Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 6.2 Consumption Ratios of Fuel, 2014;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy-Consumption Ratios;

 Unit: Varies.

Consumption

Consumption per Dollar

Consumption per Dollar of Value

Economic per Employee of Value Added of Shipments

Characteristic(a) (million Btu) (thousand Btu) (thousand Btu)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 300.1 2.8 1.6

 20-49 435.3 3.2 1.6

 50-99 845.3 4.8 2.2

 100-249 990.5 4.7 2.0

 250-499 2,129.7 7.4 3.2

 500 and Over 4,229.5 9.0 3.0

Total 1,340.7 6.2 2.5

Employment Size

 Under 50 640.7 4.1 1.9

 50-99 686.7 4.2 1.9

 100-249 989.2 5.2 2.3

 250-499 1,612.9 7.3 2.9

 500-999 2,785.6 10.5 3.7

 1000 and Over 1,685.6 5.5 2.1

Total 1,340.7 6.2 2.5

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 330.6 2.9 1.7

 20-49 459.2 3.1 1.5

 50-99 625.3 2.9 1.5

 100-249 780.2 4.0 1.7

 250-499 1,725.5 4.3 2.3

 500 and Over 1,291.3 3.6 1.8

Total 732.1 3.4 1.7

Employment Size

 Under 50 370.7 2.6 1.3

 50-99 499.7 3.2 1.4

 100-249 655.5 3.2 1.7

 250-499 975.0 3.7 1.8

 500-999 1,899.0 7.0 2.9

 1000 and Over 742.9 2.7 1.6

Total 732.1 3.4 1.7
Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 304.9 2.9 1.6

 20-49 354.5 2.9 1.4

 50-99 753.2 4.6 2.0

 100-249 855.1 4.1 1.7

 250-499 1,981.5 6.2 2.7

 500 and Over 3,245.3 7.4 2.5

Total 1,026.3 5.1 2.1

Employment Size

 Under 50 857.8 5.8 2.5

 50-99 764.1 4.8 2.1

 100-249 795.5 4.1 1.7

 250-499 870.5 4.7 2.0

 500-999 1,212.7 6.5 2.5

 1000 and Over 1,866.5 5.5 2.0

Total 1,026.3 5.1 2.1

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 377.5 3.4 2.0

 20-49 574.6 4.1 2.0

 50-99 962.8 5.9 2.5

 100-249 1,222.5 5.5 2.3

 250-499 2,988.4 10.4 4.5

 500 and Over 7,254.7 13.0 3.9

Total 2,198.2 9.0 3.3

Employment Size

 Under 50 766.1 4.4 2.1

 50-99 959.7 4.8 2.2

 100-249 1,371.5 7.0 2.9

 250-499 2,609.3 9.7 3.9

 500-999 4,987.6 14.3 4.5

 1000 and Over 2,580.2 9.0 2.8

Total 2,198.2 9.0 3.3

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 192.1 1.9 1.0

 20-49 359.3 2.3 1.2

 50-99 980.7 5.0 2.4

 100-249 1,077.5 5.8 2.4

 250-499 995.2 4.8 1.9

 500 and Over 2,882.2 6.3 2.3

Total 949.8 4.7 2.0
Employment Size

 Under 50 401.2 2.6 1.3

 50-99 331.4 2.4 1.2

 100-249 886.0 5.5 2.3

 250-499 1,943.2 10.3 2.8

 500-999 1,986.1 7.4 3.2

 1000 and Over 936.1 2.9 1.4

Total 949.8 4.7 2.0

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Operating ratios were calculated using the estimates 

of fuel consumption reported in Table 3.2.

 Sources: 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.

 * 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.
Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 6.2 Relative Standard Errors for Table 6.2;

 Unit: Percents.

Consumption

Consumption per Dollar

Consumption per Dollar of Value

Economic per Employee of Value Added of Shipments

Characteristic(a) (million Btu) (thousand Btu) (thousand Btu)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 6.4 6.6 6.3

 20-49 8.4 6.2 5.3

 50-99 6.2 6.8 5.4

 100-249 6.1 6.7 5.7

 250-499 7.3 9.0 6.1

 500 and Over 4.8 4.8 2.4

Total 2.1 2.4 1.6

Employment Size

 Under 50 5.5 6.2 5.8

 50-99 5.7 6.6 6.2

 100-249 4.5 5.7 4.1

 250-499 6.3 4.9 3.7

 500-999 10.7 7.8 4.3

 1000 and Over 5.3 6.5 3.6

Total 2.1 2.4 1.6

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 11.1 11.1 10.8

 20-49 10.0 10.3 9.4

 50-99 13.3 25.2 15.3

 100-249 16.8 14.4 14.5

 250-499 25.6 33.7 24.1

 500 and Over 29.6 35.7 19.4

Total 6.3 11.0 7.2

Employment Size

 Under 50 13.8 14.2 15.5

 50-99 10.6 11.6 11.9

 100-249 9.6 17.8 12.1

 250-499 17.4 14.1 12.8

 500-999 18.7 15.2 9.4

 1000 and Over 28.3 49.1 30.6

Total 6.3 11.0 7.2

Midwest Census Region
Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 8.6 9.0 8.8

 20-49 18.9 10.6 8.6

 50-99 12.1 11.2 10.1

 100-249 11.8 13.4 11.1

 250-499 14.1 16.0 9.8

 500 and Over 5.3 6.7 4.1

Total 4.6 4.1 3.2

Employment Size

 Under 50 9.8 9.8 10.0

 50-99 8.2 8.6 8.9

 100-249 8.4 12.8 9.5

 250-499 10.6 8.1 6.9

 500-999 27.0 12.6 8.2

 1000 and Over 7.8 9.1 5.7

Total 4.6 4.1 3.2

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 15.4 16.4 15.1

 20-49 11.4 11.8 10.1

 50-99 10.4 10.7 9.1

 100-249 8.5 9.7 8.3

 250-499 12.5 14.0 10.5

 500 and Over 5.5 6.3 3.0

Total 3.4 3.8 2.5

Employment Size

 Under 50 9.5 13.4 11.0

 50-99 12.3 16.2 14.2

 100-249 7.5 6.5 5.1

 250-499 10.5 7.4 6.0

 500-999 11.4 13.4 6.1

 1000 and Over 5.7 6.5 4.1

Total 3.4 3.8 2.5

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 13.0 13.3 12.7

 20-49 15.4 13.1 11.0

 50-99 17.1 17.6 13.2

 100-249 11.7 9.2 8.4

 250-499 16.7 26.5 14.2

 500 and Over 6.3 6.6 4.4

Total 4.4 4.6 3.2

Employment Size

 Under 50 11.8 12.3 11.5

 50-99 10.6 10.9 10.1
 100-249 13.2 13.2 8.7

 250-499 15.9 16.0 7.8

 500-999 16.4 25.8 14.4

 1000 and Over 8.1 5.4 5.0

Total 4.4 4.6 3.2

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

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

 Sources: 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.

 * 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. Operating ratios were calculated using the estimates 

of fuel consumption reported in Table 3.2.