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Section 24. Information and Communications

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Section 24. Information and Communications

Report Number: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012 (131st Edition)

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This section presents statistics on the various information and communications media: publishing, including newspapers, periodicals, books, and software; motion pictures, sound recordings, broadcasting, and telecommunications; and information services, such as libraries. Statistics on computer use and Internet access are also included.

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Information Sector Services & Media Usage

1128 - Information Industries-Establishments, Employees and Payroll [<1.0 MB]
1129 - Information Sector Services--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [<1.0 MB]
1130 - Information Industries--Establishments, Revenue, Payroll, and Employees by Kind of Business: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
1131 - Information Industries - Establishments, Employees, and Payroll by State: 2007 [<1.0 MB]
1132 - Utilization and Number of Selected Media [<1.0 MB]
1133 - Multimedia Audiences-Summary: 2010 [<1.0 MB]

Internet Publishing And Broadcasting And Internet Usage

1144 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [<1.0 MB]
1155 - Household Internet Usage In and Outside of the Home, by Selected Characteristics: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
1156 - Household Internet Usage In and Outside of the Home by State: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
1157 - Internet Access and Usage: 2010 [<1.0 MB]
1158 - Adult Computer and Adult Internet Users by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]
1159 - Internet Activities of Adults by Geographic Community Type: 2011 [<1.0 MB]
1160 - Typical Daily Internet Activities of Adult Internet Users [<1.0 MB]
1161 - Online News Consumption, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Internet Service Providers, Data Processing, & Libraries

1151 - Internet Service Providers, Web Search Portals, and Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services--Estimated Revenue [<1.0 MB]
1152 - Public Libraries by Selected Characteristics: 2008 [<1.0 MB]
1153 - Number of Public Libraries and Library Services by State: 2008 [<1.0 MB]
1154 - Public Library Use of the Internet [<1.0 MB]

Motion Picture And Sound Recording Industries

1139 - Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries--Estimated Revenue and Sources of Revenue [<1.0 MB]
1140 - Recording Media-Manufacturers' Shipments and Value [<1.0 MB]

Publishing Industries

1134 - Publishing Industries-Estimated Revenue by Source and Media Type [<1.0 MB]
1135 - Daily and Sunday Newspapers-Number and Circulation [<1.0 MB]
1136 - Daily and Sunday Newspapers-Number, Circulation, and by State [<1.0 MB]
1137 - Book Publishers' Net Shipments [<1.0 MB]
1138 - Software Publishers-Estimated Revenue, Expenses, and Inventories [<1.0 MB]

Radio And Tv Broadcasting And Cable Tv

1141 - Radio and Television Broadcasting-Estimated Revenue and Expenses [<1.0 MB]
1142 - Cable and Premium TV--Summary [<1.0 MB]
1143 - Cable and Other Subscription Programming--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [<1.0 MB]
1150 - Cable and Other Programming Distribution--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [<1.0 MB]

Telecommunications

1145 - Telecommunications Industry-Carriers and Revenue [<1.0 MB]
1146 - Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers--Estimated Revenue [<1.0 MB]
1147 - Telephone Systems-Summary [<1.0 MB]
1148 - Average annual Telephone Service Expenditures by All Consumer Units [<1.0 MB]
1149 - Cellular Telecommunications Industry [<1.0 MB]

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