Census Product Update: January 2008 Archives

January 25, 2008

Fact of the Day

Super Bowl - Super Cities

New York ranks first on the list of the nation's most populous cities with an estimated 8.3 million people. Boston ranks 23rd with 595,698 people, and Glendale ranks 16th with 6.3 million people. Super Bowl XLII will be played Feb. 3 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. To commemorate this occasion, the Census Bureau has compiled a collection of facts examining the demographics of the host area, as well as the cities represented by the contenders, in this year's edition of our nation's most celebrated sporting event.

Hot Tip

States in Focus

The Census Bureau is releasing a series of profiles for every state as they approach their 2008 primary or caucus. The profiles include a look at the population, selected characteristics, and 2004 voting percentage of each state. Several states are available now with Florida (1/24) and Maine (1/31) on the horizon. Profiles for the Super Tuesday states are scheduled for availability on January 30th. You can sign up to be notified as new profiles become available through the Question & Answer Center. Just enter 5213 in the keyword search box and click Go. When you view the answer results, click on the "Contact Me If This Answer Changes" button to sign up for update notifications. Make sure to check out these informative profiles!!

Recently Released

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.

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.

States In Focus. Profiles for each state providing a look at the population, selected characteristics, and 2004 voting percentage as they approach their 2008 primary or caucus. The
profiles will be released on a flow basis.

Florida

South Carolina

Nevada

Michigan

The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2006. Estimates of income and poverty for various demographic groups using a series of alternative income definitions that take into account government taxes and transfers. These estimates show how income distributions change when the definition of income is varied to reflect the inclusion or exclusion of different components. The estimates are for calendar year 2006 as collected in the 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey and are similar to those released from the 2006 ASEC (calendar year 2005 estimates) in the Effect of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005.

Latest Economic Indicators

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.

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.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: December 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: November 2007. Press release showing sales,
inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.

New Residential Construction: December 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.

Economic Census and Surveys

2006 Service Annual Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Online tables including data accounting, tax preparation, management consulting, computer system design, and other professional, scientific, and technical services.

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey: 2006. Online tables providing detailed information about nonfarm business spending on new plant and equipment, and measuring the stock of existing facilities. Businesses can use these data for market analysis, economic forecasting and identifying business opportunities.

Current Industrial Reports (CIR). Reports available online in PDF format providing monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting and decision-making in the private sector. Reports are available on a flow basis.

Civil Aircraft and Aircraft Engines: November 2007 (PDF - 31.5 KB)

Computers and Peripheral Equipment: 3rd Quarter 2007 (PDF - 39.2 KB)

Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings: December 2007 (PDF - 72.5 KB)

Telecommunications: 3rd Quarter 2007 (PDF - 39 KB)

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)

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features: Super Bowl XLII

Facts for Features: The 2007 Economic Census

Facts for Features: St Patrick's Day and Irish-American Heritage Month (March)

Facts for Features: 50th Daytona 500

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.

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.

Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns: 1961-2003. Report analyzing trends in women's work experience before their first child, identifying the maternity leave arrangements they use before and after the birth, and examining how rapidly they return to work.

Voting-Age Population by State: July 1, 2007. Reports for each state providing the total number of residents, the total population 18 and older, and the percentage of the total population 18 and older.

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?

Who's Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2005. Tables providing data on child care arrangements of preschoolers and grade-schoolers according to various demographic characteristics of the mother. They also profile children who care for themselves on a regular basis and examine the size of weekly child care payments made by selected characteristics of the family.

Economic Indicators

New Residential Sales: December 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 January 28, 2008.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: December 2007. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release January 29, 2008.

Housing Vacancies: 4st Quarter 2007. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release January 29, 2008.

Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): December 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 February 1, 2008.

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: December 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 February 4, 2008.

Economic Census and Surveys

Top-Ranked States by Industry. Alaska led the nation in per capita revenue for chiropractor's offices. Delaware led in shoe sales; Montana in bars and taverns. Economically speaking, every state is tops in something. A new Web page -- highlighting facts from the 2002 Economic Census about every state by receipts per capita for every industry -- helps promote the 2007 Economic Census, now under way.

Current Industrial Reports (CIR). The CIR program provides monthly, quarterly and annual measures of industrial activity. The primary objective of the CIR program is to produce timely, accurate data on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting and decision-making in the private sector.

Consumption on the Cotton System and Stocks: December 2007. This monthly report shows the consumption of cotton and manmade fiber staple by domestic manufacturing plants. North Carolina consumed more of these products in November than all other states combined.

Glass Containers: December 2007. Manufacturers produced 1.7 billion beer bottles, and another 101 million liquor bottles, in November. This monthly report shows shipments, production and stocks of manufactured glass containers.

Flour Milling Products: Fourth Quarter 2007. Kansas had the largest daily capacity of any state in wheat production in the third quarter of 2007. This quarterly manufacturing report shows production, stocks and capacity of flour milling products.

Reference and Compendia

County and City Data Book. Where is the fastest growing labor force? Which city gets the most rainfall? This data book provides population, housing and business data for counties and cities with 25,000 or more residents, and places of 2,500 or more residents. It incorporates information from government agencies and private nonprofit organizations, covering everything from area populations to vital statistics.

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.

January 10, 2008

Fact of the Day

Ancestry

Thirty-six million US residents claim Irish ancestry. Irish is the second most reported ancestry, trailing only German. Twenty-four percent of Massachusetts residents are of Irish ancestry, compared to a corresponding rate of 12 percent for the nation as a whole. Find this information and much, much more in the American Community Survey.

Hot Tip

Genealogy

Millions of Americans are interested in genealogy and many come to the Census Bureau looking for related information. See what the Census Bureau can and can't tell you with regard to this subject by clicking "Genealogy" on our home page. Also, be sure to see the related Frequently Asked Question by typing "Genealogy" at our AskCensus site.

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 US. Provides a collection of information emphasizing spatial distribution and patterns from 1790 to 2000. To order, contact the Government Printing Office at 1-866-512-1800. (Price: $165, ISBN: 9781587690105)

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.

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.

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.

Latest 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).

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.

Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release shows third quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits.

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.

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 National Technical Information Services or the Government Printing Office (GPO).

Facts for Features:

Upcoming Releases

Population

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.

Economic Indicators

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.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: December 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. Scheduled for release January 15, 2008.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: November 2007. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release January 15, 2008.

New Residential Construction: December 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release January 17, 2008.

Reference and Compendia

Super Bowl XLII. Facts and figures from the Census Bureau's demographic subject areas relating to the 42nd edition of our nation's most celebrated sporting event.