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2000-2004 Proved Reserves of Crude Oil
| 05 Rank | State | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| 1 | Texas | 5273 | 4944 | 5015 | 4583 | 4613 | 4919 | |
| 2 | Alaska | 4861 | 4851 | 4678 | 4446 | 4327 | 4171 | |
| 3 | California | 3813 | 3627 | 3633 | 3452 | 3376 | 3435 | |
| 4 | Wyoming | 561 | 489 | 524 | 517 | 628 | 704 | |
| 5 | New Mexico | 719 | 715 | 710 | 677 | 669 | 690 | |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 610 | 556 | 598 | 588 | 570 | 630 | |
| 7 | Louisiana | 529 | 564 | 501 | 452 | 427 | 432 | |
| 8 | Montana | 235 | 260 | 288 | 315 | 364 | 427 | |
| 9 | North Dakota | 270 | 328 | 342 | 353 | 389 | 418 | |
| 10 | Kansas | 237 | 216 | 237 | 243 | 245 | 281 | |
| 11 | Utah | 283 | 271 | 241 | 221 | 215 | 256 | |
| 12 | Mississippi | 182 | 167 | 179 | 169 | 178 | 189 | |
| 13 | Illinois | 111 | 92 | 107 | 125 | 92 | 95 | |
| 14 | Michigan | 56 | 46 | 61 | 75 | 53 | 62 | |
| 15 | Florida | 76 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 65 | 59 | |
| 16 | Alabama | 34 | 42 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | |
| 17 | Ohio | 59 | 46 | 67 | 66 | 49 | 46 | |
| 18 | Arkansas | 48 | 43 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 40 | |
| 19 | Colorado | 217 | 196 | 214 | 217 | 225 | 25 | |
| 20 | Kentucky | 24 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 23 | |
| 21 | West Virginia | 12 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 21 | |
| 22 | Indiana | 15 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 16 | |
| 23 | Nebraska | 18 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania | 15 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |
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Miscellaneous | 17 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 25 | |
| Federal Offshore | 3770 | 4835 | 5009 | 5120 | 4691 | 4483 | ||
| U.S. Total | 22045 | 22446 | 22677 | 21891 | 21371 | 21757 |
Note:
-Numbers are in millions of barrels.
-Miscellaneous includes Arizona, Missouri, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Electric Generator Report 2005
The table above documents the proved oil reserves for each state. Arkansas has the 18th largest proven reserves of oil. As with oil production, the top three oil producing states along with federal offshore reserves make up 78 percent of the nations proved oil reserves.