U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE--ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS--REGIONAL ECONOMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
PERSONAL INCOME FOR THE STATES AND REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
[I Quarter of 1948 through the I Quarter of 2008]
19 June 2008
This document refers to the State Quarterly Personal Income estimates
downloaded from the world wide web as one compressed archive.
** THE DATA FILES ARE COMPRESSED AND MAY ONLY BE USED WITH THE
PROVIDED SOFTWARE, WRITTEN FOR THE WINDOWS 95 OPERATING SYSTEM.
THE SAME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE--
http://www.bea.gov/regional/sqpi/
** PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW.
You have received the Regional Income Division's quarterly personal
income estimates for the U.S., regions, and states of the Nation.
Personal income is expressed in millions of dollars. No adjustment
has been made for inflation. Quarterly personal income estimates for
the first quarter 2008 were released June 19, 2008. The quarterly
estimates for the first quarter 2007 through the fourth quarter of
2007 have been revised since the March 26, 2008, release of quarterly
personal income. Estimates for earnings in table SQ5N, by North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry, are now
available back to the year 1990. Estimates for first quarter 1948
through fourth quarter 2001 remain in the Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) coding for industry detail. Note that the
estimates are released under both classifications for the four
quarters of 2001 as well as for 1990-2001 for table SQ5N. The next
quarterly personal income press release is scheduled for September 18,
2008.
Tables included in this installation
SQ1 - personal income (full time series)
SQ4 - income summary (full time series)
SQ5 - personal income by major source and earnings by major industry
(SIC basis up to 2001, NAICS basis from 1990 forward)
SQ7 - wage and salary disbursements by major industry
(SIC basis up to 2001, NAICS basis from 2001 forward)
SQ6 - compensation by major industry (SIC basis 1998-2001, NAICS
basis from 2001 forward)
The state quarterly personal income estimates are released four times
a year, in December, March, June, and September. The usual revision
schedule is as follows: in the January release the estimates for the
two previous quarters are revised; in the April and October release
the estimates for the three previous years are revised; in the July
release the estimates for the four previous quarters are revised. In
an effort to remain consistent with the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) suppressions for wages and employment, BEA now includes
suppressions for states and Regions at the division level.
NOTES:
The quarterly estimates are accessed using Windows software. Windows
95 or newer version is required. Users of other operating systems
may access the same information using the interactive web application
http://www.bea.gov/regional/sqpi/
The instructions given here should be read before attempting the
installation. The instructions are very specific in order to be
useful to people of all levels of experience. We will be happy to
walk you through this installation over the phone-- contact
information is at the bottom of this document.
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WEB ARCHIVE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. In Windows Explorer run the program SETUP_SQPI.EXE, the file you
downloaded.
2. You will be prompted for a destination drive and directory.
"C:\Program Files\BEA\SQPI_08_1\" is the default. Certain files
may be copied to your Windows\System directory, if they do not
already reside there. All files are automatically extracted when
they are copied. A program group will be created, "State
Quarterly Personal Income", with an icon pointing to the software
that has just been installed, "State Quarterly Personal Income".
3. Run "State Quarterly Personal Income", from the Start menu program
group "State Quarterly Personal Income" or desktop shortcut. Once
the program is running, press F1 for online help.
DATA FILES:
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The quarterly estimates are organized into three tables: table SQ1,
personal income, table SQ5, personal income by major source and
earnings by industry; and table SQ7, wage and salary disbursements
by industry.
The data files have a DFX filename extension. These files are
accessed with the "State Quarterly Personal Income" software. See
above installation instructions.
SQFORMAT.TXT Contains the record format for all files created using
the Export procedure in the software.
SQ1LINE.CSV Contains state names, used in Table SQ1.
SQ4LINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for Table SQ4.
SQ5LINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for SIC Table SQ5.
SQ6LINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for SIC Table SQ6.
SQ7LINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for SIC Table SQ7.
SQ5NLINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for NAICS Table SQ5N.
SQ7NLINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for NAICS Table SQ7N.
SQ6NLINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for NAICS Table SQ6N.
SQ5HLINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for Historcial Table SQ5H.
SQ7HLINE.CSV Contains the line codes and titles for Historical Table SQ7H.
SQ1FN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ1.
SQ4FN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ4.
SQ5FN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ5.
SQ7FN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ7.
SQ6FN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ6.
SQ5NFN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ5N.
SQ7NFN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ7N.
SQ6NFN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ6N.
SQ5HFN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ5H.
SQ7HFN.TXT Contains the footnotes for Table SQ7H.
STATCODE.CSV Contains the FIPS code and title for all geographic
areas in the SQ1 and other data files.
REGIONS.TXT Contains a list of states by BEA Region.
PROGRAM FILES (Software):
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SQPI.EXE is the only software. SQPI.HLP is the help file. Both are
accessed in Windows. See the installation instructions above.
If you have any questions or problems with this archive, please call
or write:
Regional Economic Information System (BE-55)
Regional Income Division
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Washington, D.C. 20230
Telephone: (202) 606-5360
e-mail: reis@bea.gov
web page: http://www.bea.gov/regional/sqpi