Table 7.3  Coal Consumption by Sector, 1949-2007
                     (Short Tons)




Year



Residential
Sector 1
Commercial Sector 1 Industrial Sector


Transportation
Sector
Electric Power Sector 2



Total


CHP 3


Other 4


Total


Coke Plants
Other Industrial

Total

Electricity
Only


CHP


Total
CHP 5 Non-CHP 6 Total
1949
52,407,000     [7] 64,053,000   64,053,000   91,409,000   [8] 121,226,000   121,226,000   212,635,000   70,179,000   83,963,420   NA   83,963,420   483,237,420  
1950
51,562,350     [7] 63,020,650   63,020,650   104,014,000   [8] 120,623,000   120,623,000   224,637,000   63,011,000   91,870,770   NA   91,870,770   494,101,770  
1951
47,719,570     [7] 53,811,430   53,811,430   113,685,000   [8] 128,695,000   128,695,000   242,380,000   56,225,000   105,768,006   NA   105,768,006   505,904,006  
1952
44,282,400     [7] 47,972,600   47,972,600   97,821,000   [8] 117,109,000   117,109,000   214,930,000   39,801,000   107,071,241   NA   107,071,241   454,057,241  
1953
39,604,000     [7] 39,604,000   39,604,000   113,149,000   [8] 116,970,000   116,970,000   230,119,000   29,574,000   115,897,204   NA   115,897,204   454,798,204  
1954
35,229,270     [7] 33,847,730   33,847,730   85,620,000   [8] 98,248,000   98,248,000   183,868,000   18,614,000   118,384,671   NA   118,384,671   389,943,671  
1955
35,589,840     [7] 32,852,160   32,852,160   107,743,000   [8] 110,096,000   110,096,000   217,839,000   16,972,000   143,759,195   NA   143,759,195   447,012,195  
1956
34,672,860     [7] 29,536,140   29,536,140   106,290,000   [8] 114,302,000   114,302,000   220,592,000   13,778,000   158,278,996   NA   158,278,996   456,857,996  
1957
26,971,450     [7] 22,067,550   22,067,550   108,409,000   [8] 106,494,000   106,494,000   214,903,000   9,765,000   160,769,232   NA   160,769,232   434,476,232  
1958
27,318,960     [7] 20,609,040   20,609,040   76,835,000   [8] 100,546,000   100,546,000   177,381,000   4,680,000   155,724,170   NA   155,724,170   385,713,170  
1959
23,667,480     [7] 17,138,520   17,138,520   79,550,000   [8] 92,714,000   92,714,000   172,264,000   3,569,000   168,423,221   NA   168,423,221   385,062,221  
1960
24,159,320     [7] 16,788,680   16,788,680   81,385,000   [8] 96,017,000   96,017,000   177,402,000   3,046,000   176,685,359   NA   176,685,359   398,081,359  
1961
22,006,410     [7] 15,292,590   15,292,590   74,201,000   [8] 95,897,000   95,897,000   170,098,000   770,000   182,185,128   NA   182,185,128   390,352,128  
1962
21,544,440     [7] 14,971,560   14,971,560   74,682,000   [8] 97,059,000   97,059,000   171,741,000   687,000   193,315,869   NA   193,315,869   402,259,869  
1963
18,243,320     [7] 13,210,680   13,210,680   78,084,000   [8] 101,940,000   101,940,000   180,024,000   670,000   211,332,494   NA   211,332,494   423,480,494  
1964
15,755,700     [7] 11,409,300   11,409,300   89,249,000   [8] 103,120,000   103,120,000   192,369,000   711,000   225,425,457   NA   225,425,457   445,670,457  
1965
14,635,320     [7] 11,040,680   11,040,680   95,286,000   [8] 105,560,000   105,560,000   200,846,000   655,000   244,788,119   NA   244,788,119   471,965,119  
1966
14,584,590     [7] 11,002,410   11,002,410   96,407,000   [8] 108,669,000   108,669,000   205,076,000   609,000   266,476,823   NA   266,476,823   497,748,823  
1967
12,616,380     [7] 9,517,620   9,517,620   92,800,000   [8] 101,845,000   101,845,000   194,645,000   467,000   274,184,533   NA   274,184,533   491,430,533  
1968
11,190,480     [7] 8,792,520   8,792,520   91,297,000   [8] 100,351,000   100,351,000   191,648,000   417,000   297,779,069   NA   297,779,069   509,827,069  
1969
10,569,440     [7] 8,304,560   8,304,560   93,444,000   [8] 93,142,000   93,142,000   186,586,000   313,000   310,640,917   NA   310,640,917   516,413,917  
1970
9,023,840     [7] 7,090,160   7,090,160   96,481,000   [8] 90,156,000   90,156,000   186,637,000   298,000   320,181,708   NA   320,181,708   523,230,708  
1971
7,448,490     [7] 7,752,510   7,752,510   83,230,000   [8] 75,636,000   75,636,000   158,866,000   207,000   327,300,619   NA   327,300,619   501,574,619  
1972
5,034,440     [7] 6,673,560   6,673,560   87,746,000   [8] 72,878,000   72,878,000   160,624,000   163,000   351,767,778   NA   351,767,778   524,262,778  
1973
4,113,290     [7] 7,003,710   7,003,710   94,101,000   [8] 68,038,000   68,038,000   162,139,000   116,000   389,211,603   NA   389,211,603   562,583,603  
1974
3,653,440     [7] 7,763,560   7,763,560   90,191,000   [8] 64,903,000   64,903,000   155,094,000   80,000   391,810,800   NA   391,810,800   558,401,800  
1975
2,823,000     [7] 6,587,000   6,587,000   83,598,000   [8] 63,646,000   63,646,000   147,244,000   24,000   405,962,432   NA   405,962,432   562,640,432  
1976
2,585,640     [7] 6,330,360   6,330,360   84,704,000   [8] 61,787,000   61,787,000   146,491,000   12,000   448,370,974   NA   448,370,974   603,789,974  
1977
2,507,120     [7] 6,446,880   6,446,880   77,739,000   [8] 61,463,000   61,463,000   139,202,000   9,000   477,125,963   NA   477,125,963   625,290,963  
1978
2,187,530     [7] 7,323,470   7,323,470   71,394,000   [8] 63,085,000   63,085,000   134,479,000     [8] 481,234,827   NA   481,234,827   625,224,827  
1979
1,677,600     [7] 6,710,400   6,710,400   77,368,000   [8] 67,717,000   67,717,000   145,085,000     [8] 527,051,248   NA   527,051,248   680,524,248  
1980
1,354,920     [7] 5,097,080   5,097,080   66,657,000   [8] 60,347,000   60,347,000   127,004,000     [8] 569,273,735   NA   569,273,735   702,729,735  
1981
1,335,780     [7] 6,085,220   6,085,220   61,014,000   [8] 67,395,000   67,395,000   128,409,000     [8] 596,796,833   NA   596,796,833   732,626,833  
1982
1,400,800     [7] 6,839,200   6,839,200   40,908,000   [8] 64,097,000   64,097,000   105,005,000     [8] 593,665,644   NA   593,665,644   706,910,644  
1983
1,351,680     [7] 7,096,320   7,096,320   37,033,000   [8] 65,980,000   65,980,000   103,013,000     [8] 625,211,312   NA   625,211,312   736,672,312  
1984
1,734,674     [7] 7,395,191   7,395,191   44,022,174   [8] 73,744,569   73,744,569   117,766,743     [8] 664,399,085   NA   664,399,085   791,295,693  
1985
1,711,426     [7] 6,067,781   6,067,781   41,056,289   [8] 75,372,397   75,372,397   116,428,686     [8] 693,840,766   NA   693,840,766   818,048,659  
1986
1,763,484     [7] 5,903,836   5,903,836   35,924,486   [8] 75,583,380   75,583,380   111,507,866     [8] 685,055,782   NA   685,055,782   804,230,968  
1987
1,590,245     [7] 5,323,863   5,323,863   36,957,194   [8] 75,175,136   75,175,136   112,132,330     [8] 717,894,154   NA   717,894,154   836,940,592  
1988
1,568,598     [7] 5,561,395   5,561,395   41,887,881   [8] 76,252,330   76,252,330   118,140,211     [8] 758,371,602   NA   758,371,602   883,641,806  
1989
1,295,135   1,124,900   3,747,274   4,872,174   40,508,455 24,866,810   51,267,568   76,134,378   116,642,833     [8] 767,378,330   4,811,410   772,189,740   894,999,882  
1990
1,344,774   1,190,560   4,188,536   5,379,096   38,876,905 27,780,950   48,549,198   76,330,148   115,207,053     [8] 774,213,235   8,353,410   782,566,645   904,497,568  
1991
1,096,944   1,228,340   3,768,852   4,997,192   33,853,689 27,021,380   48,383,556   75,404,936   109,258,625     [8] 773,182,794   10,691,250   783,874,044   899,226,805  
1992
1,107,490   1,174,720   3,870,511   5,045,231   32,366,292 28,243,590   45,798,531   74,042,121   106,408,413     [8] 781,185,824   13,907,840   795,093,664   907,654,798  
1993
1,119,826   1,372,770   3,728,659   5,101,429   31,322,849 28,885,610   46,006,388   74,891,998   106,214,847     [8] 816,558,233   15,086,950   831,645,183   944,081,285  
1994
901,893   1,343,850   3,766,880   5,110,730   31,740,391 29,707,430   45,471,259   75,178,689   106,919,080     [8] 821,209,026   17,145,170   838,354,196   951,285,899  
1995
754,871   1,419,020   3,632,812   5,051,832   33,011,433 29,362,620   43,692,543   73,055,163   106,066,596     [8] 832,928,005   17,302,470   850,230,475   962,103,774  
1996
720,679   1,660,370   3,624,609   5,284,979   31,705,761 29,434,420   42,254,340   71,688,760   103,394,521     [8] 878,824,782   18,095,810   896,920,592   1,006,320,771  
1997
710,951   1,737,710   4,014,529   5,752,239   30,203,002 29,853,270   41,661,396   71,514,666   101,717,668     [8] 904,245,388   17,118,210   921,363,598   1,029,544,456  
1998
534,146   1,442,820   2,878,908   4,321,728   28,188,578 28,552,560   38,886,508   67,439,068   95,627,646     [8] 920,353,489   16,265,810   936,619,299   1,037,102,819  
1999
585,451   1,490,250   2,803,055   4,293,305   28,107,876 27,762,960   36,975,192   64,738,152   92,846,028     [8] 924,691,817   16,229,940   940,921,757   1,038,646,541  
2000
453,949   1,547,030   2,125,834   3,672,864   28,939,277 28,030,580   37,177,358   65,207,938   94,147,215     [8] 967,079,797   18,741,050   985,820,847   1,084,094,875  
2001
480,600   1,447,710   2,440,777   3,888,487   26,075,130 25,754,540   39,513,842   65,268,382   91,343,512     [8] 946,068,093   18,364,840   964,432,933   1,060,145,532  
2002
533,410   1,405,237   2,506,439   3,911,676   23,655,870 26,232,369   34,514,537   60,746,906   84,402,776     [8] 960,076,989   17,429,722   977,506,711   1,066,354,573  
2003
550,638   1,815,683   1,869,359   3,685,042   24,247,651 24,846,233   36,415,117   61,261,350   85,509,001     [8] 983,538,473   21,577,689   1,005,116,162   1,094,860,843  
2004
512,176 [R] 1,916,751   2,692,837 [R] 4,609,588 [R] 23,670,091 26,612,932   35,581,740   62,194,672   85,864,763     [8] 994,773,727   21,494,285   1,016,268,012   1,107,254,539  
2005
377,528 [R] 1,921,513   2,420,060 [R] 4,341,573 [R] 23,434,177 25,874,724   34,465,049   60,339,773 [R] 83,773,950     [8] 1,015,639,877 [R] 21,844,684 [R] 1,037,484,561   1,125,977,612 [R]
2006
258,124 [R] 1,885,821 [R] 1,082,601 [R] 2,968,422 [R] 22,957,184 25,261,571 [R] 34,210,433 [R] 59,472,004 [R] 82,429,188 [R]   [8] 1,004,769,303 [R] 21,866,728 [R] 1,026,636,031 [R] 1,112,291,765 [R]
2007P
258,124   1,923,921   1,044,501   2,968,422   22,715,453 24,082,304   32,387,574   56,469,878   79,185,331     [8] 1,024,477,092   21,946,772   1,046,423,864   1,128,835,741  
1See Note 2, "Residential and Commercial Coal Consumption Estimates," at end of section. 7Included in "Commercial Other."
2Electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose primary
business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public. Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only;
beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and independent power producers.  Electric utility CHP plants are
included in "Electricity Only."
8Included in "Industrial Non-CHP."
3Commercial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and a small number of commercial electricity-only plants,
such as those at hospitals and universities.
R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.05 million short tons.  
4All commercial sector fuel use other than that in "Commercial CHP." Notes:  ·  See Tables 8.5a-8.5d for the amount of coal used to produce electricity and Tables 8.6a-8.6c for the
amount of coal used to produce useful thermal output.  ·  See Note 1, "Coal Consumption," at end of section.  · 
See Note 2, "Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at end of section 8.
·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
5Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and a small number of industrial electricity-only plants. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelcoal.html.
6All industrial sector fuel use other than that in "Coke Plants" and "Industrial CHP." Sources:  Commercial CHP and Industrial CHP:  Table 8.7c.  Electric Power Sector:  Tables 8.5b, 8.5c,
8.6b, and 8.7b.  All Other Data:  ·  1949-1975—Bureau of Mines (BOM), Minerals Yearbook, "Coal—Bituminous
and Lignite" and "Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite" chapters.  ·  1976—Energy Information Administration (EIA),
Energy Data Reports, Coal—Bituminous and Lignite in 1976 and Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite 1976.  ·  1977 and
1978—EIA, Energy Data Reports, Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite 1977; 1978, and Weekly Coal Report.  ·  1979
and 1980—EIA, Energy Data Report, Weekly Coal Report.  ·  1981-2000—EIA, Quarterly Coal Report (QCR)
October-December, quarterly reports.  2001 forward—EIA, QCR October-December 2007 (March 2008), Table 25.