September 22, 2005

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 in 2006 from the U.S. Government Printing Office, the Customer Services Center, and major commercial bookstores.

Poverty Status of Families by Type and by U.S. Cititzenship Status of the Householder: 2003. Four national-level tables from the American Community Survey present poverty data on the foreign-born by the following characteristics: citizenship status, year of entry, region of birth, and family type.

Population

Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2003. Information on households with computers and Internet connections -- nationally, regionally and by state. Specifically, the demographics of who's online and how they're using their computers and the Internet.

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.

Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2001. Examines the decline in participation in government assistance programs by mothers following the enactment of welfare reform. Includes national-level data by race and Hispanic origin, marital status, educational attainment and job training status, income and poverty status, receipt of child support, and age.

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 data pertaining to manufacturing in Puerto Rico. A construction report is scheduled for release later this year, and a geographic areas report will contain information for other sectors of Puerto Rico's economy covered in the 2002 Economic Census.

Nonemployer Statistics: 2003. An update on the vast majority of businesses in the United States: those without paid employees. Detailed Internet tables show the number of such establishments and their receipts in nearly 300 industries for the United States, states, counties, and metropolitan areas.

Economic Indicators

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

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release September 28, 2005.

Construction Put in Place: August 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 October 3, 2005.

Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2005. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators is scheduled for release October 4, 2005.

Governments

2004 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.

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:

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