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 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in August 2025, versus 205.06 in July. This constitutes a gain of 0.16 percent.
Sample. There are 404 observations in the monthly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time period extending from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: unfilled orders had an average value of 152.28 billion US dollars; they reached a minimum of 101.03 in May 2000; they achieved a maximum of 207.55 in March 2021.
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 |
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