Understanding Data Sets
Most economic census data are released over time in series of related data sets. In most cases, as more data are processed and released, the level of detail increases.
Data series include:
- Core Business Statistics Series - data
sets that cover multiple industries:
- Advance Report
- the first look at 2007 data for 2- and 3-digit North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) categories. This data will be replaced by
subsequent reports.
- Bridge Between 2007 NAICS and 2002
NAICS Reports - shows the relationships between 2007 NAICS and 2002
NAICS categories in detail and where they have changed.
- Comparative Statistics Report -
shows U.S. and State totals classified by 2002 NAICS for both 2002 and
2007. These comparisons are not possible elsewhere for construction and
wholesale trade industries.
- Franchising Report - the first
Census Bureau data available on franchising across multiple industries.
- Industry Series - data for individual
industries and their products at the U.S. level only.
- Note: The Industry
Series is preliminary and is eventually replaced by the Geographic
Area Series and later data sets.
- Geographic Area Series - data for individual
industries at the U.S., State, County, Place and Metropolitan Area levels.
Coverage by geographic levels varies by economic
census sector.
- Subject and Summary Series -
summary data on special topics and industry-related data including Product
Lines, Concentration Ratios, and Establishment and Firm Size at the U.S. level
and in some data sets, at the state level.
- ZIP Code Statistics Series - counts
of establishments by sales-size range by industry for 5-digit ZIP Codes (published
for the Retail Trade and selected Services sectors).
Economy-Wide Key Statistics
Economy-Wide Key Statistics (EWKS) is a data set that is continually built as other data sets are released from March 2009 to October 2010.
- EWKS presents four key statistics for every available industry and geographic area published to date. The four key statistics are:
- Number of establishments,
- Value of sales, shipments, receipts, revenue
or business done,
- Annual payroll and
- Number of employees.
- The 2007 EWKS will also include establishments and sales for nonemployers starting in late 2010.
Other Economic Programs
Special economic programs and surveys are also published in American FactFinder during the economic census.
Five-year programs:
- Commodity Flow Survey - data on the
movement of goods in the United States. Some exports data are also available.
- Economic Census of Island Areas - data
on the economic structure and activity of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam,
the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Survey of Business Owners - data on
U.S. business owners by gender, Hispanic or Latino origin and race.
Annual economic surveys:
- Annual Survey of Manufactures - data
for all manufacturing establishments with one or more paid employee.
- County Business Patterns - detailed
geographic, industry, and other data for U.S. business establishments.
- Nonemployer Statistics - data for U.S.
businesses with no paid employment and payroll.