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Release Date: May 28, 2021
Table 1B Capacity and Utilization: Total
Seasonally adjusted                                                                    
  Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Annual
       
Capacity
(percent of
2017 output)
1991 76.7 76.8 76.9 76.9 77.0 77.1 77.2 77.2 77.3 77.4 77.5 77.7 76.8 77.0 77.2 77.5 77.1
1992 77.8 78.0 78.1 78.3 78.4 78.6 78.8 78.9 79.1 79.3 79.4 79.6 78.0 78.4 78.9 79.4 78.7
       
1993 79.7 79.8 79.9 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.4 80.5 80.6 80.8 80.9 81.1 79.8 80.2 80.5 80.9 80.4
1994 81.3 81.5 81.7 81.9 82.1 82.4 82.6 82.9 83.2 83.5 83.7 84.0 81.5 82.1 82.9 83.7 82.6
1995 84.3 84.6 84.9 85.2 85.5 85.8 86.1 86.5 86.8 87.2 87.5 87.9 84.6 85.5 86.5 87.5 86.0
1996 88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.2 91.6 92.0 92.5 92.9 88.7 89.9 91.2 92.5 90.6
1997 93.3 93.8 94.3 94.8 95.3 95.8 96.3 96.9 97.5 98.1 98.7 99.3 93.8 95.3 96.9 98.7 96.2
       
1998 100.0 100.6 101.3 101.9 102.6 103.2 103.8 104.3 104.9 105.4 105.9 106.4 100.6 102.6 104.3 105.9 103.4
1999 106.9 107.3 107.8 108.2 108.6 109.0 109.4 109.8 110.2 110.6 111.0 111.4 107.3 108.6 109.8 111.0 109.2
2000 111.7 112.1 112.5 112.9 113.3 113.6 114.0 114.4 114.8 115.2 115.5 115.9 112.1 113.3 114.4 115.5 113.8
2001 116.3 116.7 117.0 117.4 117.7 118.0 118.3 118.6 118.9 119.1 119.4 119.6 116.7 117.7 118.6 119.4 118.1
2002 119.8 119.9 120.1 120.2 120.3 120.3 120.4 120.4 120.4 120.4 120.4 120.4 119.9 120.3 120.4 120.4 120.3
       
2003 120.3 120.3 120.3 120.2 120.2 120.1 120.1 120.1 120.1 120.1 120.0 120.0 120.3 120.2 120.1 120.0 120.2
2004 120.0 120.0 119.9 119.9 119.9 119.9 119.9 119.9 119.9 119.9 120.0 120.0 120.0 119.9 119.9 120.0 119.9
2005 120.1 120.2 120.3 120.5 120.6 120.8 121.0 121.1 121.3 121.5 121.6 121.8 120.2 120.6 121.1 121.6 120.9
2006 122.0 122.1 122.3 122.5 122.7 122.9 123.1 123.4 123.6 123.9 124.2 124.5 122.1 122.7 123.4 124.2 123.1
2007 124.8 125.1 125.4 125.7 126.0 126.2 126.4 126.5 126.6 126.6 126.6 126.6 125.1 126.0 126.5 126.6 126.1
       
2008 126.5 126.4 126.3 126.3 126.2 126.1 126.2 126.2 126.3 126.4 126.6 126.7 126.4 126.2 126.2 126.6 126.4
2009 126.9 127.0 127.1 127.3 127.3 127.4 127.4 127.3 127.2 127.0 126.8 126.6 127.0 127.3 127.3 126.8 127.1
2010 126.4 126.1 125.8 125.6 125.3 125.0 124.8 124.5 124.3 124.2 124.0 123.9 126.1 125.3 124.5 124.1 125.0
2011 123.9 123.9 123.9 123.9 124.0 124.1 124.2 124.3 124.5 124.7 124.9 125.1 123.9 124.0 124.4 124.9 124.3
2012 125.4 125.6 125.8 126.1 126.3 126.5 126.7 126.9 127.2 127.4 127.6 127.8 125.6 126.3 126.9 127.6 126.6
       
2013 127.9 128.1 128.3 128.4 128.6 128.7 128.9 129.0 129.1 129.2 129.3 129.4 128.1 128.6 129.0 129.3 128.7
2014 129.5 129.6 129.7 129.8 129.9 130.1 130.2 130.3 130.5 130.6 130.7 130.8 129.6 129.9 130.3 130.7 130.1
2015 130.9 131.0 131.0 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.0 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1
2016 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.1 131.2 131.2 131.2 131.3 131.3 131.3 131.3 131.3 131.1 131.2 131.3 131.3 131.2
2017 131.3 131.3 131.2 131.1 131.0 130.9 130.7 130.6 130.5 130.3 130.2 130.1 131.3 131.0 130.6 130.2 130.8
       
2018 130.1 130.0 130.0 130.0 130.1 130.1 130.2 130.4 130.6 130.7 130.9 131.1 130.0 130.1 130.4 130.9 130.4
2019 131.3 131.5 131.7 131.9 132.1 132.2 132.4 132.5 132.6 132.7 132.7 132.8 131.5 132.1 132.5 132.7 132.2
2020 132.8 132.8 132.8 132.8 132.8 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.6 132.6 132.6 132.8 132.8 132.7 132.6 132.7
2021 132.6 132.6 132.7 132.7                 132.6        
       
Utilization
(percent)
1991 80.0 79.3 78.8 79.0 79.7 80.2 80.4 80.3 80.9 80.7 80.4 80.0 79.4 79.6 80.5 80.3 80.0
1992 79.4 79.8 80.3 80.7 80.8 80.7 81.3 80.6 80.7 81.1 81.3 81.3 79.8 80.8 80.9 81.2 80.7
       
1993 81.5 81.7 81.5 81.6 81.2 81.3 81.3 81.1 81.4 81.9 82.1 82.4 81.6 81.4 81.3 82.1 81.6
1994 82.5 82.4 83.0 83.3 83.4 83.7 83.6 83.8 83.8 84.2 84.5 85.1 82.6 83.5 83.7 84.6 83.6
1995 84.9 84.5 84.3 83.9 84.0 84.0 83.3 84.1 84.1 83.6 83.4 83.4 84.6 84.0 83.8 83.5 84.0
1996 82.6 83.4 82.9 83.4 83.6 83.8 83.4 83.5 83.6 83.2 83.6 83.7 82.9 83.6 83.5 83.5 83.4
1997 83.4 84.0 84.1 83.7 83.7 83.7 83.9 84.2 84.5 84.7 84.9 84.7 83.8 83.7 84.2 84.8 84.1
       
1998 84.5 84.1 83.6 83.4 83.4 82.4 81.6 82.8 82.3 82.5 82.1 82.0 84.1 83.0 82.2 82.2 82.9
1999 82.0 82.1 81.9 81.8 82.0 81.6 81.8 81.9 81.2 82.0 82.1 82.5 82.0 81.8 81.6 82.2 81.9
2000 82.2 82.2 82.2 82.4 82.4 82.2 81.7 81.3 81.3 80.8 80.5 80.0 82.2 82.3 81.4 80.4 81.6
2001 79.3 78.5 78.1 77.6 76.9 76.3 75.6 75.3 74.8 74.4 73.8 73.7 78.6 76.9 75.3 74.0 76.2
2002 74.0 73.9 74.4 74.7 75.0 75.5 75.5 75.4 75.5 75.3 75.7 75.3 74.1 75.1 75.5 75.4 75.0
       
2003 75.9 76.1 75.9 75.4 75.4 75.5 75.9 75.8 76.3 76.4 76.9 77.0 76.0 75.4 76.0 76.8 76.0
2004 77.1 77.6 77.3 77.7 78.2 77.6 78.2 78.3 78.4 79.1 79.2 79.8 77.4 77.8 78.3 79.4 78.2
2005 80.0 80.5 80.3 80.4 80.4 80.6 80.2 80.4 78.7 79.6 80.3 80.6 80.3 80.5 79.8 80.2 80.2
2006 80.6 80.5 80.6 80.8 80.6 80.7 80.5 80.7 80.4 80.1 79.9 80.5 80.6 80.7 80.6 80.2 80.5
2007 80.0 80.6 80.5 80.9 80.8 80.7 80.5 80.6 80.7 80.5 80.9 80.9 80.4 80.8 80.6 80.8 80.6
       
2008 80.9 80.6 80.4 79.9 79.5 79.3 79.0 77.7 74.3 74.9 73.9 71.7 80.6 79.6 77.0 73.5 77.7
2009 69.8 69.3 68.1 67.5 66.8 66.6 67.3 68.1 68.7 69.0 69.4 69.7 69.1 67.0 68.1 69.4 68.4
2010 70.6 71.0 71.7 72.1 73.3 73.6 74.1 74.5 74.7 74.7 74.8 75.6 71.1 73.0 74.4 75.0 73.4
2011 75.5 75.1 75.9 75.6 75.7 75.8 76.2 76.5 76.4 76.7 76.6 76.9 75.5 75.7 76.4 76.7 76.1
2012 77.2 77.3 76.8 77.2 77.2 77.0 77.1 76.6 76.5 76.6 76.8 76.9 77.1 77.1 76.7 76.8 76.9
       
2013 76.7 77.0 77.2 77.1 77.0 77.1 76.8 77.2 77.5 77.3 77.5 77.6 77.0 77.1 77.1 77.5 77.2
2014 77.3 77.8 78.5 78.5 78.7 78.9 79.0 78.8 78.9 78.9 79.3 79.2 77.8 78.7 78.9 79.1 78.6
2015 78.6 78.0 77.8 77.3 76.9 76.6 77.2 77.0 76.7 76.4 75.8 75.4 78.1 76.9 76.9 75.9 77.0
2016 75.9 75.5 74.9 75.1 74.9 75.2 75.4 75.2 75.1 75.1 74.8 75.3 75.4 75.1 75.2 75.1 75.2
2017 75.2 74.9 75.5 76.3 76.5 76.6 76.6 76.3 76.5 77.5 77.8 77.9 75.2 76.5 76.5 77.7 76.5
       
2018 77.9 78.2 78.7 79.5 78.8 79.4 79.5 79.9 79.8 79.5 79.4 79.2 78.3 79.3 79.7 79.4 79.2
2019 78.7 78.1 78.1 77.5 77.6 77.4 77.1 77.5 77.2 76.5 76.8 76.5 78.3 77.5 77.2 76.6 77.4
2020 76.1 76.3 73.4 63.4 64.7 68.7 71.5 72.3 72.1 72.9 73.3 74.2 75.3 65.6 71.9 73.4 71.6
2021 74.9 72.7 74.2 74.6                 73.9        
Note: Estimates from December 2020 through April 2021 are subject to further revision in the upcoming monthly releases.
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Last Update: May 28, 2021