Table 2 Capacity Utilization: Manufacturing, Mining, and Utilities Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- | | | | 2010 | 2010 1982 1989 1991 1995 2009| 2010 | 2011 Item | NAICS | Proportion| Ave. Low High Low High Low| Dec. | July[r] Aug.[r] Sept.[r] Oct.[r] Nov.[r] Dec.[p] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total industry | | 100.00 | 80.4 70.9 85.2 78.8 85.1 67.3 | 76.8 | 77.5 77.6 77.7 78.1 77.8 78.1 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 15.38 | 86.4 78.2 87.7 84.3 89.6 77.6 | 87.5 | 88.2 88.6 89.3 90.2 90.2 90.4 Primary and semifinished | | 45.86 | 81.3 68.3 86.5 77.9 87.9 64.9 | 74.4 | 75.0 74.8 74.9 74.7 74.5 74.8 Finished | | 38.77 | 77.3 70.7 83.3 77.4 80.7 66.8 | 75.0 | 76.1 76.4 76.4 77.1 76.6 76.9 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 77.87 | 79.0 68.6 85.5 77.3 84.7 64.4 | 73.8 | 74.9 75.0 75.3 75.6 75.3 75.9 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 74.31 | 78.8 67.9 85.4 77.1 84.8 64.2 | 74.2 | 75.5 75.5 75.8 76.1 75.8 76.4 Durable manufacturing | | 39.68 | 77.2 63.1 84.9 73.8 83.8 59.0 | 71.1 | 73.6 73.9 74.2 74.6 74.4 75.0 Wood products | 321 | 1.19 | 77.8 59.6 88.2 73.6 87.1 50.9 | 61.6 | 61.6 60.7 63.1 63.1 62.8 65.6 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.39 | 75.9 64.2 83.6 71.5 82.7 45.6 | 50.8 | 54.1 54.6 54.5 53.6 53.6 53.3 Primary metals | 331 | 2.37 | 79.4 48.1 94.3 75.5 94.0 49.4 | 71.2 | 72.4 72.0 73.8 73.6 75.3 77.8 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | .96 | 80.9 38.0 97.8 71.1 97.8 40.7 | 77.9 | 74.2 77.2 76.3 77.7 81.1 87.1 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.62 | 77.2 61.8 81.8 72.6 85.6 60.5 | 73.7 | 79.5 79.5 79.2 79.5 80.2 81.2 Machinery | 333 | 4.99 | 78.1 57.7 85.8 74.4 87.1 61.1 | 76.1 | 79.9 79.4 79.8 80.1 80.5 82.1 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 6.72 | 78.1 78.0 82.4 76.5 84.9 68.6 | 79.2 | 77.2 77.4 76.9 75.9 75.0 75.2 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | .74 | 78.5 66.6 79.0 69.7 87.3 82.5 | 82.3 | 77.8 78.3 78.0 77.3 77.0 77.1 Communications equipment | 3342 | .75 | 76.7 84.3 86.4 76.9 83.8 78.8 | 74.2 | 73.3 73.4 73.7 73.0 71.6 71.3 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 2.25 | 80.3 77.5 81.8 76.7 92.2 63.1 | 81.0 | 74.6 74.2 71.7 68.7 67.4 66.7 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.78 | 82.7 64.6 89.4 77.3 92.9 66.8 | 76.0 | 73.7 74.3 75.3 77.6 75.8 75.8 Transportation equipment | 336 | 10.14 | 74.4 55.7 87.3 68.2 78.8 51.6 | 65.2 | 69.2 70.3 70.5 72.5 71.8 71.5 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.69 | 75.3 44.3 90.7 57.0 87.4 34.8 | 60.7 | 63.9 64.8 64.8 66.9 65.0 65.3 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.62 | 75.8 39.7 94.2 53.6 88.4 25.9 | 63.7 | 66.7 68.3 68.7 71.1 67.2 67.3 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 4.45 | 73.0 68.4 89.0 81.3 68.9 70.6 | 70.9 | 76.3 77.5 78.1 79.8 80.7 79.7 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.21 | 77.5 65.1 82.1 68.4 82.5 59.2 | 66.9 | 69.4 71.0 70.8 69.9 70.5 70.0 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.26 | 76.0 68.9 82.6 77.5 80.6 68.8 | 76.9 | 79.2 79.0 79.9 79.6 79.0 79.7 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 34.63 | 81.1 75.3 86.5 81.3 86.1 69.8 | 77.6 | 77.6 77.4 77.7 77.8 77.4 78.0 Food | 311 | 8.53 | 82.3 79.6 86.2 83.1 86.4 77.0 | 81.3 | 78.9 78.7 78.4 79.2 78.5 78.9 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.62 | 78.0 78.6 86.9 74.3 86.8 65.4 | 70.5 | 73.6 73.4 72.7 73.5 73.8 73.8 Textile mills | 313 | .50 | 80.3 72.3 91.7 77.7 94.5 52.6 | 71.7 | 76.3 74.8 76.0 76.9 76.5 78.6 Textile product mills | 314 | .40 | 80.5 70.3 90.7 75.9 88.9 54.1 | 57.1 | 55.7 55.7 55.4 54.8 54.0 53.1 Apparel | 315 | .24 | 79.2 75.8 84.5 77.5 88.8 65.0 | 71.3 | 69.2 68.9 67.1 68.7 67.1 67.6 Leather and allied products | 316 | .09 | 73.4 72.7 80.7 72.2 80.7 54.3 | 68.6 | 74.5 69.5 71.2 72.6 74.3 71.8 Paper | 322 | 2.48 | 87.1 81.3 92.7 85.9 92.6 71.7 | 84.1 | 81.9 80.8 81.6 81.0 81.8 81.1 Printing and support | 323 | 1.85 | 82.2 80.3 90.8 82.7 85.8 63.4 | 63.7 | 64.1 63.6 63.1 62.6 61.8 62.2 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 3.03 | 85.8 68.5 85.9 81.3 90.9 78.3 | 86.4 | 87.6 88.1 88.4 88.0 88.0 89.0 Chemicals | 325 | 11.59 | 78.0 68.0 84.9 80.1 81.8 66.2 | 77.6 | 77.4 77.5 78.2 78.0 77.2 78.1 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .75 | 88.2 66.1 96.9 81.5 102.2 76.5 | 93.8 | 86.3 82.6 88.2 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .12 | 76.5 54.5 94.3 72.3 87.2 56.0 | 67.9 | 66.8 64.6 69.7 67.9 64.1 64.0 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .06 | 81.1 63.2 93.7 75.7 91.6 59.1 | 82.7 | 80.1 75.7 71.5 69.5 71.8 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 3.32 | 82.3 72.0 89.7 77.1 92.5 57.5 | 72.2 | 75.1 74.8 75.1 76.0 75.7 77.1 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.56 | 83.4 86.7 91.1 80.1 83.2 69.0 | 66.6 | 63.0 64.8 65.7 65.6 64.3 65.8 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 11.73 | 87.4 79.7 86.3 83.8 88.5 79.0 | 88.9 | 90.0 90.8 90.9 92.2 92.6 92.8 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 7.10 | 92.2 89.6 91.6 89.4 94.7 93.9 | 97.3 | 98.2 99.4 99.0 100.9 101.4 100.9 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 2.76 | 83.5 67.9 91.3 80.2 87.4 66.7 | 75.2 | 75.0 75.1 76.6 77.2 77.5 79.3 Coal mining | 2121 | 1.20 | 85.7 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.3 72.7 | 78.2 | 74.3 76.1 78.1 79.2 78.1 78.8 Metal mining | 2122 | .70 | 78.5 32.2 93.2 81.1 90.0 65.0 | 71.7 | 73.1 71.9 74.3 75.4 75.9 76.7 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .86 | 82.9 65.5 89.7 76.2 93.0 59.3 | 74.0 | 78.3 77.2 77.2 76.2 78.6 83.3 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.87 | 74.3 52.9 62.0 54.3 75.5 49.0 | 73.3 | 80.6 81.1 81.1 81.3 81.1 81.5 Utilities | 2211,2 | 10.40 | 86.6 77.4 92.9 84.3 93.3 79.2 | 83.7 | 82.0 81.0 79.8 79.6 79.0 76.8 Electric | 2211 | 8.89 | 87.9 78.1 94.3 87.7 95.9 79.4 | 81.8 | 81.8 80.4 78.8 77.9 78.3 76.9 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.50 | 80.1 72.9 86.4 67.5 87.4 73.5 | 92.4 | 80.8 82.0 83.9 87.7 81.1 74.1 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 3.74 | 78.3 75.2 81.1 74.6 86.9 70.9 | 79.8 | 74.7 74.6 73.1 71.0 69.9 69.3 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 74.13 | 79.0 68.1 86.0 77.4 84.5 64.0 | 73.5 | 74.9 75.0 75.4 75.8 75.5 76.2 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 68.45 | 79.4 69.5 85.6 79.2 84.3 66.5 | 74.6 | 75.8 75.9 76.3 76.6 76.4 77.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.