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Information & Communications

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.

Tables for Information and Communications Section [PDF 770k]

Information Sector Services

1095 - Information Industries-Establishments, Employees and Payroll: 2003 and 2004 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 452k]

1096- Information Sector Services--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 453k]

1097 - Information Industries--Establishments, Revenue, Payroll, and Employees by Kind of Business: 2002 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 467k]

1098 - Media Usage and Consumer Spending: 2000 to 2010 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 467k]

1099 - Utilization of Selected Media: 1980 to 2005 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 466k]

1100 - Multimedia Audiences-Summary: 2006 [Excel 22k] | [PDF 466k]

Information Services and Data Processing

1123 - Internet Service Providers and Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 23k] | [PDF 453k]

1124 - Academic Libraries-Summary: 2004 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 453k]

1125 - Public Libraries by Selected Characteristics: 2004 [Excel 24k] | [PDF 464k]

1126 - Public Library Use of the Internet: 2007 [Excel 31k] | [PDF 464k]

Internet Information Industries and Internet Usage

1116 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 453k]

1127 - Internet Access and Usage and Online Service Usage: 2006 [Excel 51k] | [PDF 463k]

1128 - Adult Computer and Adult Internet Users by Selected Characteristics: 1995 to 2006 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 452k]

1129 - Internet Activities of Adults by Type of Home Internet Connection: 2006 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 452k]

1130 - Typical Daily Internet Activities of Adult Internet Users: 2006 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 452k]

1131 - Primary News Sources of Adults: 2005 [Excel 19k] | [PDF 452k]

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

1110 - Motion Picture and Video Exhibition--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 22k] | [PDF 453k]

1111 - Recording Media-Manufacturers' Shipments and Value: 1999 to 2006 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 465k]

1112 - Profile of Consumer Expenditures for Sound Recordings-Percent Distribution: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 465k]

Publishing Industries

1101 - Newspaper, Periodical, Database and Directory Publishers-Estimated Revenue and Inventories: 2004 to 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 464k]

1102 - Daily and Sunday Newspapers-Number and Circulation: 1970 to 2006 [Excel 22k] | [PDF 464k]

1103 - Daily Newspapers-Number and Circulation by Size of City: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 465k]

1104 - Daily and Sunday Newspapers-Number and Circulation, 1991 to 2006, and by State, 2006 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 465k]

1105 - Periodical Publishers--Estimated Revenue, Expenses, and Inventories: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 465k]

1106 - Quantity of Books Sold and Value of Consumer Domestic Expenditures: 2006 to 2010 [Excel 25k] | [PDF  465k]

1107 - Book Publishers-Estimated Revenue and Inventories: 2004 to 2005 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 452k]

1108 - Directory and Mailing List Publishers--Estimated Revenue, Expenses, and Inventories: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 452k]

1109 - Software Publishers-Estimated Revenue, Expenses, and Inventories: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 453k]

Radio and TV Broadcasting and Cable TV

1113 - Radio and Television Broadcasting-Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 465k]

1114 - Cable and Pay TV--Summary: 1975 to 2006 [Excel 26k] | [PDF 465k]

1115 - Cable and Other Subscription Programming--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 20k] | [PDF 453k]

1122 - Cable and Other Programming Distribution--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 453k]

Telecommunications

1117 - Telecommunications Industry-Carriers and Revenue: 1995 to 2004 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 466k]

1118 - Wired Telecommunications--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 466k]

1119 - Telephone Systems-Summary: 1985 to 2004 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 467k]

1120 - Cellular Telecommunications Industry: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 467k]

1121 - Cellular and Other Wireless (except Paging) Telecommunications--Estimated Revenue and Expenses: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 22k] | [PDF 453k]

 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  The 2008 Statistical Abstract  |  Page Last Modified: March 17, 2008