Which states get the most electricity from coal?

In 2025 coal made 86.9% of West Virginia's electricity, followed by Kentucky (66.0%) and Missouri (63.7%). Across the US it made 16.6%, and ten states and D.C. made none. Each bar is coal's share of the electricity generated in that state, which may differ from what its homes use; the 2025 figures are preliminary.

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Measure: Share of the state's electricity generation (%). Written from the data below.

  • West Virginia has the highest figure, 86.9%, followed by Kentucky (66%) and Missouri (63.7%).
  • Vermont, Rhode Island, Oregon, New York, and 6 more share the lowest figure, 0%.
  • U.S. overall: 16.6%. Of the 51 compared, 20 are above it and 31 below.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state)
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Chartly. “Which states get the most electricity from coal?” Chart. Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser (net generation by state), https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/ (data as of December 31, 2025). https://chart.ly/charts/coal-share-of-electricity-by-state (accessed October 15, 2026).

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State Share of the state's electricity generation (%)
West Virginia 86.9
Kentucky 66
Missouri 63.7
Wyoming 58.5
North Dakota 53.1
Utah 48.1
Nebraska 45.6
Indiana 44.9
Montana 35.2
Wisconsin 35
Kansas 30.7
Arkansas 30.6
Iowa 25.7
Colorado 24.7
Ohio 24.3
Tennessee 24.2
Minnesota 23.2
Michigan 22.9
New Mexico 20.9
South Carolina 17.4
U.S. overall 16.6
Illinois 16
Alabama 15.3
Georgia 13.7
North Carolina 13.2
Alaska 12.3
Texas 11.7
Oklahoma 10.4
South Dakota 9.1
Arizona 7.9
Pennsylvania 7.1
Maryland 6.1
Nevada 5.7
Louisiana 5.4
Mississippi 5.4
Delaware 4.7
Florida 3.8
Virginia 3.4
Washington 3.1
New Hampshire 1.2
Maine 0.2
California 0.1
Connecticut 0
District of Columbia 0
Hawaii 0
Idaho 0
Massachusetts 0
New Jersey 0
New York 0
Oregon 0
Rhode Island 0
Vermont 0

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