Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007
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“A key publication is released today by the U-S Census Bureau: its yearly Statistical Abstract — a thick compendium with hundreds of tables, from thousands of resources, that chronicles most anything that you can measure about life here and abroad.”
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NARR: A key finding of the Statistical Abstract of the United States 2007 is the impact of all sorts of media in our lives, as statistician Rosemary Clark explains.
CLARK: The Abstract says that out of a year, people send a total of 65 days in front of a TV, 41 days listening to music in various format, and a total of a solid week on the Internet.
NARR: The Abstract, nick-named Uncle Sam’s Almanac is used by, students, researchers and librarians, according to Census statistician Lars Johanson, who helped compile Abstract 2007. He says it’s been in publication for well over a hundred years.
JOHANSON: This is the 126th edition, and it represents a gathering of statistics not only from the Census Bureau but other government agencies, private sources and from various international organizations”
NARR: The Statistical Abstract of the United States 2007 can be found on the web
at w-w-w-dot-census-dot-gov. Just click on the icon in the upper left hand corner of the home page.On behalf of the US Census Bureau, I’m Rick Reed in Suitland, Maryland.
Information on purchasing the Statistical Abstract of the United States 2006 can be obtained online at www.census.gov.
On behalf of the U.S. Census Bureau, I’m Rick Reed in Suitland, Maryland.
