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 205.38 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in August 2025, compared to 205.06 in July. This represents an increase of 0.16 percent.
Sample. There are 404 records overall in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The period covered by the series is from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here are some descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: unfilled orders achieved a maximum of 207.55 USD billion in March 2021; they reached their lowest level of 101.03 in May 2000; they had an average value of 152.28.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 205230.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 205062.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 205380.0 |
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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 |