CENSUS OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES
Description of Data Products and Ordering Information

The Census of Construction Industries data products are available in three formats: Portable Document Format (PDF) files, data sets in the American Fact Finder and on CDROM. Information on the individual companies in the census are not released. If you require data not produced in one of our tables, a special tabulation can be purchased from the Census Bureau. For more information call (301)457-4680.

PUBLICATION SERIES:

INDUSTRY SERIES

The definitive measures of activity in the Nation's construction industries. Separate industry reports, providing statistics for the Nation and individual States on establishments with payroll. These reports provide measures of the following: number of establishments, number of employees, payroll, selected operating costs, value of construction work done, capital expenditures, inventories, industry profiles, assets, depreciation and more. 1992 Summary of Findings and the 1992 Economic Census site provide some of the data found in the 1992 reports. A list of the 1997 reports is available.

GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES

State-by-State summaries issued in nine regional reports. Each report provides data for establishments with payroll, with detailed totals by industry for States and metropolitan areas. 1992 Summary of Findings provide some of the data found in the 1992 reports.

SUBJECT REPORT

1992 - Legal Form of Organization and Type of Operation - One report providing employment, payroll, value of construction work done, selected operating costs, and other statistics at the national level for each industry by legal form of organization and type of operation. This report includes data for establishments with and without payroll. Summary of findings provide some of the data found in this report.

1997 - U.S. Summary reports for both the Industry Series and the Geographic Area Series.

SERIES DATA AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:

For 1997, the first release of the reports to the public will be in this format. PDF files for both 1992 and 1997 publications are available free on the Census Bureau web site. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files.

Access detailed 1997 data via "Quick Reports" and "Build a Query" in American FactFinder, roughly one week after release of data in pdf.

• The 1997 Ecomonic Census CDROM is now available for purchase. Follow link for the lastest information on CRROM contents, release schedule and ordering information.
  
  
• The 1992 Economic Census CDROM contains all eight sectors:
  Construction, retail trade, wholesale trade, service industries, financial, insurance, and real estate industries, transportation , communications and utilities, manufactures, and mineral industries.
  
  Plus several related programs including statistics on minority and women-owned businesses.
  
  
• The 1992 Economic Census CDROM is issued in two volumes:
  Volume 1, 1992 Economic Census Report Series
  Volume 2, 1992 Economic Census ZIP Code for retail, services, and manufactures
  
  
• The 1992 and 1997 Economic Census CDROMs are available for purchase:
  Online from the Census Bureau's Customer Services.
  Place a telephone order using a Master Card or Visa card by calling (301) 763-INFO(4636).
  
  
• Address written requests to:
  U.S. Department of Commerce
  Bureau of the Census
  P.O. Box 277943
  Atlanta, GA 30384-7943
  Make checks payable to "Commerce-Census"