Exploring Census Data: Discovering America's Workforce with the Longitudinal Employer-Household Data

Description

Join us in our upcoming webinar to explore how workers and jobs interact across the U.S. economy. Discover key insights into the labor market and learn how to access data on career pathways, job mobility, and earnings growth—helping you answer questions such as:

  • How many people commute to a city versus live there?
  • Which industries are gaining or losing jobs in a local area?
  • How frequently do workers change jobs—and where do they go?
  • What do graduates from a specific college earn over time?

…and much more. The session features a live demonstration on how to access the data, followed by a Q&A segment.

About the Presenters:

Earlene Dowell is a Supervisory Program Analyst for the Economic Management Division at the U.S. Census Bureau. Dowell has been promoting and training people on the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) products for over 15 years. LEHD makes available several online applications for dissemination and visualization to the public through Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI), LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) and Job-to-Job (J2J) data sets, Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) and Veteran Employment Outcomes (VEO). These applications include OnTheMap, OnTheMap for Emergency Management, LED Extraction Tool, QWI Explorer, Job-to-Job Flows Explorer, PSEO Explorer, and VEO Explorer.

In her spare time, Dowell teaches a communication course at the College of Southern Maryland.

Dowell received her master’s degree in communication, a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Hawaii Pacific University, and a master’s certificate in Business Analysis from Duke University.

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET

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