14
   Railroad
23,642
-
571
-
24,213
   River
14,954
-
908
29
15,891
   Tidewater Piers
14
-
-
-
14
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
1,742
-
4,584
-
6,326
   Truck
5,452
3
4,472
373
10,300
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
5,249
Tennessee
1,202
-
1,319
* [1]
2,719
   Railroad
1,095
-
1,046
-
2,142
   River
-
-
80
-
80
   Truck
107
-
192
*
299
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
198
Texas
43,585
-
2,625
*
46,210
   Railroad
19,612
-
-
-
19,612
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
10,410
-
2,340
-
12,750
   Truck
13,563
-
285
*
13,848
Utah
18,799
-
3,739
239 [1]
22,799
   Great Lakes
144
-
96
-
240
   Railroad
10,096
-
3,441
26
13,562
   River
1,006
-
-
-
1,006
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
3,359
-
-
-
3,359
   Truck
4,194
-
202
213
4,609
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
23
Virginia
13,472
3,814
4,529
174 [1]
24,002
   Railroad
9,967
2,786
2,569
156
15,478
   River
26
1
10
-
37
   Tidewater Piers
95
-
37
-
131
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
-
800
7
-
808
   Truck
3,384
227
1,906
18
5,535
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
2,014
Washington
5,653
-
-
-
5,653
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
5,653
-
-
-
5,653
West Virginia Total
78,358
12,180
36,324
244 [3]
132,787
   Great Lakes
9
1,144
578
-
1,731
   Railroad
51,626
6,762
12,657
133
71,179
   River
18,465
3,715
4,650
1
26,832
   Tidewater Piers
2,751
-
252
-
3,003
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
2,524
-
3,778
-
6,302
   Truck
2,983
559
14,408
110
18,059
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [3]
5,681
Northern
29,272
20
10,070
84 [1]
39,847
   Great Lakes
9
-
106
-
115
   Railroad
14,308
10
4,158
-
18,476
   River
8,265
7
3,482
-
11,754
   Tidewater Piers
1,370
-
-
-
1,370
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
2,524
-
2,086
-
4,610
   Truck
2,796
3
238
84
3,121
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
401
Southern
49,086
12,160
26,254
160 [3]
92,940
   Great Lakes
-
1,144
471
-
1,615
   Railroad
37,318
6,753
8,499
133
52,703
   River
10,200
3,708
1,168
1
15,078
   Tidewater Piers
1,381
-
252
-
1,633
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
-
-
1,692
-
1,692
   Truck
187
555
14,170
26
14,938
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [3]
5,280
Wyoming
379,638
-
4,606
227 [1]
387,829
   Railroad
364,909
-
3,345
185
368,439
   River
1,641
-
-
-
1,641
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
12,051
-
-
-
12,051
   Truck
1,036
-
1,262
42
2,340
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [1]
3,358
U.S. Total
863,802
17,095
150,309
5,122 [3]
1,064,348
   Great Lakes
8,644
1,144
1,341
-
11,128
   Railroad
625,830
10,414
46,031
1,975
684,249
   River
71,062
3,722
7,915
406
83,105
   Tidewater Piers
3,391
-
530
-
3,936
   Tramway, Conveyor, and Slurry Pipeline
79,997
800
44,226
-
125,024
   Truck
74,879
1,014
50,266
2,741
128,900
   Unknown
-
-
-
- [3]
28,005
   1 Includes distribution to Unknown consumers.
   2 Includes distribution to the transportation sector.
   3 Includes distribution to both the transportation sector and unknown consumers.
   * Quantity is less than 500 short tons or percent is less than .05.
   Note: Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. The category "Industrial Plants" includes coal distributed to synthetic fuel plants that transform coal into synthetic coal and then redistribute to a final end-use sector. The distribution of synthetic coal is not collected on the EIA-6A, "Coal Distribution Report," and not included in these tables.
    Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-6A, "Coal Distribution Report."

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