August 26, 2005
Headline News
Get County Population Estimates in One Consolidated File. Order the County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, & Hispanic Origin on CD-ROM!
Sales of New One-Family Houses in July 2005 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,410,000. This Is 6.5 Percent Above the Revised June 2005 Figure of 1,324,000. (Released August 24, 2005)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in July Decreased $10.6 Billion or 4.9 Percent to $204.7 Billion. (Released August 24, 2005)
All About U.S. Households! See New Report on Examining American Household Composition: 1990 and 2000. (Released August, 2005)
Census Bureau and HUD Release Data on Housing Characteristics for Selected Metro Areas. (Released August 19, 2005)
Privately Owned Housing Starts in July Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 2,042,000, 0.1 Percent Below the Revised June 2005 Figure of 2,045,000. (Released August 16, 2005)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Increased to $58.8 Billion in June From $55.4 Billion (Revised) in May, as Imports Increased and Exports Were Virtually Unchanged. (Released August 11, 2005)
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Fact of the Day
Group Quarters Population Numbered Almost 8 Million
The current group quarters population in the U.S. is 7,963,420, as of July 1, 2004. The Census Bureau collects additional detail on the group quarters population in the decennial census and in the interim, releases overall estimates at the state and county level each year. To find the estimates, click on "Estimates" on the home page and download the entire data set. Scroll down to the county tables and the link to group quarters population is there.
Hot Tip
Latest County Population Estimates Now on CD-ROM
Each year the Census Bureau releases county population estimates with a breakdown for age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Individual state files are released online. Users have asked us to release a consolidated file merging all the county records. As a service, we have released this file on CD-ROM and you can purchase it for $50 from the Customer Services Center at (301) 763-INFO (4636). The file has Census 2000 figures for counties and July 1 population estimates for counties for the years 2001-2004.
Recently Released
Census 2000
Learn About U.S. Households in Examining American Household Composition: 1990 and 2000 [PDF; 1.6MB]. 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. Also available as a printed report from the Customer Services Center.
We the People: Pacific Islanders in the United States [PDF; 652K]. Report available online in PDF or in print from the Customer Services Center providing 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
New County Population Estimates! County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race & Hispanic Origin: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004. CD-ROM (C1-P04-CCES-01-US1; $50) containing a single file (CSV format) showing county population estimates, with a breakdown for age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, for the years 2000 to 2004. Census 2000 figures are as of April 1, 2000; Estimates base figures are as of April 1, 2000; 2000-2004 estimates are as of July 1 of each year. The county estimates also are available at no charge online by state.
See how our population is changing! Estimates of State and County Population by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: July 1, 2004. Internet files showing population estimates by these demographic characteristics for the nation's states and counties.
Latest Economic Indicators
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.
New Residential Construction: June 2005. Press release showing data for housing starts and completions and building permits.
Retail E-Commerce Sales: 2nd Quarter, 2005. Press release showing quarterly estimates for retail e-commerce sales.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: July
2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Residential Sales: July 2005. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale.
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.
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.
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. Reports also available for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center. Eventually available for purchase on CD-ROM.
Governments
Individual State Descriptions: 2002. Report available online in PDF or for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center based on the 2002 Census of Governments providing information about the organization of state and local governments. There is a separate summary for each state and the District of Columbia. The summaries are divided according to the five basic types of local governments recognized for the U.S. Census Bureau's classification of government units -- county, municipal, township, school district, and special district governments.
Housing
American Housing Survey for Selected Metropolitan Areas in 2004. Separate reports available online in PDF for 13 metropolitan areas or for sale in print from the Customer Services Center. Reports provide data on characteristics of homes and their residents, e.g., presence of air-conditioning, housing costs and overall satisfaction of residents with their neighborhood. Also available for download in various file formats. Microdata files are also accessible.
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 2005 (September 11)
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)
Labor Day (September 5)
Unmarried and Single Americans Week (September 18-24)
Upcoming Releases
Census 2000
American Community Survey: 2004. Data from the 2004 American Community Survey available online. Includes demographic, housing, social, and economic information. New more extensive reference information.
We the People: Blacks in the United States. Report available online in PDF or in print from the Customer Services Center showing 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.
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.
Population
Income, Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage. Official poverty and income statistics based on information collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). Estimates by characteristics such as race, Hispanic origin, nativity, and region. Other topics include earnings of year round full-time workers, poverty among families, and health insurance coverage of children. Available as dowloadable tables, as a PDF report, or a printed report from the Customer Services Center. Also in microdata form.
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.
Population Change in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: 1990-2003. Report examining the populations of U.S. metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, focusing on the most populous and fastest-growing areas. Analysis uses the December 2003 Office of Management and Budget's definitions of core-based statistical areas.
What's It Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2001. An update on the value of an education, with national earnings data for men and women by level of educational attainment. Data provided by race and Hispanic origin as well. Includes a section on the amount of time it takes people to complete degrees beyond high school.
Economic Census and Surveys
2002 Economic Census of Island Areas: Puerto Rico: Manufacturing. Report available online in PDF or for sale on a print-on-demand basis from the Customer Services Center showing 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.
Economic Indicators
Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: July 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release August 30, 2005.
Construction Put in Place: July 2005. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner is scheduled for release September 1, 2005.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: July 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 September 8, 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:
Halloween 2005
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November)
Veteran's Day
August 12, 2005
Headline News
Texas Becomes Nation's Newest "Majority-Minority" State, Census Bureau Announces. (Released August 11, 2005)
U.S. Total Business Sales for June Were $1,006.3 Billion, Up 0.7 Percent From Last Month. Month-End Inventories Were $1,300.0 Billion, Virtually Unchanged From Last Month. (Released August 8, 2005)
U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales for July Reached $357.0 Billion, Up 1.8 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released August 11, 2005)
June 2005 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $297.3 Billion, Up 0.6 Percent From Last Month. End-of-Month Inventories Were $353.1 Billion, Up 0.7 Percent From Last Month. (Released August 9, 2005)
New Census Bureau County Business Report Shows New York Leads in Wages, Los Angeles in Number of Businesses. (Released August 8, 2005)
Census Bureau to Update Numbers on Employment. (Released August 4, 2005)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in June Increased $3.9 Billion or 1.0 Percent to $400.5 Billion. (Released August 2, 2005)
Total Construction Activity for June 2005 ($1,093.0 Billion) Was 0.3 Percent Below the Revised May 2005 ($1,096.0 Billion) Figure. (Released August 1, 2005)
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Fact of the Day
Hispanic-Owned Firms Numbered 1.6 Million in 2002
Preliminary results from the Survey of Business Owners (formerly known as the Survey of Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses) show that Hispanic-owner firms numbered 1.6 million in 2002, up over 30 percent from 1997, the year of the last survey. Receipts totaled $226.5 million, up 22 percent. About 1.4 million of these firms were "nonemployer" firms -- that is, without paid employees. Hispanic-owned firms claimed between 15 and 22 percent of businesses in New Mexico, Texas, Florida and California. Look for these results and similar results for other population groups by coming to the Census Bureau's home page and clicking on "Survey of Business Owners."
Separate reports for minority- and women-owned businesses will be issued over the next year and will include more detailed data on the number of firms, sales and receipts, number of paid employees and annual payroll. Data also will be presented by geographic area, industry and size of business. Subsequently, a separate publication will be issued highlighting characteristics of all business owners including nonmajority owners.
Hot Tip
Downloading 2002 Economic Census Data
Economic Census data are released online in PDF, but now users who need manipulate the data in another application have two options. You can download the data from the American FactFinder on the Census Bureau web site. AFF works a little differently in this case than it does for other data sets such as the Census 2000 Summary Files. You choose a sector (e.g., Construction) and then a data set (e.g., Employment Statististics by Establishments for States) and then use the "Options" and "Filters" to narrow down your search or sort the data you want. In addition, the PDF site now has downloadable "drill-down tables" for the geographic area data allowing users to drill down to specific industries for states, metro areas, counties, and places. As the data become available in PDF look for the drill-downs. Of course you can always purchase the data on DVD, but why bother when you can get it free online!
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 relational tables contained on this DVD associate the 109th Congressional Districts with geographic entities such as county or place.
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
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.
See how our population is changing! 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.
Special Report on Poverty Released. Census 2000 Special Report entitled Areas with Concentrated Poverty: 1999 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. [PDF; File Size: 653 KB]
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.
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
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.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: June 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 for sale 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.
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.
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.
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 2005 (September 11)
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)
Labor Day (September 5)
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
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.
Population Change in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: 1990-2003. Report examining the populations of U.S. metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, focusing on the most populous and fastest-growing areas. Analysis uses the December 2003 Office of Management and Budget's definitions of core-based statistical areas.
What's It Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2001. An update on the value of an education, with national earnings data for men and women by level of educational attainment. Data provided by race and Hispanic origin as well. Includes a section on the amount of time it takes people to complete degrees beyond high school.
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.
Economic Indicators
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.
New Residential Construction: June 2005. Press release showing data for housing starts and completions and building permits is scheduled for release August 16, 2005.
Retail E-Commerce Sales: 2nd Quarter, 2005. Press release showing quarterly estimates for retail e-commerce sales is scheduled for release August 19, 2005.
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: July 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release August 24, 2005.
New Residential Sales: July 2005. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale is scheduled for release August 24, 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:
Halloween 2005
