How Do We Know?

Sources

How Do We Know?

U.S. Census Bureau; Library of Congress; National Archives and Records Administration;

National Institutes of Health; American Presidency Project, University of California at Santa Barbara

A Snapshot of Our Nation's Veterans

2010 American Community Survey, † 2007 Economic Census (Survey of Business Owners)

The American Community Survey is a survey and its estimates are subject to sampling error.

Inside America’s Economic Machine

Business Characteristics

2009 Statistics of U.S. Businesses
2007 Economic Census, 
Survey of Business Owners
2009 Nonemployer Statistics

Restaurants

2007 Economic Census Franchise Report

Growing Industries

2009 and 2010 County Business Patterns

Manufacturing

2011 Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey Total Shipments

Chocolate Shipments

2007 Economic Census Manufacturing Industry Series

Transportation

2007 Economic Census, Commodity Flow Survey

Financial Services

2007 Economic Census Finance and Insurance Subject Series

Retail Sales

Monthly Retail Trade Survey
2010 Annual Retail Trade Survey

E-Commerce

Quarterly Retail E-commerce time series
2010 E-stats

Housing

Characteristics of New Housing – highlights

Top Trading Partners

Foreign Trade –  FT-900 Annual Revisions for 2011 release (Exhibit 13)

State and Local Governments

2009 Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances.

The Face of Government: Education

US Census Bureau, 2011 Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll.
Data collected for the month of March 2011.
For more information visit http://www.census.gov/govs/apes/.

Manufacturing Day

2010 County Business Patterns

2011 Current Population Survey - Educational Attainment

2010 Annual Survey of Manufactures

2009 - 2010 Foreign Trade A Profile of U.S. Importing and Exporting Companies

Education

1970 Census of Population

American Community Survey 2010, Data available in fact finder

2010 Annual Survey of School System Finances

U.S. Department of Education

Memorial Day

American Community Survey

Historical Decennial Census Data

Department of Veteran's Affairs, Office of Public Affairs

Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center

Department of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center, Defense Casualty Analysis System

For more information on American Community Survey sampling and estimation methods, visit: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/data_documentation/Accuracy/ACS_Accuracy_of_Data_2011.pdf.

For more information about how data on veterans are collected and the definition of veteran status in the ACS, visit: http://www.census.gov/hhes/veterans/about/definitions.html