Capacity utilization: Petroleum and coal products (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 324) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US industrial capacity utilization (FED Board)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent data on industrial capacity utilization in the United States, the production of petroleum and coal products was 90.92 percent of total available capacity in July 2025, compared to 91.54 in June 2025.
Sample. There are 931 data points overall in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from January 1948 to July 2025.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: capacity utilization reached a trough of 61.38 percent of productive capacity in May 2020; it attained a maximum of 99.84 in March 1956; it had a mean value of 87.51.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 90.8573 |
| 2025-06-30 | 91.5424 |
| 2025-07-31 | 90.9221 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Capacity utilization: Petroleum and coal products (NAICS = 324) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Actual production divided by production capacity |
| Data type | Capacity utilization |
| Deflation method | Real |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Licence to copy and distribute without permission |
| Measure type | Level |
Series in the same data set: Main index
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Total index (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 703 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |
Series in the same data set: Main industry groups
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Durable manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 703 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Nondurable manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 703 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Other manufacturing (percentage of total capacity) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 643 | 1972-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Mining (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 21) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 703 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Electric and gas utilities (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2211,2) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 703 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |
Series in the same data set: Durable goods
Series in the same data set: Nondurable goods
Series in the same data set: Utilities
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity utilization: Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2211) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 703 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| Capacity utilization: Natural gas distribution (percentage of total capacity; NAICS = 2212) - United States - Fed Board - Monthly | 703 | 1967-01-31 | 2025-07-31 |