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in 2013 there were 80209 people employed in coal mining in the u s of those 47475 worked in underground mining and 35398 worked in surface mining here is a breakdown of the geographical distribution of underground coal mining jobs in 2006 with coal production in thousands of short tons
Coal mining in the United States is a major industry, coal being mined in 25 states, 40% on public lands. Mined tonnage reached an all-time high of 1.06 Gt (1.17 billion short tons) in 2008, but by 2015 had declined to 986 million short tons. The U.S. is a net exporter of coal.