February 24, 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 (NAICS). 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

New Residential Sales: January 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Scheduled for release February 27, 2006.

Construction Put in Place: January 2005. Press release showing estimates of the value of total new construction put in place by type of construction and by type of owner. Scheduled for release March 1, 2006.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: January 2006. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release March 9, 2006.

Facts for Features

Older Americans Month (May). Statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to people who are 65 years or older.

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