U.S. coal consumption by sector 2021

The electric power sector is the main coal consumer sector in the United States. In 2021, this sector's coal consumption amounted to 9.5 quadrillion British thermal units. By comparison, the commercial sector consumed 15 trillion British thermal units of coal.

Coal consumption in the United States from 1990 to 2021, by sector (in trillion British thermal units)

Characteristic	Electric power sector	Industrial sector	Commercial sector	Residential sector
2021	9,468	1,040	15	-
2020	8,229	938	15	0
2019	10,181	1,117	17	0
2018	12,053	1,180	19	0
2017	12,622	1,195	21	0
2016	12,996	1,205	24	0
2015	14,138	1,380	31	0
2014	16,427	1,530	40	0
2013	16,451	1,546	41	0
2012	15,821	1,513	44	0
2011	18,035	1,561	62	0
2010	19,133	1,631	70	0
2009	18,225	1,392	73	0
2008	20,513	1,796	81	0
2007	20,808	1,865	70	8
2006	20,462	1,914	65	6
2005	20,737	1,954	97	8
2000	20,220	2,256	92	11
1995	17,466	2,488	117	17
1990	16,261	2,756	124	31

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2021

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the small amounts of coal consumed for transportation are reported as industrial sector consumption.
Coal figures for the residential sector were unavailable from 2008 onwards.

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