How to Find the Latest Business Data

The Economic Census profiles the U.S. economy every 5 years. Data for 2002 are available. Data for 2007 will be collected in 2008 and published in 2009 and 2010.

The Census Bureau also publishes a variety of data on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis. Except as noted below, these "current" programs are limited to national data.

Click on year to go to latest data.
Programs with national and subnational data
	U.S.	States	Metro areas	Coun- ties	Cities	ZIP codes
Economic Census	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002
Survey of Business Owners   (incl. minorities, women)	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002
Statistics of U.S. Businesses  (firms by size)	2005	2005	2005
Statistics of U.S. Businesses  (estab. births, deaths)	2005	2005	2005	2005
County Business Patterns	2006	2006	2006	2006		2006
Nonemployer Statistics	2006	2006	2006	2006
Local Employment Dynamics Qtrly Workforce Indicators		2007	2007	2007
Commodity Flow Survey	2002	2002
Annual Survey of Manufactures	2006	2006
Building Permits	2008	2008	2008	2008	2008
Governments	2007	2007		2007	2007
Foreign Trade: State Exports	2007	2007

Other national data
Multi-sector data: Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) 2006 Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Survey 2006 Quarterly Financial Report 2007 E-Commerce Statistics 2005 Business Expenses Survey 2002		Sector-specific data: Construction, Mining, Manufacturing, Retail, Wholesale Trade Service sectors
Data more frequent than annual
Monthly: Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Current Industrial Reports (selected) Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services Monthly Retail Sales and Inventories Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales (MTIS) Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits		Quarterly: Quarterly Financial Report Quarterly Services Survey Retail E-Commerce Sales Current Industrial Reports (selected) Local Employment Dynamics: QWI All other data sets linked above are annual, except for the Economic Census and Survey of Business Owners

See also the discussion of assembling time series data before and after 1997.

Special topics
Overview - E-Stats - Concentration ratios - Economy-wide programs - Financial characteristics of companies - Governments - International trade: imports and exports - Minority- and women-owned business - NAICS - NAPCS - Research - Small business

Economic data about people or households
Income ·  Poverty ·  Labor force ·  Households

Economic data from other federal agencies
Gross Domestic Product - GDP (BEA) Wages, prices, unemployment, jobs, consumer expenditures (BLS) Federal Statistics Briefing Room (White House) Other federal agencies (FedStats)

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