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 were 212.12 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in March 2026, compared to 210.67 in February. This represents a rise of 0.69 percent.
Sample. There are 411 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time span stretching from January 1992 to March 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: unfilled orders hit a peak of 212.42 USD billion in December 2025; they registered a minimum of 101.03 in May 2000; they had a mean value of 153.29.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 211613.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 210667.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 212117.0 |
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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 |
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