Census Product Update

October 2, 2009

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.