2007 Economic Census

Understanding Tables

Most economic census data are released over time in series of related tables. In most cases, as more data are processed and released, the level of detail increases.

Data series include:

• Core Business Statistics Series - tables that cover multiple industries:
  • Advance Report - the first data released from the economic census.
    (detailed description)
    Presents advance data at the two- and three-digit NAICS levels. These files include statistics on the number of establishments; employment; payroll; and value of sales, receipts, revenue, or shipments for establishments of firms with paid employees at the U.S. level only. These data will be superseded by later data files in this and other series.
  • Bridge Reports - shows the relationships between two consecutive editions of NAICS categories in detail and where they have changed.
    (detailed description)
    Presents data on old and new NAICS bases for industries whose NAICS classification has changed. These files include statistics on the number of establishments; employment; payroll; and value of sales, receipts, revenue, or shipments for establishments of firms with paid employees at the U.S. level only.
  • Comparative Statistics Report - shows U.S. and state totals classified by an older NAICS vintage for more recent data.
    (detailed description)
    Presents data at the two- and three-digit, and selected four- through seven-digits for two consecutive NAICS versions. This file includes statistics on the number of establishments; employment; payroll; and value of sales, receipts, revenue, or shipments for establishments of firms with paid employees at the U.S. and state levels.
  • Franchising Report - data available on franchising across multiple industries.
    (detailed description)
    Presents data for selected six-digit NAICS codes which have establishments engaged in franchising. This table includes statistics on the number of establishments; employment; payroll; and value of sales, receipts, revenue, or shipments for establishments of firms with paid employees at the U.S. level only.
• 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 tables.
• 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 (some tables also include states).
• 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 table that presents four key statistics for every available industry and geographic area published to date. The four key statistics are:

• Number of employer establishments,
• Value of sales, shipments, receipts, revenue or business done,
• Annual payroll,
• Number of employees,
• Number of nonemployer establishments and
• Sales for nonemployers.

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 - provides a detailed portrait of the economic structure and activity of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Survey of Business Owners - data on U.S. business owners by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. It also includes additional demographic and economic business characteristics for home-based, family-owned and franchised businesses; sources of finance; types of customers; and year established.

Annual economic surveys:

• Annual Survey of Manufactures - sample estimates of statistics for all manufacturing establishments with one or more paid employee.
• County Business Patterns - annually produced tables that provide detailed geographic, industry and other data for U.S. business establishments with paid employees.
• Nonemployer Statistics - data for U.S. businesses with no paid employment or paid employees.

More Data

There are many more economic surveys conducted by the Census Bureau that are not in American FactFinder.

Find them all at the Business and Industry Web site.