How Do We Know? Inside America's Economic Machine
How Do We Know? Inside America's Economic Machine
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Sources and References
Business Characteristics
2009 Statistics of U.S. Businesses
2007 Economic Census,
Survey of Business Owners
2009 Nonemployer Statistics
Restaurants
2007 Economic Census Franchise Report
Growing Industries
2009 and 2010 County Business Patterns
Manufacturing
2011 Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey Total Shipments
Chocolate Shipments
2007 Economic Census Manufacturing Industry Series
Transportation
2007 Economic Census, Commodity Flow Survey
Financial Services
2007 Economic Census Finance and Insurance Subject Series
Retail Sales
Monthly Retail Trade Survey
2010 Annual Retail Trade Survey
E-Commerce
Quarterly Retail E-commerce time series
2010 E-stats
Housing
Characteristics of New Housing – highlights
Top Trading Partners
Foreign Trade – FT-900 Annual Revisions for 2011 release (Exhibit 13)
State and Local Governments
2009 Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances.
Others in Series
Visualization
Government: Education
Statistics on the nation’s governments are collected every five years in the Census of Governments & yearly in the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll.
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American Community Survey: Measuring the Changes in America
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a vital source of information about our nation and its people.
Visualization
How Do We Know? America's Changing Labor Force
The Equal Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation, based on the American Community Survey (ACS), provides statistics on the demographics of the workforce by occupation.
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