All 205 US coal plants still running, from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (U.S. Energy Information Administration) (August 2026), ranked by coal plants still running per 100,000 residents. Every state links to its own map and CSV: free to cite, embed and download.
| # | State | Per 100k | Total | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | 2.04 | 12 | 5.9% | Map + story → |
| 2 | North Dakota | 0.88 | 7 | 3.4% | Map + story → |
| 3 | Alaska | 0.68 | 5 | 2.4% | Map + story → |
| 4 | West Virginia | 0.62 | 11 | 5.4% | Map + story → |
| 5 | Nebraska | 0.4 | 8 | 3.9% | Map + story → |
| 6 | Montana | 0.35 | 4 | 2% | Map + story → |
| 7 | Iowa | 0.28 | 9 | 4.4% | Map + story → |
| 8 | Kentucky | 0.22 | 10 | 4.9% | Map + story → |
| 9 | Indiana | 0.17 | 12 | 5.9% | Map + story → |
| 10 | Kansas | 0.17 | 5 | 2.4% | Map + story → |
| 11 | Arkansas | 0.16 | 5 | 2.4% | Map + story → |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 0.15 | 6 | 2.9% | Map + story → |
| 13 | Missouri | 0.13 | 8 | 3.9% | Map + story → |
| 14 | Minnesota | 0.12 | 7 | 3.4% | Map + story → |
| 15 | Utah | 0.11 | 4 | 2% | Map + story → |
| 16 | South Dakota | 0.11 | 1 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | 0.1 | 13 | 6.3% | Map + story → |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 0.1 | 6 | 2.9% | Map + story → |
| 19 | Colorado | 0.08 | 5 | 2.4% | Map + story → |
| 20 | Illinois | 0.07 | 9 | 4.4% | Map + story → |
| 21 | South Carolina | 0.07 | 4 | 2% | Map + story → |
| 22 | Louisiana | 0.07 | 3 | 1.5% | Map + story → |
| 23 | Mississippi | 0.07 | 2 | 1% | Map + story → |
| 24 | New Hampshire | 0.07 | 1 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 25 | Tennessee | 0.06 | 4 | 2% | Map + story → |
| 26 | Alabama | 0.06 | 3 | 1.5% | Map + story → |
| 27 | Michigan | 0.05 | 5 | 2.4% | Map + story → |
| 28 | New Mexico | 0.05 | 1 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 29 | Texas | 0.04 | 11 | 5.4% | Map + story → |
| 30 | North Carolina | 0.04 | 4 | 2% | Map + story → |
| 31 | Arizona | 0.04 | 3 | 1.5% | Map + story → |
| 32 | Ohio | 0.03 | 4 | 2% | Map + story → |
| 33 | Virginia | 0.03 | 3 | 1.5% | Map + story → |
| 34 | Nevada | 0.03 | 1 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 35 | Florida | 0.02 | 4 | 2% | Map + story → |
| 36 | Georgia | 0.02 | 2 | 1% | Map + story → |
| 37 | Maryland | 0.02 | 1 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 38 | Washington | 0.01 | 1 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 39 | California | 0 | 1 | 0.5% | Map + story → |
| 40 | Connecticut | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 41 | Delaware | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 42 | Washington DC | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 43 | Hawaii | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 44 | Idaho | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 45 | Maine | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 46 | Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 47 | New Jersey | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 48 | New York | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 49 | Oregon | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 50 | Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
| 51 | Vermont | 0 | 0 | – | Map + story → |
Source: EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (U.S. Energy Information Administration), August 2026. Plants with at least one operating coal-fired generator. A plant counts once however many coal units it has. Plants that switched to gas are not counted. Per-capita figures use US Census Bureau 2024 population estimates.
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