Census Product Update

October 30, 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.

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.