Table E7.1.    Consumption Ratios of Fuel, 1998;
Level: National and Regional Data;
Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;
Column: Energy-Consumption Ratios;
Unit: Varies.
			Consumption
		Consumption	per Dollar
	Consumption	per Dollar	of Value	RSE
Economic	per Employee	of Value Added	of Shipments	Row
Characteristic(a)	(million Btu)	(thousand Btu)	(thousand Btu)	Factors
	Total United States
RSE Column Factors:	1.0	1.1	1.0
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
Under 20	336.1	5.6	3.1	2.0
20-49	528.4	6.1	3.0	2.3
50-99	774.6	7.7	3.5	2.6
100-249	1,224.3	9.5	4.5	2.3
250-499	2,521.7	14.9	7.3	3.0
500 and Over	3,202.2	11.6	5.6	1.6
Total	1,101.1	9.4	4.6	1.0
Employment Size
Under 50	507.3	6.7	3.4	2.6
50-99	561.6	6.7	3.2	3.0
100-249	913.6	9.2	4.4	2.0
250-499	1,196.6	10.9	5.2	2.6
500-999	1,694.6	13.2	6.7	2.3
1000 and Over	1,481.4	8.4	4.1	2.0
Total	1,101.1	9.4	4.6	1.0
	Northeast Census Region
RSE Column Factors:	1.1	1.0	0.9
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
Under 20	220.1	3.5	2.0	4.0
20-49	425.6	4.5	2.3	6.3
50-99	527.7	4.8	2.3	6.0
100-249	967.8	7.1	3.6	5.3
250-499	1,214.9	6.5	3.7	11.0
500 and Over	2,116.6	7.8	4.3	3.3
Total	626.6	5.7	3.0	2.6
Employment Size
Under 50	290.5	3.8	2.0	4.9
50-99	321.9	3.8	2.0	6.3
100-249	406.9	4.4	2.3	4.9
250-499	804.1	7.2	3.8	5.9
500-999	1,512.1	11.7	6.2	5.9
1000 and Over	739.7	4.2	2.4	5.3
Total	626.6	5.7	3.0	2.6
	Midwest Census Region
RSE Column Factors:	1.0	1.0	1.0
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
Under 20	311.0	5.0	2.9	2.6
20-49	504.4	5.7	2.7	3.6
50-99	682.1	6.8	3.2	3.3
100-249	913.0	6.9	3.3	4.3
250-499	1,295.8	7.9	3.7	4.0
500 and Over	2,464.5	10.4	4.5	2.0
Total	894.1	7.6	3.6	2.0
Employment Size
Under 50	471.5	6.1	3.1	3.9
50-99	454.7	5.3	2.5	4.0
100-249	718.6	7.6	3.6	3.3
250-499	883.9	8.0	3.9	3.6
500-999	854.1	6.7	3.5	4.3
1000 and Over	1,513.8	8.9	3.9	2.0
Total	894.1	7.6	3.6	2.0
	South Census Region
RSE Column Factors:	0.9	1.1	1.0
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
Under 20	474.6	8.8	4.6	3.0
20-49	569.0	7.3	3.4	3.0
50-99	965.1	10.4	4.6	3.3
100-249	1,523.8	12.7	5.7	3.3
250-499	4,026.0	24.6	11.2	3.6
500 and Over	5,738.2	16.6	8.2	2.9
Total	1,660.0	14.0	6.6	2.0
Employment Size
Under 50	848.5	11.4	5.5	3.3
50-99	786.8	9.7	4.3	4.6
100-249	1,297.9	12.0	5.7	3.0
250-499	1,645.4	15.3	7.0	3.3
500-999	2,396.1	19.4	9.1	3.0
1000 and Over	2,238.2	12.6	6.3	2.9
Total	1,660.0	14.0	6.6	2.0
	West Census Region
RSE Column Factors:	1.1	1.0	0.9
Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)
Under 20	298.2	4.8	2.7	4.0
20-49	582.5	6.2	3.0	6.6
50-99	760.8	6.7	3.2	7.3
100-249	1,345.5	9.9	4.8	6.3
250-499	2,785.9	15.9	8.5	8.0
500 and Over	1,500.1	5.9	3.1	3.0
Total	871.7	7.3	3.8	2.3
Employment Size
Under 50	361.8	4.8	2.5	5.3
50-99	623.4	7.6	3.7	7.7
100-249	1,105.3	11.4	5.2	5.6
250-499	1,098.6	9.7	4.7	6.6
500-999	1,710.5	12.0	6.7	5.9
1000 and Over	587.9	3.1	1.7	3.6
Total	871.7	7.3	3.8	2.3
(a) Value of Shipments and Receipts and Employment Size categories were supplied by the
Bureau of the Census.
NF=No applicable RSE row/column factor.
* Estimate less than 0.5.
W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.
Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.
NA=Not available.
Notes:  To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the cell's
corresponding RSE column and RSE row factors.   Totals may not equal sum of
components because of independent rounding.
Operating ratios were calculated using the estimates of fuel consumption
reported in Table N3.2.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets
and End Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '1998 Manufacturing
Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau of the Census,
data files for the '1998 Annual Survey of Manufactures.'