April 17, 2008
Headline News
Privately-Owned Housing Starts in March 2008 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 947,000. This is 11.9 Percent Below the Revised February 2008 Estimate of 1,075,000. (Released April 16, 2008)
2008 Elections. (Released April 16, 2008)
Pennsylvania in Focus: Census Bureau Pre-Primary Snapshot. (Released April 16, 2008)
U.S. Total Business Sales for December Were $1,142.8 Billion, Down 1.1 Percent From Last Month. Month-End Inventories Were $1,468.4 Billion, Up 0.6 Percent From Last Month. (Released April 14, 2008)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for March Reached $381.4 Billion, an Increase of 0.2 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released April 14, 2008)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Increased to $62.3 Billion in February From $59.0 Billion (Revised) in January, as Imports Increased More Than Exports. (Released April 10, 2008)
San Joaquin Urged to Promptly Reply to Census Questionnaire. (Released April 10, 2008)
Fayetteville Area Urged to Promptly Reply to Census Questionnaire. (Released April 10, 2008)
February 2008 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $377.4 Billion, Down 0.8 Percent From Last Month. End-Of-month Inventories Were $421.9 Billion, Up 1.1 Percent From Last Month. (Released April 9, 2008)
Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures: 2005. (Released April 9, 2008)
Fact of the Day
Pollution is a Big Deal
In 2005, pollution abatement capital expenditures amounted to $5,907.8 million. Of this total, $3,112.7 million was attributed to treatment/capture, $372.6 million to recycling, $318.3 million to disposal, and $2,104.2 million to prevention. Pollution abatement operating costs amounted to $20,677.6 million. Of this total, $10,762.8 million was attributed to treatment/capture, $1,748.3 million to recycling, $4,567.0 million to disposal and $3,599.4 million to prevention. Check out the recently released 2005 Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures (Pace) (PDF - 4.45 MB) survey for more information, including expenditures and operating costs for states and counties.
Hot Tip
Data For Your Place
Over the course of the last year, we have added more than 4,000 new answers to the US Census Bureau's Question & Answer Center. Most of these offer you the opportunity to simply type your state, county, or city (place) in the search box and we will take you to links to the data sites specific to your request. Though we have more than 1,200 places ready for your use, there are many, many more to go. If you search and cannot find your city, town, or borough, you can click on the "Ask a Question" tab and submit a question asking us to add your area. This will ensure that your city, town, or borough will be bumped to the top of the list of those to be added. In most cases, it will be there as soon as the next day.
Recently Released
Population
2007 Metropolitan and Micropolitan Area Population. Internet tables showing population estimates and rankings of change for the nation's metro and micro areas between April 1, 2000, and July 1, 2007.
County and Puerto Rico Municipio Population Estimates: July 1. Internet tables showing population estimates, rankings, and components of change, for the nation's counties and county equivalents since Census 2000 and up to July 1, 2007.
USA Counties Now Available as Downloadable Files. Downloadable data files have been created to accompany the web-based USA Counties. Now users can download more than 5,900 data items from the web site for the United States, the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and all 3,141 counties and county equivalents. Information in USA Counties covers topics such as: age, agriculture, labor force, crime, earnings, education, elections, employment, health, retail trade, social programs, veterans, vital statistics, and more!
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR). 2006 report presents microdata records (with any information that might identify a specific person or household removed) on individuals involved in fishing, hunting, and other wildlife-associated recreation, such as wildlife observation, photography, and feeding. Reports for twenty-one states released to-date.
Latest Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: February 2008. 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: February 2008. 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 2008. 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 2008. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
New Residential Construction: March 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Economic Census and Surveys
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 - 1.81 MB)
- Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
- Delaware (PDF - 464 KB)
- Colorado (PDF - 779 KB)
- Wisconsin (PDF - 766 KB)
Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures: 2005 (PDF - 4.45 MB). This report shows detailed statistics on capital expenditures and operating costs for pollution prevention and pollution treatment for the manufacturing sector. These data are available by cost category (treatment/capture, prevention, disposal and recycling) and the media (air, water discharge and solid waste), both by state and industry.
Public Education Finances: 2006. Comprehensive look at school district revenues and expenditures. Highlights include spending on salaries, construction, support services, administration and transportation. The report allows users to calculate per pupil expenditures and compare funding sources for public education by state.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Mother's Day (May 11)
Facts for Features: Cinco de Mayo (May 5)
Facts for Features: Older Americans Month: May 2008
Facts for Features: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2008
Upcoming Releases
Population
Estimates of U.S. and State Population by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: July 1, 2007. Are there more women than men in America? How old are they? What are their races and ethnicities? These National- and state-level population estimate tables answer these questions and more about our demographic characteristics.
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 which project age and sex distributions to year 2050.
Net Worth and the Assets of Households: 2002. Income and net worth are two important factors in determining economic well-being in the United States. This report looks at net worth and asset ownership by various socioeconomic factors, including monthly income. The data come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Support Providers: 2005. These tables look at those who provide support to people living in other households and how much. The data include selected characteristics about support providers, such as their marital status, employment status, education level and race. Although providers are often associated with child support, the category also includes those who pay support for people not living in the same household, such as parents or relatives. The data for these tables come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examining the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings.
Economic Indicators
New Residential Sales: March 2008. 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 Thursday, April 24, 2008.
Housing Vacancies: 1st Quarter 2008. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release April 28, 2008.
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): March 2008. 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, 2008.
Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 2008. 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 May 2, 2008.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: March 2008. 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 May 8, 2008.
Economic Census and Surveys
Consolidated Federal Funds Report: 2006. This annual data set provides an overview of federal spending at the national, state, and county levels. The data are obtained from federal government agencies and describe spending for procurement contracts, salaries and wages, direct payments, loans and insurance. Department of Homeland Security data are included.
New Foreign Trade Regulations Take Effect. The US Census Bureau's first major revision in two decades includes new legal and online filing requirements, modified filing timeframes and stricter penalties.
Top-Ranked States by Industry. A new web page helps promote the 2007 Economic Census by highlighting facts from the 2002 Economic Census about every state by receipts per capita for every industry.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Father's Day (June 15). The Census Bureau honors "dear old dad" with a collection of statistical information from its demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to Father's Day.
Facts for Features: The Fourth of July. Happy birthday, America! The Census Bureau celebrates the 232nd anniversary of our nation's independence with a collection of statistics on flags, fireworks and food.
Facts for Features: Conversion from Analog to Digital TV (Feb. 17, 2009). Facts and figures from the Census Bureau's statistical abstract relating to television programming and the conversion from analog to digital broadcasting.
April 04, 2008
Headline News
Prepared Statement of Steve H. Murdock, Director of U.S. Census Bureau. (Released April 3, 2008)
Serious 2010 Census Challenges to Be Swiftly Addressed. (Released April 3, 2008)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in February Decreased $5.7 Billion (1.3 Percent) to $424.4 Billion. (Released April 2, 2008)
Puerto Rico Has Higher Homeownership, Larger Households. (Released April 2, 2008)
English | Spanish
Public Schools Spent $9,138 Per Student in 2006. (Released April 1, 2008)
Total Construction Activity for February 2008 ($1,121.6 Billion) Was 0.3 Percent Below the Revised January 2008 Figure ($1,124.8 Billion). (Released April 1, 2008)
U.S. Census Bureau Opens Regional Census Center and Kicks Off Partnership Efforts in Los Angeles. (Released April 1, 2008)
Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in Colorado and Wisconsin. (Released March 31, 2008)
Manufacturing Corporations' Seasonally Adjusted After-Tax Profits Averaged 7.7 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the Fourth Quarter Of 2007. (Released March 31, 2008)
USA Counties Now Available as Downloadable Files. (Released March 28, 2008)
Dallas-Fort Worth Leads Metro Areas in Numerical Growth. (Released March 27, 2008)
Census Bureau Announces Location of Detroit 2010 Regional Census Center. (Released March 26, 2008)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in February Decreased $3.6 Billion (1.7 Percent) to $210.6 Billion. (Released March 26, 2008)
Sales of New One-Family Houses in February 2008 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 590,000. (Released March 26, 2008)
New Orleans' Parishes Top Nation in Population Growth Rate. (Released March 20, 2008)
Fact of the Day
July 1, 2007 Population Estimates for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
The 50 fastest-growing metro areas were concentrated in two regions - 27 in the South and 20 in the West. New York was the most populous metro area on July 1, 2007, with 18.8 million people, followed by Los Angeles (12.9 million) and Chicago (9.5 million). Nine metro areas had 2007 populations of 5 million or more. For more of these facts, see the July 1, 2007 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area population estimates
(scroll to "Metropolitan, micropolitan, and combined statistical area datasets").
Hot Tip
Orange Bar is the Key to the Estimates Web Page
The Population Estimates Program publishes total resident population estimates and demographic components of change (births, deaths, and migration) each year. At the site, don't overlook the important orange navigation bar at the top of the screen. Roll your cursor over each of the menu items to see a number of topic areas relevant to the estimates area. Become familiar with this important web page!
Recently Released
Population
2007 Metropolitan and Micropolitan Area Population. Internet tables showing population estimates and rankings of change for the nation's metro and micro areas between April 1, 2000, and July 1, 2007.
County and Puerto Rico Municipio Population Estimates: July 1. Internet tables showing population estimates, rankings, and components of change, for the nation's counties and county equivalents since Census 2000 and up to July 1, 2007.
USA Counties Now Available as Downloadable Files. Downloadable data files have been created to accompany the web-based USA Counties. Now users can download more than 5,900 data items from the web site for the United States, the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and all 3,141 counties and county equivalents. Information in USA Counties covers topics such as: age, agriculture, labor force, crime, earnings, education, elections, employment, health, retail trade, social programs, veterans, vital statistics, and more!
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (FHWAR). 2006 report presents microdata records (with any information that might identify a specific person or household removed) on individuals involved in fishing, hunting, and other wildlife-associated recreation, such as wildlife observation, photography, and feeding. Reports for twenty-one states released to-date.
Latest Economic Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufactures' Shipments and Orders: February 2008. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Residential Sales: February 2008. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.
Quarterly Financial Report-Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 4th Quarter 2007. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on US manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations.
Quarterly Financial Report-Retail Trade: 4th Quarter 2007. Press release showing sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large US retailers' after-tax profits.
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): February 2008. 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).
Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: February 2008. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.
Economic Census and Surveys
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 - 1.81 MB)
Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
Delaware (PDF - 464 KB)
Colorado (PDF - 779 KB)
Wisconsin (PDF - 766 KB)
Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures: 2005. (PDF - 4.45 MB) This report shows detailed statistics on capital expenditures and operating costs for pollution prevention and pollution treatment for the manufacturing sector. These data are available by cost category (treatment/capture, prevention, disposal and recycling) and the media (air, water discharge and solid waste), both by state and industry.
Public Education Finances: 2006. Comprehensive look at school district revenues and expenditures. Highlights include spending on salaries, construction, support services, administration and transportation. The report allows users to calculate per pupil expenditures and compare funding sources for public education by state.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Mother's Day (May 11)
Facts for Features: Cinco de Mayo (May 5)
Facts for Features: St Patrick's Day (March 17) and Irish-American Heritage Month (March)
Facts for Features: Older Americans Month: May 2008
Facts for Features: Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2008
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 which project age and sex distributions to year 2050.
What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examining the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings.
Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: February 2008. 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 9, 2008.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: February 2008. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release April 10, 2008.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: March 2008. 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 14, 2008.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: February 2008. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release April 14, 2008.
New Residential Construction: March 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release April 16, 2008.
Economic Census and Surveys
Consolidated Federal Funds Report: 2006. This annual data set provides an overview of federal spending at the national, state, and county levels. The data are obtained from federal government agencies and describe spending for procurement contracts, salaries and wages, direct payments, loans and insurance. Department of Homeland Security data are included.
New Foreign Trade Regulations Take Effect. The US Census Bureau's first major revision in two decades includes new legal and online filing requirements, modified filing timeframes and stricter penalties.
Top-Ranked States by Industry. A new web page helps promote the 2007 Economic Census by highlighting facts from the 2002 Economic Census about every state by receipts per capita for every industry.
