Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 3.3 Fuel Consumption, 2014;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Net Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Electricity(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Gas(d) natural gasoline)(e) Coal Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 885 314 2 29 392 15 14 2 117

 20-49 823 287 1 13 344 10 80 4 84

 50-99 1,317 352 2 11 540 7 128 5 271

 100-249 1,877 464 4 11 871 10 129 28 359

 250-499 1,965 354 9 12 772 3 124 3 689

 500 and Over 8,035 829 12 23 2,938 39 300 280 3,613

Total 14,903 2,600 30 99 5,858 84 776 323 5,132

Employment Size

 Under 50 1,138 298 3 28 607 12 40 1 148

 50-99 1,094 281 Q 10 595 7 71 2 128

 100-249 2,457 604 6 21 1,060 20 226 32 489

 250-499 3,231 557 5 13 1,186 14 209 5 1,241

 500-999 3,769 514 13 16 1,204 10 121 8 1,883

 1000 and Over 3,214 347 3 12 1,206 19 109 276 1,242

Total 14,903 2,600 30 99 5,858 84 776 323 5,132

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 156 44 * 6 54 3 * * 50

 20-49 114 40 Q 2 45 2 6 * 17

 50-99 136 45 1 2 64 1 14 0 9

 100-249 183 50 2 2 86 Q 9 * 31

 250-499 169 31 5 * 66 * 13 0 53

 500 and Over 399 53 1 3 108 1 4 26 200

Total 1,156 264 11 15 423 8 47 27 361

Employment Size

 Under 50 117 39 1 6 51 2 2 * 18

 50-99 105 35 Q 2 56 1 4 * 6

 100-249 272 79 3 2 104 2 16 * 65

 250-499 184 35 * 1 86 Q 13 0 48

 500-999 238 39 6 2 67 * 5 0 119

 1000 and Over 240 37 1 2 59 1 8 26 106

Total 1,156 264 11 15 423 8 47 27 361

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 308 101 * 6 173 5 3 Q 18

 20-49 263 91 * 2 132 3 25 1 9

 50-99 409 112 * 1 194 2 47 4 48

 100-249 709 155 * 2 390 3 43 24 92

 250-499 465 94 * 2 270 1 48 3 47

 500 and Over 1,893 272 1 7 600 19 157 229 608

Total 4,048 826 1 20 1,760 33 323 263 822

Employment Size
 Under 50 496 95 * 6 295 3 28 * Q

 50-99 477 109 * 2 313 3 30 1 20

 100-249 616 158 * 3 291 3 64 28 69

 250-499 752 183 * 2 301 4 145 3 114

 500-999 652 159 * 2 202 5 28 7 249

 1000 and Over 1,053 122 * 5 358 14 28 225 301

Total 4,048 826 1 20 1,760 33 323 263 822

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 283 108 1 10 109 4 4 * Q

 20-49 327 118 * 8 120 4 32 2 43

 50-99 539 141 * 5 195 3 33 1 161

 100-249 751 200 * 4 299 4 47 4 192

 250-499 1,116 169 3 6 356 1 46 0 533

 500 and Over 4,710 400 8 11 1,907 11 115 25 2,232

Total 7,726 1,136 13 45 2,988 27 277 32 3,208

Employment Size

 Under 50 359 106 1 10 179 4 2 0 56

 50-99 398 104 * 4 178 2 16 1 93

 100-249 1,193 288 * 12 542 8 91 2 248

 250-499 1,753 255 4 5 621 7 39 3 820

 500-999 2,507 255 6 9 807 4 79 1 1,346

 1000 and Over 1,516 128 2 4 661 2 50 25 645

Total 7,726 1,136 13 45 2,988 27 277 32 3,208

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 138 62 * 7 56 3 7 * 2

 20-49 119 37 0 1 46 2 17 * 15

 50-99 233 54 * 3 87 1 34 1 53

 100-249 235 59 1 4 96 1 30 * 43

 250-499 216 59 * 3 81 * 16 * 56

 500 and Over 1,033 104 2 2 322 7 24 0 572

Total 1,973 375 4 19 688 15 129 2 741

Employment Size

 Under 50 165 58 1 6 82 2 8 * 7

 50-99 114 33 0 1 49 1 21 0 9

 100-249 376 79 2 3 122 6 55 1 107

 250-499 542 84 1 4 179 2 13 0 260

 500-999 372 61 * 3 128 1 9 * 169

 1000 and Over 404 60 0 1 128 2 24 0 189

Total 1,973 375 4 19 688 15 129 2 741

 (f) 'Other' includes net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce heat and power.

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

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

 NA=Not available.

 (e) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane produced at 

refineries or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids (NGL). 

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

 (b) 'Net Electricity' is obtained by summing purchases, transfers in, and generation from noncombustible renewable resources, minus quantities sold and transferred out. It does not include 

electricity inputs from onsite cogeneration or generation from combustible fuels because that energy has already been included as generating fuel (for example, coal).

 (c) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (d) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any 

marketing subsidiaries of utilities.
 Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the 

Census, data files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.' 

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. The estimates presented in this table are for the total consumption of energy (formerly total inputs of energy) 

for the production of heat, power, and electricity generation, regardless of where the energy was produced. Specifically, the estimates include the quantities of energy that were originally 

produced offsite and purchased by or transferred to the establishment, plus those that were produced onsite from other energy or input materials not classified as energy, or were extracted from 

captive (onsite) mines or wells. During manufacturing processes, it is possible that the thermal energy content of an energy input is not completely consumed for the production of heat, power, or 

electricity generation. Hence, residuals of that input may remain. Those residual leftovers may be subsequently consumed for fuel purposes, whether onsite or offsite at another manufacturing 

establishment (for example, blast furnace gas as a byproduct recovered from coke and other inputs that were not completely consumed). In such cases, double counting of inputs cannot be 

avoided, and the "Fuel Consumption" estimates will be inflated. 
Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 3.3 Relative Standard Errors for Table 3.3;

 Unit: Percents.

Economic Net Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Electricity(b) Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(c) Gas(d) natural gasoline)(e) Coal Breeze Other(f)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 6.3 7.1 14.8 13.6 6.5 10.0 0.5 47.3 24.3

 20-49 4.7 5.0 42.3 22.9 6.9 10.5 5.0 16.8 10.9

 50-99 2.3 4.1 6.0 5.3 3.6 8.9 5.3 5.8 1.4

 100-249 2.6 2.8 2.6 7.8 2.5 13.6 2.8 0.0 10.0

 250-499 1.0 2.5 0.3 12.4 1.3 11.2 0.1 0.0 0.5

 500 and Over 0.5 1.0 0.0 4.1 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.0 1.0

Total 0.6 1.2 2.2 5.4 0.8 2.8 1.1 0.4 1.1

Employment Size

 Under 50 5.2 6.5 10.2 14.0 4.7 8.1 5.2 2.5 25.7

 50-99 4.4 5.3 53.7 13.6 3.7 15.1 8.0 19.1 21.2

 100-249 1.4 2.8 0.6 14.0 1.9 6.0 2.4 3.5 0.8

 250-499 0.9 2.4 2.5 10.3 1.4 9.3 0.9 0.0 0.4

 500-999 1.1 1.8 0.1 6.8 1.0 5.4 1.9 0.0 1.8

 1000 and Over 0.5 2.3 0.0 7.8 0.6 1.8 1.6 0.0 0.1

Total 0.6 1.2 2.2 5.4 0.8 2.8 1.1 0.4 1.1

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 10.6 12.8 16.4 19.6 14.9 18.2 4.3 11.6 10.7

 20-49 6.8 10.7 50.8 43.4 9.7 20.3 0.1 0.0 8.8

 50-99 8.4 13.5 2.1 28.3 10.8 21.5 21.8 X 0.9

 100-249 4.0 6.9 4.4 13.7 4.2 54.9 18.9 0.0 0.1

 250-499 3.4 7.4 0.0 28.4 6.0 3.6 0.0 X 0.6

 500 and Over 1.2 4.7 0.0 18.2 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 2.0 3.9 5.3 11.4 3.0 13.2 7.3 0.1 1.5

Employment Size

 Under 50 13.8 13.8 11.1 20.2 15.4 20.9 0.2 89.2 30.0

 50-99 7.6 10.7 67.4 44.7 8.6 20.3 0.0 0.0 12.5

 100-249 4.5 8.7 0.5 21.2 6.7 15.3 17.9 0.0 2.1

 250-499 3.5 8.1 31.1 19.2 4.4 57.9 14.2 X 0.0

 500-999 2.3 6.5 0.2 5.1 4.9 3.5 0.0 X 0.3

 1000 and Over 1.9 7.0 0.0 28.0 3.3 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 2.0 3.9 5.3 11.4 3.0 13.2 7.3 0.1 1.5

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 9.1 8.3 30.2 25.7 10.7 22.0 1.6 55.5 38.1

 20-49 7.8 8.8 76.8 22.5 10.8 18.5 13.5 0.1 23.8

 50-99 5.3 7.4 0.8 11.6 7.2 21.3 13.0 8.4 5.2

 100-249 6.1 5.4 13.3 8.8 4.6 23.1 4.9 0.1 38.9

 250-499 2.5 4.9 21.4 47.8 2.4 15.8 0.1 0.1 5.2

 500 and Over 0.5 1.6 0.2 10.2 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.3

Total 1.5 2.0 7.2 10.1 1.8 4.6 2.3 0.4 4.5

Employment Size

 Under 50 8.9 6.6 24.5 25.4 6.3 13.8 7.4 0.0 53.8

 50-99 4.9 7.5 1.1 27.2 5.3 31.5 18.9 49.9 3.1

 100-249 3.5 5.4 0.0 13.3 4.7 24.1 6.5 3.1 3.6

 250-499 2.9 4.9 0.6 44.0 4.7 19.7 0.4 0.0 1.8

 500-999 2.1 3.9 0.0 14.5 4.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.6

 1000 and Over 0.8 3.2 0.0 12.8 1.0 0.5 6.3 0.0 0.1

Total 1.5 2.0 7.2 10.1 1.8 4.6 2.3 0.4 4.5

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 15.0 12.8 19.9 22.9 12.4 14.7 1.4 79.8 59.0

 20-49 9.6 9.3 8.7 36.1 14.9 15.1 6.6 29.2 20.4

 50-99 3.0 6.4 19.5 3.9 4.5 14.7 0.9 0.0 1.8

 100-249 2.6 4.5 1.4 10.0 3.9 15.9 5.2 0.0 1.5
 250-499 1.2 3.8 0.2 16.2 1.8 19.1 0.2 X 0.5

 500 and Over 0.8 1.6 0.0 0.8 0.4 3.1 0.0 0.0 1.6

Total 0.9 2.0 1.4 8.7 0.9 4.4 1.2 2.2 1.4

Employment Size

 Under 50 8.7 9.9 16.1 24.0 9.9 13.5 3.5 X 16.5

 50-99 10.3 11.2 42.1 14.1 7.6 22.1 0.9 11.1 29.2

 100-249 1.9 4.1 7.7 22.4 2.3 7.0 2.4 30.7 1.0

 250-499 0.9 3.6 2.3 6.1 1.2 7.8 1.2 0.0 0.5

 500-999 1.6 2.5 0.0 11.3 1.0 12.0 3.0 0.0 2.6

 1000 and Over 0.8 4.5 0.0 6.5 0.9 19.6 0.0 0.0 0.3

Total 0.9 2.0 1.4 8.7 0.9 4.4 1.2 2.2 1.4

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 12.9 23.5 55.0 38.0 14.9 20.3 0.1 0.1 28.5

 20-49 6.3 8.6 X 17.8 10.7 36.1 0.1 0.1 5.5

 50-99 4.9 10.7 0.1 4.2 9.1 13.6 0.2 0.1 1.4

 100-249 2.3 5.5 0.1 19.8 3.1 25.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

 250-499 2.0 5.6 0.1 0.6 2.0 18.3 0.1 0.1 1.5

 500 and Over 0.3 1.3 0.1 8.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 X 0.1

Total 1.2 4.4 4.5 13.9 1.9 6.3 0.1 0.1 0.2

Employment Size

 Under 50 11.5 24.8 26.7 38.5 13.0 20.4 0.0 0.0 4.1

 50-99 5.4 8.5 X 10.6 9.0 27.1 0.0 X 7.6

 100-249 2.8 8.1 0.0 7.9 4.3 9.6 0.0 0.0 1.1

 250-499 0.8 3.5 0.0 16.6 1.2 16.0 0.5 X 0.3

 500-999 1.0 3.9 0.0 4.5 1.5 26.7 0.0 0.0 0.1

 1000 and Over 1.0 4.7 X 19.7 1.4 1.1 0.0 X 0.0

Total 1.2 4.4 4.5 13.9 1.9 6.3 0.1 0.1 0.2

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

 -- Estimation is not applicable. Energy source is not included in series.

 Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census, data 

files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.' 

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

 (b) 'Net Electricity' is obtained by summing purchases, transfers in, and generation from noncombustible renewable resources, minus quantities sold and transferred out. It does not include electricity inputs 

from onsite cogeneration or generation from combustible fuels because that energy has already been included as generating fuel (for example, coal).

 (c) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4 diesel fuels.

 (d) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies, and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers, and any marketing 

subsidiaries of utilities.

 (e) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries or 

natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw Natural Gas Liquids (NGL). 

 (f) 'Other' includes net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce heat and power.

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=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. The estimates presented in this table are for the total consumption of energy (formerly total inputs of energy) for the 

production of heat, power, and electricity generation, regardless of where the energy was produced. Specifically, the estimates include the quantities of energy that were originally produced offsite and 

purchased by or transferred to the establishment, plus those that were produced onsite from other energy or input materials not classified as energy, or were extracted from captive (onsite) mines or wells. 

During manufacturing processes, it is possible that the thermal energy content of an energy input is not completely consumed for the production of heat, power, or electricity generation. Hence, residuals of 

that input may remain. Those residual leftovers may be subsequently consumed for fuel purposes, whether onsite or offsite at another manufacturing establishment (for example, blast furnace gas as a 

byproduct recovered from coke and other inputs that were not completely consumed). In such cases, double counting of inputs cannot be avoided, and the "Fuel Consumption" estimates will be inflated.