April 20, 2006
Headline News
Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004. (Released April 20, 2006)
Census Bureau Director to Give Special Recognition Award to Illinois and Missouri Partners. (Released April 18, 2006)
Privately Owned Housing Starts in March Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,960,000. This Is 7.8 Percent Below the Revised February 2006 Estimate of 2,126,000. (Released April 18, 2006)
Revenues for Black-Owned Firms Near $89 Billion, Number of Businesses Up 45 Percent. (Released April 18, 2006)
U.S. Total Business Sales for February Were $1,041.2 Billion, Down 0.6 Percent From Last Month. (Released April 13, 2006)
Facts for Features: 100th Anniversary: San Francisco Earthquake - April 18. (Released April 12, 2006)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Decreased to $65.7 Billion in February From $68.6 Billion (Revised) in January, as Imports Decreased More Than Exports. (Released April 12, 2006)
February 2006 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $312.1 Billion, Virtually Unchanged From Last Month. (Released April 7, 2006)
A Half-Century of Learning: Historical Statistics on Educational Attainment in the United States: 1940 to 2000. (Released April 6, 2006)
How Fast Are Apartments Being Rented or Purchased? [PDF File Size; 790 KB]. (Released April 6, 2006)
Austin Local Census Office Recruiting Census Workers. (Released April 5, 2006)
Facts for Features: Cinco de Mayo. (Released April 5, 2006)
Travis County Residents Urged to Promptly Reply to 2006 Census Test Questionnaire. (Released April 5, 2006).
Fact of the Day
Per Pupil Spending on Education Tops $10,000 in Seven States and the District of Columbia
Average spending per pupil for elementary and secondary school systems spending in the U.S. was $8,287 in 2003-2004. Seven states spent in excess of $10,000 per student: Alaska ($10,114), Connecticut ($10,788), Delaware ($10,228), Massachusetts ($10,693), New Jersey ($12,981), New York ($12,930), and Vermont ($11,128). The District of Columbia was $12,801.
The per pupil figures come from the Annual Survey of Local Government Finances - School Systems. You can view the press release or go directly to web site where you can view or download extensive information on the revenues, expenditures, and debt of school systems. To find this information from the Census Bureau home page, go "Government," and then click on "Public Elementary-Secondary Finances."
Hot Tip
More Improvements to American FactFinder!
The American FactFinder (AFF) tool is one of the most popular sites on the Census web page. On Friday, April 21, we are making several improvements to it. First, for the American Community Survey data, AFF now gives the option of hiding the upper and lower bound columns so that your results display only the estimate.
Second, Census 2000 data tables now link to counts that were corrected (revised) in the Count Resolution (CQR) program through a link above the table. The hyperlink is available on "Detailed Tables" and "Quick Tables" (except in the case of the Island Area Census 2000 data set).
Third, AFF has given its thematic mapping feature the ability to display statistically significant differences in data from those that are not statistically significant. This can be done with a simple click of the "with the statistical significance" in the left panel of the results display.
For more details on each of these improvements, and other changes to AFF, please see the "What's New" section of American FactFinder.
Recently Released
Population
Domestic Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004. Report available online in PDF, or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center, describes 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.
The Asian Alone or in Combination in the U.S.: 2004 and 2003. Internet tables and PDF files available online providing national-level tabulations from the Current Population Survey for Asians by age and sex.
The Black Alone or in Combination in the U.S.: 2004 and 2003. Internet tables and PDF files available online providing national-level tabulations from the Current Population Survey for Blacks by age and sex.
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment, 2001-2003 [PDF File Size; 200 KB]. Report available online in PDF, or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center, provides data on the median duration of unemployment according to a nationwide analysis of the labor force. The report, from the 2001 panel of the Survey of Income Program and Participation, has national-level information on unemployment by age, education, and race and Hispanic origin.
Latest Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: February 2006. Monthly Wholesale Trade: April 2004. 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.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: February 2006. U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: March 2004. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: March 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: February 2006. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
New Residential Construction: March 2006. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Economic Census of Island Areas: Puerto Rico Geographic Area Statistics. [PDF File Size; 3.42 MB]. Report available online in PDF, or as a print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Provides data for businesses engaged in sectors other than manufacturing and construction, such as retail trade where sales topped $20 billion in Puerto Rico in 2002. Information is presented for commercial regions and municipios and include commodity and merchandise lines sales data for wholesale and retail trade by kind of business.
Revenues for Black-Owned Firms Near $89 Billion, Number of Businesses Up 45 Percent. Find out more in Survey of Business Owners: Black-Owned Firms: 2002. [PDF File Size; 2.7 MB]. The 2002 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) defines black-owned businesses as firms in which African-Americans own 51 percent or more of the stock or equity of the business. Data are presented by industry classifications and/or geographic area and size of firm. Separate reports on other minority-owned businesses will be issued over the coming months.
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. All Miscellaneous Subject Reports have been released.
* Transportation and Warehousing [PDF File Size; 625 KB]
* Finance and Insurance [PDF File Size; 402 KB]
* Real Estate and Rental and Leasing [PDF File Size; 735 KB]
* Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services [PDF File Size; 2.4 MB]
* Management of Companies [PDF File Size; 376 KB]
* Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation [PDF File Size; 416 KB]
* Utilities [PDF File Size; 362 KB]
* Other Services (Except Public Administration) [PDF File Size; 1.1 MB]
* Transportation and Warehousing [PDF File Size; 621 KB]
* Information [PDF File Size; 655 KB]
* Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services [PDF File Size; 1.9 MB]
* Health Care and Social Assistance [PDF File size; 1.5 MB]
Annual Revision of Quarterly Services Estimates: Fourth Quarter 2003 through Fourth Quarter 2005. [PDF File Size; 2.21 MB]. Report available online in PDF or as a print-on-demand report ($25) from the Customer Services Center. Shows revenue for service industries by class of customer.
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. Vermont takes the lead in collecting taxes in 2005 - it claims the highest per capita tax amount of all states. Internet tables providing 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.
Housing
Market Absorption of Apartments Annual 2004 Absorptions, Apartments Completed in 2003. Available as Internet files, online in PDF [PDF File Size; 790 KB], or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Report shows data for the United States and regions concerning the rate at which non-subsidized, privately financed, unfurnished units in buildings, with five or more units are rented or sold (that is, absorbed). Data are shown quarterly by rent class and number of bedrooms.
Market Absorption of Apartments: 3rd Quarter 2005, Apartments Completed in 2nd Quarter 2005. Available soon as Internet files, and available now online in PDF [PDF File Size; 963 KB], or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Report shows data for the United States and regions concerning the rate at which non-subsidized, privately financed, unfurnished units in buildings, with five or more units are rented or sold (that is, absorbed). Data are shown quarterly by rent class and number of bedrooms.
Characteristics of Apartments Completed: Annual 2004. Available as Internet files, online in PDF [PDF File Size; 756 KB], or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Report shows statistics on apartments completed in the United States and regions, based on preliminary figures from the survey of market absorptions. The report covers the number of apartments completed and the percent absorbed (that is, rented) within three months, for each region by rent range. The report covers only privately financed, nonsubsidized apartments in buildings with five units or more.
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)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May 2006)
Small Business Week (April 9-15, 2006)
Women's History Month (March 2006)
Upcoming Releases
Population
Americans with Disabilities: 2002. National-level data on people who face challenges such as difficulty seeing, hearing or preparing meals or have certain medical conditions like Alzheimer's disease or mental retardation. Includes statistics on various demographic characteristics (e.g., age, perceived health status, health insurance coverage and computer usage).
Estimates of U.S. Population by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: July 1, 2005. Internet files showing national-level population estimates cross-tabulated by demographic characteristics.
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 Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 2006. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release April 26, 2006.
New Residential Sales: March 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Shows sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction. Scheduled for release April 26, 2006.
Housing Vacancies: First Quarter 2006. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release April 28, 2006.
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): March 2006. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction (residential and non-residential) annual value, and by type of owner (private and public). Scheduled for release May 1, 2006.
Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 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 May 3, 2006.
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.
Housing
2005 American Housing Survey National Public Use Microdata File. Microdata (i.e., household records with identifying information removed) from this survey enable users to generate their own tabulations on a wide range of housing topics; e.g., housing costs, satisfaction with neighborhood and the frequency of repairs made. The file consists of records of individual responses to the survey, with identifying information removed.
Reference and Compendia
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006. Extensive downloadable data released for the first time online.
Facts for Features:
Father's Day (June 18). The Census Bureau honors dads by presenting a collection of statistical information from its demographic and economics subject areas pertaining to Father's Day.
Older Americans Month (May). Statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to people who are 65 years or older.
April 06, 2006
Headline News
Manufacturing Corporations' Seasonally Adjusted After-Tax Profits Averaged 7.3 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the Fourth Quarter of 2005, Down 0.5 (+/- 0.1) Cents From 7.8 Cents of the Third Quarter of 2005. (Released April 4, 2006)
Total Construction Activity for February 2006 ($1,185.4 Billion) Was 0.8 Percent Above the Revised January 2006 Figure ($1,176.0 Billion). (Released April 3, 2006)
School Systems Report Shows National Spending Per Student Rises to $8,287. (Released April 3, 2006)
Business in Puerto Rico and Its Areas. (Released March 31, 2006)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in February Increased $0.8 Billion or 0.2 Percent to $401.9 Billion. (Released March 31, 2006)
Census Bureau Awards $600 Million Contract to Support Automation Project. (Released March 31, 2006)
State Government Tax Collections Up $57 Billion in 2005. (Released March 30, 2006)
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment 2001-2003 Now Available. (Released March 29, 2006)
Asian Population in Profile: Households, Families, Education, Occupation, and More. (Released March 29, 2006)
Black Population in Profile: Households, Families, Education, Occupation, and More. (Released March 29, 2006)
Facts for Features - Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2006. (Released March 27, 2006)
Facts For Features Special Edition - Small Business Week: April 2006. (Released March 27, 2006)
Sales of New One-Family Houses in February 2006 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,080,000. (Released March 24, 2006)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in February Increased $5.5 Billion or 2.6 Percent to $215.8 Billion. (Released March 24, 2006)
Fact of the Day
Naturalized Citizens: Asian Alone and When They Arrived
About 3.9 million naturalized citizens identified themselves as Asians alone. Only 2 percent arrived on our shores in 2000 or after. A quarter came during the 90s, over a third came during the 80s, just over a quarter came during the 70s, and 10 percent came before 1970. This information comes from table 8 in our recently released report on the Asian Alone or Alone and in Combination Population, available online in multiple formats. The new release includes data from 2003 and 2004. The proportions were the same for the combined Asian Alone and in combination population. (Just over one million
people are estimated to be Asian in combination with another race.)
Hot Tip
Downloadable Data on Hispanic-Owned Businesses
On March 21, we released final data on Hispanic owners based on the 2002 Survey of Business Owners, a part of the Economic Census. Users had access to a press release summarizing findings, a few text tables, and a detailed PDF report with data on businesses in states, counties, cities, and metropolitan and micropolitan areas. On April 7, users can access these data in the American FactFinder and download the tables that interest them - filtered by geography or industry.
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
The Asian Alone Or in Combination in the U.S.: 2004 and 2003. Internet tables and report available online in PDF and as a print-on-demand product from the Customer Services Center providing national-level tabulations from the Current Population Survey for Asians by age and sex.
The Black Alone Or in Combination in the U.S.: 2004 and 2003. Internet tables and report available online in PDF and as a print-on-demand product from the Customer Services Center providing national-level tabulations from the Current Population Survey for Blacks by age and sex.
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment, 2001-2003. Report available online in PDF and for free from the Customer Services Center providing data on the median duration of unemployment according to a nationwide analysis of the labor force. The report, from the 2001 panel of the Survey of Income Program and Participation, has national-level information on unemployment by age, education, and race and Hispanic origin.
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.
Who Registered and Who Voted in the Election of November 2004? Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004. 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. [File Size; 592 KB]
Latest Economic Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: February 2006. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Residential Sales: January 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale.
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.
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.
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.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Economic Census of Island Areas: Puerto Rico Geographic Area Statistics. Report available online in PDF, or as a print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center. Provides data for businesses engaged in sectors other than manufacturing and construction, such as retail trade where sales topped $20 billion in Puerto Rico in 2002. Information is presented for commercial regions and municipios and include commodity and merchandise lines sales data for wholesale and retail trade by kind of business.
2002 Survey of Business Owners: Hispanic-Owned Businesses. Detailed report available online in PDF, as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center (Product ID: D1-E02-HOBE-00-US1, $100), or as downloadable data in American FactFinder. 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. First-time data for micropolitan areas. [File Size; 3.47 MB]
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:
Transportation and Warehousing [File Size; 625 KB]
Finance and Insurance [File Size; 402 KB]
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing [File Size; 735 KB]
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services [File Size; 2.4 MB]
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]
Information [File Size; 655 KB]
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services [File Size; 1.9 MB]
Health Care and Social Assistance [File size; 1.5 MB]
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? No, Vermont takes the lead in 2005. Internet tables providing 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
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)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May 2006)
Small Business Week (April 9-15)
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.
2002 Survey of Business Owners: Black-Owned Businesses. Detailed report available online in PDF, as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center, or as downloadable data in American FactFinder. Provides information on the state of Black-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 Black-owned businesses are concentrated. First-time data for micropolitan areas.
Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: February 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 April 7, 2006.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: February 2006. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release April 12, 2006)
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: March 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 April 13, 2006.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: February 2006. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release April 13, 2006.
New Residential Construction: March 2006. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release April 18, 2006.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 2006. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release April 26, 2006.
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.
