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Gulf Coast Areas Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita:
Business, Government, and International Trade |
See also: Areas Affected by Hurricane Wilma
Businesses in counties and parishes eligible for Public and Individual
Disaster Assistance
- 2002 Economic Census, featuring sales or receipts, number
of establishments, employment, and payroll, are shown
- County Business Patterns, 2003, features establishments,
employment, and payroll, by county and by sector, with state and U.S. totals
for comparison in separate .xls spreadsheets
For more detailed industry breakdowns, for other counties, or for data
back to 1998, see County
Business Patterns by NAICS.
- Nonemployer Statistics, 2003, shows sales or receipts for
firms without paid employees. Nonemployers are mostly self-employed individuals
and are excluded from the County Business Patterns and Economic Census tables
linked above.
- Nonemployer data for selected counties in AL, LA, and MS affected by
Hurricane Katrina [PDF],
[XLS]
- Nonemployer data for selected counties in TX and LA affected by Hurricane
Rita [PDF],
[XLS]
- Data are shown by industry for the U.S., all states, and counties in
drill-down tables
Local government financial data in eligible counties and parishes
- 2002 Census of Governments Revenues [HTML]
- 2002 Census of Governments Expenses [HTML]
International Trade - New Orleans and Mobile
- U.S. Trade through New Orleans, LA (2000-2004) [Excel,
Text]
- U.S. Trade through Mobile, AL (2000-2004) [Excel,
Text]
- U.S. Trade through Gulf Ports (2000-2004) [Excel,
Text]
Population estimates and other data sources are referenced
in Hurricane Data: Hurricane Katrina and
Hurricane Rita.
Thematic Maps
Maps such as the one illustrated here can be generated by metropolitan and
micropolitan area within any state in
American FactFinder using steps outlined below. The data are available
for most NAICS sectors, and typically include
- Value of sales, value of shipments, receipts or revenue
- Total
- per Capita
- per Establishment
- per Employee
- Number of Employees
- Total
- per 1,000 inhabitants
- Number of Establishments
- Total
- per 1,000 inhabitants
- Annual Payroll
Steps in creating a map
- At www.census.gov, select "American FactFinder" in the left-hand column
- Select "DataSets" in the left-hand column
- Under 2002 Economic Census and Surveys, select "Thematic Maps"
- On the Select Geography page
- Specify "State" as the geographic type
- Select a state from the list Click "Next"
- On the Select Theme page
- Click the "By subect" tab
- Select a sector in the "Select a subject" list
- Click the "Search" button
- Pick one of the 10 themes Click "Show Result"
- On the Thematic Maps page you can
- Zoom and recenter the map
- Change the number of data classes and how they are defined
- Add county boundaries
- Remove the overlay for major interstate highways
- Customize the title
