December 27, 2007
Headline News
Nevada Once Again Fastest-Growing State; Louisiana Rebounds. (Released December 21, 2007)
Census Bureau Projects Population of 303.1 Million. (Released December 27, 2007)
Facts for Features -- *Special Edition* 50th Daytona 500. (Released December 21, 2007)
COMMERCE NEWS -- Secretary Gutierrez Statement on the Senate Confirmation of Steve H. Murdock as Director of the Census Bureau. (Released December 20, 2007)
Demand for Digital Skyrockets, Says U.S. Census Bureau. (Released December 20, 2007)
Privately-Owned Housing Starts in November 2007 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,187,000. This Is 3.7 Percent Below the Revised October 2007 Estimate of 1,232,000. (Released December 18, 2007)
U.S. Virgin Islands Data Crucial as 2007 Economic Census Begins. (Released December 17, 2007)
Northern Mariana Islands Data Crucial as 2007 Economic Census Begins. (Released December 17, 2007)
Puerto Rico Data Crucial as 2007 Economic Census Begins. (Released December 17, 2007)
Fact of the Day
Happy New Year!!
As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau projected that the Jan. 1, 2008, population will be 303,146,284 -- up 2,842,103 or 0.9 percent from New Year's Day 2007. In January, the United States is expected to register one birth every eight seconds and one death every 11 seconds. Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person every 30 seconds. The result is an increase in the total U.S. population of one person every 13 seconds.
Hot Tip
Help With Export Codes
There are millions of trade transactions occurring each year. These transactions are classified under approximately 8,000 different products leaving the United States. Every item that is exported is assigned a unique 10-digit identification code. Every 10-digit item is part of a series of progressively broader product categories. The Census Bureau's web site offers several options for working with export codes. You can browse the chapters of the Schedule B book, search for a code by keyword, download the entire Schedule B book in ASCII format, or view obsolete codes which are no longer valid. Be sure to check out this handy resource!
Recently Released
Population
New Year's Day Population. The Census Bureau rings in the new year with its annual projection of the nation's population for January 1, 2008. The release includes birth, death, and net international migration rates.
State Population Estimates: July 1, 2007. Internet tables showing July 1, 2007, population estimates and components of change for the nation, states, and Puerto Rico, reveal which state's population is growing the quickest and which state the slowest.
Census Atlas of the United States. High-quality reference book (approximately 350 pages) including maps, figures, and text selected and organized to increase public understanding of population and housing characteristics across the U.S. Provides a collection of information emphasizing spatial distribution and patterns from 1790 to 2000. The Census Bureau has not published a statistical atlas since the 1920s. To order, contact the Government Printing Office at 1-866-512-1800. (Price: $165, ISBN: 9781587690105)
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Fluctuations in the United States Income Distribution, 2001-2003. Report available online examining how households moved up and down in income in relation to others over a three-year period. (PDF - 711 KB)
Latest Economic Indicators
Housing Starts and Building Permits: November 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufactures' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: November 2007. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Residential Sales: November 2007. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.
Economic Census and Surveys
2006 Service Annual Survey: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
Remediation Services. Online tables including data on travel agencies, investigation services, temporary help services, and other administrative and support and waste management and remediation services.
2006 Service Annual Survey: Rental and Leasing Services. Online tables providing data on Rental and Leasing Services, including passenger car rental, videotape and disc rental, and other consumer goods rental. Find out how much revenue firms made renting movies.
2006 Service Annual Survey: Information Sector. Does the movie industry make more from admissions or concessions? Are Internet publishers doing better than newspapers? Has cable TV revenues surpassed broadcast television revenues? The online tables will show these answers and more.
2006 Service Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage. Report reveals updates on revenue and expense estimates for firms that haul, warehouse, and deliver America's freight.
2006 Service Annual Survey: Health Care and Social Assistance. Report reveals the economic details on health care and social assistance.
2007 Capital Spending Report: U.S. Capital Spending Patterns, 1999-2005. Capital expenditure patterns from 1999 to 2005 reveal (for firms with and without employees) data about expenditures for structures and equipment, and expenditures for major industry sectors. The data come from the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
Older Worker Profiles. Report (it will be released for each of over 30 states) provides a detailed picture of workers 55 and older at the county and metropolitan area levels for 2004. Based on data from the Local Employment Dynamics program. The report highlights the age of the states' work force, job gains and losses, industries in which older workers are concentrated, job stability, and earnings.
The following states are available as of the publish date of this newsletter:
Iowa (PDF - 1.31 MB)
Maine (PDF - 1.45 MB)
Vermont (PDF - 762 KB)
Indiana (PDF - 1.53 MB)
Arkansas (PDF - 1.81MB)
Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
Government
2006 State Government Finances. Online tables providing comprehensive financial statistics for all 50 state governments (includes all agencies, institutions, commissions and public authorities that operate separately or somewhat autonomously from the central government). Contains detailed data for each state on revenue by type (such as taxes and federal aid), expenditures by function (such as public welfare and education), indebtedness, and cash and security holdings. This follows the preliminary release of data for 18 states in November 2007.
2006 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets, and membership for public employee-retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems as well as in aggregate at the national, state, and local levels.
Housing
2006 State and County Housing Unit Estimates. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state, and county levels for 2006.
Reference and Compendia
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008. How have the revenues for MP3 players fared over the past four years? How do they compare with digital televisions? Published since 1878, the 127th edition of the Statistical Abstract includes dozens of new tables and statistics on thousands of facets of American life. To purchase the Abstract go to the web site of the Government Printing Office (GPO) or the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
Facts for Features: The 2007 Economic Census
Facts for Features: The 2007 Holiday Season
Facts for Features: 50th Daytona 500
Facts for Features: Black History Month (February)
Facts for Features: Valentine's Day (February 14)
Upcoming Releases
Population
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007. Internet tables detailing education levels by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, nativity, occupation, and other demographic characteristics at the national level.
International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids that project age and sex distributions to 2050.
Living Arrangements of Children: 2004. Report examining the diversity of children's living arrangements, from living with two biological parents to living in blended families. These national-level data come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2005. These tables provide estimates of income and poverty for states and counties, as well as estimates of poverty and population for school districts, median household income, and poverty rates of various age groups. SAIPE provides annual updates for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions.
What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examines the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings. We've seen the data showing that more education usually equals a higher salary. But what fields of study have the greater payoff?
Economic Indicators
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): November 2007. 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 January 2, 2008.
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: November 2007. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders. Scheduled for release January 3, 2008.
Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release shows second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits. Scheduled for release January 9, 2008.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: November 2007. 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 January 10, 2008.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: November 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release January 11, 2008.
Economic Census and Surveys
2006 Service Annual Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. This sector covers industries in accounting, tax preparation, management consulting, computer system design, and other professional, scientific and technical services. Find out how much revenue American businesses made on tax preparation services.
Reference and Compendia
St. Patrick's Day and Irish-American Heritage Month (March). The Census Bureau joins the annual celebration of all things Irish by providing this statistical information from its demographic and economic subject areas.
Women's History Month (March). In commemoration of this annual observance highlighting the contributions of women, this edition provides statistical information on topics such as earnings, educational attainment, business ownership, careers, military service and marriage.
December 14, 2007
Headline News
Doctors and Dentists Account for 27 Percent of $1.6 Trillion in Health Care Revenue. (Released December 13, 2007)
Facts for Features: Valentine's Day 2008 (February 14). (Released December 13, 2007)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for November Reached $385.8 Billion, an Increase of 1.2 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released December 13, 2007)
U.S. Total Business Sales for October Were $1,135 Billion, Up 0.7 Percent From Last Month. (Released December 13, 2007)
Census Bureau to Survey Nation's Spending Habits. (Released December 12, 2007)
Foreign Films Translate Into Growing Revenue Stream. (Released December 12, 2007)
Four Million Businesses Nationwide Receive 2007 Economic Census. (Released December 12, 2007)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Increased to $57.8 Billion in October From $57.1 Billion (Revised) in September. (Released December 12, 2007)
U.S. Businesses Invest Trillions in the Future. (Released December 12, 2007)
U.S. Information Sector Revenue for the Third Quarter of 2007, Not Adjusted for Seasonal Variation, Holiday or Trading-Day Differences, or Price Changes, Was $281.7 Billion. (Released December 12, 2007)
October 2007 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $369.8 Billion, Up 0.7 Percent From Last Month. (Released December 11, 2007)
Manufacturing Corporations' Seasonally Adjusted After-Tax Profits Averaged 5.7 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the Third Quarter of 2007. (Released December 10, 2007)
Market Absorption of Apartments (First Quarter 2007). (PDF - 1.01 MB) (Released December 5, 2007)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in October Increased $2.3 Billion (0.5 Percent) to $423.5 Billion. (Released December 5, 2007)
Trucks Travel 91 Billion Miles as Part of $312 Billion Industry. (Released December 4, 2007)
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Fluctuations in the United States Income Distribution, 2001-2003. (Released December 3, 2007)
Facts for Features: Black History Month (February 2008). (Released December 3, 2007)
Total Construction Activity for October 2007 ($1,158.3 Billion) Was 0.8 Percent Below the Revised September 2007 Figure ($1,168.0 Billion) . (Released November 30, 2007)
Sign Up Early!
Understanding Federal Statistics (UFS) is a four-day, computer-based workshop offered by the U.S. Census Bureau. The February 2008 workshop will be held at the training facilities of the Graduate School, USDA in Washington, DC. Openings are available for the February 2008 workshop. Visit our web site for course and registration information (under Registration Forms, click "pdf" or "txt").
Fact of the Day
Keep On Truckin'
U.S. commercial trucks traveled 91 billion miles in 2006, a number equal to nearly 200,000 round trips to the moon, with revenues reaching $220 billion. Of that amount, motor carrier revenue equaled $204 billion, with 67 percent from long-distance trucking and the remaining $67.9 billion from local trucking. Find these facts and much more in the report, 2006 Service Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage. The report provides estimates, such as revenue, size of shipments, revenue by commodity shipped, origin and destination of shipment, and inventories of revenue-generating equipment, for firms with paid employees.
Hot Tip
If You Want to Get Technical About It!
Ever had a really detailed question about the data you were reviewing, but couldn't find an answer? The Census Bureau has a vast amount of technical documentation and working papers online (both historical and present) which may be useful for that nettlesome question. From the Census Bureau home page, click "Publications," then click "Technical Documentation/Working Papers." Keep this link in your favorites list!
Recently Released
Population
Census Atlas of the United States. High-quality reference book (approximately 350 pages) including maps, figures, and text selected and organized to increase public understanding of population and housing characteristics across the U.S. Provides a collection of information emphasizing spatial distribution and patterns from 1790 to 2000. The Census Bureau has not published a statistical atlas since the 1920s. To order, contact the Government Printing Office at 1-866-512-1800. (Price: $165, ISBN: 9781587690105)
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Fluctuations in the United States Income Distribution, 2001-2003. (PDF - 711 KB) Report available online examining how households moved up and down in income in relation to others over a three-year period.
Most Popular Surnames: 2000. Online tabulations of the most popular last names in the United States.
Latest Economic Indicators
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): October 2007. 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).
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: October 2007. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.
Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: October 2007. 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: October 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption.
Quarterly Services Survey: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: November 2007. 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: October 2007. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
Economic Census and Surveys
2006 Service Annual Survey: Information Sector. Does the movie industry make more from admissions or concessions? Are Internet publishers doing better than newspapers? Has cable TV revenues surpassed broadcast television revenues? The online tables will show these answers and more.
2006 Service Annual Survey: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments. Report available online in PDF and spreadsheet format tracks the rapidly changing revenue for firms that make up the securities section of the financial industry. Financial industry revenue hit $400 billion in 2005 - did it surpass that in 2006? Did investment banking generate more revenue than the brokerage industry? How did financial advice firms compare?
2006 Service Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage. Report reveals updates on revenue and expense estimates for firms that haul, warehouse, and deliver America's freight.
2006 Service Annual Survey: Health Care and Social Assistance. Report reveals the economic details on health care and social assistance.
2007 Capital Spending Report: U.S. Capital Spending Patterns, 1999-2005. Capital expenditure patterns from 1999 to 2005 reveal (for firms with and without employees) data about expenditures for structures and equipment, and expenditures for major industry sectors. The data come from the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
Older Worker Profiles. Report (it will be released for each of over 30 states) provides a detailed picture of workers 55 and older at the county and metropolitan area levels for 2004. Based on data from the Local Employment Dynamics program. The report highlights the age of the states' work force, job gains and losses, industries in which older workers are concentrated, job stability, and earnings.
The following states are available as of the publish date of this newsletter:
Iowa (PDF - 1.31 MB)
Maine (PDF - 1.45 MB)
Vermont (PDF - 762 KB)
Indiana (PDF - 1.53 MB)
Arkansas (PDF - 1.81MB)
Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
Governments
2006 State Government Finances. Online data tables provide preliminary finance data for 18 state governments (Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, and Tennessee). Data for all 50 states will be available in December 2007.
Housing
How Fast Are Apartments Being Rented or Purchased? Find out in Market Absorption of Apartments Second Quarter 2007 Absorptions, Completions in Second Quarter 2007. 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) after completion. Available online in PDF or as print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center.
Reference and Compendia
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November)
Facts for Features: The 2007 Holiday Season
Facts for Features: Black History Month (February)
Facts for Features: Valentine's Day (February 14)
Upcoming Releases
Population
International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids that project age and sex distributions to 2050.
New Year's Day Population. The Census Bureau rings in the new year with its annual projection of the nation's population for January 1, 2008. The release includes birth, death, and net international migration rates.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2005. These tables provide estimates of income and poverty for states and counties, as well as estimates of poverty and population for school districts, median household income, and poverty rates of various age groups. SAIPE provides annual updates for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions.
State Population Estimates: July 1, 2007. Internet tables showing July 1, 2007, population estimates and components of change for the nation, states, and Puerto Rico, will reveal which state's population is growing the quickest and which state the slowest.
What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examines the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings. We've seen the data showing that more education usually equals a higher salary. But what fields of study have the greater payoff?
Government
2006 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets, and membership for public employee-retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems as well as in aggregate at the national, state, and local levels.
Housing
2006 State and County Housing Unit Estimates. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state, and county levels for 2006.
Economic Indicators
Housing Starts and Building Permits: November 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release December 18, 2007.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufactures' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: November 2007. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release December 27, 2007.
New Residential Sales: November 2007. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction. Scheduled for release December 28, 2007.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: 50th Daytona 500. NASCAR's 500-mile stock-car race that began in 1959 at Daytona International Speedway has evolved into a worldwide phenomenon. A global TV audience of more than 50 million is expected to watch the February 17 race, with the winner pocketing roughly $1.5 million. To commemorate this automotive milestone, the Census Bureau will compile a collection of facts and figures relating to our nation, Florida, and Daytona Beach during the past 50 years.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008. How have the revenues for MP3 players fared over the past four years? How do they compare with digital televisions? Published since 1878, the 127th edition of the Statistical Abstract includes dozens of new tables and statistics on thousands of facets of American life.
