Defense Capital Goods Unfilled Orders (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, unfilled orders of defense capital goods stood at 205.33 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in July 2025, compared to 205.23 in the previous month. This marks a gain of 0.05 percent.
Sample. There are 403 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The time period covered by the series is from January 1992 to July 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: unfilled orders reached a trough of 101.03 USD billion in May 2000; they recorded their maximum of 207.55 in March 2021; they had a mean of 152.15.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 203495.0 |
| 2025-06-30 | 205230.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 205330.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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 |