EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, MARCH 12, 1998 (THURSDAY) Public Information Office CB98-36 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Thomas Bell 301-457-2580 cbp@census.gov Census Bureau Releases Update of Business Data for ZIP Codes The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released a new CD-ROM product with 1995 business data for more than 39,000 ZIP code areas nationwide. The 1995 ZIP Business Patterns disc, second in an annual series, shows for all ZIP code areas the total number of establishments, the number by each of nine employment-size categories (the largest being 1,000 or more employees), total employees and total payroll, by the detailed Standard Industrial Classification code. The disc comes with Windows software that enables users to view, print or extract the data sets they want. Orders for the disc, which sells for $90, should be directed to the Census Bureau's Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636).-X-The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
