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Average Quality of Coal Received at Manufacturing and Coke Plants by Census Division and State
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Table 38.   Average Quality of Coal Received at Manufacturing and Coke Plants by Census Division and State (Continued) 
Census Division and State1
 July - September 2008 April - June 2008 July - September 2007 Year to Date
2008 2007 Percent Change
   Texas
       Btu  10,668 10,776 10,839 10,844 10,864 -0.2
       Sulfur  0.62 0.59 0.56 0.59 0.57 4.0
       Ash  10.33 10.61 9.5 10.19 9.2 10.8
Mountain
       Btu  10,479 10,444 10,629 10,402 10,574 -1.6
       Sulfur  0.63 0.67 0.63 0.65 0.62 4.9
       Ash  8.3 8.2 7.67 8.18 7.71 6.2
   Arizona
       Btu  10,305 10,312 10,899 10,274 10,847 -5.3
       Sulfur  0.83 0.83 0.71 0.84 0.68 24.0
       Ash  14.72 14.87 11.87 14.87 11.97 24.3
   Colorado
       Btu  11,482 11,657 11,387 11,563 11,426 1.2
       Sulfur  0.52 0.51 0.52 0.5 0.51 -1.2
       Ash  10.81 9.83 11.54 10.21 11.3 -9.6
   Idaho
       Btu  10,041 9,809 10,130 9,921 10,227 -3.0
       Sulfur  0.78 0.8 0.74 0.79 0.73 9.0
       Ash  4.51 5.99 5.01 5.19 5.66 -8.3
   Montana
       Btu  8,875 W 8,230 8,063 7,528 7.1
       Sulfur  0.58 W 0.74 0.56 0.66 -15.2
       Ash  7.83 W 10.46 6.82 9.03 -24.5
   Nevada
       Btu  10,850 10,886 11,442 10,930 11,396 -4.1
       Sulfur  0.57 0.52 0.51 0.55 0.51 6.1
       Ash  12.52 10.22 10.77 10.96 10.99 -0.3
   New Mexico
       Btu  W W W W W W
       Sulfur  W W W W W W
       Ash  W W W W W W
   Utah
       Btu  11,307 11,428 11,376 11,360 11,399 -0.3
       Sulfur  0.34 0.45 0.36 0.4 0.39 2.3
       Ash  8.96 9.22 9.05 9.09 8.98 1.2
   Wyoming
       Btu  9,901 9,797 9,952 9,838 9,942 -1.0
       Sulfur  0.73 0.75 0.75 0.71 0.71 0.9
       Ash  5.19 5.19 4.83 5.14 4.76 8.0
Pacific
       Btu  11,623 11,630 11,919 11,582 11,947 -3.1
       Sulfur  0.53 0.65 0.59 0.58 0.6 -3.4
       Ash  9.68 10.34 9.66 10.42 9.66 7.8
   California
       Btu  11,766 11,730 11,911 11,682 11,894 -1.8
       Sulfur  0.56 0.66 0.59 0.61 0.62 -1.6
       Ash  9.85 10.52 9.71 10.63 9.73 9.2
   Hawaii
       Btu  W W - W W W
       Sulfur  W W - W W W
       Ash  W W - W W W
   Oregon
       Btu  W W W W W W
       Sulfur  W W W W W W
       Ash  W W W W W W
   Washington
       Btu  9,904 9,801 11,616 9,976 12,248 -18.5
       Sulfur  0.31 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.44 -28.4
       Ash  5.72 5.31 9.63 5.87 8.78 -33.2
U.S. Total
      Btu  11,779 11,757 11,746 11,773 11,738 0.3
      Sulfur  1.09 1.1 1.07 1.09 1.07 2.2
      Ash  8.09 7.95 7.93 8.02 7.93 1.1
1 Quality units are Btu (per pound); sulfur (percent by weight); and ash (percent by weight).
* Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
- = No data are reported.
W = Data withheld to avoid disclosure.
Note: · Btu data for coke plants are calculated using the following reported data: Low Volatile equals 13,340 btu per pound, medium volatile equals 13,753 btu per pound, and high volatile equals 12,826 btu per pound. The following states include sulfur and ash data for coke plants: New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, and Kentucky.
Source: · Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-3, "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report - Manufacturing and Transformation/Processing Coal Plants and Commercial and Institutional Coal Users;" and Form EIA-5, "Quarterly Coal Consumption and Quality Report - Coke Plants."

see also: Historical Coal Data back to 1949
Projected Coal Supply & Demand to 2030
International Coal Data