February 10, 2006

Population

Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Services Utilization: 2001. Report provides data on the frequency of visits to doctors, dentists, and hospitals (and whether people are taking prescription medicine) by characteristics such as self-reported health status, age, and health insurance coverage status.

Poverty Status of Families by Type and by U.S. Citizenship 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.

Economic Census and Surveys

2002 Economic Census: Subject Series. Series of 57 reports for several industry sectors, all at the national level, showing product shipments by contributing industries and other information, product lines, establishment size, and legal form of organization. Reports issued on a flow basis; most available now.

Annual Capital Expenditures (ACES): 2004. Internet files and report providing data from ACES, part of a comprehensive program designed to provide more detailed and timely information on capital investment by nonfarm businesses. The 2004 estimates presented are based on data collected from a sample of 46,000 companies with employees and 15,000 businesses without employees. For those companies with employees, capital expenditures data are published for 136 industries. Total capital expenditures, with no industry detail, are shown for the businesses without employees.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey: 2004. Internet files and report providing data from this supplement to the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, the ICT shows noncapitalized and capitalized spending for 19 separate economic sectors based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System. It covers purchases, and operating leases and rental payments for ICT equipment. For computer software, the report covers purchases and
payroll for developing software, software licensing, and service/maintenance agreements.

Economic Indicators

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: January 2006. 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 February 14, 2006.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: December 2005. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release February 14, 2006.

New Residential Construction: January 2006. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release February 16, 2006.

Retail E-Commerce Sales: 4th Quarter 2005. Press release showing quarterly estimates for retail e-commerce sales. Scheduled for release February 17, 2006.

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