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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Why is geography important to the Census Bureau?
Tweet Katy Rossiter, Geographer, US Census Bureau Geography is at the heart of taking a census. The U.S. Census Bureau is tasked with counting everyone in the United States once every ten years, but we do not just count people; … Continue reading
Pool of Nonemployer Firms Continues to Shrink
Tweet Written by: William G. Bostic Jr., Associate Director for Economic Programs Firms that do not have paid employees (businesses ranging from small "mom and pop" corner stores to independent contractors to Internet-based mail order houses) have continued to suffer … Continue reading
Posted in Business Ownership, Economy
Tagged California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nonemployer Statistics, Pennsylvania
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U.S. Businesses Continue to Show Sharp Declines
Tweet Written by: William G. Bostic Jr., US Census Bureau For most, it would not come as a surprise to learn that the last couple of years have been a time of economic hardship for our nation. Headlines have depicted … Continue reading
Posted in Business Ownership, Economy
Tagged Alaska, business, County Business Patterns, District of Columbia, economy, industry sectors
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What are census blocks?
Tweet Written by: Katy Rossiter, Geographer, US Census Bureau Census blocks are: – Statistical areas bounded by visible features such as roads, streams, and railroad tracks, and by nonvisible boundaries such as property lines, city, township, school district, county limits … Continue reading
Posted in Data Tools, Geography
Tagged ACS, American Community Survey, Census blocks, Census Bureau, demographic data, geographic boundaries, population, TIGER
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Visualizing Foreign Trade Data
Tweet Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau added interactive graphs to the U.S. international trade data released each month. For example, these two graphs help you better understand international trade in petroleum. The first graph shows the effect of prices on … Continue reading
Posted in Data Tools, Economy, Energy, Export
Tagged imports, interactive graph, international trade data, petroleum, trade deficit, visualization
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