States Shipping Coal to Nebraska in 2009

Preliminary numbers for 2009 show that 99 percent of the coal transported to Nebraska for electricity generation and industrial plants came from Wyoming.  The majority of the coal supply for the state was imported domestically by railroad.  A small amount (304 thousand short tons) was brought to Nebraska by truck from Wyoming.  All of the coal was subbituminous.





Coal Shipped into Nebraska by State of Origin, 1989 - 2009
(Thousand Short Tons)
Year Colorado Indiana Kentucky Montana New
Mexico		 Pennsylvania Tennessee Utah West
Virginia		 Wyoming Totals
1989 159 3   109           7,465 7,736
1990 60     131   1       7,950 8,142
1991 59     150   4       8,583 8,796
1992 67     142   2       7,882 8,093
1993 72     136   2       8,801 9,011
1994 77     71           8,908 9,056
1995 104   3 205           10,065 10,377
1996 56     113 92 1       10,464 10,726
1997 65     47 68 4       9,198 9,382
1998 97     81   11     5 11,661 11,855
1999 20         8   3   12,226 12,257
2000 126   *     1   21   11,041 11,189
2001 162   123     *     615 12,749 13,647
2002 120         1   11   12,846 12,978
2003 130         15       12,891 13,036
2004 107         15       12,829 12,950
2005 143   11         11   13,016 13,181
2006 130             31   13,688 13,850
2007 150                 14,231 14,381
2008 114             22   14,946 15,082
2009P 126           45 12   14,501 14,684

Sources:  Domestic Distribution of U.S. Coal by Destination State, Consumer, Destination and Method of Transportation.  Energy Information Administration; U.S. Department of Energy; Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  A 'P' indicates preliminary numbers.  An asterisk (*) indicates that the quantity is less than 500 short tons or the percent is less than 0.05.  The total may not equal the sum of the components because of independent rounding.

The table and map were updated on February 23, 2011.

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