Census Product Update

August 21, 2009

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.