June 26, 2008
Headline News
Sales of New One-Family Houses in May 2008 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 512,000. (Released June 25, 2008)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in May Increased Slightly to $213.6 Billion. (Released June 25, 2008)
World Population Approaches 7 Billion. (Released June 19, 2008)
Census Study Shows Women Veterans Earn More and Work Longer Hours. (Released June 17, 2008)
Privately-Owned Housing Starts in May 2008 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 975,000. (Released June 17, 2008)
Facts for Features: Back to School: 2008-2009. (Released June 16, 2008)
Manufacturing Corporations' Seasonally Adjusted After-Tax Profits Averaged 7.4 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the First Quarter of 2008. (Released June 16, 2008)
Fact of the Day
World Population Approaches 7 Billion
World population is projected to reach 7 billion in 2012 says the Census Bureau's International Data Base (IDB). The latest projections show world population growing at a slower pace during the first half of the 21st century than the latter half of the 20th century. The world population doubled from 3 billion in 1959 to 6 billion in 1999, but is projected to increase by only 50 percent between 1999 and 2040.
The IDB offers online users a number of ways to retrieve demographic data, including: country summary pages showing key population indicators, tables of demographic indicators for countries and regions, and population pyramids showing age and sex composition. Check out this interesting web site today!
Hot Tip
Three Ways To Search the Census Web Site
In the upper right-hand corner of the Census web page, click "FAQs," for the Question and Answer Center. Here you can search hundreds of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) or submit your question online.
Second, in the upper right hand corner of the Census home page you can type your search terms into the white text box and click "Go." This produces a search of the entire Census Bureau web site, along with the first several FAQs related to your search terms.
Third, click "Subjects A-Z" for hyperlinks to hundreds of Census subject areas and concepts.
With these methods of locating data on the web site, you will be on your way toward locating Census data!
Recently Released
Population
International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids which project age and sex distributions to year 2050.
Veteran's Earnings: 2005. Internet tables providing an analysis comparing the earnings of male and female veterans to the rest of the population. The analysis uses data from the 2005 American Community Survey, which allows an exploration of contributing factors to earning differences.
Latest Economic Indicators
Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 1st Quarter 2008. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations.
Housing Starts and Building Permits: May 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: May 2008. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Residential Sales: May 2008. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.
Economic Census and Surveys
Older Worker Profiles. Report (it will be released for each of over 30 states) provides a detailed picture of workers 55 and older at the county and metropolitan area levels for 2004. Based on data from the Local Employment Dynamics program, the report
highlights the age of the states' work force, job gains, and losses, industries in which older workers are concentrated, job stability, and earnings. The following states are available as of the publish date of this newsletter:
Iowa (PDF - 1.31 MB)
Maine (PDF - 1.45 MB)
Vermont (PDF - 762 KB)
Indiana (PDF - 1.53 MB)
Arkansas (PDF - 1.81 MB)
Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
Delaware (PDF - 464 KB)
Colorado (PDF - 779 KB)
Wisconsin (PDF - 766 KB)
New Jersey (PDF - 800 KB)
Maryland (PDF - 1.03 MB)
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Conversion from Analog to Digital TV (February 17, 2009)
Facts for Features: 2008 Hurricane Season Begins
Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26)
Facts for Features: The Fourth of July
Facts for Features: Father's Day (June 15)
Facts for Features: Back to School: 2008-2009
Upcoming Releases
Population
Fertility of American Women: 2006. The first Census Bureau report on fertility patterns of American women to use data from the American Community Survey, making it the first to include state-by-state comparisons of fertility characteristics. Data from the Current Population Survey are also included, permitting historical comparisons.
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2006. A detailed look at registration and participation in the most recent congressional election. Provides the characteristics of those who voted, those who registered, and a look at the reasons why people who were registered did not vote. Find out who were the likeliest voters based on region, education, income, employment, race and Hispanic origin, and other factors.
What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examining the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings.
Subcounty Population Estimates: July 1, 2007. Population estimates (as of July 1, 2007) of the nation's incorporated places (cities, towns, villages, and boroughs).
Economic Indicators
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): May 2008. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put-in-place by type of construction (residential and non-residential), annual value, and by type of owner (private and public). Scheduled for release July 1, 2008
Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: May 2008. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders. Scheduled for release July 2, 2008.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: May 2008. 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 July 8, 2008.
Quarterly Financial Report -- Retail Trade: 1st Quarter 2008. Press release shows second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits. Scheduled for release July 9, 2008.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: May 2008. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release July 11, 2008.
Economic Census and Surveys
2006 County Business Patterns. The report provides data by county on the number of establishments, number of employees, and quarterly and annual payroll for the nation's 7.5 million businesses with employees.
Business Help Site. A wealth of useful information is available on the Census Bureau's Business Help Site to assist companies complete forms for more than a dozen monthly, quarterly and annual economic surveys, including assistance in filing electronically.
Top-Ranked States by Industry. A new web page helps promote the 2007 Economic Census highlighting facts from the 2002 Economic Census about every state by receipts per capita for every industry.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Labor Day (Sept. 1). This day, often considered the unofficial end of summer, is a longtime federal holiday (since 1984) honoring our nation's workers. This fact sheet includes an array of demographic data spotlighting our nation's labor force.
June 13, 2008
Headline News
U.S. Total Business Sales for April Were $1,177.7 Billion, Up 1.4 Percent From Last Month. Month-End Inventories Were $1,474.8 Billion, Up 0.5 Percent From Last Month. (Released June 12, 2008)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for May Reached $385.4 Billion, an Increase of 1.0 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released June 12, 2008)
Census Study Shows Women Veterans Earn More and Work Longer Hours. (Released June 11,
2008)
Facts for Features: Conversion from Analog to Digital TV (February 17, 2009). (Released May 29, 2008)
Facts for Features: *Special Edition* 2008 Hurricane Season Begins. (Released May 28, 2008)
Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26). (Released May 27, 2008)
Fact of the Day
Veterans Earn More
Women veterans had higher salaries than nonveterans in 2005, but they also worked more hours in a week and more weeks out of the year, according to a new analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Women veterans earned $32,217 in 2005, compared with the $27,272 for women civilians with no military experience. Male veterans also had higher salaries in 2005, averaging $42,128, compared with $39,880 for nonveterans. The data come from the working paper, Exploring the Veteran-Nonveteran Earnings Differential in the 2005 American Community Survey.
Hot Tip
Business "Births," Deaths," "Expansions" Tracked
A Census Bureau web site tracks business births, deaths, and expansions from one year to the next. The Statistics of U.S. Business uses the Business Information Tracking Series (BITS) to link establishments from year to year. Using this file, we are able to tabulate data for establishment births and deaths and employment expansions and contractions. In 2004, for example, there were 10,008 logging establishments; by 2004 the number had dropped by 413 establishments to 9595. In 2004, births numbered 1,155; deaths, 1,185. Employment saw a 1.9 percent drop from 2003 to 2004. Similar information is available for industries (4-digit NAICS level) for states and metro areas.
Recently Released
Population
Veteran's Earnings: 2005. Internet tables providing an analysis comparing the earnings of male and female veterans to the rest of the population. The analysis uses data from the 2005 American Community Survey, which allows an exploration of contributing factors to earning differences.
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation: 2006. Report presents microdata records (with any information removed that might identify a specific person or household) on individuals involved in fishing, hunting, and other wildlife-associated recreation, such as wildlife observation, photography, and feeding. Reports for forty-one states have been released to-date.
Latest Economic Indicators
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): April 2008. Press release showing estimates of the value
of total new construction put-in-place by type of construction (residential and non-residential), annual value, and by type of owner (private and public).
Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: April 2008. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: April 2008. 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.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: April 2008. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption.
Quarterly Services Survey: 1st Quarter 2008. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: May 2008. 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: April 2008. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
Economic Census and Surveys
Older Worker Profiles. Report (it will be released for each of over 30 states) provides a detailed picture of workers 55 and older at the county and metropolitan area levels for 2004. Based on data from the Local Employment Dynamics program, the report highlights the age of the states' work force, job gains, and losses, industries in which older workers are concentrated, job stability, and earnings. The following states are available as of the publish date of this newsletter:
- Iowa (PDF - 1.31 MB)
- Maine (PDF - 1.45 MB)
- Vermont (PDF - 762 KB)
- Indiana (PDF - 1.53 MB)
- Arkansas (PDF - 1.81 MB)
- Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
- Delaware (PDF - 464 KB)
- Colorado (PDF - 779 KB)
- Wisconsin (PDF - 766 KB)
- New Jersey (PDF - 800 KB)
Government
State and Local Government Finances: 2005-2006. Downloadable Internet tables, covering state and local government financial activities in four broad categories: revenues, expenditures, outstanding debt, and assets (cash and security holdings). The tables through 2004 can be found at the Government web site.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Conversion from Analog to Digital TV (February 17, 2009)
Facts for Features: *Special Edition* 2008 Hurricane Season Begins
Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26)
Facts for Features: The Fourth of July
Facts for Features: Father's Day (June 15)
Upcoming Releases
Population
Fertility of American Women: 2006. The first Census Bureau report on fertility patterns of American women to use data from the American Community Survey, making it the first to include state-by-state comparisons of fertility characteristics. Data from the Current Population Survey are also included, permitting historical comparisons.
International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids which project age and sex distributions to year 2050.
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2006. A detailed look at registration and participation in the most recent congressional election, as well as the characteristics of those who voted, those who registered, and a look at the reasons why people who were registered did not vote. Find out who were the likeliest voters based on region, education, income, employment, race and Hispanic origin, and other factors.
What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examining the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings.
Economic Indicators
Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 1st Quarter 2008. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations. Scheduled for release June 16, 2008.
Housing Starts and Building Permits: May 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release June 17, 2008.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: May 2008. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release June 25, 2008.
New Residential Sales: May 2008. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction. Scheduled for release June 25, 2008.
Economic Census and Surveys
2006 County Business Patterns. The report provides data by county on the number of establishments, number of employees, and quarterly and annual payroll for the nation's 7.5 million businesses with employees.
Business Help Site. A wealth of useful information is available on the Census Bureau's Business Help Site to assist companies complete forms for more than a dozen monthly, quarterly and annual economic surveys, including assistance in filing electronically.
New Foreign Trade Regulations Take Effect. The US Census Bureau's first major revision in two decades includes new legal and online filing requirements, modified filing timeframes and stricter penalties.
Top-Ranked States by Industry. A new web page helps promote the 2007 Economic Census highlighting facts from the 2002 Economic Census about every state by receipts per capita for every industry.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: Back to School. Although summer vacation has not quite arrived yet for many students, the Census Bureau is already looking ahead to the start of the 2008-09 school year. This fact sheet presents statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to teachers, students and the reopening of our country's schools in late summer.
Facts for Features: Labor Day (Sept. 1). This day, often considered the unofficial end of summer, is a longtime federal holiday (since 1984) honoring our nation's workers. This fact sheet includes an array of demographic data spotlighting our nation's labor force.
