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Headline News
Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day (November 22, 2007). (Released October 18, 2007)
Privately-Owned Housing Starts in September 2007 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,191,000. (Released October 17, 2007)
Renters Four Times More Likely to Move Than Homeowners. (Released October 16, 2007)
The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in Indiana: 2004. (Released October 15, 2007)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for September Reached $380.2 Billion, an Increase of 0.6 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released October 12, 2007)
U.S. Total Business Sales for July Were $1,119.1 Billion, Down 0.4 Percent From Last Month. (Released October 12, 2007)
Facts for Features: Veteran's Day 2007: November 11. (Released October 11, 2007)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Decreased to $57.6 Billion in August From $59.0 Billion (Revised) in July, As Exports Increased and Imports Decreased. (Released October 11, 2007)
August 2007 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $360.9 Billion, Up 0.4 Percent From Last Month. (Released October 10, 2007)
After-Tax Profits for Retail Corporations With Assets Greater Than $50 Million Averaged 3.5 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the Second Quarter 2007. (Released October 9, 2007)
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Account for Half of Federal Spending. (Released October 9, 2007).
Facts for Features: Launch of Sputnik I and Start of the "Space Race": 50th Anniversary (October 4). (Released October 3, 2007)
Fact of the Day
Packing Up!
In 2006, 39.8 million United States residents moved within the previous one-year period. Nearly half of the reasons given for moving (18.4 million) were housing related, such as wanting a bigger or smaller house. In 2006, nearly one-third (30 percent) of all people living in renter-occupied housing units lived elsewhere a year earlier. Most movers stayed within the same county (62 percent), while 20 percent moved from a different county within the same state. Find these facts and more in Geographical Mobility: 2006.
Hot Tip
Census 2010 Website!
Have you seen the Census 2010 website yet? From the Census Bureau home webpage, click "2010 Census." As the next decennial Census approaches, this 2010 website will become more and more important for keeping up with Census 2010 information. Keep up with recent news, see the timeline of activities, or print out promotional materials. Also available is our Question and Answer Center which allows you to browse Frequently Asked Questions or to submit your questions online. Keep this webpage handy as it is growing all the time!
Recently Released
Population
Census Atlas of the United States. High-quality reference book (approximately 350 pages) including maps, figures, and text selected and organized to increase public understanding of population and housing characteristics across the U.S. Provides a systematic collection of information emphasizing spatial distribution and patterns from 1790 to 2000. The Census Bureau has not published a statistical atlas since the 1920s. To order, contact the Government Printing Office at 1-866-512-1800. (Price: $165, ISBN: 9781587690105)
Geographical Mobility: 2006. Data available online as 34 tables highlighting migration patterns and characteristics of movers in the United States, including how far people move, how often and why, among others. Data are from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
OnTheMap Version 2. The Census Bureau has released the last wave of OnTheMap Version 2, bringing the number of states available in this tool to 42. OnTheMap is a web-based, interactive mapping application that shows where people work and where workers live on maps, with companion reports on their age, earnings and industry distributions. It provides timely data for labor market, economic development, transportation, emergency management, and other potential applications. This wave adds nine states: Alaska, California, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wyoming.
Latest Economic Indicators
Quarterly Financial Report -- Retail Trade: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: August 2007. Press release showing estimates for sales, inventories on a non-LIFO ("last in-first out") basis, and stock-sales ratios for merchant wholesalers by three-digit major kind-of-business groups.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: August 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: September 2007. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report includes seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: August 2007. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.
Housing Starts and Building Permits: September 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Economic Census and Surveys
Older Worker Profiles. Report (to be released on a flow basis for over 30 states) providing a detailed picture of workers 55 and older at the county and metropolitan area levels for 2004. Based on data from the Local Employment Dynamics program. The report highlights the age of the states' work force, job gains and losses, industries in which older workers are concentrated, job stability, and earnings.
The following states are available as of the publish date of this newsletter:
Iowa (PDF - 1.31 MB)
Maine (PDF - 1.45 MB)
Vermont (PDF - 762 KB)
Indiana (PDF - 1.53 MB)
Governments
Consolidated Federal Funds Report: 2005 and Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2005. The Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR) (PDF - 1.61 MB) is an annual report on the geographic distribution of federal funds in the United States, including detail down to the county and municipality level. It covers direct payments, grants, procurement contracts, salaries and wages, loans, and insurance. Amounts given can be either expenditures or obligations. The Federal Aid to States (FAS) (PDF - 1.29 MB) contains federal agency and program-level data on grants to state and local governments.
2006 State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets and membership for public employee retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems, as well as aggregately at the national, state and local levels.
Housing
Home Equity Lines of Credit - Who Uses This Source of Credit? Report profiles single-family homeowners who used home equity lines of credit in 2001.
Upcoming Releases
Population
A Child's Day: 2004. This report marks 10 years of data that examine the well-being of children and their daily activities. These 30 tables are based on the Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation and examine everything from mealtime habits to academic experience.
International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids that project age and sex distributions to 2050.
Government
2006 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets, and membership for public employee-retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems as well as aggregately at the national, state, and local levels.
Housing
2006 State and County Housing Unit Estimates. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state, and county levels for 2006.
Economic Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: September 2007. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release October 25, 2007.
New Residential Sales: September 2007. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction. Scheduled for release October 25, 2007.
Housing Vacancies: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release October 26, 2007.
Construction Spending Put-in-Place: September 2007. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put-in-place by type of construction (residential and non-residential), annual value, and by type of owner (private and public). Scheduled for release October 31, 2007.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features:
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November). Presidents have signed proclamations to honor the nation's 4.5 million American Indian and Alaska Natives each year at this time. This group is younger and has larger families than the national population.
Veterans Day (Nov. 11). Parades and speeches across the country, as well as a national ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, highlight this federal holiday. Some of the statistics from this day include the number of veterans in the country (24.1 million), their racial and ethnic backgrounds, and the number who vote (17.4 million).
Holiday Season. The Census Bureau presents numerous facts and figures related to Christmas and other holidays this time of year, a time of gathering and celebrating with friends and family, gift-giving, and general cheer and rejoicing.
