March 23, 2006
Headline News
Census Bureau Updating Information on Our Nation's Spending Habits. (Regional). (Released March 23, 2006)
Facts for Features: 100th Anniversary: San Francisco Earthquake (April 18). (Released March 23, 2006)
Growth of Hispanic-Owned Businesses Triples the National Average. (Released March 21, 2006)
Florida's Flagler County Fastest-Growing Once Again. (Released March 16, 2006)
Privately Owned Housing Starts in February Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 2,120,000. This Is 7.9 Percent Below the Revised January 2006 Estimate of 2,303,000. (Released March 16, 2006)
U.S. Information Services Sector Revenue for the Fourth Quarter of 2005. (Released March 15, 2006)
Who Registered and Who Voted in the Election of November 2004? [PDF; 592 KB] (Released March 15, 2006)
Facts for Features: Mother's Day (May 14, 2006). (Released March 14, 2006)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for February Reached $362.3 Billion, Down 1.3 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released March 14, 2006)
U.S. Total Business Sales for January Were $1,059.5 Billion, Up 1.3 Percent From Last Month. (Released March 14, 2006)
Facts for Features: Irish-American Heritage Month (March) & St. Patrick's Day (March 17) 2006. (Released March 10, 2006)
January 2006 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $318.6 Billion, Up 1.0 Percent From Last Month. (Released March 10, 2006)
Census Bureau Announces Start of 2006 Test Censuses in Travis County, TX, and Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, SD. (Released March 9, 2006)
Fact of the Day
Georgia Has Most Counties in Top 100 Fastest Growing
According to the latest Census Bureau population estimates, Georgia has the greatest number of counties (18) on the top 100 fastest-growing counties list. This is followed by Florida (14) and Texas (13). Most of the Georgia growth counties are among the more outlying counties in the Atlanta metro area.
To access them, click on "Estimates" on the Census Bureau home page and then on "Choose a popular table." The estimates show the population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005.
Hot Tip
Estimates Schedule
Do you keep a close watch on the Census Bureau's population estimates? You can view the release schedule for the estimates by clicking on "Estimates" on the Census Bureau home page and then on "Estimates Topics." Select "Schedule of new estimates." Coming Spring 2006 are the following July 1, 2005 estimates:
*National Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin
*State Population Estimates by Age and Sex
*Population Estimates for Puerto Rico by Age Sex
*Metropolitan and Micropolitan Population Estimates with Components of Change
Recently Released
Census 2010
Census Bureau Announces Start of 2006 Test Censuses. Formal kick-off for test censuses in Travis County, Texas, and Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Population
65+ in the United States: 2005. [File Size; 8.28 MB]. Internet files and report available online in PDF and for free from the Customer Services Center. Provides a comprehensive socioeconomic profile of older Americans. Funded by the National Institute on Aging and the report features data from decennial censuses and several surveys. Data are at the international and national levels with some statistics for states and selected counties.
Florida's Flagler County Fastest-Growing Once Again. Internet tables showing population estimates, rankings, and components of change for the nation's 3,141 counties and county equivalents. Shows change since Census 2000 to July 1, 2005.
Public's Reliance on Medical Services Shown in Report on Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Services Utilization: 2001. [File Size; 488 KB]. Report available online in PDF and for free from the Customer Services Center providing data on the frequency of visits to doctors, dentists, and hospitals and the use of prescription medicine. Shows characteristics such as health status, age, and health insurance coverage status.
U.S. Census Bureau Report: Tabulating Prisoners at Their "Permanent Home of Record" Address. [File Size; 96 KB]. Report available online in PDF, or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Provides results of the Census Bureau's study on tabulating prisoners at the address of their "permanent home of record," rather than at their place of incarceration.
Who Registered and Who Voted in the Election of November 2004? Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004. [File Size; 592 KB]. Report available online in spreadsheet format or in PDF, and for free from the Customer Services Center. Examines the levels of voting and registration in the November 2004 presidential election, the characteristics of citizens who reported they were registered to vote and indeed voted, and the reasons why others registered did not vote. The report, from the Current Population Survey, provides the first-ever analysis of state-level data released last May.
Latest Economic Indicators
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: February 2006. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report includes seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: January 2006. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: January 2006. Press release showing estimates for sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers by three-digit major kind-of-business groups.
New Residential Construction: February 2006. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Quarterly Services Survey: 4th Quarter. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Survey of Business Owners: Hispanic-Owned Businesses. Detailed report available online in PDF, or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center (product ID: D1-E02-HOBE-00-US1, $100). Provides information on the state of Hispanic-owned businesses from a survey conducted every five years, with data on the numbers of such businesses. Statistics shown separately for those with and without paid employees. Also, includes data on sales and receipts for the nation, states, and local areas levels where Hispanic-owned businesses are concentrated.
Businesses with Employees Spent $232 Billion on Information and Communication Technology in 2004. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey: 2004. Available as Internet files, online in PDF [File Size; 1.85 MB], or as a print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Report provides data from this supplement to the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey. Shows noncapitalized and capitalized spending for 19 separate economic sectors based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Covers purchases, and operating leases and rental payments for ICT equipment. For computer software, the report covers purchases and payroll for developing software, software licensing, and service/maintenance agreements.
*Miscellaneous Subject Reports. Part of the 2002 Economic Census Subject Series, the data presented in the Miscellaneous Subject reports vary by kind of business. Available online in PDF or as a print-on-demand report; eventually available as downloadable files and on DVD. Reports currently available:
Finance and Insurance [File Size; 402 KB]
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing [File Size; 735 KB]
Management of Companies [File Size; 376 KB]
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation [File Size; 416 KB]
Utilities [File Size; 362 KB]
Other Services (Except Public Administration) [File Size; 1.1 MB]
Transportation and Warehousing [File Size; 621 KB]
Information [File Size; 655 KB]
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services [File Size; 1.9 MB]
Spending on New Structures and Equipment Cost U.S. Businesses $956.6 Billion in 2004. Annual Capital Expenditures (ACES): 2004. Available as Internet files, online in PDF [File Size; 2.12 MB], or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Report provides data from ACES and is part of a comprehensive program designed to provide more detailed and timely information on capital investment by nonfarm businesses. For those companies with employees, capital expenditures data are published for 136 industries. Total capital expenditures, with no industry detail, are shown for the businesses without employees.
Reference and Compendia
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006 on CD-ROM. Disc version of the popular Statistical Abstract book. Free from the Customer Services Center while supply lasts.
Facts for Features. Collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news:
100th Anniversary: San Francisco Earthquake (April 18)
African-American History Month (February 2006)
Women's History Month (March 2006)
Upcoming Releases
Population
Domestic Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004. Report describing recent patterns of population redistribution as reflected by the domestic net migration component of population estimates data. Analysis focuses on net migration for a number of different kinds of geographic areas, including regions, divisions, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, and counties. The primary focus of this report is the post-Census 2000 period.
Poverty Status of Families by Type and by U.S. Citizenship Status of the Householder: 2003. Four national-level tables from the American Community Survey present poverty data on the foreign-born by the following characteristics: citizenship status, year of entry, region of birth, and family type.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Economic Census: Subject Series. Series of 57 reports for several industry sectors, all at the national level, showing product shipments by contributing industries and other information, product lines, establishment size, and legal form of organization. Reports issued on a flow basis; most available now.
Economic Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: February 2006. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release March 24, 2006.
New Residential Sales: January 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Scheduled for release March 24, 2006.
Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: February 2006. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders. Scheduled for release March 31, 2006.
Construction Put in Place: February 2006. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner. Scheduled for release April 3, 2006.
Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade: Fourth Quarter 2005. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations. Scheduled for release April 4, 2006.
Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: 4th Quarter 2005. Press release shows second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits. Scheduled for release April 4, 2006.
Governments
2004 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances - School Systems. Report on local government finances containing data on revenues, expenditures, debt, and financial assets for public elementary and secondary school systems. The report includes state rankings of revenues and expenditures per pupil.
2005 State Government Tax Collections. Hawaii has collected the most taxes per capita for three straight years. Will it lead for a fourth year in a row? The answer will be revealed from national and state data on tax collections. Categories of data include severance taxes, occupation and business licenses, individual income taxes, general sales taxes and property taxes.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features:
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Statistical information from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas about the Asian and native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander populations, whose heritage is celebrated in May.
Older Americans Month (May). Statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to people who are 65 years or older.
Small Business Week (April 9-15). Commemorate the 43rd annual celebration of America's entrepreneurial spirit by including a variety of data about "mom and pop" corner stores; people operating a business out of their home; and other small businesses.
March 09, 2006
Headline News
Dramatic Changes in U.S. Aging Highlighted in New Census, NIH Report. (Released March 9, 2006)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Increased to $68.5 Billion in January 2006 From $65.1 Billion (Revised) in December 2005, as Imports Increased More Than Exports. (Released March 9, 2006)
Businesses With Employees Spent $232 Billion on Information and Communication Technology in 2004. (Released March 7, 2006)
Spending on New Structures and Equipment Cost U.S. Businesses $956.6 Billion in 2004. (Released March 7, 2006)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in January Decreased $18.9 Billion or 4.5 Percent to $398.2 Billion. (Released March 6, 2006)
Total Construction Activity for January 2006 ($1,163.4 Billion) Was 0.2 Percent Above the Revised December 2005 ($1,161.2 Billion) Figure. (Released March 1, 2006)
Doctor's Visits, Prescription Use Are Focus of New Census Bureau Report on Health Services Use. (Released February 28, 2006)
U.S. Census Bureau Reports on Tabulating Prisoners at Their "Permanent Home of Record" Address. (Released February 28, 2006)
Sales of New One-Family Houses in January 2006 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,233,000. This Is 5.0 Percent Below the Revised December 2005 Figure of 1,298,000. (Released February 27, 2006)
2006 Statistical Abstract on CD-ROM Now Available!
Fact of the Day
Men Less Likely To Visit a Doctor
Results from the 2001 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) suggest that men are less likely than women to visit the doctor and to use medical services. Almost one-third of men reported never seeing a doctor in the past 12 months; at the other end of the spectrum, about a quarter reported seeing a doctor three or more times during this period. For women, 21 percent did not see a doctor while 36 percent made three or more visits. This pattern also showed up for visits to the dentist, hospital stays, and the use of prescription medicine. The findings appear in a newly issued report available in PDF.
Hot Tip
U.S. Imported $4.6 Billion in Goods From Argentina in 2005
The United States imported goods from Argentina totaling $4.6 billion in value in 2005. Petroleum products were a big portion of these imports: over $1.0 billion was for crude oil; $276 million was for fuel oil; $768 million was for other petroleum products; and $124 million was for liquefied petroleum gases.
On the export side, the U.S. sent $4.1 billion in goods to Argentina. Organic chemicals ($408 million) and computer accessories ($348 million) led the way. You can access information on imports and exports by end-use codes for all of our trading partners by coming to the Census Bureau web site and clicking on "Foreign Trade." Then click on "End-Use" and then on the country of interest. The tables show 2001-2005 data.
Recently Released
Population
65+ in the United States: 2005. Internet files and report available online in PDF and for free from the Customer Services Center providing a comprehensive socioeconomic profile of older Americans, funded by the National Institute on Aging and featuring data from decennial censuses and several surveys. Data are at the international and national levels with some statistics for states and selected counties.
Census Bureau Releases Income and Poverty Estimates Reflecting Expanded Income Definitions. The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004 provides a series of alternative estimates that take into account the extent to which noncash benefits (such as food stamps) and taxes – which were not considered in the official income and poverty measures released in August 2005 - affect median household income, the poverty rate, and income inequality. Report available as Internet files, in ASCII and Excel format, PDF, or in print from the Customer Services Center.
Public's Reliance on Medical Services Shown in Report on Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Services Utilization: 2001. Report available online in PDF and for free from the Customer Services Center providing data on the frequency of visits to doctors, dentists, and hospitals and the use of prescription medicine by characteristics such as self-reported health status, age, and health insurance coverage status.
Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Web Site Provides Exciting Look at Employment Data. The first of four e-learning modules, called "Site Tour," is now available on the Local Employment Dynamics website. The modules feature voice and animation to illustrate the features of the web site and of the three analytic tools, "On the Map," "Industry Focus," and "QWI Online," using scenarios relevant to State Labor Market Information offices (LMIs) and Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs). The latter three modules will be released on a flow basis over the next several weeks.
U.S. Census Bureau Report: Tabulating Prisoners at Their "Permanent Home of Record" Address. Report available online in PDF providing results of the Census Bureau's study on tabulating prisoners at the address of their "permanent home of record," rather than at their place of incarceration.
Latest Economic Indicators
New Residential Sales: January 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale.
Construction Put in Place: January 2006. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner.
Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: January 2006. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: January 2006. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption.
Economic Census and Surveys
Spending on New Structures and Equipment Cost U.S. Businesses $956.6 Billion in 2004. Annual Capital Expenditures (ACES): 2004. Internet files and report available online in PDF providing data from ACES, part of a comprehensive program designed to provide more detailed and timely information on capital investment by nonfarm businesses. The 2004 estimates presented are based on data collected from a sample of 46,000 companies with employees and 15,000 businesses without employees. For those companies with employees, capital expenditures data are published for 136 industries. Total capital expenditures, with no industry detail, are shown for the businesses without employees.
County Business Patterns for Puerto Rico Now Available. Annual series provides subnational economic data by industry. Data on number of business establishments in municipios. Data for Puerto Rico are available as Internet files, in PDF, or as a print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center.
Current Industrial Reports Provide Ongoing Data. The Census Bureau releases 39 Current Industrial Reports - most on an annual basis, but some on a quarterly or monthly basis. These reports provide detailed data on industries, their products, exports, etc., and are available in PDF or Excel format.
Businesses with Employees Spent $232 Billion on Information and Communication Technology in 2004. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey: 2004. Internet files and report available online in PDF providing data from this supplement to the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, the ICT shows noncapitalized and capitalized spending for 19 separate economic sectors based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It covers purchases, and operating leases and rental payments for ICT equipment. For computer software, the report covers purchases and payroll for developing software, software licensing, and service/maintenance agreements.
Latest Manufacturing Activity in States Reported in 2004 Annual Survey of Manufacturers, Geographic Area Statistics. Report available online in PDF, and for sale in print from the Customer Services Center, providing state-level data for industries down to the four-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) level. Includes statistics on employment, payroll, value added by manufacture, cost of materials consumed, value of shipments, and total
capital expenditures.
Reference and Compendia
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006 on CD-ROM. Disc version of the popular Statistical Abstract book. Free from the Customer Services Center while supply lasts.
Facts for Features. Collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news:
African-American History Month
Upcoming Releases
Census 2010
Census Bureau Announces Start of 2006 Test Censuses. Formal kick-off for test censuses in Travis County, Texas, and Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Population
County Population Estimates and Rankings: 2005. What was the nation's fastest-growing county in 2005? Find the answer via Internet tables showing population estimates, rankings and components of change for the nation's 3,141 counties and county equivalents since Census 2000 and up to July 1, 2005.
Domestic Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004. Report describing recent patterns of population redistribution as reflected by the domestic net migration component of population estimates data. Analysis focuses on net migration for a number of different kinds of geographic areas, including regions, divisions, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, and counties. The primary focus of this report is the post-Census 2000 period.
Poverty Status of Families by Type and by U.S. Citizenship Status of the Householder: 2003. Four national-level tables from the American Community Survey present poverty data on the foreign-born by the following characteristics: citizenship status, year of entry, region of birth, and family type.
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004. Report examining the levels of voting and registration in the November 2004 presidential election, the characteristics of citizens reporting they were registered to vote and actually did vote, and the reasons why others registered did not vote. The report, from the Current Population Survey, provides the first-ever analysis of national- and state-level data that was released last May.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Survey of Business Owners: Hispanic-Owned Businesses. Report available online in PDF and for sale in print from the U.S. Government Printing Office and Internet files on the state of Hispanic-owned businesses from a survey conducted every five years, with data on the numbers of such businesses; statistics shown separately for those with and without paid employees. Also, includes data on sales and receipts for the nation, states, and local areas levels where Hispanic-owned businesses are concentrated.
2002 Economic Census: Subject Series. Series of 57 reports for several industry sectors, all at the national level, showing product shipments by contributing industries and other information, product lines, establishment size, and legal form of organization. Reports issued on a flow basis; most available now.
Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: January 2006. Press release showing estimates for sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers by three-digit major kind-of-business groups. Scheduled for release March 10, 2006.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: February 2006. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report includes seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups. Scheduled for release March 14, 2006.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: January 2006. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release March 14, 2006.
Quarterly Services Survey: 4th Quarter. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries. Scheduled for release March 15, 2006.
New Residential Construction: February 2006. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release March 16, 2006.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: February 2006. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release March 24, 2006.
New Residential Sales: January 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Scheduled for release March 24, 2006.
Governments
2004 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances – School Systems. Report on local government finances containing data on revenues, expenditures, debt and financial assets for public elementary and secondary school systems. The report includes state rankings of revenues and expenditures per pupil.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Older Americans Month (May). Statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to people who are 65 years or older.
Facts for Features: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Statistical information from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas about the Asian and native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander populations, whose heritage is celebrated in May.
Facts for Features: Mother's Day. Presents statistical information from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas commemorating this special day honoring our nation's moms.
Facts for Features: 100th Anniversary: San Francisco Earthquake. Today, people talk of "leaving their heart in San Francisco." But a century ago, this great city was largely destroyed by one of our nation's most catastrophic natural disasters. The fact sheet commemorates this event, comparing life in "The City by the Bay" then and now.
