Arkansas has 5 coal plants still running: 2.4% of the US total of 205. That ranks #17 by count and #11 per person (0.16 per 100,000 residents) of 51.
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.
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