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Headline News

Census Bureau Releases State and County Housing Unit Estimates for July 1, 2007. (Released August 21, 2008)

Census Bureau to Hold News Conference on Income, Earnings, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage Findings. (Released August 20, 2008)

Privately-Owned Housing Starts In July 2008 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 965,000. (Released August 19, 2008)

Census Bureau Says 10.8 Million Floridians in Tropical Storm Fay's Path. (Released August 18, 2008)

New Analysis Offers State-by-State Look at Fertility. (Released August 18, 2008)

An Older and More Diverse Nation by Midcentury. (Released August 14, 2008)

Profiles of Older Workers in Oklahoma: 2004. (Released August 13, 2008)

US Retail and Food Service Sales for July Reached $384.6 Billion, a Decrease of 0.1 Percent From the Previous Month. (Released August 13, 2008)

The Nation's International Deficit in Goods and Services Decreased to $56.8 Billion in June From $59.2 Billion (Revised) in May. (Released August 12, 2008)

June 2008 Sales of Merchant Wholesalers Were $411.2 Billion, Up 2.8 Percent From Last Month. (Released August 8, 2008)

Census Bureau to Release New Data on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance. (Released August 6, 2008)

Fact of the Day

The 65 and older age group is projected to increase to 88.5 million in 2050, more than doubling the number in 2008 (38.7 million). The 85 and older population is expected to more than triple, from 5.4 million to 19 million between 2008 and 2050.

By 2050, the minority population (everyone except for non-Hispanic, single-race whites) is projected to be 235.7 million out of a total US population of 439 million. The nation is projected to reach the 400 million population milestone in 2039.

Read more about these and many more population projections!

Hot Tip

Download More Geographies Using Download Center

If you need access to a larger number of geographies than are available through the other parts of American FactFinder, Download Center may be your answer. Here, for a very large numbers of geographies, you can access just a few or even all tables from a particular data file in a zipped, pipe-delimited file. You can then work with the tables in a spreadsheet or other data program. Note that you are not given access to more types of variables, rather, you now just have access to a larger amount of geographies for the available variables. To access this powerful tool, from the Census home page, click American FactFinder, then click Download Center!

Recently Released

Population

County Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: July 1, 2007. Internet tables showing estimates at the county level.

State and County Housing Unit Estimates: July 1, 2007. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state, and county levels for 2007.

Families and Living Arrangements: 2007. The latest look at our nation's married-couple and single-parent families, stay-at-home mothers and fathers, people who live alone, children who live with grandparents, and more. The reports are from the Current Population Survey (PDF and online data tables) and include breakdowns by age, race and ethnic origin, as well as personal earnings and dependence on public assistance.

Fertility of American Women: 2006. This is the first Census Bureau report on fertility patterns of American women that uses data from the American Community Survey, making it the first to include state-by-state comparisons of fertility characteristics. Data from the Current Population Survey are also included, permitting historical comparisons.

National Population Projections: 2008-2050. Internet tables showing projections of the United States resident population by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin.

Latest Economic Indicators

US International Trade in Goods and Services: June 2008. 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 2008. 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 2008. 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: July 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits.

Economic Census and Surveys

2006 Nonemployer Statistics. Report provides data for the US, state, metro area, and county on the number of establishments and sales or receipts of businesses without paid employees that are subject to federal income tax. Available in PDF and as online data tables.

Older Worker Profiles. Report (it will be released for each of over 30 states) provides 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)
Arkansas (PDF - 1.81 MB)
Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
Delaware (PDF - 464 KB)
Colorado (PDF - 779 KB)
Wisconsin (PDF - 766 KB)
New Jersey (PDF - 800 KB)
Maryland (PDF - 1.03 MB)
Kentucky (PDF - 1.58 MB)
Oklahoma (PDF - 696KB)

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features: Hispanic Heritage Month 2008: September 15 - October 15

Facts for Features: Back to School: 2008-2009

Facts for Features: Labor Day (September 1)

Facts for Features: Grandparent's Day 2008 (September 7)

Facts for Features: Unmarried and Single Americans Week (Sept. 21-27)

Facts for Features: Model T Centennial

Upcoming Releases

Population

Geographical Mobility: 2007. Data tables show the moving patterns of people in the United States, the differences in the extent and types of movements, the characteristics of movers, regional migration patterns, and the reasons people move. Data come from the Current Population Survey.

Income, Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage and American Community Survey: 2007. On August 26, 2008, the Census Bureau will hold a news conference to release the consolidated report on 2007 income, poverty, and health insurance coverage for the nation, based on the Current Population Survey. American Community Survey income and poverty tabulations pertaining to states and areas with 65,000 or more residents will be released simultaneously on the Internet.

School Enrollment: 2006. Discusses school enrollment levels and trends in the population aged 3 and older. Report based on data collected in 2006 from the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey.

What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examining the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings.

Economic Indicators

New Residential Sales: July 2008. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufactures' Shipments and Orders: July 2008. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators.

Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): July 2008. 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).

Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: July 2008. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features

Halloween (October 31). This spookiest of nights (featuring the young and young-at-heart disguising themselves as ghosts, goblins and other outlandish characters) is the subject of a collection of Census Bureau statistics from demographic and economic subject areas.