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October 30, 2009
Headline News
Sales of New One-Family Houses in September 2009 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 402,000. This Is 3.6 Percent Below the Revised August 2009 Estimate of 417,000. (Released October 28, 2009)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in September Increased $1.6 Billion or 1.0 Percent to $165.7 Billion. (Released October 28, 2009)
Census Bureau Releases 2006-2008 American Community Survey Data. (Released October 27, 2009)
Census Bureau Launches 2010 Census Campaign With New Web Site. (Released October 26, 2009)
Education Employees Comprise Majority of State and Local Government Workforce. (Released October 26, 2009)
*REVISED* Alternative Income and Poverty Estimates: 2008. (Released October 22, 2009)
Privately-Owned Housing Starts in September 2009 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 590,000. This Is 0.5 Percent Above the Revised August 2009 Estimate of 587,000. (Released October 20, 2009)
Alternative Income and Poverty Estimates: 2008. (Released October 16, 2009)
Fact of the Day
New State and Local Employment Data Available
8.9 million education workers accounted for more than half of the 16.7 million state and local government full-time equivalent employees nationwide in 2008. Besides education, some of the other employment categories that contributed the largest numbers to the state and local government employee workforce were hospitals (998,000), police protection (952,000) and corrections (748,000). Other employment categories include streets and highways, public welfare, health, judicial-legal, financial-administration and fire protection. Visit our web site for viewable and downloadable tables now!
Hot Tip
New 2010 Web Site Launched!
The Census Bureau has released its new 2010CENSUS.GOV web site. The site features an animated marquee that symbolizes the Census Bureau's place at the intersection of the American experience. By clicking on images representative of the population, visitors can view video vignettes that ease fears about the census and encourage participation in the once-a-decade population count. The marquee will evolve over time, bringing the diverse voices of America to the site. Check it out now!
Recently Released
Population
Alternative Income and Poverty Estimates: 2008. The Census Bureau will release alternative income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2008. The data were collected from the 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC). The first set of alternative measures include poverty estimates only and are based on recommendations from a 1995 National Academy of Sciences panel on measuring poverty. These estimates use a broadened definition of income and a set of poverty thresholds that are conceptually consistent with this income measure. The second set of alternative measures includes both income and poverty estimates and shows the impact of cash and noncash benefits and taxes on the distribution of income and prevalence of poverty.
American Community Survey 2006-2008 Data Release. This release includes three-year data for all geographies with populations greater than 20,000, providing only the second look at detailed socioeconomic and housing characteristics for geographies between 20,000 and 64,999 since Census 2000. This follows the September 22 and 29 release of one-year (2008) data for all geographies of 65,000 or more.
USA Counties. This latest update features more than 6,500 data items at the national, state and county level from a variety of sources. New and revised data items include 2008 Housing Unit Estimates, 2008 Consolidated Federal Funds Reports, 2008 Supplemental Security Income, 2008 Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits, 2007 County Business Patterns, 2007 Physicians, 2007 Nonemployer Statistics, and 2006 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates.
Economic Indicators
Housing Starts and Building Permits: September 2009. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: September 2009. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Home Sales: September 2009. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: Third Quarter: 2009. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates, and characteristics of units available for occupancy.
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:
Government
2008 State and Local Government Employment and Payroll. These data show the number of part-time and full-time employees and payroll statistics for state and local governments by government function - highways, fire protection, police protection, public welfare, parks and recreation and more. Government types include counties, cities, townships, special districts, and school districts.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Halloween (October 31)
Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 2009)
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2009
Upcoming Releases
Population
The Foreign-Born Labor Force in the United States: 2007. This analysis from American Community Survey data looks at the characteristics of the civilian foreign-born versus native labor force population on topics that include educational attainment, occupation, and industry.
Selected Characteristics of Baby Boomers 42 to 60 Years Old in 2006. PowerPoint presentation provides a look at a variety of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the baby boom generation, such as geographic distribution, marital status, educational attainment and income, and compares them with adults in younger and older age groups.
Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007. This report shows national-level trends of child-support income received by parents for children whose other parent lives elsewhere. The Census Bureau collects detailed information about child-support agreements or awards, such as reported amounts due and received, as well as other socioeconomic characteristics about custodial parents and their families.
School Enrollment in the United States: 2008. Could a recent trend toward two-year colleges be leading to an all-time high in enrollment? These tables examine a host of details about school enrollment for the population 3 years and older by social and economic characteristics, including age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, type of school, labor force status of mothers with school-age children, type of family, employment status of those enrolled in vocational courses, income levels, children of foreign-born and more.
U.S. Population Projections by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010-2050. A set of four different national projections by these characteristics, each based on a different assumption about the level of net international migration. Supplements the national projections series released last year.
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2008. 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.
Economic Indicators
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): September 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 November 2, 2009.
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: September 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 November 3, 2009.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories: September 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 November 6, 2009.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: September 2009. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release November 13, 2009.
Economic Census and Surveys
Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems: 2nd Quarter 2009. Quarterly summary data on assets, revenue and expenditures of the largest state and local government employee retirement systems in the United States, which comprise nearly 90 percent of national activity among such entities. These reports are published three months after each calendar quarter and show national financial transactions and trends for the past five years.
October 15, 2009
Headline News
U.S. Total Business Sales for August Were $989.6 Billion, Up 1.0 Percent (+/0.2 Percent) From Last Month. (Released October 14, 2009)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for September Reached $344.7 Billion, a Decrease of 1.5 Percent (+/0.5 Percent) From the Previous Month. (Released October 14, 2009)
USA Counties. (Released October 14, 2009)
Facts for Features: Veterans Day 2009 (November 11). (Released October 13, 2009)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Decreased to $30.7 Billion in August From $31.9 Billion (Revised) in July, as Exports Increased and Imports Decreased. (Released October 9, 2009)
August 2009 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $317.9 Billion, Up 1.0 Percent (+/-0.5 Percent) From Last Month. (Released October 8, 2009)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in August Decreased $2.8 Billion or 0.8 Percent to $352.9 Billion. (Released October 2, 2009)
Total Construction Activity for August 2009 ($941.9 Billion) Was 0.8 Percent Above the Revised July 2009 ($934.6 Billion) Figure. (Released October 1, 2009)
Stay-At-Home Moms Are More Likely Younger, Hispanic and Foreign-Born Than Other Mothers. (Released October 1, 2009)
Fact of the Day
Facts about Veterans
See our Facts for Features web site regarding Veterans Day 2009 (November 11) to read more about the below facts and much more! Here are just a few facts about veterans in 2008:
- There were 23.2 million military veterans in the United States overall.
- There were 50,000 living veterans in 2008 who served during the Vietnam Era and both Gulf War eras.
- There were 92,000 living veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Era.
- There were 5 states with 1 million or more veterans in 2008.
- In 2008, 26 percent of veterans 25 and older had at least a bachelor's degree, and 91 percent of veterans 25 and older had a high school diploma or higher.
Hot Tip
Find an Area Profile with QuickFacts
For Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography, see our QuickFacts web site, available on the right-side of the Census Bureau home page. QuickFacts are summary profiles showing frequently requested data items from various Census Bureau programs and include data for all states, and counties, and for cities and towns with more than 25,000 people. Check out this handy web site today!
Recently Released
Population
The Hispanic Origin Population in the United States: 2007 and 2008. National-level tabulations (42 tables) from the Current Population Survey on this population group by characteristics such as citizenship status, age, year of entry, poverty status, and Hispanic origin type. Includes new tabulations on generation, mobility and health insurance status.
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America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2007. New report shows that the 5.6 million stay-at-home mothers in 2007 were younger and more likely to be Hispanic and foreign-born than mothers who were in the labor force. Nearly one-fourth of all married-couple families in the U.S. had a stay-at-home mother. This report is based on a special tabulation using data from the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey to provide a look at the basic trends in household and family composition. It shows state-level variation in the kinds of households children live in, such as married-couple families, unmarried-partner households and single-parent families.
USA Counties. This latest update features more than 6,500 data items at the national, state and county level from a variety of sources. New and revised data items include 2008 Housing Unit Estimates, 2008 Consolidated Federal Funds Reports, 2008 Supplemental Security Income, 2008 Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits, 2007 County Business Patterns, 2007 Physicians, 2007 Nonemployer Statistics, and 2006 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates.
Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories: August 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.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: August 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: September 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: August 2009. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
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:
Other Services (except Public Administration) Industry Series
Government
2007 State and Local Government Finances. Complete statistics on the financial activity of all 50 state governments from the 2007 Census of Governments. Data cover revenues by type (taxes and federal aid), expenditures by character (current operations, capital outlay, payments to other governments), expenditures by function (welfare, health, education, natural resources), indebtedness, and cash and security holdings.
2009 2nd Quarter Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue. This summary shows quarterly tax revenue data on property, sales, license, income and other taxes. Data are shown for individual state governments as well as national-level estimates of total state and local taxes, including 12-month calculations. This quarterly survey has been conducted continuously since 1962.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Halloween (October 31)
Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 2009)
Upcoming Releases
Population
American Community Survey 2006-2008 Data Release. This release includes three-year data for all geographies with populations greater than 20,000, providing only the second look at detailed socioeconomic and housing characteristics for geographies between 20,000 and 64,999 since Census 2000. This follows the September 22 and 29 release of one-year (2008) data for all geographies of 65,000 or more.
The Foreign-Born Labor Force in the United States: 2007. This analysis from American Community Survey data looks at the characteristics of the civilian foreign-born versus native labor force population on topics that include educational attainment, occupation, and industry.
Selected Characteristics of Baby Boomers 42 to 60 Years Old in 2006. PowerPoint presentation provides a look at a variety of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the baby boom generation, such as geographic distribution, marital status, educational attainment and income, and compares them with adults in younger and older age groups.
Alternative Income and Poverty Estimates: 2008. The Census Bureau will release alternative income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2008. The data were collected from the 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC). The first set of alternative measures include poverty estimates only and are based on recommendations from a 1995 National Academy of Sciences panel on measuring poverty. These estimates use a broadened definition of income and a set of poverty thresholds that are conceptually consistent with this income measure. The second set of alternative measures includes both income and poverty estimates and shows the impact of cash and noncash benefits and taxes on the distribution of income and prevalence of poverty.
Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007. This report shows national-level trends of child-support income received by parents for children whose other parent lives elsewhere. The Census Bureau collects detailed information about child-support agreements or awards, such as reported amounts due and received, as well as other socioeconomic characteristics about custodial parents and their families.
Economic Indicators
Housing Starts and Building Permits: September 2009. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release October 20, 2009.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: September 2009. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release October 28, 2009.
New Home Sales: September 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 October 28, 2009.
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: Third Quarter: 2009. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates, and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release October 29, 2009.
Economic Census and Surveys
Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems: 2nd Quarter 2009. Quarterly summary data on assets, revenue and expenditures of the largest state and local government employee retirement systems in the United States, which comprise nearly 90 percent of national activity among such entities. These reports are published three months after each calendar quarter and show national financial transactions and trends for the past five years.
2008 State and Local Government Employment and Payroll. These data show the number of part-time and full-time employees and payroll statistics for state and local governments by government function - highways, fire protection, police protection, public welfare, parks and recreation and more. Government types include counties, cities, townships, special districts, and school districts.
Reference and Compendia
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November). Presidents have signed proclamations to honor the nation's 4.9 million American Indian and Alaska Natives each year at this time. This group is younger and has larger families than the national population.
October 2, 2009
Headline News
The Hispanic Origin Population in the United States: 2007 and 2008. (Released September 30, 2009)
Census Bureau to Survey Nation's Spending Habits (Regional). (Released September 30, 2009)
Facts for Features -- Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 26, 2009. (Released September 30, 2009)
State and Local Government Revenue Topped $3 Trillion in Fiscal Year 2007. (Released September 30, 2009)
2009 2nd Quarter Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue. (Released September 30, 2009)
Sales of New One-family Houses in August 2009 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 429,000. This Is 0.7 Percent Above the Revised July 2009 Estimate of 426,000. (Released September 25, 2009)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in August Decreased $4.0 Billion or 2.4 Percent to $164.4 Billion. (Released September 25, 2009)
Census Bureau Releases 2008 American Community Survey Data. (Released September 21, 2009)
Fact of the Day
New Questions in the ACS for 2008
The 2008 American Community Survey includes new questions on health insurance status, marital history and VA service-connected disability rating. Each was added to comply with federal program needs, and each was thoroughly tested prior to inclusion in the American Community Survey in January 2008. More information available on our website [PDF].
Hot Tip
October 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) School Enrollment Public Use File
The October 2008 CPS October School Enrollment Supplement Public Use File is now available to the public. This file contains 150,957 records that are 1,040 bytes in length. Data should be available on our web site any day now. For questions or additional information, contact our Current Population Survey staff at 301-763-3806.
Recently Released
Population
2008 ACS Data Release. The U.S. Census Bureau has released data from the 2008 American Community Survey. This release includes all one-year estimates from data collected in 2008, including 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 are 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.
The Hispanic Origin Population in the United States: 2007 and 2008. National-level tabulations (42 tables) from the Current Population Survey on this population group by characteristics such as citizenship status, age, year of entry, poverty status, and Hispanic origin type. Includes new tabulations on generation, mobility and health insurance status.
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage: 2008. The nation's official poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2 percent, up from 12.5 percent in 2007. Real median household income fell from $52,163 to $50,303, and the percentage of people without health insurance remained unchanged at 15.4 percent.
Economic Indicators
Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: Second Quarter, 2009. Press release shows second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2009. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Residential Sales: August 2009. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): August 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: August 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:
Utilities Industry Series
Other Services (except Public Administration) Industry Series
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.
Government
2007 State and Local Government Finances. Complete statistics on the financial activity of all 50 state governments from the 2007 Census of Governments. Data cover revenues by type (taxes and federal aid), expenditures by character (current operations, capital outlay, payments to other governments), expenditures by function (welfare, health, education, natural resources), indebtedness, and cash and security holdings.
2009 2nd Quarter Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue. Are sales and income tax revenue increasing or declining? This summary shows quarterly tax revenue data on property, sales, license, income and other taxes. Data are shown for individual state governments as well as national-level estimates of total state and local taxes, including 12-month calculations. This quarterly survey has been conducted continuously since 1962.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Back to School
Facts for Features: Unmarried and Single Americans Week: September 20-26, 2009
Facts for Features: Halloween (October 31)
Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 2009)
Upcoming Releases
Population
The Foreign-Born Labor Force in the United States: 2007. This analysis from American Community Survey data looks at the characteristics of the civilian foreign-born versus native labor force population on topics that include educational attainment, occupation, and industry.
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.
Selected Characteristics of Baby Boomers 42 to 60 Years Old in 2006. This PowerPoint presentation provides a look at a variety of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the baby boom generation, such as geographic distribution, marital status, educational attainment and income, and compares them with adults in younger and older age groups. The analysis uses data from a variety of sources, including the 2006 American Community Survey, 2006 population estimates, population projections and Census 2000.
USA Counties. This latest update features more than 6,500 data items at the national, state and county level from a variety of sources. New and revised data items include 2008 Housing Unit Estimates, 2008 Consolidated Federal Funds Reports, 2008 Supplemental Security Income, 2008 Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits, 2007 County Business Patterns, 2007 Physicians, 2007 Nonemployer Statistics and 2006 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates.
Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories: August 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 October 8, 2009.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: August 2009. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release October 9, 2009.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: September 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 October 14, 2009.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: August 2009. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release October 14, 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.
Reference and Compendia
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November). Presidents have signed proclamations to honor the nation's 4.9 million American Indian and Alaska Natives each year at this time. This group is younger and has larger families than the national population.
Veterans Day (Nov. 11). Parades and speeches across the country, as well as a national ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, highlight this federal holiday. Some of the statistics from this day include the number of veterans in the country, their racial and ethnic backgrounds, and the number who vote.
