Well, probably not Illinois.
State (annual short tons)
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Wyoming (338,900)
West Virginia (158,257)
Kentucky (130,688)
Pennsylvania (74,619)
Texas (49,498)
Montana (38,352)
Illinois (33,444)
Virginia (32,834)
North Dakota (31,270)
Colorado (29,137)
Indiana (27,965)
New Mexico (27,323)
Utah (26,656)
Ohio (22,269)
Alabama (19,324)
Arizona (13,111)
GEEE—7 of my choice of 15 states that should secede are on this coal production list.
Guess I hit a jackpot!!