Census Product Update

April 16, 2009

Population

America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2008. These tables provide national-level demographic characteristics for families and households, such as race, education and marital status. They also contain data on the composition of the American household, such as single-parent families, fathers as child care providers, grandparents as caregivers, stay-at-home parents, age at first marriage, and number of children.

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2008. Internet tables from the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement detail education levels by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, nativity, occupation, and other demographic characteristics at the national level.

Foreign-Born Characteristics: 2007. In 2007, there were an estimated 38 million people living in the United States who were born outside of the country. Tabulations from 2007 data include such topics as educational attainment, income, year of entry, occupations and more based on a group's country of birth.

Geographic Mobility: 2008. These tables provide an overview of migration patterns within the U.S., the differences in the extent and types of moves, the characteristics of movers, regional migration patterns and the reasons people move. Data come from the Current Population Survey.

Population Change in Central and Outlying Counties of Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 2000 to 2007. Analysis of population change and demographic components of change in both core and outlying portions of metro areas. This change is examined by region and division, and metro area population size category, as well as for 12 of the most populous metro areas.

Who Could Afford to Buy a Home in 2004? The latest in a periodic series of reports measuring changes in housing affordability for families and individuals (both owners and renters). This report examines the affordability of homes at different price levels, chances of affordability by demographic characteristic, reasons why families and unrelated individuals couldn't afford a home, and the impact of possible policy changes (such as modified down payments and interest rates) on affordability for renters. The data were collected from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.

USA Counties. This is the latest update for a product that contains more than 6,000 data items for the nation, states and counties from a variety of sources. It now includes the 2008 population estimates (including components of change); 2007 Social Security programs data (benefit recipients and payments in total and for retired workers, widows and widowers, and disabled workers); 2006 FBI crime data by type of crime; 2006-2007 public school enrollment data; and 2007 local area government data (employment and payroll).

Economic Indicators

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 2009. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release April 24, 2009.

New Residential Sales: March 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 April 24, 2009.

Housing Vacancies: First Quarter, 2009. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release April 27, 2009.

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 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 May 1, 2009.

Economic Census and Surveys

2007 Information and Communication Technology Survey. A supplement to the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, this survey covers infrastructure investment for computers and peripherals; telephones and telephone apparatus, facsimile equipment, and routers, etc.; electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus; and computer software.

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. Newly released this issue:

• Used Merchandise Store Sales
• Passenger Transportation and Securities and Commodities Exchanges
• Fertilizer Manufacturers

Government

2008 State Government Tax Collections. Data on state tax collections for fiscal year 2008 by category, such as severance taxes, occupation and business licenses, individual income taxes, general sales taxes and property taxes.

Reference and Compendia

Fact for Features: Father's Day. 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, from stay-at-home dads to time spent with their children.

Facts for Features: The Fourth of July. The Census Bureau celebrates the nation's 233rd birthday in style with a collection of statistics on flags, fireworks and food.