Census of Manufactures: 1947 — Volume I: General Summary
A compilation of detailed comparative statistics for industries and geographic areas on selected subjects.
Chapters include data on the following subjects: Employment and payrolls, size of establishments, type of organization, inventories in the hands of manufacturers, expenditures for plant and equipment, highway-type motor vehicles, fuels and electric energy consumed, and selected metal-working operations maintained by manufacturing establishments. A United States summary chapter presents the basic data historically for industries. The following subjects are also included in the appendixes: Provisions of law relating to the census of manufactures; census report forms and punch cards; industry descriptions; derivation of the 1939 industry data comparable with 1947 census industry classifications; and comparison of 1947 census and Standard Industrial Classification systems.
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PublicationCensus of Manufactures: 1947 — Fuels and Electric Energy ConsumedA report combining data as issued in volume I of the census reports with two special tabulations by industry group within State and by county within State.
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PublicationCensus of Manufactures: 1947 — Volume II: Statistics by IndustryA compilation of general and product statistics for manufacturing industries and of materials consumed & metal-working operations data for selected industries.
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PublicationCensus of Manufactures: 1947 — Volume III: Statistics by StatesA compilation of selected general statistics for States, metropolitan areas, counties, and urban places.
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PublicationCensus of Manufactures: 1947 — Product SupplementA compilation of the product statistics published in the product tables of volume II.
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PublicationCensus of Manufactures: 1947 — Classes of Products, by StateA report showing 1947 value of shipment figures for 890 classes of manufactured products, by geographic divisions and States.
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