Census Bureau Tip Sheet |
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A product of the U.S.
Census Bureau's Public Information Office
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| December 23, 2005 | TP05-26 |
Upcoming
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Economic |
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Census-Related |
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2002 Economic Census: Subject Series — Fifty-seven reports for several industry sectors — all at the national level — are now being issued on a flow basis. These reports include information such as product shipments by contributing industries. All 883 geographic area series reports and 651 industry reports have been published. Available at <http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/>. |
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Survey-Related |
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Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2004 (State and County Areas) — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid account for more than $1 trillion of the $2.2 trillion the federal government spent in 2004, according to the only consolidated source of data on the geographic distribution of federal expenditures. The report also reveals expenditures for the Department of Homeland Security, the first full year that this data has been included, and the Defense Department. The data cover direct payments, grants, procurement awards, and salaries and wages, by federal agency and program, for state and county areas of the United States, including the District of Columbia and U.S. outlying areas. (Scheduled for release Dec. 27.) 2004 Service Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage Sector (NAICS 48/49) — Data including industry tabulations on general freight trucking, couriers and local messengers, warehousing and storage, size and origin of shipments and commodities handled. (Tentatively scheduled for release late-December.) 2004 Service Annual Survey: Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) — Data on revenues by ambulatory health-care services, hospitals, physicians’ offices, nursing and residential care facilities and social assistance firms. (Tentatively scheduled for release early-January.) |
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Facts for Features |
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Women’s History Month: March 2006 — From mom to “G.I. Jane,” women play a variety of roles. We celebrate all these roles in March when we honor women with their own commemorative month. This fact sheet provides statistical information on the number of mothers, women in the military and a whole host of other topics relating to women. Data come from the Census Bureau’s demographic and economic subject areas. (Tentatively scheduled for release early-January.) St. Patrick’s Day and Irish-American Heritage Month — The luck of the Irish might be with you if you utilize this compendium of statistical information from the Census Bureau’s demographic and economic subject areas. The facts pertain to St. Patrick’s Day 2006 and Americans of Irish ancestry. (Tentatively scheduled for release mid-January.) |
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Broadcast/Photo/Multimedia/Television |
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Radio |
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Profile America and Al Dia (Spanish) for January — Upcoming segments include “First Radio Broadcast” (Jan. 13), “Martin Luther King, Jr.” (Jan. 15) and “First Televised Presidential News Conference” (Jan. 25). The entire set of January daily features will go live on Dec. 30 at: <http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/radio/index.html>. Looking a bit further ahead, Profile America will commemorate Black History Month with a special CD release for February. These information features will appear on the Census Web site mid-January at <http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/radio/ special_radio_features.html> for audition and computer/Ipod downloading. |
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Recently Released
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Demographic |
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Census-Related |
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Changes in the Lives of U.S. Children: 1990-2000 — 12/13/05 — Internet address: <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/006113.html>. Working Paper 79 — Matched Race and Hispanic Origin Responses from Census 2000 and Current Population Survey (CPS) February to May 2000 — 12/13/05 — Summarizes ongoing research on how the monthly collection of CPS data by race and Hispanic origin differs from that collected in Census 2000. Internet address: <http://www.census.gov/population/www/techpap.html>. |
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Survey-Related |
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National, State and Puerto Rico Population
Estimates: 2005 — 12/22/05 — Internet address:
Consumer Expenditure Survey — 12/22/05 —
Internet address: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006
— 12/21/05 — Internet address: Fertility of American Women: June 2004 —
12/19/05 — Internet address: Supplemental Measures of Material Well-Being: Basic Needs,
Consumer Durables, Energy, and Poverty: 1981 to 2002
— 12/15/05 — Internet address: |
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Economic |
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Survey-Related |
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| 2002 Business Expenses Survey — 12/22/05 — Internet address: <http://www.census.gov/csd/bes>. 2004 Service Annual Survey: Securities, Commodities and
Other Financial Investments (NAICS 52) — 12/21/05
— Internet address: 2004 Service Annual Survey: Information Sector Services
(NAICS 51) — 12/21/05 — Internet address: 2004 Service Annual Survey (NAICS 532, 54, 56,
71, 81) — 12/16/05 — Internet address: 2004 Annual Survey of Manufactures, Product Shipments
— 12/15/05 — Internet address: 2004 Annual Survey of Manufactures, Statistics for Industry
Groups and Industries — 12/15/05 — Internet
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Facts for Features |
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Valentine’s Day — 12/14/05 — Internet
address: Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60! (Special Edition) — 12/12/05
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Miscellaneous |
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Census Bureau, West Virginia Announce Partnership to Improve Geographic Database — 12/21/05 — Internet address: <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/006146.html>. Census Bureau Kicks Off Community Forums on Emergency Planning
in Los Angeles and New York City — 12/15/05 —
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