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Coal Producing Counties, 2012
Western Kentucky Coal Producing Counties, 2012
Rank County Production (Tons) 1 Year Change
1 Union 13,474,902 9.3%
4 Hopkins 8,945,605 1.8%
5 Ohio 7,231,326 30.5%
7 Webster 5,550,427 -3.1%
8 Muhlenberg 4,887,921 -14.9%
15 Henderson 1,558,006 -36.9%
18 Daviess 395,164 -2.5%
During 2012, there were 29 counties in Kentucky that registered
coal production — seven in the Western Coalfield
and twenty-two in the Eastern Coalfield — an increase of
five counties compared with 2011. The five counties that
initiated or resumed production in 2012 were all located in
Eastern Kentucky.
Up to 44 individual counties have at some time registered
coal mining activity in Kentucky since 1960, though over the
past five years no more than 29 counties have produced
coal.
Additionally, though 29 counties registered coal production
in Kentucky in 2012, a total of 34 counties had active
MSHA-permitted operations relating to coal production,
processing, and/or transportation during the year. The following
counties recorded coal-related labor hours in 2012,
but produced no coal: Livingston, McLean, Boyd, Marshall,
and Estill.
Eastern Kentucky Coal Producing Counties, 2012
Rank County Production (Tons) 1 Year Change
2 Pike 12,931,197 -17.9%
3 Perry 9,231,478 -30.1%
6 Harlan 7,034,754 -28.1%
9 Martin 3,587,476 -36.0%
10 Leslie 3,008,930 -30.7%
11 Letcher 2,979,510 -36.1%
12 Knott 2,641,000 -45.1%
13 Floyd 2,382,712 -18.1%
14 Magoffin 2,015,308 -31.9%
16 Bell 1,161,442 -26.0%
17 Knox 643,887 65.7%
19 Johnson 327,683 41.2%
20 Clay 293,829 -23.0%
21 Breathitt 287,783 -65.5%
22 Whitley 263,881 -50.2%
23 Lawrence 234,628 189.6%
24 Wolfe 39,315 + ∞ %
25 McCreary 31,744 + ∞ percent
26 Owsley 26,647 -61.3%
27 Laurel 12,627 + ∞ %
28 Rockcastle 4,930 -91.9%
29 Elliott 2,396 -94.9%
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