September 21, 2007
Headline News
Fewer Custodial Parents on Public Assistance. (Released September 20, 2007)
Who Could Afford to Buy a Home in 2002? (Released September 20, 2007)
Most People Make Only One Trip Down the Aisle, But First Marriages Shorter, Census Bureau Reports. (Released September 19, 2007)
Privately-Owned Housing Starts in August 2007 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,331,000. (Released September 19, 2007)
Census Bureau to Survey Nation's Spending Habits (Regional). (Released September 18, 2007)
Health and Health Care of the Older Population in Urban and Rural China: 2000. (Released September 18, 2007)
Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004. (Released September 17, 2007)
Census Bureau Says 4.5 Million People Impacted by Surprise Hurricane Humberto. (Released September 13, 2007)
Neighboring Arizona Counties Lead Nation in Housing Growth; Two Louisiana Parishes Lose More Than Half Their Homes. (Released September 12, 2007)
New Census Bureau Data Reveal More Older Workers, Homeowners, Non-English Speakers. (Released September 12, 2007)
U.S. Information Sector Revenue for the Second Quarter Of 2007, Not Adjusted for Seasonal Variation, Holiday or Trading-Day Differences, or Price Changes, Was $280.8 Billion. (Released September 12, 2007)
The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Decreased to $59.2 Billion in July From $59.4 Billion (Revised) in June. (Released September 11, 2007)
Manufacturing Corporations' Seasonally Adjusted After-Tax Profits Averaged 8.4 Cents Per Dollar of Sales for the Second Quarter of 2007. (Released September 10, 2007)
July 2007 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $359.0 Billion, Up 0.1 Percent From Last Month. (Released September 7, 2007)
Fact of the Day
Reasons People Do Not Work
Of the estimated 227 million people 15 years and older who resided in the United States in the first quarter of 2004, nearly 79 million (35 percent) had not worked at a paid job for at least the prior four consecutive months. Retirement (38 percent) and school attendance (19 percent) were the most commonly reported reasons. Chronic illness or disability was the main reason for almost 1 in 7 (15 percent) nonworkers. Taking care of children or others accounted for 13 percent. Around 6 percent cited an economic reason for not working. Find out the other reasons and much more in Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004.
Hot Tip
New Web Site for Students
Take a look at the new "State Facts for Students" web page! For each state, there's information on population, geography, business, history, and more! At the Census Bureau home page, click "For Teachers and Students," then "State Facts for Students." The site is constructed in an attractive color-coded manner. With school started, why not send this link to a student or teacher you know!
Also note that in our Question and Answer center (http://ask.census.gov), you can find Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with convenient web links to data by simply typing in the name of any state. Each state's FAQ also includes a link to the "State Facts for Students" web page.
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)
Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2005. Report shows national-level trends of child-support income received by parents for children whose other parent lives elsewhere. It also examines other types of support received for the children, such as health insurance and noncash assistance.
Health and Health Care of the Older Population in Urban and Rural China: 2000. Report providing an examination of activity limitations, self-assessed health, chronic disease status and lifestyle behaviors of China's older population. Also looks at the mental health and utilization of health care services by Chinese 60 and older.
Marriage and Divorce: 2004. How many trips down the aisle do people take? What's the average lifespan of a first marriage? Find the answers and much more about marriage in these tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
New Census Bureau Data Reveal More Older Workers, Homeowners, Non-English Speakers. (Released September 12, 2007). Annual data on key social, economic and housing characteristics for the nation, states, and geographic areas with populations of 65,000 or more. Covers topics ranging from language to education, from family size to work commute. Data is from the American Community Survey.
Population Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Demographic Dimensions 2006. (PDF - 1.49 MB) Report available online in PDF examining the growth of the older population in the AIDS-ravaged part of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004. Report available online in PDF examining the reasons people 15 years or older had not worked at a paid job for at least the prior four consecutive months, according to the national Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Latest Economic Indicators
Monthly Wholesale Trade: July 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.
Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: July 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption.
Quarterly Services Survey: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: August 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: July 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: August 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.
Economic Census and Surveys
Profiles of Older Workers. A series of reports for about 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 reports highlight the age of the states' work force, job gains and losses, industries in which workers are concentrated and job stability and earnings.
The following states have been released as of the publish date of this newsletter:
Iowa (PDF - 1.31 MB)
Maine (PDF - 1.45 MB)
Vermont (PDF - 762 KB)
Housing
Who Could Afford to Buy a Home in 2002? (PDF - 109 KB). Fifth of a series of reports that have attempted to measure changes in housing affordability for families (current owners and current renters) and unrelated individuals. The data in this report were collected from October 2002 through January 2003 in the sixth wave (interview) of the 2001 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
OMB Announcements
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has an online site to publish notices and rules from federal agencies on their programs. Many notices invite public comment. Below are OMB postings within the last two weeks dealing with the programs and activities of the Census Bureau (you can find the complete listing of active notices in our Question and Answer center (http://ask.census.gov) and search on "OMB," or answer "1005"):
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Government Employment Forms (Posted September 12, 2007) (USBC-2007-0041-0001)
American Indian and Alaska Native Policy Statement (Posted September 11, 2007) (USBC-2007-0040-0001)
American Community Survey Data Products (Posted August 28, 2007) (USBC-2007-0039-0001)
Upcoming Releases
Population
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 distribution 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 Manufactures' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2007. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release September 26, 2007.
New Residential Sales: August 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 September 27, 2007.
Construction Spending Put-in-Place: August 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 September 28, 2007.
September 07, 2007
Headline News
Census Bureau Announces Award of 2010 Census Communications Contract. (Released September 6, 2007)
Total Construction Activity for July 2007 ($1,169.1 Billion) Was 0.4 Percent Below the Revised June 2007 ($1,173.2 Billion) Figure. (Released September 4, 2007)
New Orders for Manufactured Goods in July Increased $15.8 Billion or 3.7 Percent to $436.7 Billion. (Released August 31, 2007)
Facts for Features: Halloween. (Released August 30, 2007) HTML Version | PDF Version (55.3 KB)
Household Income Rises, Poverty Rate Declines, Number of Uninsured Up. (Released August 28, 2007)
Sales of New One-Family Houses in July 2007 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 870,000. This Is 2.8 Percent Above the Revised June 2007 Figure of 846,000. (Released August 24, 2007)
New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in July Increased $12.9 Billion or 5.9 Percent to $230.7 Billion. (Released August 24, 2007)
Fact of the Day
Income in the United States
Real median household income rose between 2005 and 2006 in 15 states and the District of Columbia, while no states experienced a decline. Seven states that experienced increases were in the West (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington), six were in the South (Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina and Texas) and two were in the Midwest (Kansas and South Dakota). Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut had the highest median household incomes in 2006, while Mississippi and West Virginia had the lowest. Additional 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) Income and Poverty data are available from the American FactFinder Data Sets page.
Hot Tip
On-Line Catalog Sales Discontinued
Because most Census Bureau data are available online from the American FactFinder or via FTP download, the Customer Services Center (CSC) has discontinued e-sales through it's online catalog. Product listings are still available through the catalog but orders must be placed by calling the CSC at 1-800-923-8282 or 301-763-INFO (4636). The CSC is open Monday-Thursday 8:30 am-5:30 pm E.S.T.; Friday 8:30 am-4:30 pm E.S.T. We are closed on Tuesday from 1-2 pm for staff training.
Recently Released
Population
Population Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Demographic Dimensions 2006. Report available online in PDF (PDF - 1.49 MB) examining the growth of the older population in the AIDS-ravaged part of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
Latest Economic Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: July 2007. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.
New Residential Sales: July 2007. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.
Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: July 2007. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.
Construction Spending Put-in-Place: July 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).
Economic Census and Surveys
Profiles of Older Workers. A series of reports for about 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 reports highlight the age of the states' work force, job gains and losses, industries in which workers are concentrated and job stability and earnings.
The following states have been released as of the publish date of this newsletter:
OMB Announcements
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has an online site to publish notices and rules from federal agencies on their programs. Many notices invite public comment. Below are OMB postings within the last two weeks dealing with the programs and activities of the Census Bureau (you can find the complete listing of active notices at http://ask.census.gov and search on "OMB," or answer "1005"):
- American Community Survey Data Products (Posted August 28, 2007) (USBC-2007-0039-00017-0039-0001)
- Suspension of the Geographically Updated Population Certification Program (GUPCP) for Places Incorporating or Annexing Between Censuses (Posted August 21, 2007) (USBC-2007-0038-00017-0038-0001)
- Proposed Data Sharing Activity (Posted August 16, 2007) (USBC-2007-0037-00017-0037-0001) Written comments must be submitted on or before October 15, 2007.
Upcoming Releases
Population
Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2005. This report shows national-level trends of child-support income received by parents for children whose other parent lives elsewhere. It also examines other types of support received for the children, such as health insurance and noncash assistance.
Health and Health Care of the Older Population in Urban and Rural China: 2000. Report providing an examination of activity limitations, self-assessed health, chronic disease status and lifestyle behaviors of China's older population. Also looks at the mental health and utilization of health care services by Chinese 60 and older.
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 distribution to 2050.
Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004. People 15 or older list reasons they had not worked at a paid job for at least the prior four consecutive months, according to the national Survey of Income and Program Participation.
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
Monthly Wholesale Trade: July 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. Scheduled for release September 7, 2007
Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations. Scheduled for release September 10, 2007.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: July 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release September 11, 2007.
Quarterly Services Survey: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries. Scheduled for release September 12, 2007.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: August 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. Scheduled for release September 14, 2007.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: July 2007. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release September 14, 2007.
Housing Starts and Building Permits: August 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release September 19, 2007.
