Defense Capital Goods Unfilled Orders (advance estimate; not seasonally adjusted; USD million) - United States - Census - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Advance manufacturing survey (U.S. Census)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. On a sesonally unadjusted basis, in the United States, unfilled orders of defense capital goods were 218.27 billion US dollars in April 2026, compared to 213.22 in March 2026. This represents a rise of 2.37 percent.
Sample. There are 412 observations in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from January 1992 to April 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: unfilled orders had a mean value of 153.48 USD billion; they registered a minimum of 100.82 in November 1999; they achieved a maximum of 218.27 in April 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 209786.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 213216.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 218268.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods Unfilled Orders |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollars (USD) million |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
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