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US chip plants’ use of capacity 73.9%

Aug 2026

US chip plants’ use of capacity rose 3.3 points since Jan 2017

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Jesse Hawkins, “Grapher: US chip plants’ use of capacity”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 11 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/series/chip-utilization/. Data: Federal Reserve Board, public domain.

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@misc{hawkins2026serieschiputilization,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{Grapher: US chip plants’ use of capacity}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/series/chip-utilization/}},
  note = {Data: Federal Reserve Board, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-11}
}

The series

The Federal Reserve’s capacity utilization for NAICS 3344: output as a percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted. Retrieved by this site on 2026-10-11.

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Newest reading	Aug 2026	73.9%
A year before	Aug 2025	76.5%
Highest reading	Feb 2022	92.2%
Lowest reading	Jan 2017	70.7%
First reading	Jan 2017	70.7%

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The Federal Reserve’s capacity utilization for NAICS 3344: output as a percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted. Unit: percent.

Terms: Capacity utilization · NAICS · Seasonally adjusted

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Federal Reserve Board, public domain: US chip plants’ use of capacity. Retrieved 2026-10-11.