Released: May 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

Table 11.2  Electricity: Components of Net Demand, 2018;

                        Level: National and Regional Data;

                        Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

                        Column: Electricity Components;

                        Unit: Million Kilowatthours.

    

Total Sales and Net Demand

Economic Transfers Onsite Transfers for

Characteristic(a) Purchases In(b) Generation(c) Offsite Electricity(d)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 94,778 Q 3,381 1,515 97,111

  20‐49 78,647 10 579 126 79,110

  50‐99 118,197 17 7,753 1,202 124,764

  100‐249 151,367 69 9,922 2,526 158,833

  250‐499 100,921 1,987 24,803 2,723 124,987

  500 and Over 234,486 4,468 89,749 19,033 309,670

Total 778,396 7,017 136,187 27,125 894,476

Employment Size

  Under 50 93,832 Q 5,987 1,970 98,319

  50‐99 81,701 24 1,745 846 82,624

  100‐249 188,634 1,757 14,639 2,263 202,768

  250‐499 173,944 478 34,204 5,808 202,818

  500‐999 135,999 1,774 32,600 3,095 167,278

  1000 and Over 104,288 2,514 47,011 13,143 140,670

Total 778,396 7,017 136,187 27,125 894,476

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 13,167 Q 149 20 13,640

  20‐49 10,999 10 116 22 11,102

  50‐99 15,798 5 377 66 16,114

  100‐249 13,445 0 1,356 656 14,144

  250‐499 7,270 0 2,112 835 8,547

  500 and Over 13,613 Q 3,895 177 17,333

Total 74,291 Q 8,004 1,777 80,879

Employment Size

  Under 50 11,065 Q 133 25 11,516

  50‐99 10,066 * 121 51 10,136

  100‐249 22,714 12 577 41 23,262

  250‐499 11,625 2 1,870 1,099 12,399

  500‐999 9,403 0 2,910 399 11,915

  1000 and Over 9,418 Q 2,393 162 11,651

Total 74,291 Q 8,004 1,777 80,879

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 34,210 * 35 * 34,245

  20‐49 26,104 0 Q Q 26,166

  50‐99 37,990 0 3,895 26 41,859

  100‐249 49,976 28 1,994 429 51,568

  250‐499 27,781 247 3,247 78 31,196

  500 and Over 68,609 166 10,813 576 79,013

Total 244,669 441 20,067 1,129 264,048

Employment Size

  Under 50 32,206 25 178 Q 32,390

  50‐99 33,349 0 887 390 33,846

  100‐249 49,586 0 673 86 50,173

  250‐499 53,652 416 9,196 238 63,026

  500‐999 42,327 0 2,512 99 44,740

  1000 and Over 33,550 0 6,620 298 39,872

Total 244,669 441 20,067 1,129 264,048

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)
  Under 20 32,570 37 2,777 1,464 33,920

  20‐49 32,118 0 111 13 32,216

  50‐99 41,378 Q 2,888 771 43,501

  100‐249 68,608 42 4,354 620 72,384

  250‐499 46,461 1,740 18,083 1,311 64,973

  500 and Over 128,388 3,260 67,508 15,553 183,604

Total 349,522 5,084 95,722 19,732 430,596

Employment Size

  Under 50 35,665 Q 5,101 1,913 38,866

  50‐99 30,788 24 679 388 31,103

  100‐249 82,913 1,746 10,345 1,238 93,766

  250‐499 81,521 42 17,697 1,870 97,390

  500‐999 68,245 748 24,313 1,969 91,338

  1000 and Over 50,391 2,511 37,586 12,355 78,133

Total 349,522 5,084 95,722 19,732 430,596

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 14,832 Q 419 Q 15,307

  20‐49 9,427 0 270 71 9,626

  50‐99 23,031 Q 593 339 23,291

  100‐249 19,339 0 2,219 820 20,737

  250‐499 19,409 * 1,360 499 20,271

  500 and Over 23,877 1,039 7,532 2,728 29,720

Total 109,914 1,132 12,394 4,487 118,953

Employment Size

  Under 50 14,896 Q 575 14 15,546

  50‐99 7,498 0 58 Q 7,539

  100‐249 33,422 0 3,043 898 35,567

  250‐499 27,146 18 5,441 2,602 30,002

  500‐999 16,024 1,026 2,864 628 19,285

  1000 and Over 10,929 0 412 328 11,013

Total 109,914 1,132 12,394 4,487 118,953

    (a) Value of Shipments and Receipts and Employment Size categories were supplied by the Bureau of the Census.

    (b) Transfers In include quantities delivered from any other establishment(s) in the company, quantities transferred from other establishments of the

company for which payment was not made, quantities purchased centrally within the company but separate from the reporting establishment, and quantities

for which payment was made in‐kind.

    (c) Total Onsite Generation includes cogeneration, generation by renewable energy sources, and conventional generation by combustible fuels.

    (d) Net Demand is the sum of purchases, transfers in, and total onsite generation, minus sales and transfers offsite. It is the total amount of electricity used. It

is not comparable to net electricity which excludes electricity generated onsite by combustible energy sources.

    * Estimate less than 0.5.            

    D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.            

    Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.            

    NA=Not available.            

    Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

    Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA‐846, 2018 Manufacturing Energy

Consumption Survey, and the Bureau of the Census, data files for the 2018 Annual Survey of Manufactures.  

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved the disclosure avoidance practices

applied (Approval ID: CBDRB‐FY20‐260).   
Released: May 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

RSE Table 11.2     Relative Standard Errors for Table 11.2;

                              Unit: Percents.

    

Total Sales and Net Demand

Economic Transfers Onsite Transfers for

Characteristic(a) Purchases In(b) Generation(c) Offsite Electricity(d)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 6.2 70.8 6.3 1.3 6.1

  20‐49 4.9 1.3 24.7 13.9 4.9

  50‐99 9.2 38.5 0.8 6.0 8.7

  100‐249 3.2 2.0 0.6 0.5 3.0

  250‐499 3.7 0.0 0.3 0.2 3.0

  500 and Over 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8

Total 1.8 4.7 0.2 0.4 1.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 5.1 70.3 4.2 1.0 4.9

  50‐99 5.8 0.5 2.5 2.1 5.7

  100‐249 6.0 0.3 1.4 4.2 5.6

  250‐499 2.7 1.0 0.1 0.1 2.3

  500‐999 2.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.8

  1000 and Over 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.6

Total 1.8 4.7 0.2 0.4 1.6

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 8.1 93.5 25.3 31.7 8.1

  20‐49 13.5 1.3 2.7 14.4 13.3

  50‐99 18.6 34.6 9.7 0.4 18.2

  100‐249 10.8 X 1.4 1.4 10.2

  250‐499 6.3 X 0.1 0.3 5.3

  500 and Over 4.5 61.2 0.2 0.0 3.6

Total 5.1 89.1 0.7 0.7 4.7

Employment Size

  Under 50 6.1 93.5 25.4 37.0 6.5

  50‐99 12.0 69.2 16.4 3.8 11.9

  100‐249 14.4 13.9 6.8 7.6 14.1

  250‐499 9.3 0.0 0.3 0.5 8.7

  500‐999 8.2 X 0.1 0.5 6.5

  1000 and Over 5.0 60.3 0.3 1.1 4.0

Total 5.1 89.1 0.7 0.7 4.7

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 11.7 99.5 41.8 10.6 11.7

  20‐49 8.9 X 61.4 81.8 8.9

  50‐99 7.3 X 1.1 0.0 6.6

  100‐249 5.1 5.1 0.6 0.7 4.9

  250‐499 6.1 0.0 2.0 0.1 5.4

  500 and Over 2.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.1

Total 2.5 0.3 0.5 1.5 2.3

Employment Size

  Under 50 11.9 0.1 25.5 88.6 11.8

  50‐99 6.6 X 0.9 0.0 6.5

  100‐249 6.4 X 7.5 0.0 6.3

  250‐499 4.4 0.3 0.1 1.2 3.7

  500‐999 4.8 X 0.1 0.1 4.5

  1000 and Over 4.6 X 1.0 0.0 3.9

Total 2.5 0.3 0.5 1.5 2.3

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 12.8 34.0 0.9 0.4 12.3

  20‐49 8.3 X 38.7 44.7 8.3

  50‐99 5.7 78.5 0.1 0.0 5.4
  100‐249 5.4 0.0 0.3 1.1 5.1

  250‐499 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 2.1

  500 and Over 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.9

Total 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 7.6 99.0 0.6 0.3 7.0

  50‐99 12.9 0.0 3.7 1.5 12.8

  100‐249 4.2 0.2 1.9 5.0 3.7

  250‐499 3.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.5

  500‐999 3.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.3

  1000 and Over 3.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.1

Total 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.6

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 6.7 87.4 49.9 58.4 7.0

  20‐49 9.2 X 46.9 0.0 9.1

  50‐99 42.9 67.7 4.9 21.1 42.4

  100‐249 6.7 X 2.5 0.0 6.3

  250‐499 15.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 15.2

  500 and Over 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.1

Total 9.5 6.7 2.0 1.6 8.8

Employment Size

  Under 50 5.6 85.3 42.3 43.2 6.0

  50‐99 10.9 X 48.3 95.9 10.8

  100‐249 29.7 X 1.8 8.0 27.9

  250‐499 11.8 25.8 0.5 0.1 10.7

  500‐999 3.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.8

  1000 and Over 2.7 X 1.3 0.4 2.7

Total 9.5 6.7 2.0 1.6 8.8

    (a) Value of Shipments and Receipts and Employment Size categories were supplied by the Bureau of the Census.    

    (b) Transfers In include quantities delivered from any other establishment(s) in the company, quantities transferred from other establishments of the company

for which payment was not made, quantities purchased centrally within the company but separate from the reporting establishment, and quantities for which

payment was made in‐kind.

    (c) Total Onsite Generation includes cogeneration, generation by renewable energy sources, and conventional generation by combustible fuels.

    (d) Net Demand is the sum of purchases, transfers in, and total onsite generation, minus sales and transfers offsite. It is the total amount of electricity used. It

is not comparable to net electricity which excludes electricity generated onsite by combustible energy sources.

    * Estimate less than 0.5.            

    D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.            

    Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

    X=Not defined because RSE corresponds to a data table value of zero.               

    NA=Not available.            

    Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

    Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA‐846, 2018 Manufacturing Energy

Consumption Survey, and the Bureau of the Census, data files for the 2018 Annual Survey of Manufactures.  

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and has approved the disclosure avoidance practices

applied (Approval ID: CBDRB‐FY20‐260).