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Integrating Our Business Statistics for an Ever-Changing U.S. Economy
Reimagining the flow of economic business data from data respondents to users.
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2022 Economic Census – End of Data Collection
Serving as the cornerstone of the nation’s economic statistics, the economic census is the most comprehensive measure of our nation’s economic activity.
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Transforming the Census Bureau’s Annual Surveys of Businesses
As part of the Census Bureau’s ongoing commitment to innovation, we are working to reengineer our processes to increase efficiency and improve the data generate
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Providing Users With Accessible Data
Many people associate the U.S. Census Bureau with the decennial census, the once a decade count of every person living in the United States.
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2022 Economic Census in The Island Areas
The Economic Census is the official five-year measure of American businesses and the economy.
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Censo Económico del 2022 en las Áreas Insulares
La Oficina del Censo recopila datos del censo económico en Áreas Insulares.
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High Frequency Business Survey Highlights Trends in the U.S. Economy
In April 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau launched two new surveys to produce near real-time data on the challenges small businesses and households were facing due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Tracking Economic Changes Using Census Bureau Data
The Census Bureau’s economic programs serve a national need, providing data to all while utilizing scientifically valid and transparent methodology.
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Envisioning 21st-Century Statistics on the Nation
Most of the news coming out of the U.S. Census Bureau lately has, understandably, focused on our preparations for the 2020 Census.
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Celebrating First Anniversary of the Advance Quarterly Services Report
February 2018 marks one year since the U.S. Census Bureau rolled out the Advance Quarterly Services Report, which provides estimates of revenue for selected aggregate service industries.
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The Role of Firm Age in the Dynamics of Job Creation and Destruction
The 2015 BDS provide annual statistics on job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns.
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Recovering from Recession: Who Recovered and When?
Since June 2009, the U.S. economy has been experiencing what economists refer to as a “business cycle expansion.”
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Measuring the Impact of Tourism to Local Areas
Earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau highlighted business data with a graphic that matched the number of car rental establishments in select U.S. cities with recent population estimates.
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Made in the USA and Measured by the Census Bureau
Since that first economic census in 1810, the Census Bureau has evolved its measurement of manufacturers. A wide range of data products give users a detailed look at the nation’s manufacturing industries.
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Industry Classifications Reflect Changing Economy
Times change and fortunately, we have a system in place that enables us to accurately portray the nation’s rapidly evolving economy in our country’s official statistics.
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"National Parks and the Economy of Their ""Gateway Towns"""
Nowhere is our nation’s natural beauty on more vivid display than in its more than 400 national parks. Maintained by the National Park Service for exactly one century this summer, these venues have long been popular destinations for summer vacations and weekend getaways.
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Understanding How the Share of Business Activity by Size Varies Widely by Industry
We’ve all heard about the importance of small businesses to the U.S. economy, but have you ever wondered what “small” means?
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Employment, Earnings and Poverty Estimates for Workers 2014: Some Signs of Economic Recovery but the Evidence is Mixed
According to new data released today by the Census Bureau's CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement, there were 160 million workers with earnings in 2014.
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Economic Surveys Provide Look at Characteristics of Small Businesses
Today’s release of 2012 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) statistics provides a preliminary socio-economic picture of business owners across the nation with final, and more detailed statistics, to come later this year in December.
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One-Stop Shop for Stats on Specific Industries: Now with Even More Information
If you are a business owner, entrepreneur or business development specialist looking for key information about an industry in your local area, you are in luck.
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Census Bureau Provides Informed Picture of the State of the U.S. Auto Manufacturing Industry
Since its birth more than 100 years ago, the U.S. automobile manufacturing industry has experienced significant growth to not only become one of the largest U.S. manufacturing industries but also one of the biggest industries in the U.S. economy. The changes this industry has faced have included periods of decline as well as growth, such as the most recent recession and subsequent recovery. Throughout these years, the U.S. Census Bureau has provided consistent, comparable, and reliable statistics that are critical to understanding this industry.
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OnTheMap Upgrades — New Business Firm-Level Data & Reports
The Census Bureau has updated the popular OnTheMap tool. Now you can find firm-level statistics, such as firm age and firm size.
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Acquiring Work Experience with Age
In the workplace, we expect age to be an important factor in how much people are paid—as we get older, we gain experience and our value to employers increases. However, that expectation may not hold for those who leave the workforce for an extended period of time, for reasons including raising children or getting additional education.
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2012 Economic Census Webinar Assists in Your Response
The 2012 Economic Census is now in full swing and businesses throughout the U.S. have received the questionnaire. On Jan. 24, 2013, at 1 p.m. EST, we will host our second webinar. This hour-long instructional webinar provides information for businesses who are preparing to respond to the 2012 Economic Census.
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Census Bureau App Leads Digital Transformation
From the time the U.S. Census Bureau became a permanent agency in 1902, it has been known as “the nation’s fact finder.” At the time, and for many decades thereafter, it released the results of its censuses and surveys in bulky paper volumes, which required users to make a trip to a library to access the findings. How far we’ve come! Today, our agency truly enters the 21st century with the release of its first-ever mobile app, sending economic data, updates and the schedule of upcoming statistical releases directly to your tablets and smartphones.
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Measuring America's Economy and Delivering Economic Indicators on the Go
How do you stay on the pulse of America’s Economy, one that is constantly changing? Now you will have economic indicators available at your fingertips
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Changes in Household Net Worth from 2005 to 2010
Household net worth or wealth is an important defining factor of economic well-being in the United States. In times of economic hardship, such as unemployment, illness, or divorce, a person’s or household’s financial assets (e.g., savings accounts) are an additional source of income to help pay expenses and bills.
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Visualizing Foreign Trade Data
Starting this month, with the release of the June 2011 trade data, the U.S. Census Bureau introduced the Foreign Trade Graph of the Month. Each month will feature a new graph highlighting interesting data points or series about U.S. exports and imports.
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U.S. Trade with Japan in 2010
Japan suffered a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami. While it’s too soon to know what repercussions this may have on U.S. trade, I decided to look at how Japan played a role in the trade figures in 2010.
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Black-Owned Businesses Grow at Triple the National Rate
Data released today from the 2007 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) highlight black-owned businesses and their growing numbers since 2002.
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