Released: September 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

Table 6.2    Consumption Ratios of Fuel, 2018;

                        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 20 274.3 2.1 1.6

  20‐49 455.4 2.9 1.5

  50‐99 830.2 4.8 2.2

  100‐249 1,150.5 5.3 2.3

  250‐499 1,940.5 6.9 3.0

  500 and Over 4,122.8 8.1 3.1

Total 1,285.1 5.6 2.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 666.4 2.8 1.9

  50‐99 801.5 4.6 2.0

  100‐249 991.6 5.4 2.4

  250‐499 1,541.9 6.9 3.1

  500‐999 2,388.3 9.6 3.8

  1000 and Over 1,469.1 4.9 2.0

Total 1,285.1 5.6 2.6

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 171.8 2.6 1.5

  20‐49 269.4 1.7 1.0

  50‐99 628.4 3.2 1.6

  100‐249 668.6 2.9 1.4

  250‐499 975.0 2.9 1.3

  500 and Over 2,179.9 4.6 2.3

Total 519.1 3.1 1.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 394.6 1.9 1.0

  50‐99 426.0 2.6 1.2

  100‐249 411.9 2.5 1.4

  250‐499 402.1 3.0 1.7

  500‐999 716.0 4.1 2.0

  1000 and Over 884.5 5.2 2.3

Total 519.1 3.1 1.6

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 352.5 3.3 1.8

  20‐49 423.5 2.9 1.4

  50‐99 655.0 4.0 1.8
  100‐249 1,370.6 6.7 2.8

  250‐499 1,107.2 4.4 1.7

  500 and Over 2,376.1 7.0 2.3

Total 1,025.3 5.3 2.1

Employment Size

  Under 50 875.4 5.7 2.6

  50‐99 909.7 4.9 2.0

  100‐249 765.4 4.4 1.9

  250‐499 980.4 5.1 2.3

  500‐999 1,143.7 5.1 2.0

  1000 and Over 1,491.5 6.2 2.0

Total 1,025.3 5.3 2.1

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 358.3 Q 2.0

  20‐49 781.5 4.9 2.5

  50‐99 1,137.9 6.4 2.8

  100‐249 1,314.3 5.8 2.5

  250‐499 3,409.0 12.1 5.6

  500 and Over 6,947.1 10.8 4.0

Total 2,245.7 7.5 3.5

Employment Size

  Under 50 858.6 Q 2.2

  50‐99 1,243.4 6.2 2.9

  100‐249 1,822.0 7.8 3.3

  250‐499 2,603.4 9.6 4.3

  500‐999 5,020.3 15.8 5.7

  1000 and Over 2,147.5 6.3 2.5

Total 2,245.7 7.5 3.5

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 206.5 1.8 1.1

  20‐49 272.4 1.8 0.9

  50‐99 828.6 5.0 2.4

  100‐249 783.7 3.7 1.8

  250‐499 1,489.8 4.8 2.3

  500 and Over 3,312.3 5.0 2.4

Total 935.1 4.0 2.0

Employment Size

  Under 50 348.1 2.2 1.2

  50‐99 367.3 2.8 1.3

  100‐249 818.2 5.1 2.4

  250‐499 1,902.7 6.5 2.7

  500‐999 2,460.4 8.6 3.6

  1000 and Over 428.5 1.0 0.7

Total 935.1 4.0 2.0

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

    * 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. Operating ratios were calculated using

the estimates of fuel consumption reported in Table 3 2
the estimates of fuel consumption reported in Table 3.2.        

    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‐FY21‐312).
Released: September 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

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 7.0 39.3 5.2

  20‐49 7.8 7.5 6.8

  50‐99 7.2 6.8 6.1

  100‐249 5.2 5.8 4.8

  250‐499 8.7 6.7 7.9

  500 and Over 4.1 2.7 2.2

Total 2.2 5.4 1.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 5.2 40.6 6.1

  50‐99 4.7 5.2 4.8

  100‐249 5.5 5.1 4.4

  250‐499 6.7 4.6 4.1

  500‐999 8.1 4.7 4.6

  1000 and Over 6.7 3.6 3.2

Total 2.2 5.4 1.6

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 16.7 10.1 9.3

  20‐49 12.8 12.6 10.3

  50‐99 14.9 16.1 16.0

  100‐249 16.4 16.5 15.5

  250‐499 23.5 18.4 16.8

  500 and Over 13.0 9.3 7.5

Total 7.6 5.0 4.7

Employment Size

  Under 50 11.2 16.6 16.4

  50‐99 9.9 11.9 13.5

  100‐249 13.6 11.5 10.7

  250‐499 23.2 12.8 11.1

  500‐999 28.3 12.4 11.9

  1000 and Over 37.2 12.5 9.3

Total 7.6 5.0 4.7

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 11.7 11.0 10.9

  20‐49 11.0 11.2 9.1

  50‐99 11.2 10.8 8.5

  100‐249 8.7 9.8 7.5

  250‐499 20.8 11.8 18.3

  500 and Over 8.3 5.0 4.4
Total 3.8 3.3 3.3

Employment Size

  Under 50 8.8 8.7 8.6

  50‐99 7.2 8.9 7.7

  100‐249 9.1 9.1 6.9

  250‐499 11.2 8.9 9.0

  500‐999 13.2 8.3 12.4

  1000 and Over 8.7 6.1 5.1

Total 3.8 3.3 3.3

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 11.5 148.9 6.9

  20‐49 15.8 14.5 13.8

  50‐99 11.1 10.6 9.7

  100‐249 8.5 9.6 8.8

  250‐499 9.6 8.9 7.6

  500 and Over 5.8 4.6 3.7

Total 3.9 14.3 2.7

Employment Size

  Under 50 9.9 132.2 12.6

  50‐99 9.7 10.0 8.4

  100‐249 8.2 8.4 7.4

  250‐499 10.2 7.0 6.2

  500‐999 10.4 5.8 2.8

  1000 and Over 12.2 6.6 5.9

Total 3.9 14.3 2.7

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 17.5 17.2 17.1

  20‐49 13.4 12.6 10.4

  50‐99 27.5 24.7 23.2

  100‐249 14.4 16.2 10.8

  250‐499 12.9 23.6 19.4

  500 and Over 7.8 5.3 3.2

Total 5.4 4.6 3.8

Employment Size

  Under 50 7.2 7.8 6.3

  50‐99 11.2 11.5 10.4

  100‐249 17.0 15.7 14.1

  250‐499 16.0 11.7 8.0

  500‐999 21.2 19.2 10.4

  1000 and Over 9.6 6.8 5.3

Total 5.4 4.6 3.8

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

    * 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. Operating ratios were calculated using

the estimates of fuel consumption reported in Table 3.2.        

    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
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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‐FY21‐312).