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Texas and Alaska each account for large shares of U.S. crude oil production, but the Federal offshore areas in the Gulf of Mexico and California produce roughly a one-fourth share of the U.S. total, which surpasses the individual shares of Texas and Alaska. |
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Texas has vast proved reserves of natural gas – close to one-third of the Nation’s total and more than twice as much as the proved reserves found in Wyoming, the State with the next highest amount. |
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Wyoming leads the Nation in coal production; it typically produces more coal than the combined production of the next four top coal-producers – West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Montana. |
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California generates more electricity from geothermal, solar, and wind energy sources combined than any other State, and Washington leads the Nation in hydroelectric power generation and in generation from all renewables (including hydroelectric) combined. |
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Illinois and Pennsylvania rely to a great extent on nuclear power for electricity generation and, together, they account for approximately one-fifth of the Nation’s nuclear power generation. |
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Update on June 25, 2009
Preliminary statistics for May 2009:
• Civilian labor force
New statistics for 2008:
• Gross domestic product
New statistics for 2007:
• Alternative-fueled vehicles in use
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