EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, FEBRUARY 18, 1997 (TUESDAY) Public Information Office CB97-21 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Dave Lassman 301-457-2787 REVENUES FOR COMPUTER SERVICE BUSINESSES UP 14 PERCENT, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS Revenues for computer services firms increased from $133 billion in 1994 to $152 billion in 1995, an increase of 14 percent, according to the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. The tabulations will be released today on the Internet by the Census Bureau. Other findings from the tabulations include: - Receipts for health services totaled $383 billion for taxable firms, up 8 percent from 1994. Revenue for tax-exempt firms and organizations providing health services was $381 billion, an increase of 6 percent. Tax-exempt hospitals posted revenues of $320 billion, up 5 percent. - Total receipts for hotels, rooming houses, camps, etc. increased 7 percent to $86 billion. - Engineering, accounting, research, and management services had receipts of $270 billion in 1995, an increase of 13 percent. - Receipts for automotive repair, services, and parking increased 8 percent to $98 billion. The tables on the Internet cover a wide variety of services including personal, business, automotive, amusement and recreation, social, health, and other professional services. The tables provide operating receipts for taxable firms and total revenue and expenses for firms and organizations exempt from federal income taxes. The Internet address for the tables is http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/sas.html A report entitled, "Service Annual Survey: 1995," will be released by the Census Bureau in early 1997. An announcement on its availability will be provided on the Public Information Office's bimonthly Tipsheet. The data in the report collected in the 1995 Service Annual Survey are subject to sampling variability as well as nonsampling variability. Sources of nonsampling variability include errors of response, nonreporting, and coverage. Measures of sampling variability, presented as relative standard errors, are shown in the publication tables.-X-The Census Bureau--preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries, and institutions.
