Publications

Presents the results from the Annual Survey of Communication Services. Covers at the U.S. level all employer firms with one or more establishments that are primarily engaged in providing point-to-point communication services, whether by wire or radio and whether intended to be received aurally or visually. This includes telephone communciations, including cellular and other radio telephone services; telegraph and other message communications, such as electronic mail services, facsimile transmission services, telex services, and so on; radio and television broadcasting stations and networks; cable and other pay television services; and other communication services, such as radar station operations, satellite earth stations, satellite or missile tracking stations, and so on.

All documents are in PDF format with a filesize ≤1MB unless otherwise stated.

BC/98 - Annual Survey of Communication Services: 1998
BC/97 - Annual Survey of Communication Services: 1997
BC/96 - Annual Survey of Communication Services: 1996
BC/95 - Annual Survey of Communication Services: 1995
BC/94 - Annual Survey of Communication Services: 1994

CBO92-1 - 1992 Economic Census, Characteristics of Business Owners [2.5 MB]
ES92-1 - 1992 Enterprise Statistics, Company Summary [1.4 MB]
MB92-1 - Black-Owned Business Enterprises, 1992 [1.6 MB] Change Sheet
MB92-2 - Hispanic-Owned Business Enterprises, 1992 [1.4 MB]
MB92-3RV - Asians and Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaska Natives Business Enterprises, 1992
MB92-4 - Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises, 1992 Summary [1.4 MB] Change Sheet
WB92-1 - Women-Owned Business Enterprises, 1992 [3 MB] Change Sheet

This annual series includes a separate report for each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and a U.S. summary. The divisions of the economy covered are agricultural services, forestry, and fisheries; mining; contract construction; manufacturing; transportation and other public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: 2004 is the last year printed publications were released. For the most recent releases, see County Business Patterns.

1992 Census
FC92-A-1 - Geographic Area Series: United States Summary [5 MB]
FC92-N-1 - Nonemployer Statistics Series, Summary
FC92-S-1 - Subject Series: Establishment and Firm Size [1 MB]
FC92-S-2 - Subject Series: Sources of Revenue [1 MB]
FC92-S-3 - Subject Series: Miscellaneous Subjects [1 MB]

ICT/05 - Information and Communication Technology: 2005 [2.4 MB]
ICT/04 - Information and Communication Technology: 2004 [1.8 MB]
ICT/03 - Information and Communication Technology: 2003 [4.5 MB]

Nonemployer Statistics summarizes the number of establishments and sales or receipts of companies with no paid employees. These nonemployers are typically self-employed individuals or partnerships operating businesses that they have not chosen to incorporate. (Self-employed owners of incorporated businesses typically pay themselves wages or salary, so that the business is an employer.)

Because payroll tax records are at the heart of the Census Bureau's system for keeping track of businesses between censuses, nonemployers do not get census questionnaires and are not reflected in any of the other Core Business Statistics reports or detailed sector-specific reports. (Nonemployers are, however, included in "all firms" totals in reports on minority- and women-owned business.)

In terms of sales or receipts, nonemployers account for roughly 3% of business activity.

At the same time nonemployers account for nearly 3/4 of all businesses. Most nonemployer businesses are very small, and many are not the primary source of income for their owners.

Current Nonemployer Statistics

NS04-00A-01 - Nonemployer Statistics: 2004 [1.7 MB]
NS03-00A-01 - Nonemployer Statistics: 2003 [2.2 MB]
NS02-00A-01 - Nonemployer Statistics: 2002 [1.9 MB]
NS/01 - Nonemployer Statistics: 2001 [2.6 MB]
NS/00 - Nonemployer Statistics: 2000 [1.9 MB]
NS/99 - Nonemployer Statistics: 1999 [3.9 MB]
NS/98 - Nonemployer Statistics: 1998 [2.9 MB]
EC97X-CS4 - Nonemployer Statistics: 1997 [2.1 MB]

Reports include data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and data for the most recent 10 years; detailed annual estimates and ratios for the U.S. by kind-of-business. Subnational data detail was eliminated after 1996. Monthly data releases

Annual Revision of Monthly Retail and Food Services: Sales and Inventories
BR/06-A - January 1992 Through February 2007 [2.2 MB]
BR/05-A - January 1992 Through February 2006 [2.5 MB]

Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Trade and Food Services
BR/04-A - January 1992 Through February 2005 [1.5 MB]
BR/03-A - January 1992 Through February 2004 [1.4 MB]
BR/02-A - January 1992 Through March 2003
BR/01-A - January 1992 Through March 2002
BR/00-A - January 1992 Through December 2000 [1.8 MB]

Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Trade
BR/99 - January 1990 Through December 1999
BR/98 - January 1989 Through December 1998
BR/97-RV - January 1988 Through December 1997
BR/96-RV - January 1987 Through December 1996 [1.1 MB]

Combined Annual and Revised Monthly Retail Trade
BR/95-RV - January 1986 Through December 1995 [1.5 MB]

Monthly Retail Trade: Sales and Inventories [all files less than 2MB]

Provides annual estimates of the dollar volume of receipts for selected personal, business, social, health, and professional services at the United States level. For selected industries, separate estimates are given for receipts of taxable firms and revenues of firms exempt from Federal income taxes.

Additional data (beyond receipts/revenues) are provided for personnel supply services; arrangers of passenger transportation; nursing and personal care facilities; computer programming; data processing; and other computer-related services; automotive rental and leasing; management and consulting services; amusement parts; and offices and clinics of health practitioners. Current and previous year estimates and estimates of year-to-year percentage change are shown, along with estimated coefficients of variation for dollar volume estimates and year-to-year ratios.

SAS/04 - Service Annual Survey: 2004 [1.8 MB]
SAS/03 - Service Annual Survey: 2003 [1.9 MB]
SAS/02 - Service Annual Survey: 2002 [1.6 MB]
SAS/01 - Service Annual Survey: 2001 [5.3 MB]
SAS/00 - Service Annual Survey: 2000 [1.3 MB]
SAS/99 - Service Annual Survey: 1999 [1.3 MB]
BS/98 - Service Annual Survey: 1998
BS/97 - Service Annual Survey: 1997 [1.1 MB]
BS/96 - Service Annual Survey: 1996 [1.3 MB]
BS/95 - Service Annual Survey: 1995 [1.3 MB]
BS/94 - Service Annual Survey: 1994

Annual Revision of Quarterly Services Estimates: Fourth Quarter 2003 Through Fourth Quarter 2005 [2.2 MB]

Prior to 1996 this report was known as the Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey. A new sample was introduced for 1996 and businesses were asked to provide data for two consecutive years, 1995 and 1996. The additional year of data was used to "link" the estimates derived from the new and old samples.

This survey represents all employer firms with one or more establishments that are engaged in commercial motor freight transportation and public warehousing services. Statistics in this report are summarized by kind-of-business classification.

This report provides detailed estimates of operating revenues and expenses for the for-hire trucking and public warehousing industries, as well as inventories of revenue-generating freight equipment for the trucking industry at the United States level. The survey excludes private motor-freight carriers that operate as auxillary establishments to nontransportation companies and independent owner-operators with no paid employees.

Current and previous year estimates and estimates of year-to year percentage change are shown, along with estimated coefficient of variation for dollar volume estimates and year-to-year ratios.

BT/98 - Transportation Annual Survey: 1998
BT/97 - Transportation Annual Survey: 1997
BT/96 - Transportation Annual Survey: 1996

BT/95 - Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey: 1995 [1.3 MB]
BT/94 - Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey: 1994

(BW) - Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories

Provides data at the United States level showing estimates of sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers, by major kind-of-business groups, for the current month, previous month, and current month previous year estimates. Data are adjusted for seasonal variations and, in the case of sales, for trading-day differences.

Annual Revision of Monthly Wholesale Distributors: Sales and Inventories
BW/05-A - January 1992 Through January 2006

Annual Benchmark Report for Wholesale Trade
BW/04-A - January 1992 Through January 2005 [1 MB]
BW/03-A - January 1992 Through December 2003 [1.3 MB]
BW/02-A - January 1992 Through January 2003 [3.9 MB]
BW/01-A - January 1992 Through February 2002
BW/00-A - January 1992 Through March 2001
BW/99-A - January 1990 Through February 2000