# Coal Plants Still Running by State (2026): Which State Has the Most? | InstaMaps

> 205 US coal plants still running ranked by state, per 100k residents. Free to cite, every state has an embeddable interactive map.

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2026 State Rankings

# Coal Plants Still Running by State: All 50 States Ranked

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.

## Key takeaways

* There are 205 coal plants still running in the US (EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, August 2026).
* Pennsylvania has the most: 13, or 6.3% of the US total.
* Per person, Wyoming has the most: 2.04 per 100,000 residents.
* The top five states (Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Indiana, West Virginia and Texas) have 29% of them.
* 12 states have none.

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Wyoming

2.04 per 100k · 12 total

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North Dakota

0.88 per 100k · 7 total

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Alaska

0.68 per 100k · 5 total

| #  | State          | Per 100k | Total | Share |                                                       |
| -- | -------------- | -------- | ----- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| 1  | Wyoming        | 2.04     | 12    | 5.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/wyoming)        |
| 2  | North Dakota   | 0.88     | 7     | 3.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/north-dakota)   |
| 3  | Alaska         | 0.68     | 5     | 2.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/alaska)         |
| 4  | West Virginia  | 0.62     | 11    | 5.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/west-virginia)  |
| 5  | Nebraska       | 0.4      | 8     | 3.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/nebraska)       |
| 6  | Montana        | 0.35     | 4     | 2%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/montana)        |
| 7  | Iowa           | 0.28     | 9     | 4.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/iowa)           |
| 8  | Kentucky       | 0.22     | 10    | 4.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/kentucky)       |
| 9  | Indiana        | 0.17     | 12    | 5.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/indiana)        |
| 10 | Kansas         | 0.17     | 5     | 2.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/kansas)         |
| 11 | Arkansas       | 0.16     | 5     | 2.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/arkansas)       |
| 12 | Oklahoma       | 0.15     | 6     | 2.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/oklahoma)       |
| 13 | Missouri       | 0.13     | 8     | 3.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/missouri)       |
| 14 | Minnesota      | 0.12     | 7     | 3.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/minnesota)      |
| 15 | Utah           | 0.11     | 4     | 2%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/utah)           |
| 16 | South Dakota   | 0.11     | 1     | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/south-dakota)   |
| 17 | Pennsylvania   | 0.1      | 13    | 6.3%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/pennsylvania)   |
| 18 | Wisconsin      | 0.1      | 6     | 2.9%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/wisconsin)      |
| 19 | Colorado       | 0.08     | 5     | 2.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/colorado)       |
| 20 | Illinois       | 0.07     | 9     | 4.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/illinois)       |
| 21 | South Carolina | 0.07     | 4     | 2%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/south-carolina) |
| 22 | Louisiana      | 0.07     | 3     | 1.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/louisiana)      |
| 23 | Mississippi    | 0.07     | 2     | 1%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/mississippi)    |
| 24 | New Hampshire  | 0.07     | 1     | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/new-hampshire)  |
| 25 | Tennessee      | 0.06     | 4     | 2%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/tennessee)      |
| 26 | Alabama        | 0.06     | 3     | 1.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/alabama)        |
| 27 | Michigan       | 0.05     | 5     | 2.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/michigan)       |
| 28 | New Mexico     | 0.05     | 1     | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/new-mexico)     |
| 29 | Texas          | 0.04     | 11    | 5.4%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/texas)          |
| 30 | North Carolina | 0.04     | 4     | 2%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/north-carolina) |
| 31 | Arizona        | 0.04     | 3     | 1.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/arizona)        |
| 32 | Ohio           | 0.03     | 4     | 2%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/ohio)           |
| 33 | Virginia       | 0.03     | 3     | 1.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/virginia)       |
| 34 | Nevada         | 0.03     | 1     | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/nevada)         |
| 35 | Florida        | 0.02     | 4     | 2%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/florida)        |
| 36 | Georgia        | 0.02     | 2     | 1%    | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/georgia)        |
| 37 | Maryland       | 0.02     | 1     | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/maryland)       |
| 38 | Washington     | 0.01     | 1     | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/washington)     |
| 39 | California     | 0        | 1     | 0.5%  | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/california)     |
| 40 | Connecticut    | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/connecticut)    |
| 41 | Delaware       | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/delaware)       |
| 42 | Washington DC  | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/washington-dc)  |
| 43 | Hawaii         | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/hawaii)         |
| 44 | Idaho          | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/idaho)          |
| 45 | Maine          | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/maine)          |
| 46 | Massachusetts  | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/massachusetts)  |
| 47 | New Jersey     | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/new-jersey)     |
| 48 | New York       | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/new-york)       |
| 49 | Oregon         | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/oregon)         |
| 50 | Rhode Island   | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/rhode-island)   |
| 51 | Vermont        | 0        | 0     | –     | [Map + story →](/rankings/coal-plants/vermont)        |

## Methodology & citation

Source: [EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (U.S. Energy Information Administration)](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/), 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.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse **Cite "EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, mapped by InstaMaps" with a link to this page.**

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