Table 2 CAPACITY UTILIZATION: MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND UTILITIES Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted | | | 1972- 1988- 1990- 1994- 2001-| | | | 2008 | 2008 1982 1989 1991 1995 2002| 2008 | 2009 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 | 80.9 70.9 85.1 78.7 84.9 73.5 | 72.7 | 69.2 70.2 70.8 71.0 71.5 72.0 | | | | | Stage-of-process groups | | | | | Crude | | 15.83 | 86.6 78.1 88.3 84.7 89.9 81.7 | 82.1 | 81.0 82.7 83.9 83.8 85.6 86.1 Primary and semifinished | | 46.62 | 82.0 68.1 86.5 77.9 87.9 74.3 | 71.4 | 66.5 67.1 67.6 67.9 68.2 68.9 Finished | | 37.55 | 77.7 71.0 83.0 77.2 80.3 70.0 | 70.3 | 67.6 68.9 69.3 69.5 69.9 70.2 | | | | | Industry Groups | | | | | Manufacturing | | 79.68 | 79.6 68.6 85.4 77.2 84.5 71.4 | 69.0 | 66.2 67.2 67.8 67.8 68.5 68.6 Manufacturing (NAICS) | 31-33 | 76.08 | 79.4 67.9 85.4 77.1 84.6 70.9 | 68.9 | 66.4 67.4 68.0 68.1 68.8 68.8 Durable manufacturing | | 39.36 | 77.8 63.0 84.6 73.6 83.7 67.8 | 65.4 | 59.9 60.7 61.4 61.2 61.7 61.8 Wood products | 321 | 1.27 | 79.2 59.4 87.1 72.6 87.5 70.4 | 50.9 | 49.5 50.7 50.7 50.5 51.1 51.5 Nonmetallic mineral products | 327 | 2.42 | 77.7 63.9 83.8 71.7 82.5 70.4 | 60.7 | 57.5 57.1 56.5 54.4 56.6 54.0 Primary metal | 331 | 2.69 | 80.5 47.0 94.4 74.8 94.7 68.0 | 53.7 | 51.0 53.8 55.1 55.9 58.5 58.9 Iron and steel products | 3311,2 | 1.35 | 81.9 38.0 97.6 70.9 97.6 68.9 | 39.7 | 47.7 51.8 54.6 58.3 59.3 59.8 Fabricated metal products | 332 | 5.61 | 77.5 61.8 81.7 72.7 85.5 69.4 | 72.1 | 62.2 62.6 63.2 63.2 63.3 63.9 Machinery | 333 | 4.80 | 78.6 57.9 85.5 74.1 87.9 62.8 | 67.9 | 56.6 57.9 57.2 58.6 57.6 59.1 Computer and electronic products | 334 | 7.11 | 78.3 77.9 82.2 76.8 84.4 58.8 | 67.0 | 63.8 63.8 63.4 63.1 62.8 63.5 Computer and peripheral equip. | 3341 | .98 | 78.1 67.1 79.6 70.1 87.3 66.8 | 72.0 | 64.7 64.8 63.5 63.3 63.4 63.8 Communications equipment | 3342 | 1.33 | 76.2 84.6 85.3 76.9 82.9 41.6 | 73.9 | 67.9 66.7 64.4 65.0 64.9 66.4 Semiconductor and related | | | | | electronic components | 334412-9 | 1.92 | 80.6 77.2 83.1 78.0 91.7 58.0 | 57.4 | 59.8 59.7 60.2 60.0 59.1 60.1 Electrical equipment, appliances, | | | | | and components | 335 | 1.83 | 83.2 64.6 89.1 77.0 93.1 72.1 | 76.3 | 69.3 70.4 70.5 70.8 71.5 69.5 Transportation equipment | 336 | 8.84 | 75.2 56.3 86.4 67.6 79.4 69.2 | 61.7 | 57.0 58.4 61.4 60.4 60.8 61.1 Motor vehicles and parts | 3361-3 | 5.52 | 76.7 45.0 89.2 56.0 88.7 69.2 | 50.5 | 45.7 47.7 52.0 51.0 52.0 52.1 Autos and light trucks | 33611 | 2.34 | 77.1 39.7 94.8 53.7 89.1 74.9 | 44.5 | 41.6 44.9 52.1 49.4 51.8 51.4 Aerospace and miscellaneous | | | | | transportation equipment | 3364-9 | 3.32 | 73.2 67.6 87.7 80.8 68.6 64.4 | 80.1 | 75.2 75.7 76.6 75.7 75.1 75.5 Furniture and related products | 337 | 1.39 | 78.4 65.7 82.2 67.6 83.1 68.3 | 63.5 | 58.5 56.7 57.6 57.3 58.8 58.8 Miscellaneous | 339 | 3.40 | 76.5 68.9 82.5 77.3 81.3 71.0 | 68.3 | 67.2 68.4 68.2 68.5 69.8 68.7 | | | | | Nondurable manufacturing | | 36.72 | 81.5 75.2 86.7 81.6 85.7 75.0 | 72.6 | 73.4 74.6 75.1 75.4 76.4 76.5 Food | 311 | 8.28 | 82.4 79.8 86.3 83.9 85.4 77.2 | 78.5 | 78.8 80.7 80.7 81.6 81.5 80.9 Beverage and tobacco products | 312 | 2.58 | 78.7 77.9 87.1 74.2 86.0 64.5 | 65.9 | 63.3 65.5 65.1 66.2 66.6 67.7 Textile mills | 313 | .52 | 81.3 72.5 91.4 77.7 93.6 66.0 | 58.4 | 56.3 57.8 56.1 60.2 62.6 61.7 Textile product mills | 314 | .45 | 81.7 70.4 90.7 75.4 88.7 72.7 | 64.6 | 60.7 62.1 64.0 63.9 64.1 64.7 Apparel | 315 | .46 | 80.4 76.5 85.0 78.0 89.9 65.5 | 73.0 | 67.5 68.2 68.5 68.3 69.3 70.0 Leather and allied products | 316 | .10 | 74.4 73.1 81.7 72.6 80.4 51.2 | 58.8 | 54.8 56.0 55.0 56.5 57.8 55.9 Paper | 322 | 2.41 | 87.6 81.6 92.8 86.2 92.7 78.8 | 70.7 | 72.6 74.3 73.9 72.2 75.9 74.6 Printing and support | 323 | 1.79 | 83.4 80.4 91.4 82.5 87.0 72.7 | 71.0 | 67.4 68.1 67.8 68.1 68.3 68.3 Petroleum and coal products | 324 | 5.00 | 86.1 68.6 85.8 81.4 91.1 86.0 | 84.5 | 84.1 83.7 85.2 83.9 84.7 82.0 Chemical | 325 | 12.17 | 78.2 67.9 85.2 80.2 81.1 69.5 | 67.2 | 71.3 72.3 73.4 73.6 74.9 76.0 Plastics material and resin | 325211 | .86 | 86.5 66.2 92.8 79.5 98.5 80.3 | 65.0 | 81.5 82.9 84.2 Synthetic rubber | 325212 | .11 | 76.5 54.5 94.2 72.2 86.8 54.9 | 69.3 | 66.7 60.9 63.0 65.7 66.1 66.2 Artificial and synthetic fibers | | | | | and filaments | 32522 | .10 | 81.3 63.1 94.1 75.9 91.3 55.7 | 58.9 | 64.8 64.3 67.2 70.6 71.5 Plastics and rubber products | 326 | 2.97 | 83.6 71.9 89.5 76.9 92.2 74.6 | 69.9 | 66.1 66.6 67.3 68.4 69.4 69.9 | | | | | Other manufacturing (non-NAICS) | 1133,5111 | 3.61 | 84.2 86.7 91.1 80.3 83.0 79.8 | 71.3 | 62.4 63.2 63.7 62.5 63.6 62.6 | | | | | Mining | 21 | 11.14 | 87.6 79.7 86.5 83.8 89.1 84.9 | 89.0 | 82.0 83.8 83.7 83.8 85.5 85.7 Oil and gas extraction | 211 | 7.39 | 92.0 89.5 91.7 89.4 94.8 90.0 | 94.5 | 95.4 97.0 97.5 97.5 97.5 97.4 Mining (except oil and gas) | 212 | 1.90 | 84.2 68.0 91.5 80.9 87.8 78.7 | 77.6 | 73.6 75.8 74.1 73.1 75.3 72.8 Coal mining | 2121 | .71 | 86.2 76.3 92.5 79.5 87.3 78.7 | 91.2 | 84.0 84.2 82.7 82.5 83.2 79.9 Metal mining | 2122 | .51 | 79.2 32.5 95.2 84.7 91.6 66.6 | 76.7 | 65.1 72.6 68.5 71.7 73.8 74.4 Stone and earth minerals | 2123 | .67 | 83.7 65.5 89.9 76.2 93.0 79.3 | 63.4 | 67.0 69.0 68.4 64.3 68.3 65.2 Support activities for mining | 213 | 1.85 | 75.3 53.1 63.1 53.3 77.0 65.2 | 80.1 | 47.9 48.8 49.6 50.9 54.2 58.0 Utilities | 2211,2 | 9.17 | 86.8 77.4 92.8 84.2 93.3 84.2 | 85.1 | 77.8 78.2 78.5 80.5 78.4 82.9 Electric | 2211 | 7.48 | 88.3 78.0 94.3 87.7 95.8 86.7 | 85.0 | 77.4 77.7 78.0 78.9 78.2 81.8 Natural gas | 2212 | 1.69 | 80.1 72.9 86.4 67.5 87.4 71.1 | 85.2 | 79.6 80.2 81.0 89.1 79.0 88.7 | | | | | Special Aggregates | | | | | Selected high-technology industries | | 4.24 | 78.2 75.2 81.7 75.4 86.5 56.5 | 66.0 | 63.2 62.8 61.9 61.9 61.5 62.5 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | industries | | 75.44 | 79.7 68.1 85.9 77.3 84.4 72.7 | 69.1 | 66.4 67.4 68.1 68.1 68.9 68.9 Manufacturing ex. selected high-tech | | | | | and motor vehicles and pts. | | 69.92 | 79.9 69.5 85.6 79.2 84.1 72.6 | 70.6 | 67.9 68.9 69.3 69.4 70.2 70.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ r Revised. p Preliminary.