Definition: NAICS 31-33, ManufacturingThe Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. The assembling of component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing, except in cases where the activity is appropriately classified in Sector 23, Construction. Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries, candy stores, and custom tailors, may also be included in this sector. Manufacturing establishments may process materials or may contract with other establishments to process their materials for them. Both types of establishments are included in manufacturing. more Guide to Data Sources for Manufacturing from the U.S. Census Bureau |
Frequency | Title (with link to data) | Contents | Number of Industry Categories | Geography |
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Monthly | Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders | Value of shipments, inventories, new orders and unfilled orders | 89 |
U.S. |
Manufacturing and Trade Inventory and Sales | Sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios | 1 |
U.S. |
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Monthly, quarterly, or annual | Current Industrial Reports | Value of shipments and/or quantity of production for selected 10-digit product categories; not available for most manufacturing categories | N/A |
U.S. |
Quarterly | Quarterly Financial Report | Income, retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for the domestic operations of manufacturing corporations with assets over $250,000 | 33 |
U.S. |
Quarterly Plant Capacity Utilization | Utilization rate relative to full production capacity and national emergency production capacity | 93 |
U.S. |
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Quarterly Workforce Indicators | Employment, job creation, separations, turnover, average monthly earnings | 108 |
States, metro areas, counties |
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Annual | Annual Survey of Manufactures | Value of shipments, cost of materials, employment, payroll for industries by state; more statistics at national level; value of product shipments for 7-digt product classes at national level | 614 |
U.S., states |
Business R & D and Innovation Survey | Current and projected R&D spending and employment. Data are published by NSF. | 28 |
U.S. |
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Exports from Manufacturing Establishments | Value of shipments and employment related to direct exports and supporting shipments by state and, separately, by subsector | 22 |
U.S., states |
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Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies | Number of exporters and value of exports by employment size of company for the U.S.; number of exporting companies by state | 1 |
U.S., states |
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Annual Capital Expenditures Survey | Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees | 40 |
U.S. |
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Information and Communication Technology Survey | Non-capitalized expenditures for information and communication technology equipment and software | 3 |
U.S. |
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Business Dynamics Statistics | Number of establishments and year-to-year change in employments for births, death, expansions, and contractions by firm age and employment-size. Sector classification is by SIC. | Annual | U.S., states |
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County Business Patterns | Employees; payroll; number of establishments with paid employees by employment size of establishment | 765 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties, ZIP codes, Puerto Rico |
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E-Stats (E-Commerce Statistics) | Total value of shipments and e-commerce value of shipments | 22 |
U.S. |
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Nonemployer Statistics | Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees | 59 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties |
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Statistics of U.S. Businesses | Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise | 765 |
U.S., states, metro areas |
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Statistics of U.S. Businesses -- Employment Change | Number of establishments and year-to-year change in employment for births, deaths, expansions, and contractions. | 108 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties |
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Management and Organizational Practices Survey | The Management and Organizational Practices Survey provides information on the dimensions of organizational capital for sector 31-33. | 614 |
U.S., states |
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Every 5 years | Economic Census | Number of establishments, sales, employees, and payroll (for additional topics available, see Economic Census details) | 765 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties, places, island areas |
Economic Census of Island Areas | Number of establishments, sales, employees, and payroll for establishments with payroll | Varies |
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa |
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Survey of Business Owners | Number of firms, sales, employees, and payroll for all businesses and for businesses owned by females, Hispanics, and major race categories (plus national-only data on veteran status and other owner and business characteristics) | 22 |
U.S., states, metro areas |
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Irregular | Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures Survey | Capital expenditures and operating costs for pollution prevention and treatment manufacturing industries by cost category (treatment/capture, prevention, disposal and recycling) and by media (air, water discharge and solid waste). | 631 |
U.S. |
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey | Energy consumed by use, value of shipments, employment size | Irregular | U.S. |
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