Census Product Update

August 21, 2009

Headline News

Privately-Owned Housing Starts in July 2009 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 581,000. (Released August 18, 2008)

Census Bureau to Update Employment Numbers. (Released August 17, 2009)

U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for July Reached $342.3 Billion. (Released August 13, 2009)

U.S. Total Business Sales for June Were $975.8 Billion, Up 0.9 Percent (±0.2 Percent) From Last Month. (Released August 13, 2009)

The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Increased to $27.0 Billion in June From $26.0 Billion (Revised) in May, As Imports Increased More Than Exports. (Released August 12, 2009)

June 2009 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $313.1 Billion, Up 0.4 Percent (+/-0.7 Percent) From Last Month. (Released August 11, 2009)

Fact of the Day

Back to School

As millions of people begin to think about school this fall, here are some back-to-school facts to consider:

• 76 million children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2007 – from nursery school to college. They comprised 27 percent of the entire population 3 and older.
• 55 percent of 3- and 4-year olds enrolled in school in October 2007.
• Sales at bookstores in August 2008 totaled 2.4 billion.

For more back-to-school facts, see our Facts for Features on this topic!

Hot Tip

Three Ways To Search the Census Web Site

First, in the upper right-hand corner of the Census web page, click "FAQs," for the Question and Answer Center. Here you can search our dynamic set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) or submit your question online for a quick emailed response.

Second, in the upper right hand corner of the Census home page you can type your search terms into the white text box and click "Go." This produces a search of the entire Census Bureau web site, along with the first several FAQs related to your search terms.

Third, click "Subjects A-Z" for hyperlinks to hundreds of Census subject areas and concepts on our website.

With these methods of locating data on the web site, you will be on your way toward locating Census data!

Recently Released

Population

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates. These 2006 estimates show the demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage for every state and county in the nation. They are based on models combining data from a variety of sources, including the Current Population Survey, Census 2000, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, County Business Patterns and administrative records. They are the only source for county-level estimates of health insurance coverage status until this fall, when single-year estimates from the 2008 American Community Survey for all geographic areas with total populations of 65,000 or more are released.

State and County Housing Unit Estimates: July 1, 2008. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state, and county levels for 2008.

Economic Indicators

Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories: June 2009. 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: June 2009. 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: July 2009. 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: June 2009. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.

Housing Starts and Building Permits: July 2009. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.

Economic Census and Surveys

2007 Economic Census. This is a series of national-level data files on the various sectors in 2007. The files provide data on the number of establishments, sales, payroll, number of employees, value of product line sales and other data items by industry. Data will be released through October. Recently released:

• Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Industry Series
• Construction Industry Series
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Industry Series
• Educational Services Industry Series
• Health Care and Social Assistance Industry Series

2007 Business Expenses for Wholesale and Retail Trades. This supplement to the annual surveys of wholesale and retail trades provides detailed data on business operating expenses. Expense data, along with cost of goods sold and sales, is one of the key ingredients used by market researchers to develop a profit/loss analysis. This expense data covers such items as labor costs, expensed materials and supplies, purchased advertising, rent, utilities, and depreciation.

County Business Patterns: 2007. Annual report containing data covering establishments with paid employees at the national and state levels, and in more than 3,100 counties. An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or services or industrial operations are performed. The report provides data on the number of establishments, employees, and quarterly and annual payroll for most of the 1,100 industries identified by the North American Industry Classification System.

2009 Capital Spending Report: U.S. Capital Spending Patterns: 1999-2007. A look at capital expenditure patterns reveals data about firms with and without employees, expenditures for structures and equipment, and expenditures for major industry sectors. The data comes from the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.

Government

Public Education Finances: 2007. This report from a census of public school districts offers a comprehensive look at revenues, expenditures, debt and assets. Highlights include spending on salaries, construction, support services, administration and transportation. These figures allow users to examine per-pupil expenditures and compare federal, state and local funding sources for public education systems by state.

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features: Back to School

Facts for Features: Unmarried and Single Americans Week: September 20-26, 2009

Upcoming Releases

Population

America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2007. Who are America's stay-at-home moms? Do they tend to have more or less education than mothers in the workforce? Are they younger or older? This report from the Current Population Survey provides a look at the basic trends in household and family composition. It also shows state-level variation in the kinds of households children live in, such as married-couple families, unmarried-partner households and single-parent families.

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage: 2008. On September 10, the Census Bureau will release the consolidated report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage for the nation, based on the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the 2009 Current Population Survey.

Economic Indicators

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: July 2009. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release August 26, 2009.

New Residential Sales: July 2009. 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 August 26, 2009.

Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): July 2009. 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 September 1, 2009.

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: July 2009. 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 September 2, 2009.

Economic Census and Surveys

2007 Economic Census: Mining Industry Series. This is a series of national-level data files on the mining sector (NAICS 21). These include data for industries such as crude petroleum, natural gas, gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, sand, gravel and others. The files provide data on the number of establishments, shipments, payroll, number of employees, value of product shipments and other data items by industry.

2007 Economic Census of Island Areas, Geographic Area Series: American Samoa. The data include the number of establishments, sales, payroll, number of employees and other data items for American Samoa - a U.S. territory in the South Pacific.

August 7, 2009

Headline News

State and County Housing Unit Estimates: July 1, 2008. (Released August 6, 2009)

New Orders for Manufactured Goods in June Increased $1.4 Billion or 0.4 Percent to $349.0 Billion. (Released August 5, 2009)

Capital Spending Increases Nearly $201 Billion Between 2000-2007, Census Bureau Reports. (Released August 4, 2009)

Total Construction Activity for June 2009 ($965.7 Billion) Was 0.3 Percent Above the Revised May 2009 ($963.2 Billion). (Released August 3, 2009)

Census Bureau Releases Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage Estimates by County. (Released August 3, 2009)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Creates More Than 2,200 Census Bureau Jobs. (Released July 31, 2009)

Media Advisory -- Census Bureau Releases Timetable for 2008 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Estimates and American Community Survey Data. (Released July 30, 2009)

U.S. Business Employers Add 100,000 Establishments in 2007, Census Bureau Reports. (Released July 30, 2009)

Media Advisory -- Census Bureau Releases Timetable for 2008 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Estimates and American Community Survey Data. (Released July 30, 2009)

New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in June Decreased $4.1 Billion or 2.5 Percent to $158.6 Billion. (Released July 29, 2009)

2007 Economic Census: Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Industry Series. (Released July 27, 2009)

Sales of New One-Family Houses in June 2009 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 384,000. This Is 11.0 Percent Above the Revised May 2009 Estimate of 346,000. (Released July 27, 2009)

2007 Economic Census: Construction Industry Series. (Released July 27, 2009)

2007 Business Expenses for Wholesale and Retail Trades. (Released July 27, 2009)

New York Leads in Per-Pupil Public Education Spending at Nearly $16,000, Census Bureau Reports. (Released July 27, 2009)

Complete Count Committees are Forming Nationwide for the 2010 Census. (Released July 24, 2009)

Fact of the Day

New York Leads in Per-Pupil Public Education Spending

Public schools in New York spent $15,981 per pupil in 2007; more than any other state or state equivalent. New Jersey ($15,691) and the District of Columbia ($14,324) have the next-highest spending rates. States spending the least per pupil are Utah ($5,683), Idaho ($6,625) and Tennessee ($7,113). For more data on public education spending, see our detailed data sets!!

Hot Tip

Timetable for 2008 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Estimates and American Community

• Income, poverty and health insurance estimates from the Current Population Survey will be released Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
• Data from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) will be released on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. This release will include all one-year estimates from the 2008 ACS - including ACS income and poverty estimates. In addition to the full complement of social, economic, and housing data, this release will also include estimates on health insurance coverage, marital history, and veterans' service-connected disability ratings, for the first time. These estimates will be available for the nation, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district and all counties, places and metropolitan areas with populations of 65,000 or more.
• Data from the 2006-2008 ACS 3-Year estimates will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. The release will include all three-year estimates from the 2006-2008 ACS. The three-year estimates will be available for all geographic areas with populations of 20,000 or more.

Recently Released

Population

An Aging World: 2008. An examination of demographic and socioeconomic trends regarding the world's population of people 65 and older. Explores topics such as health, disability status, gender balance, marital status, living arrangements, education and literacy, labor force participation and retirement and pensions.

Population Dynamics of the Great Plains: 1950 to 2007. Details population trends over the last more than half century in the 376 counties within this vast area stretching across the nation's midsection. Uses a combination of decennial census data and annual population estimates to analyze age structure and components of change, among other topics.

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates. These 2006 estimates show the demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage for every state and county in the nation. They are based on models combining data from a variety of sources, including the Current Population Survey, Census 2000, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, County Business Patterns and administrative records. They are the only source for county-level estimates of health insurance coverage status until this fall, when single-year estimates from the 2008 American Community Survey for all geographic reas with total populations of 65,000 or more are released.

State and County Housing Unit Estimates: July 1, 2008. St. Bernard Parish, La., part of the New Orleans metro area, had the highest growth rate of housing units of any county in the nation last year. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state and county levels for 2008 will show whether this parish, hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, continues to lead the country.

USA Counties. This latest update features more than 6,000 data items at the national, state, and county level from a variety of sources. New and revised data items include 2008 age, sex, race and Hispanic origin; 2006 births, deaths, and infant deaths; 2007 Census of Agriculture; 2008 civilian labor force; 2007 personal income and earnings; 2007 total employment by industry; and 2008 building permits.

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008. New tables from the Current Population Survey examine how many people went to the polls, who went to the polls and why some people did not vote. Voting rates are available by state, including by age, sex, race and Hispanic-origin.

Economic Indicators

Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: Second Quarter: 2009. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy.

New Residential Sales: June 2009. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufactures' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: June 2009. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.

Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): June 2009. 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: June 2009. 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

2007 Economic Census. This is a series of national-level data files on the various sectors in 2007. The files provide data on the number of establishments, sales, payroll, number of employees, value of product line sales and other data items by industry. Data will be released through October. Recently released:

• Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Industry Series
• Construction Industry Series
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Industry Series

2007 Business Expenses for Wholesale and Retail Trades. This supplement to the annual surveys of wholesale and retail trades provides detailed data on business operating expenses. Expense data, along with cost of goods sold and sales, is one of the key ingredients used by market researchers to develop a profit/loss analysis. This expense data covers such items as labor costs, expensed materials and supplies, purchased advertising, rent, utilities and depreciation.

County Business Patterns: 2007. Annual report containing data covering establishments with paid employees at the national and state levels, and in more than 3,100 counties. An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or services or industrial operations are performed. The report provides data on the number of establishments, employees, and quarterly and annual payroll for most of the 1,100 industries identified by the North American Industry Classification System.

Government

Public Education Finances: 2007. This report from a census of public school districts offers a comprehensive look at revenues, expenditures, debt and assets. Highlights include spending on salaries, construction, support services, administration and transportation. These figures allow users to examine per-pupil expenditures and compare federal, state and local funding sources for public education systems by state.

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features: Back to School

Facts for Features: Unmarried and Single Americans Week: Sept. 20-26, 2009

Upcoming Releases

Population

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates. These 2006 estimates show the demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage for every state and county in the nation. They are based on models combining data from a variety of sources, including the Current Population Survey, Census 2000, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, County Business Patterns and administrative records. They are the only source for county-level estimates of health insurance coverage status until this fall, when single-year estimates from the 2008 American Community Survey for all geographic areas with total populations of 65,000 or more are released.

America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2007. Who are America's stay-at-home moms? Do they tend to have more or less education than mothers in the workforce? Are they younger or older? This report from the Current Population Survey provides a look at the basic trends in household and family composition. It also shows state-level variation in the kinds of households children live in, such as married-couple families, unmarried-partner households and single-parent families.

Economic Indicators

Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories: June 2009. 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 August 11, 2009.

US International Trade in Goods and Services: June 2009. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release August 12, 2009.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: July 2009. 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 August 13, 2009.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: June 2009. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release August 13, 2009.

Housing Starts and Building Permits: July 2009. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release August 18, 2009.

Economic Census and Surveys

2009 Capital Spending Report: U.S. Capital Spending Patterns: 1999-2007. A look at capital expenditure patterns reveals data about firms with and without employees, expenditures for structures and equipment, and expenditures for major industry sectors. The data comes from the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.

2007 Economic Census: Mining Industry Series. This is a series of national-level data files on the mining sector (NAICS 21). These include data for industries such as crude petroleum, natural gas, gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, sand, gravel and others. The files provide data on the number of establishments, shipments, payroll, number of employees, value of product shipments and other data items by industry.