Released: September 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

Table 7.4    Average Prices of Selected Purchased Energy Sources, 2018;

                        Level: National and Regional Data;

                        Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

                        Column: Energy Sources;

                        Unit: U.S. Dollars per Physical Units.

     

Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding

Economic Electricity Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Gas(c) natural gasoline)(d) Coal

Characteristic(a) (kWh) (gallons) (gallons) (1000 cu ft) (gallons) (short tons)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 0.100 1.23 2.28 5.01 1.79 124.26

  20‐49 0.083 1.79 2.58 4.40 1.58 85.42

  50‐99 0.071 1.69 2.41 4.18 0.48 94.30

  100‐249 0.067 1.79 2.52 4.05 1.41 109.37

  250‐499 0.058 1.74 2.48 4.04 0.87 68.54

  500 and Over 0.055 1.83 2.49 3.75 0.98 101.68

Total 0.069 1.72 2.40 4.02 0.98 97.79

Employment Size

  Under 50 0.089 1.12 2.47 4.30 0.51 127.73

  50‐99 0.081 1.61 1.93 4.17 1.12 95.33

  100‐249 0.071 1.87 2.41 4.10 1.19 93.15

  250‐499 0.062 1.76 2.44 4.14 0.65 61.89

  500‐999 0.058 1.68 2.41 3.77 1.69 91.27

  1000 and Over 0.062 2.14 2.64 3.83 0.70 114.61

Total 0.069 1.72 2.40 4.02 0.98 97.79

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 0.109 1.12 1.69 6.09 1.95 102.20

  20‐49 0.093 1.79 2.38 6.28 1.86 78.21

  50‐99 0.075 1.64 2.45 4.61 1.27 190.83

  100‐249 0.071 1.44 2.49 5.37 1.47 117.39

  250‐499 0.070 1.92 2.83 4.40 1.76 84.56

  500 and Over 0.065 1.77 2.59 4.02 1.88 119.86

Total 0.080 1.80 1.99 4.91 1.78 118.95

Employment Size

  Under 50 0.103 1.09 2.17 5.68 1.97 77.27

  50‐99 0.086 2.10 Q 5.58 1.74 356.03

  100‐249 0.078 1.95 2.43 5.40 1.67 100.76

  250‐499 0.076 1.30 2.55 4.76 1.40 114.78

  500‐999 0.073 1.88 2.72 4.36 1.62 95.05

  1000 and Over 0.067 1.83 2.51 4.12 1.84 119.59

Total 0.080 1.80 1.99 4.91 1.78 118.95

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 0.094 1.79 2.51 5.42 1.81 82.64

  20‐49 0.083 0.00 2.58 4.36 1.58 69.76

  50‐99 0.073 1.95 2.32 4.14 1.63 80.70
  100‐249 0.070 1.68 2.56 3.85 1.22 115.78

  250‐499 0.065 1.43 2.34 3.86 1.79 67.11

  500 and Over 0.060 1.63 2.36 3.70 0.28 90.88

Total 0.072 1.93 2.45 4.01 0.43 90.49

Employment Size

  Under 50 0.088 1.79 2.50 4.36 1.83 124.43

  50‐99 0.079 1.95 2.58 4.02 1.47 74.57

  100‐249 0.075 0.00 2.45 4.07 1.60 85.08

  250‐499 0.065 1.52 2.21 4.09 0.29 48.47

  500‐999 0.063 1.79 2.36 3.82 1.78 117.93

  1000 and Over 0.067 1.60 2.52 3.67 1.90 119.64

Total 0.072 1.93 2.45 4.01 0.43 90.49

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 0.094 1.42 2.46 4.24 1.67 82.99

  20‐49 0.070 1.80 2.62 3.91 1.38 107.76

  50‐99 0.065 1.64 2.31 4.03 0.43 108.84

  100‐249 0.061 1.79 2.34 3.95 1.43 109.95

  250‐499 0.052 1.62 2.44 4.05 0.83 77.16

  500 and Over 0.049 1.86 2.52 3.61 1.01 99.26

Total 0.060 1.69 2.45 3.80 0.99 102.72

Employment Size

  Under 50 0.074 1.42 2.46 3.83 0.42 Q

  50‐99 0.078 1.51 2.49 3.98 1.10 106.03

  100‐249 0.060 1.88 2.32 3.86 1.18 106.53

  250‐499 0.056 1.61 2.45 4.00 0.70 93.28

  500‐999 0.051 1.54 2.31 3.54 1.69 101.23

  1000 and Over 0.055 2.30 2.72 3.79 0.70 86.13

Total 0.060 1.69 2.45 3.80 0.99 102.72

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 0.121 1.15 2.48 5.63 1.77 Q

  20‐49 0.113 0.00 2.70 5.35 1.64 65.20

  50‐99 0.079 0.00 2.69 4.51 1.66 70.64

  100‐249 0.080 1.82 2.74 4.33 1.47 71.63

  250‐499 0.059 1.47 2.74 4.23 2.15 44.21

  500 and Over 0.067 0.00 2.77 4.61 1.46 56.54

Total 0.082 1.56 2.64 4.66 1.68 82.02

Employment Size

  Under 50 0.115 0.94 2.69 5.14 1.75 75.86

  50‐99 0.101 1.67 2.39 5.03 1.65 61.71

  100‐249 0.085 1.03 2.60 4.51 1.54 94.04

  250‐499 0.069 1.95 2.81 4.38 1.62 88.56

  500‐999 0.062 0.00 2.62 4.74 1.80 48.19

  1000 and Over 0.073 0.00 2.91 5.01 1.94 110.09

Total 0.082 1.56 2.64 4.66 1.68 82.02

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

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

    (c) 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.        

    (d) 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
propane‐butane mixtures, and isobutane produced at refineries or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw

Natural Gas Liquids (NGL).                    

    * 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‐FY21‐312).   
Released: September 2021

Next MECS will be fielded in 2023.

RSE Table 7.4     Relative Standard Errors for Table7.4;

                              Unit: Percents.

        

Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding

Economic Electricity Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Gas(c) natural gasoline)(d) Coal

Characteristic(a) (kWh) (gallons) (gallons) (1000 cu ft) (gallons) (short tons)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 2.8 8.4 6.8 2.4 3.2 26.0

  20‐49 1.4 2.6 1.8 2.9 5.1 12.5

  50‐99 1.1 0.1 1.1 1.2 9.0 0.1

  100‐249 1.2 0.0 3.5 1.0 19.7 0.2

  250‐499 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.4 6.4 0.0

  500 and Over 0.4 0.1 2.3 0.1 2.2 0.0

Total 0.8 0.2 2.8 0.3 2.0 1.1

Employment Size

  Under 50 1.2 7.8 2.3 1.8 2.4 5.8

  50‐99 4.9 0.1 27.5 1.3 41.1 0.1

  100‐249 1.1 0.1 1.5 1.0 4.6 3.5

  250‐499 0.9 0.0 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.2

  500‐999 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1

  1000 and Over 0.7 1.5 3.3 0.2 0.1 0.0

Total 0.8 0.2 2.8 0.3 2.0 1.1

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 2.9 12.1 27.9 8.3 3.2 13.6

  20‐49 5.5 0.0 2.8 4.8 9.3 0.0

  50‐99 5.3 0.0 2.0 3.7 23.6 0.0

  100‐249 6.0 0.0 2.8 2.9 4.7 0.0

  250‐499 1.8 0.0 1.1 0.6 15.6 0.0

  500 and Over 2.9 0.5 0.8 0.9 26.7 0.0

Total 2.0 0.2 16.9 1.5 3.5 0.1

Employment Size

  Under 50 2.3 8.9 3.3 8.6 3.4 4.9

  50‐99 3.8 0.0 87.6 3.5 4.0 0.0

  100‐249 5.8 0.0 0.9 4.6 11.7 0.0

  250‐499 3.4 0.0 3.8 1.3 3.1 0.0

  500‐999 4.7 0.0 1.7 0.7 3.1 0.0

  1000 and Over 2.7 11.8 0.9 1.2 28.1 0.0

Total 2.0 0.2 16.9 1.5 3.5 0.1

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 1.6 2.2 6.0 7.1 6.3 1.0

  20‐49 1.7 X 2.3 4.3 13.5 0.0

  50‐99 2.0 0.0 0.8 2.4 5.3 0.0

  100‐249 1.5 0.0 0.8 0.9 2.3 0.4

  250‐499 1.5 0.0 0.7 1.0 18.9 0.0

  500 and Over 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.3 1.7 0.0
Total 0.8 0.1 2.3 0.7 2.7 0.1

Employment Size

  Under 50 2.0 2.2 6.1 3.4 6.1 0.1

  50‐99 1.8 0.0 4.9 1.1 7.8 0.6

  100‐249 1.4 X 0.5 1.7 5.9 0.0

  250‐499 1.9 0.0 3.0 1.0 1.3 0.2

  500‐999 1.4 0.0 0.2 1.0 15.9 0.0

  1000 and Over 0.7 0.0 0.5 0.4 9.7 0.0

Total 0.8 0.1 2.3 0.7 2.7 0.1

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 9.5 0.3 3.4 2.2 4.1 1.0

  20‐49 2.0 11.2 4.1 3.7 6.8 22.5

  50‐99 1.5 0.1 3.2 1.7 10.7 0.1

  100‐249 2.0 0.0 2.6 2.0 28.8 0.1

  250‐499 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.4 7.0 0.0

  500 and Over 0.4 0.0 4.0 0.1 2.1 0.0

Total 1.9 0.1 1.6 0.4 2.1 1.8

Employment Size

  Under 50 1.8 0.3 3.5 2.0 2.5 62.9

  50‐99 14.9 0.1 1.3 2.6 45.6 0.1

  100‐249 1.7 0.1 1.8 1.1 4.7 0.1

  250‐499 1.4 0.0 2.3 0.6 0.1 0.2

  500‐999 1.2 0.5 1.1 0.3 0.1 0.1

  1000 and Over 1.0 0.0 6.0 0.3 0.1 0.0

Total 1.9 0.1 1.6 0.4 2.1 1.8

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

  Under 20 2.6 14.4 3.3 2.9 12.4 79.2

  20‐49 3.4 X 1.2 2.3 13.8 0.3

  50‐99 11.1 X 0.5 2.2 2.7 0.0

  100‐249 3.7 0.0 5.3 1.3 6.0 0.0

  250‐499 3.1 0.0 1.1 1.9 19.6 0.0

  500 and Over 0.7 X 3.1 0.1 3.3 0.0

Total 2.0 6.6 2.4 0.7 5.4 16.6

Employment Size

  Under 50 2.4 11.5 5.8 2.6 10.9 2.4

  50‐99 4.5 0.0 3.6 2.2 30.2 0.0

  100‐249 8.7 0.0 0.9 1.9 2.8 29.3

  250‐499 1.6 0.0 1.1 0.9 3.1 0.0

  500‐999 2.5 X 0.2 0.4 11.8 0.0

  1000 and Over 2.4 X 0.1 1.1 0.9 0.0

Total 2.0 6.6 2.4 0.7 5.4 16.6

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

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

    (c) 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.        

    (d) 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).                    

    * Estimate less than 0.5.                      

    D=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.              
    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‐FY21‐312).