Census Product Update: July 2005 Archives

On average counties depend on property tax for about a quarter of their revenue, but vary greatly from state to state. Counties in Vermont derive 89 percent of their revenue from property tax; in Massachusetts, only 6 percent. Learn about the revenues and expenditures of counties in Finances of County Governments: 2002 (PDF, File Size 1.65 MB), a report available online in PDF or for purchase in print from Customer Services. It is one of the reports based on the 2002 Census of Governments. To find the report online, on the Census Bureau home page click on "Government" (next to "Business") and then on "2002" under Census of Governments. Similar reports are available for the finances of municipal governments, special district, governments, and public school systems. To purchase the report, go to the Catalog.

Hot Tip

Business "Births," Deaths," "Expansions" Tracked

A new Census Bureau web site tracks business births, deaths, and expansions from one year to the next. The Statistics of U.S. Business uses the Business Information Tracking Series (BITS) to link establishments from year to year. Using this file, we are able to tabulate data for establishment births and deaths and employment expansions and contractions. In 2001, for example, there were 10,789 logging establishments; by 2002 the number had dropped by 815. In that year, births numbered 1,013; deaths, 1,828. Employment saw a 6 percent drop from 2001 to 2002. You can find similar information for industries (4-digit NAICS level) for states and metro areas.

The data were created from the annual County Business Patterns files and developed with the Small Business Administration (SBA), which helped to fund the project. At present we have data for states and metropolitan areas for years between 1997 to 2002. In addition, for 1997 and 2002, you can get receipts data. For a complete time series of U.S. totals and downloadable files in text format, go to the SBA site. To access from the Census Bureau site, come to the top of the home page and select "Business." On the business overview page, look for "Statistics of U.S. Business."

Recently Released

Census 2000

New Atlas Profiles Congressional Districts. Look for the Congressional District Atlas, 109th Congress of the United States: 2000. DVD (Product ID: V1-T00-C109-14-US1, $90) containing PDF map files and relationship tables. The congressional district boundaries are the result of the Census 2000 redistricting process. The relational tables contained on this DVD associate the 109th Congressional Districts with Census 2000 geographic entities such as county or place.

Population

Current Population Survey Microdata Files on CD-ROM! Microdata files released online and available on CD-ROM.
*Contingent Work Supplement (February 2005)
*Displaced Workers (January 1992)
*School Enrollment (October 1992)
*Telephone Availability Supplement (July 1992)
In some cases, files which were released previously in other formats are now available on CD-ROM as a convenience. You can purchase these files online by coming to the Census Bureau's catalog, or you can access downloadable tables online.

Special Report on Poverty Released. Census 2000 Special Report entitled Areas with Concentrated Poverty: 1999 [PDF; File Size: 653 KB] is available online in PDF and in print free from the Customer Services Center. Report discusses demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of census tracts using data collected in Census 2000, as categorized by the census tract's poverty rate. Tracts with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more are referred to as poverty areas.

Census Bureau Analyzes Economic Status of Families With Members Who Have a Disability. Disability and American Families: 2000 is a Census 2000 Special Report available online in PDF and in print free from the Customer Services Center. It contains information on disability prevalence in families at the national, regional, and state levels, with data on family income, employment status of the family householder, and poverty status of families with a member who has a disability.

Get the Historical Perspective. Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals by Race, 1790 to 1990, and by Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, for Large Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States. Working paper (No. 76) available online with links to detailed tabulations illustrating how racial and ethnic composition has changed over the years in 306 cities across the nation. Provides data collected in each census up to 1990 from the time they became available for the city. Available online or as a print-on-demand report from the Customer Services Center.

New Estimates on Health Insurance Coverage! See the new estimates for the nation's counties of the number and percent of children and people of all ages who had health insurance coverage in Small Area Health Insurance Estimates: 2000. The county estimates were produced using models that combine data from a variety of sources: the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, food stamp participation records, Medicaid participation records, aggregated federal tax return data and demographic population estimates.

What Types of Families Do Children Live With? Find out in Living Arrangements of Children: 2001. National-level data on the 72.5 million children under age 18 who lived in households. Includes statistics on children who live with grandparents, in "blended" families, in multi-generational households and with only one unmarried parent.

Latest Economic Indicators

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: May 2005. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.

New Residential Construction: May 2005. Press release showing data for housing starts and completions and building permits.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: June 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.

New Residential Sales: June 2005. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale.

Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: Second Quarter 2005. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy.

Economic Census and Surveys

Attend a Seminar on Using the 2002 Economic Census. The Census Bureau has scheduled seminars and workshops on the 2002 Economic Census in cities around the country. Runs through the summer. Sessions are free but you must register.

Brand New! Information and Communication Technology Expenditures (ICT): 2003. [PDF; File Size: 4596 KB]. First-ever estimates of spending by companies on ICT equipment, ranging from computer software to hearing aids. For computer software, the data cover purchases and payroll for developing software and software licensing and service/maintenance agreements. For other ICT equipment, the data cover purchases and operating leases and rental payments.

Business Expenses: Preliminary Tables: 2002. Internet files showing results of the 2002 Business Expenses Survey, part of the Economic Census. Includes data on various expenses (e.g. office supplies, advertising, legal services, and many more) by industry. More detailed report in December 2005.

Learn About Business in Your State and County. Find out the facts in 2002 Economic Census Geographic Area Series. Series of reports available online in PDF presenting data from the economic census for each state, the District of Columbia, and the United States. New! Downloadable "drill-down" tables for easier data manipulation. Each state report presents, for establishments of firms with payroll, general statistics on number of establishments, revenue, payroll, and employment by kind of business for the state, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, and places with 2,500 inhabitants or more. Reports also available for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center. Eventually available on DVD.

Learn About Minority and Women-Owned Business in Survey of Business Owners: 2002. Preliminary estimates of business ownership by sex, Hispanic or Latino origin, and race. These first tabulations from the Survey of Business Owners examine, for women and various minority groups, the number of firms owned, along with the number of employees, and receipts and payroll of these firms. Information is included for both businesses with paid employees and those without them. Some state-level statistics are present. A series of full reports will be issued on a flow basis over the next 18 months. Formerly called the Survey of Minority-Owned Business and the Survey of Women-Owned Business.

2002 Economic Census Subject Reports Released. Reports available online in PDF or as print-on-demand publications from the Customer Services Center providing national and, in some cases, state data on special topics including product lines (previously called merchandise line sales), concentration ratios, and establishment and firm size. Summary reports for some sectors supersede data from the Industry Series. Eventually available on DVD.

Governments

How Much Tax Revenue Did Your State Collect? Find out in State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 1st Quarter 2005. Internet files providing quarterly estimates of tax revenues for states. Shows type of tax.

Housing

2004 State and County Housing Unit Estimates. Internet files providing estimates of housing and households at the national, state, and county levels for 2004. Press release contains special ranking tables.

Market Absorption of Apartments: 4th Quarter 2004. Report available online in PDF presenting data for the United States and regions concerning the rate at which nonsubsidized, privately financed, unfurnished units in buildings with five or more units are rented or sold (that is, absorbed). Data are shown quarterly by rent class and number of bedrooms. Historical tables are presented for unfurnished apartments and for all apartment completions. Information is provided on the rate at which cooperative and condominium apartments are sold. Information by price class and number of bedrooms is shown for condominium apartments.

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features. Collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news:

15th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26, 2005)

Back to School

Grandparents Day 2005 (September 11)

Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)

Labor Day (September 5)

The Fourth of July 2005

Unmarried and Single Americans Week (September 18-24)

Upcoming Releases

Census 2000

Data From Census 2000 and Previous Censuses Featured in Upcoming Atlas. The Census Bureau is publishing the Census Atlas of the United States, a thematic map book available for purchase ($95) this fall from the U.S. Government Printing Office, the Customer Services Center, and major commercial bookstores.

Learn About U.S. Households in Examining American Household Composition: 1990 and 2000. Part of a series of Census 2000 special reports, this report addresses the growing complexity of U.S. householders and alternative ways to highlight that complexity. Uses a "partner" or "nonpartner" householder classification and measures change in these categories for the first time, including by whether or not children are present in the household. Also, includes the first tabulations of households by the number of generations present.

We the People: Blacks in the United States. A comprehensive demographic, social and economic portrait of the more than 36 million people who identified themselves as Black or African American in Census 2000. The special report also discusses differences between men and women within the Black population at the national level.

We the People: Pacific Islanders in the United States. A comprehensive national-level demographic, social and economic portrait of the largest detailed Pacific Islander groups: Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Guamanian or Chamorro, Fijian, Tongan and Marshallese.

Population

Estimates of State and County Population by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: July 1, 2004. Population estimates by these demographic characteristics for the nation's states and counties.

Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States from the American Community Survey: 2000 to 2003. An analysis of marriage and fertility patterns nationwide as well as for each state. Examines various socioeconomic characteristics of married couples, unmarried-partner households and women who have given birth in the last year. Includes first-ever Census Bureau tabulations, by state, on median age at first marriage.

Economic Census and Surveys

2002 Economic Census of Island Areas: Puerto Rico Manufacturing. Information on the number of businesses and employees, payroll, value of shipments and other information pertaining to the manufacturing sector of Puerto Rico's economy. A construction report is scheduled for release later this year, and a geographic areas report will contain information for all other sectors of Puerto Rico's economy covered in the 2002 Economic Census.

2003 County Business Patterns. Internet files and PDF reports containing a variety of information on business in more than 1,100 industries for the nation, states and counties. Includes data on the number of establishments and employees and quarterly and annual payroll. Eventually available for purchase on CD-ROM.

Economic Indicators

Construction Put in Place: June 2005. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner. Scheduled for release August 1, 2005.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: June 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release August 2, 2005.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: June 2005. 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 is scheduled for release August 9, 2005.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services: July 2005. 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 is scheduled for release August 11, 2005.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: June: 2005. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers is scheduled for release August 11, 2005.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: June 2005. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption is scheduled for release August 12, 2005.

July 14, 2005

Headline News

U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for June Reached $350.8 Billion, Up 1.7 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released July 14, 2005)

The Nation’s International Deficit in Goods and Services Decreased to $55.3 Billion in May From $56.9 Billion (Revised) in April, as Exports Increased and Imports Decreased. (Released July 13, 2005)

After-Tax Profits for Retail Corporations with Assets Greater Than $50 Million Averaged 3.1 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the First Quarter 2005, Down 0.6 (+/-0.1) Cents From the Preceding Quarter. (Released July 12, 2005)

Facts For Features: Grandparent’s Day 2005. (Released July 11, 2005)

Market Absorption of Apartments: 4th Quarter 2005. (Released July 8, 2005)

Almost 10 Million Gulf Coast Residents Bracing for Hurricane Dennis, Census Bureau Says. (Released July 8, 2005)

May 2005 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $295.5 Billion, Virtually Unchanged From Last Month. End-of-Month Inventories Were $350.1 Billion, Up 0.1 Percent From Last Month. (Released July 8, 2005)

Business Expenses: Preliminary Tables: 2002. (Released July 7, 2005)

Census Bureau Says An Estimated 5.5 Million Gulf Coast Residents Could Feel Effects of Tropical Storm Cindy. (Released July 5, 2005)

Facts for Features: Labor Day (Released July 5, 2005)

New Orders for Manufactured Goods in May Increased $11.1 Billion or 2.9 Percent to $394.1 Billion. (Released July 5, 2005)

Total Construction Activity for May 2005 ($1,103.0 Billion) Was 0.9 Percent Below the Revised April 2005 Figure ($1,113.3 Billion). (Released July 1, 2005)

Fact of the Day

Condos Have Median Asking Price of $260,500

Condominium apartments in buildings with five or more units, built in the last four quarters of 2004, had a median asking price of $260,500, according to recent statistics from the quarterly Survey of Market Absorption of Apartments. Of the 55,600 condos completed, 24,400 had an asking price of $300,000 or more. Condos built in 2004 and sold before the 4th quarter of 2004 had a median asking price of $289,900. You can find these statistics in the 4th quarter report, available online in PDF and for purchase in print from the Customer Services Center. The quarterly report has mainly national data, with some data for the four census regions; you can also get metropolitan data (no price information, just absorptions only) for the 3rd quarter. Reports are issued quarterly with an annual summary.

To access these data, click on "Housing" on the Census Bureau home page and then on "Market Absorption of Apartments" or search Subjects A to Z.

Hot Tip

Downloading From AmericanFactFinder With MS Windows XP OS

When you try to do a download from the American FactFinder, you may encounter a few differences from your downloads made under a previous version of Windows. Our staff is looking to improve the download process in XP, but in the meantime we recommend that you choose the compressed Excel option and save the file that way. XP automatically unzips the file and allows you to open a pop-up box with four files listed. Pick the Excel (.xls) file with the word "data" in the name and double click. This lets you open the file neatly in Excel. For long geographic names (column C), expand the size of the column so the full name is displayed.

For small downloads, the Rich Text Format (RTF), transpose columns and rows option works well. When you select this option, open your downloaded tabulation, select and copy the entire file (hit CTRL and the" A" key simultaneously and then copy) and paste it into your spreadsheet or data base application. This option again distributes the data into separate cells so you do not have to resort to the "text to columns" command. You can still choose the delimited options with no problem, but for small files the RTF option is the simplest way to get the data into your application. It becomes a problem if you have many columns of data, so stick to the transpose option.

Recently Released

Population

Latest on the Nation's Largest and Smallest Cities. Get the lowdown in our 2004 Subcounty Population Estimates. Estimates of the population of the nation's 19,465 incorporated places - cities, towns, villages and boroughs - as of July 1, 2004. Also included are population estimates for the nation's minor civil divisions that have functioning governments. Shows rankings by extent of population growth.

Home and Hearth - Statistics on America's Families. Access downloadable tables from our report on America's Families and Living Arrangements. At the site, under 2004 March CPS, click "Detailed Tables." The tables show a wide range of information such as marital status, family status and household relationship, average number of people per household, children's health insurance coverage, race and Hispanic origin of householders and much more, each cross-tabulated by a number of demographic variables.

Income Statistics Showing Impact of Taxes and Noncash Benefits. Available online in PDF or as a print-on-demand report, Alternative Income Estimates in the United States: 2003 [PDF; File Size: 937 KB] provides 17 alternative income measures that systematically remove or add various income components. Report derived from information collected in the 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey along with information from other agencies.

Estimating Poverty in Alternative Ways. Available online in PDF or as a print-on-demand report, Alternative Poverty Estimates in the United States: 2003 [PDF; File Size: 653 KB] explains how the official poverty figures are computed, how several series of alternative estimates were developed, and how the alternative and official measures offer different profiles of people in poverty.

Report Shows 39 Million People Moved Between 2003 and 2004. Read more in the Census Bureau's annual report on Geographic Mobility: 2004. Series of tables on the characteristics of the 39 million people who moved between 2003 and 2004. National-level tabulations are provided by race and Hispanic origin, age, marital status, educational attainment, labor force status, occupation and industry group, and income and poverty status of movers. Focuses on reasons people move.

Census 2000 Report Details Household Income by Race, Age, and More. See Household Income: 1999. [PDF; File Size: 844 KB]. Census 2000 Brief providing analysis of income based on Census 2000 long form, broken out by race, age and household type. Includes thematic maps showing income change and concentration of high-income households.

More Housing Topics Than the Census! American Housing Survey for Selected Metro Areas in 2004. First statistics from this survey for 13 metropolitan areas, covering a wide variety of housing topics; e.g., presence of air-conditioning, housing costs, and satisfaction with neighborhood. Available online in PDF or for purchase in print from the Customer Services Center.

Latest Economic Indicators

Value of Construction Put in Place: May 2005. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner.

Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: May 2005. Press release showing information on key business indicators.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: May 2005. 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.

Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: 1st Quarter. Press release showing first quarter sales of large retail trade corporations.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: May 2005. 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: June 2005. Press release presenting advance monthly estimates of retail store sales by kind-of-business groups. Report shows seasonally adjusted estimates and percentage changes for major kind-of-business groups.

Economic Census and Surveys

Brand New! Information and Communication Technology Expenditures (ICT): 2003. First-ever estimates of spending by companies on ICT equipment, ranging from computer software to hearing aids. For computer software, the data cover purchases and payroll for developing software and software licensing and service/maintenance agreements. For other ICT equipment, the data cover purchases and operating leases and rental payments.

Business Expenses: Preliminary Tables: 2002. Internet files showing results of the 2002 Business Expenses Survey, part of the Economic Census. Includes data on various expenses (e.g. office supplies, advertising, legal services, and many more) by industry. More detailed report in December 2005.

Learn About Business in Your State and County. Find out the facts in 2002 Economic Census Geographic Area Series. Series of reports available online in PDF presenting data from the economic census for each state, the District of Columbia, and the United States. Each state report presents, for establishments of firms with payroll, general statistics on number of establishments, revenue, payroll, and employment by kind of business for the state, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, and places with 2,500 inhabitants or more. Reports also available for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center. Eventually available on DVD.

First 2002 Economic Census Subject Reports Released. Reports available online in PDF or as print-on-demand publications from the Customer Services Center providing national and, in some cases, state data on special topics including product lines (previously called merchandise line sales), concentration ratios, and establishment and firm size. Summary reports for some sectors supersede data from the Industry Series. Eventually available on DVD.

Governments

State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 1st Quarter 2005. Internet files providing quarterly estimates of tax revenues for states. Shows type of tax.

2002 Census of Governments Profiles Finances of Special District Governments by State. [PDF; File Size: 791 KB] Governments Census report available online in PDF and eventually in print dealing with special district governments. These governments provide specific services not being supplied by existing general-purpose governments, ranging from such basic social needs as hospitals and fire protection to mosquito abatement and upkeep of cemeteries. Shows the number of special district governments in each state, by function performed.

Survey of State and Local Government Employment and Payroll: 2004. Internet files containing data on the number of employees and gross payrolls by government function for the nation, states, and the District of Columbia.

Housing

Reference and Compendia

15th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26, 2005)

Back to School

The Fourth of July 2005

Labor Day (September 5)

Upcoming Releases

Census 2000

New Atlas Profiles Congressional Districts. Look for the Congressional District Atlas, 109th Congress of the United States: 2000. DVD (Product ID V1-T00-C109-14-US1, $70) containing PDF map files and relationship tables. The congressional district boundaries are the result of the Census 2000 redistricting process. The relational tables contained on this DVD associate the 109th Congressional Districts with Census 2000 geographic entities such as county or place.

Census History Shown in Maps in Upcoming Atlas. The Census Bureau is publishing the Census Atlas of the United States, a thematic map book available for purchase ($95) this fall from the U.S. Government Printing Office, the Customer Services Center, and major commercial bookstores.

Population

2004 State and County Housing Unit Estimates. Internet files providing estimates of housing and households at the national, state, and county levels for 2004.

Economic Census and Surveys

2003 County Business Patterns. Internet files and PDF reports containing a variety of information on business in more than 1,100 industries for the nation, states and 3,271 counties. Includes data on the number of establishments and employees and quarterly and annual payroll. Eventually available for purchase on CD-ROM.

Economic Indicators

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: May 2005. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers is scheduled for release July 15, 2005.

New Residential Construction: May 2005. Press release showing data for housing starts and completions and building permits is scheduled for release July 19, 2005.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: June 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release July 27, 2005.

New Residential Sales: June 2005. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale is scheduled for release July 27, 2005.

Housing Vacancies and Homeownership: Second Quarter 2005. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy is scheduled for release July 28, 2005.

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features: Collections of statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas intended to commemorate anniversaries or observances or to provide background information for topics in the news.

Grandparents Day (September 11). Data highlighting the role of grandparents as caregivers to their grandchildren.

Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15). Statistics pertaining to the nation's Hispanic population.

Unmarried and Single Americans Week (September 18-24). Statistics on the characteristics of unmarried and single Americans.

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