How much of their capacity do US chip plants use?

73.9%

US chip plants ran at 73.9% of their capacity in August 2026.

For August 2026. Data checked 20 Oct 2026, from series.csv.

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Jesse Hawkins, “How much of their capacity do US chip plants use?”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 20 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-chip-plant-utilization/. Data: Federal Reserve Board, public domain, as this site publishes it in series.csv; checked 20 Oct 2026.

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@misc{hawkins2026answersuschipplantutilization,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{How much of their capacity do US chip plants use?}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-chip-plant-utilization/}},
  note = {Data: Federal Reserve Board, public domain, as this site publishes it in series.csv; checked 20 Oct 2026, retrieved 2026-10-20}
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