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September 19, 2008

Population

School Enrollment in the United States: 2006. Report describes the characteristics of the nation's 79 million students in 2006. This is the first school enrollment report from the Census Bureau to use data from both the Current Population Survey (on which previous reports have been based) and the American Community Survey. Incorporating these data result in new state-by-state comparisons of enrollment characteristics while preserving the historical comparisons of school enrollment.

Geographical Mobility: 2007. Data tables showing 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 held a news conference and released the consolidated report on 2007 income, poverty, and health insurance coverage for the nation, based on the Current Population Survey (PDF - 2.92 MB). American Community Survey
income and poverty tabulations pertaining to states and areas with 65,000 or more residents were released simultaneously on the Internet.

Latest Economic Indicators

Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 2nd Quarter 2008. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: July 2008. 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 Services Survey: 2nd Quarter 2008. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries.

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

Economic Census and Surveys

Older Worker Profiles. Reports (will be released for each of over 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 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)
South Carolina (PDF - 1.34 MB)
Montana (PDF - 1.03 MB)