October 21, 2005
Headline News
New Preliminary Export and Import Data for the Gulf Region. (Released October 21, 2005)
Profiles of Areas Possibly Affected by Hurricane Wilma. (Released October 21, 2005)
Census Bureau Releases First-Ever Data On Daytime Populations for Cities and Counties. (Released October 20, 2005)
2002 Economic Census Report Summarizes Mining Operations in U.S., States, and Offshore Areas. (Released October 19, 2005)
Privately Owned Housing Starts in September Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 2,108,000, 3.4 Percent Above the Revised August 2005 Figure of 2,038,000. (Released October 19, 2005)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for September Reached $351.5 Billion, Up 0.2 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released October 14, 2005)
New Analysis Offers First-Ever State-by-State Look at Links Between Marriage, Fertility and Other Socioeconomic Characteristics. (Released October 13, 2005)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Increased to $59.0 Billion in August From $58.0 Billion (Revised) in July, as Imports Increased More Than Exports. (Released October 13, 2005)
After-Tax Profits for Retail Corporations with Assets Greater than $50 Million Averaged 3.0 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the Second Quarter 2005, Not a Statistically Significant Change From the Average of 2.9 Cents in the Preceding Quarter. (Released October 12, 2005)
Puerto Rico's Manufacturers Ship $59 Billion in Goods in 2002, Census Bureau Reports. (Released October 11, 2005)
August 2005 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $302.5 Billion, Up 1.3 Percent From Last Month. End-of-Month Inventories Were $354.5 Billion, Up 0.5 Percent From Last Month. (Released October 7, 2005)
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Fact of the Day
Half of Unmarried Mothers With Recent Births In Poverty
For 2000-2003, 29 percent of U.S. women with a birth in the last year were unmarried. Most states in the South had a higher percentage of mothers with a birth in the last year who were unmarried compared with the national average. Half of all unmarried mothers with a birth in the last year were below the poverty level. A higher percentage of married mothers with a birth in the last year who live in the West and South were below the poverty level compared with the national average. The findings come from a recent Census Bureau report, Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States from the American Community Survey: 2000 to 2003.
Hot Tip
Residential Finance Survey Focuses on Properties, Not Housing Units
The Census Bureau has conducted the Residential Finance Survey (RFS) every 10 years since 1951 and yet many analysts are unaware of it. For a sample of properties (68,000 addresses in 2001), the Census Bureau collects data on housing financial arrangements from three sources - homeowners, owners of rental properties, and lenders. In 2001, for example, there were 83.5 million properties. Almost 50.6 million were mortgaged. Almost 37.6 million had a fixed-rate, level payment mortgage; 2.3 million had a short-term mortgage with a balloon payment; 11,000 had a reverse mortgage; and 6.5 million had an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM).
The RFS has data on owner characteristics, property characteristics, and financing characteristics. The last includes interest rate, type of mortgage, term of mortgage, holder of mortgage, caps on interest rate over life of the ARM, monthly payment, items included in first mortgage, etc. The results of the RFS are available online in a PDF report or in microdata files available for download. On the Census Bureau homepage, click on "Housing" and then on "Residential Finance Survey."
Recently Released
Census 2000
Estimated Daytime Population and Employment-Residence Ratios: 2000. Internet tables showing data for the daytime population; the number of people who are present in an area during normal business hours, including workers. Data available for the United States, states, counties, Puerto Rico and municipios, and selected places by state.
Population
Hurricane and Tropical Storm Information. General, economic, social, and demographic statistics for areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Areas Possibly Affected by Hurricane Wilma. General, social, and demographic statistics for areas possibly affected by Hurricane Wilma.
Detailed Data on Income Sources and More in SIPP Files! Recommended for advanced users only! Microdata files (household, family, and person records for respondents in the Survey of Income and Program Participation Survey with identifying information removed to preserve confidentiality) available online in Data Ferrett or on CD-ROM from the Customer Services Center. SIPP files come in two kinds: "core" files (recurring questions) and "topical module" files (one-time or less regular questions). Recent files: SIPP: 2001 Core and Topical Module Files (Waves 1-9) CD-ROM (6). $50. C6-S01-CM19-06-US1. More on SIPP.
Generate Your Own Tabulations Using the Current Population Survey Microdata. Recommended for advanced users only! Microdata files (household, family, and person records for respondents in the Current Population Survey with identifying information removed to preserve confidentiality) available online in Data Ferrett or for sale on CD-ROM from the Customer Services Center ($55; C10-C05-ALLF-06-US1). Recent files include data on work schedules (May 2004) and cell phone use (2004). Disc includes all CPS files released in 2005. More on the CPS.
Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States From the American Community Survey: 2000 to 2003. Internet files providing an analysis of marriage and fertility patterns nationwide as well as for each state. Examines various socioeconomic characteristics of married couples, unmarried-partner households, and women who have given birth in the last year. Includes first-ever Census Bureau tabulations, by state, on median age at first marriage.
Effect of Hurricance Katrina on Data Collection for Current Population Survey (CPS). Questions and answers on effect of the hurricane on CPS operations.
How Many People Are Enrolled in School? Find out in School Enrollment — Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2004. Internet files show latest national tabulations on the characteristics of the more than 75 million people ages 3 years and over who were in classrooms in 2004 from nursery school to college.
Latest Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: August 2005. Press release showing estimates for sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers by three-digit major kind-of-business groups.
Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: Second Quarter 2005. Press release shows second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: August 2005. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services: September 2005. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report includes seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups.
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales: August 2005. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
New Residential Construction: September 2005. Press release showing data for housing starts and completions and building permits.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Economic Census Report Summarizes Mining Operations in U.S., and Offshore Areas. 2002 Economic Census, Mining, General Summary, Subject Series. Report available online in PDF and for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center. Shows standard data on establishments, value added, and value of shipments, plus data on employment-size, depreciation charges, rents, inventories, cost of supplies, expenses (e.g., advertising and bookkeeping) by subsector for states and offshore areas. Eventually available on DVD.
2002 Economic Census of Island Areas: Puerto Rico: Manufacturing. Report available online in PDF and for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center. Shows information on the number of businesses and employees, payroll, value of shipments, and other data pertaining to manufacturing in Puerto Rico. A construction report is scheduled for release later this year, and a geographic areas report will contain information for other sectors of Puerto Rico's economy covered in the 2002 Economic Census.
Nonemployer Statistics: 2003. An update on the vast majority of businesses in the United States: those without paid employees. Detailed Internet tables show the number of such establishments and their receipts in nearly 300 industries for the United States, states, counties, and metropolitan areas. Also available online in PDF.
Housing
National and Regional Information on Financing of Homeowner and Rental Properties. Read more in the Residential Finance Survey: 2001. Report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development updates a similar report from a decade earlier, with national and regional information on the financing of homeowner and rental properties. Available in print and online in PDF and microdata form downloadable from the web.
TIGER and Map Products
2003 State/County Reference Maps. Popular U.S. wall map (48 x 36 inches) and page-size state maps showing state/state equivalent and county/county equivalent boundaries and names as of January 1, 2003, for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Available online in PDF. U.S. wall map for sale as a printed map (call 301-763-1128).
Metropolitan/Micropolitan Outline Maps of the United States, Puerto Rico, and Island Areas: 2004. U.S. wall map (55 x 36 inches) and page-size state maps (U.S., Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas), showing the counties making up metropolitan areas, micropolitan areas, and combined statistical areas defined by the Office of Management and Budget as of November 2004. Available online in PDF. U.S. wall map available for sale as printed map (call 301-763-1128).
More on metro and micropolitan areas.
County Subdivision Outline Maps of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas: 2000. PDF maps available online for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas, showing the boundaries of incorporated places, census designated places, and other county subdivisions.
Governments
Up-To-Date Information on Government Retirement Programs Available. 2004 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets and membership for public employee retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems as well as aggregately at the national, state, and local levels.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features. Collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news:
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)
Halloween 2005 (October 31, 2005)
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November)
Veteran's Day 2005 (November 11)
Upcoming Releases
Census 2000
Data From Census 2000 and Previous Censuses Featured in Upcoming Atlas. The Census Bureau is publishing the Census Atlas of the United States, a thematic map book available for purchase in 2006 from the U.S. Government Printing Office, the Customer Services Center, and major commercial bookstores.
Poverty Status of Families by Type and by U.S. Citizenship Status of the Householder: 2003. Four national-level tables from the American Community Survey present poverty data on the foreign-born by the following characteristics: citizenship status, year of entry, region of birth, and family type.
Population
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2003. Information on households with computers and Internet connections — nationally, regionally, and by state. Shows the demographics of who's online and how they're using their computers and the Internet.
Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2001. Examines the decline in participation in government assistance programs by mothers following the enactment of welfare reform. Includes national-level data by race and Hispanic origin, marital status, educational attainment and job training status, income and poverty status, receipt of child support, and age.
Population Profile of the United States: Dynamic Version. Publication available on the internet only showing a variety of demographic, housing, and economic topics based on population estimates, the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Income and Program Participation, and the American Housing Survey. Most data are at the national level, with graphics and tables containing a limited amount of data at the state, county, and city levels.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Economic Census Disc 1B. DVD containing the Industry Series reports, many of the Geographic Area Series reports, the 2003 Annual Survey of Manufactures, and more.
2002 Economic Census: Subject Series. Series of 57 reports for several industry sectors, all at the national level, showing product shipments by contributing industries and other information. Reports issued on a flow basis.
Economic Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: September 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release October 27, 2005.
New Residential Sales: September 2005. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale is scheduled for release October 27, 2005.
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: Third Quarter 2005. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy is scheduled for release October 31, 2005.
Construction Put in Place: September 2005. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner is scheduled for release November 1, 2005.
Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: September 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release November 3, 2005.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: The Holiday Season. Data from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to the end-of-the-year holidays.
October 07, 2005
Headline News
Census Bureau Says an Estimated 4.6 Million People in the Path of Tropical Storm Tammy. (Released October 5, 2005)
National and Regional Information on Financing of Homeowner and Rental Properties. (Released October 5, 2005)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in August Increased $9.7 Billion Or 2.5 Percent to $395.2 Billion. (Released October 4, 2005).
How Many People Are Enrolled in School? Latest School Enrollment Report. (Released October 3, 2005)
Total Construction Activity for August 2005 ($1,108.5 Billion) Was 0.4 Percent Above the Revised July 2005 ($1,104.1 Billion) Figure. (Released October 3, 2005)
Nation Adds One Million Self-Employed Businesses to Reach 18.6 Million, Census Bureau Reports. (Released September 30, 2005)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in August Increased $6.8 Billion or 3.3 Percent to $210.9 Billion. [PDF; 75 KB] (Released September 28, 2005)
Up-To-Date Information on Government Retirement Programs Available. (Released September 28, 2005)
Census Bureau Updating Information on Our Nation's Spending Habits. (Regional) (Released September 28, 2005)
Census Bureau Survey Gauges Household Wealth. (Regional) (Released September 28, 2005)
Sales of New One-Family Houses in August 2005 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,237,000. This Is 9.9 Percent Below the Revised July 2005 Figure of 1,373,000. (Released September 27, 2005)
Census Bureau Awards $500 Million Contract to Capture and Standardize 2010 Census Data. (Released September 26, 2005)
Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day: November 24, 2005. (Released September 26, 2005)
Statistical Profiles of Areas in Hurricane Rita's Path Now Available on Census Bureau Web Site. (Released September 23, 2005)
Still Time to Sign Up!
Understanding Federal Statistics (UFS) is a four-day, computer-based workshop at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statististics Conference and Training Center. Openings still available for December 5-8, 2005. Visit our web site for registration information.
Fact of the Day
Time Series Data for Cities
"What is the population of Edmond, Oklahoma? And what is its population history?" This is a question we received recently from a customer wanting to find this information online; it's the kind of question people ask us often. The first part is easy. Just come to the Census Bureau's home page and use the trusty Population Finder tool (left side). In 2004, Edmond had a population of 73,080 - a jump of over 20,000 from the 1990 population, which is also shown on this page, along with links to other data on the city.
For the "population history," the population in past years, the search is a little more difficult. For larger cities (100,000 or more) the task is a little easier, but we can still find data online back to 1970 for places like Edmond. Go to our "Questions" box on the home page and type in "historical." FAQ 40 and 733 have links to a history page where you can find data for even small places. On the history page scroll down to item 39 - the 1990 Population and Housing Unit Counts (CPH-2) - and look for table 45, which has the 1970, 1980, and 1990 population for places. Edmond (1970 pop: 16,633) is there along with thousands of others. For earlier data, contact our Population Statistics Office at (301) 763-2422.
Hot Tip
Rotate the Map!
The Census Bureau releases virtually all of its maps online in PDF. Many of the maps are shown in easy-to-read portrait mode; some are in landscape mode and thus harder to read online. Remember Adobe has a rotation tool in the menu bar allowing you to rotate documents clockwise or counter-clockwise. To find our maps, go to the Census Bureau home page and click on "Maps" next to "Geography." Good news if you have access to a plotter: all our wall-size maps are designed to be printed on a plotter at full size. You can still print them in page-size form but legibility suffers.
Recently Released
Census 2000
Nosotros: Hispanos en los Estados Unidos. [PDF; 652 KB] Spanish version of Census 2000 Special Report available online in PDF and in print free from the Customer Services Center. Part of a series of Census 2000 special reports, presenting data on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of specific Hispanic groups.
Population
Hurricane and Tropical Storm Information. General, economic, social, and demographic statistics for areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Detailed Data on Income Sources and More in SIPP Files! Recommended for advanced users only! Microdata files (household, family, and person records for respondents in the Survey of Income and Program Participation Survey with identifying information removed to preserve confidentiality) available online in Data Ferrett or on CD-ROM from the Customer Services Center. SIPP files come in two kinds: "core" files (recurring questions) and "topical module" files (one-time or less regular questions). Recent files: SIPP: 2001 Core and Topical Module Files (Waves 1-9) CD-ROM (6). $50. C6-S01-CM19-06-US1. More on SIPP.
Generate Your Own Tabulations Using the Current Population Survey Microdata. Recommended for advanced users only! Microdata files (household, family, and person records for respondents in the Current Population Survey with identifying information removed to preserve confidentiality) available online in Data Ferrett or for sale on CD-ROM from the Customer Services Center ($55; C10-C05-ALLF-06-US1). Recent files include data on work schedules (May 2004) and cell phone use (2004). Disc includes all CPS files released in 2005. More on the CPS.
Effect of Hurricance Katrina on Data Collection for Current Population Survey (CPS). Questions and answers on effect of hurricane on CPS operations.
Population Change in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: 1990-2003. [PDF; 1.22 MB] Report available online in PDF and in print from the Customer Services Center. Examines the populations of U.S. metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, focusing on the most populous and fastest-growing areas. Analysis uses the December 2003 Office of Management and Budget's definitions of core-based statistical areas.
How Many People Are Enrolled in School? Find out in School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2004. Internet files show latest national tabulations on the characteristics of the more than 75 million people ages 3 years and over who were in classrooms in 2004 from nursery school to college.
What's It Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2001. [PDF; 652 KB] Report available online in PDF and in print from the Customer Services Center. Provides an update on the value of an education, with national earnings data for men and women by level of educational attainment. Data provided by race and Hispanic origin as well. Includes a section on the amount of time it takes people to complete degrees beyond high school.
Latest Economic Indicators
New Residential Sales: August 2005. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2005. [PDF; 75 KB]. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
Construction Put in Place: August 2005. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner.
Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2005. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.
Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Construction Data. Questions and answers discussing effects of hurricane on new residential construction data and building permit data.
Economic Census and Surveys
Business County by County. County Business Patterns: 2003, available online as downloadable files, PDF reports, or in print from the Customer Services Center. Annual data on establishments, employment, and establishment size for every state and county. Eventually released on CD-ROM.
Learn About Business in Your State, City, County, and Metro Area. Find out the facts in 2002 Economic Census Geographic Area Series. Series of reports available online in PDF presenting data from the economic census for each state, the District of Columbia, and the United States.
New! Downloadable "drill-down" tables for easier data manipulation. Each state report presents, for establishments of firms with payroll, general statistics on number of establishments, revenue, payroll, and employment by kind of business for the state, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, and places with 2,500 inhabitants or more. Reports also available for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center. Eventually available on DVD.
Nonemployer Statistics: 2003. An update on the vast majority of businesses in the United States: those without paid employees. Detailed Internet tables show the number of such establishments and their receipts in nearly 300 industries for the United States, states, counties, and metropolitan areas.
Housing
National and Regional Information on Financing of Homeowner and Rental Properties. Read more in the Residential Finance Survey: 2001. Report sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development updates a similar report from a decade earlier, with national and regional information on the financing of homeowner and rental properties. Information about how mortgages are obtained, property expenses and the effect of Americans age 55 and older on the housing finance market.
Governments
Up-To-Date Information on Government Retirement Programs Available. 2004 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets and membership for public employee-retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems as well as aggregately at the national, state and local levels.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features. Collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news:
Grandparents Day 2005 (September 11)
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)
Unmarried and Single Americans Week (September 18-24)
Halloween 2005 (October 31, 2005)
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November)
Veteran's Day 2005 (November 11)
Upcoming Releases
Census 2000
Data From Census 2000 and Previous Censuses Featured in Upcoming Atlas. The Census Bureau is publishing the Census Atlas of the United States, a thematic map book available for purchase in 2006 from the U.S. Government Printing Office, the Customer Services Center, and major commercial bookstores.
Poverty Status of Families by Type and by U.S. Citizenship Status of the Householder: 2003. Four national-level tables from the American Community Survey present poverty data on the foreign-born by the following characteristics: citizenship status, year of entry, region of birth, and family type.
Population
Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2003. Information on households with computers and Internet connections - nationally, regionally and by state. Specifically, the demographics of who's online and how they're using their computers and the Internet.
Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States From the American Community Survey: 2000 to 2003. Internet files providing an analysis of marriage and fertility patterns nationwide as well as for each state. Examines various socioeconomic characteristics of married couples, unmarried-partner households, and women who have given birth in the last year. Includes first-ever Census Bureau tabulations, by state, on median age at first marriage.
Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2001. Examines the decline in participation in government assistance programs by mothers following the enactment of welfare reform. Includes national-level data by race and Hispanic origin, marital status, educational attainment and job training status, income and poverty status, receipt of child support, and age.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Economic Census of Island Areas: Puerto Rico: Manufacturing. Report available online in PDF and for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center. Shows information on the number of businesses and employees, payroll, value of shipments, and other data pertaining to manufacturing in Puerto Rico. A construction report is scheduled for release later this year, and a geographic areas report will contain information for other sectors of Puerto Rico's economy covered in the 2002 Economic Census.
Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: August 2005. Press release showing estimates for sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers by three-digit major kind-of-business groups. Scheduled for release October 7, 2005.
Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: Second Quarter 2005. Press release shows second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits. Scheduled for release October 12, 2005.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: August 2005. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption is scheduled for release October 13, 2005.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services: September 2005. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report includes seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups is scheduled for release October 14, 2005.
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales: August 2005. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers is scheduled for release October 14, 2005.
New Residential Construction: September 2005. Press release showing data for housing starts and completions and building permits is scheduled for release October 19, 2005.
