Oil Production by State

Texas produced about 5.77 million barrels of crude a day in July 2026, 41.4% of the US total of 13.95 million. New Mexico (2.42 Mb/d) and North Dakota (1.16 Mb/d) follow. Together the top five states supply about 73% of national output. Figures are the EIA's monthly state estimates and update as new months are published.

US Crude Oil Production by State, July 2026

Thousand barrels per day · EIA monthly

#	State / area	kb/d	% of US	vs year ago	12-mo avg
1	Texas	5,768	41.4%	−1.2%	5,781
2	New Mexico	2,420	17.4%	+8.3%	2,304
3	Federal Offshore — Gulf of Mexico (not a state)	2,043	14.6%	+6.1%	2,046
4	North Dakota	1,158	8.3%	−2.2%	1,150
5	Colorado	442	3.2%	−6.8%	460
6	Alaska	421	3.0%	+17.6%	419
7	Oklahoma	391	2.8%	−2.3%	398
8	Wyoming	311	2.2%	+5.1%	287
9	California	245	1.8%	−15.2%	260
10	Utah	206	1.5%	+10.8%	187
11	Ohio	154	1.1%	+3.4%	142
12	Kansas	70	0.5%	−2.8%	68
13	Montana	69	0.5%	−14.8%	78
14	Louisiana	65	0.5%	−13.3%	68
15	Federal Offshore — Pacific (not a state)	47	0.3%	+176.5%	22
16	West Virginia	36	0.3%	−10.0%	42
17	Mississippi	24	0.2%	−7.7%	25
18	Illinois	16	0.1%	−11.1%	18
19	Pennsylvania	13	0.1%	+18.2%	14
20	Arkansas	10	0.1%	−9.1%	10
21	Michigan	10	0.1%	−9.1%	10
22	Alabama	8	0.1%	+0.0%	8
23	Kentucky	7	0.1%	+133.3%	5
24	Nebraska	4	0.0%	+0.0%	4
25	Indiana	3	0.0%	−25.0%	4
26	Florida	2	0.0%	−33.3%	2
27	South Dakota	2	0.0%	+0.0%	2
	United States	13,948	100%	+1.6%

EIA monthly crude oil field production, latest month preliminary (published with about a 2.5-month lag). States producing under a thousand barrels a day are omitted from the table but included in the US total. Data updated October 19, 2026.

What the Numbers Show

Concentration

Texas and New Mexico, home to the Permian Basin, together supply about 58.7% of US crude.
The top five states supply about 73% of national output; the rest of the country shares the remainder.
Two smaller shale basins add to the total outside the states above: the Niobrara in Colorado and Wyoming, and the Anadarko (SCOOP and STACK) in Oklahoma.
See where the rigs are in the rig map and how much oil each state still holds in reserves by state.

Biggest movers vs a year ago

New Mexico is up 185 kb/d (+8.3%).
Federal Offshore — Gulf of Mexico is up 117 kb/d (+6.1%).
Alaska is up 63 kb/d (+17.6%).
Texas is down 72 kb/d (−1.2%).
California is down 44 kb/d (−15.2%).
Colorado is down 32 kb/d (−6.8%).

Oil Production by State FAQ

Which state produces the most oil?

Texas, by a wide margin: about 5.77 million barrels a day in July 2026, or 41.4% of US crude output. New Mexico is second at 2.42 million barrels a day and North Dakota third at 1.16 million. Federal offshore waters in the Gulf, which belong to no state, produced 2.04 million barrels a day and would rank third if counted.

How much US oil comes from Texas and New Mexico together?

Texas and New Mexico together produced about 58.7% of US crude in July 2026. Most of it comes from the Permian Basin, which the EIA reports supplied 48% of total US crude production in 2025.

How much oil does North Dakota produce?

North Dakota produced about 1.16 million barrels a day in July 2026, 8.3% of US output and #3 among the states. Almost all of it comes from the Bakken and Three Forks formations of the Williston Basin.

How current are these figures?

They are the EIA's monthly state estimates for crude oil field production, published with roughly a two-and-a-half-month lag. The newest month is preliminary and is usually revised. For a weekly national number see the EIA fundamentals page.

What does "federal offshore" mean in the table?

Production in federal waters is reported separately from the states. The EIA now labels the Gulf area "Gulf of America"; this site calls it the Gulf of Mexico. It is not a state and is shown so that the rows add up to the national total.