Census Product Update

September 18, 2009

Population

2008 Data Release. The U.S. Census Bureau will release data from the 2008 American Community Survey. This release will include 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 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.

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.

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.

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. Scheduled for release September 21, 2009.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2009. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release September 25, 2009.

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. Scheduled for release September 25, 2009.

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). Scheduled for release October 1, 2009.

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. Scheduled for release October 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.

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.

Reference and Compendia

Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 2009). Dig in to this feast of economic and demographic statistics pertaining to the menu of culinary delights consumed on Turkey Day.