April 20, 2006
Population
Americans with Disabilities: 2002. National-level data on people who face challenges such as difficulty seeing, hearing or preparing meals or have certain medical conditions like Alzheimer's disease or mental retardation. Includes statistics on various demographic characteristics (e.g., age, perceived health status, health insurance coverage and computer usage).
Estimates of U.S. Population by Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: July 1, 2005. Internet files showing national-level population estimates cross-tabulated by demographic characteristics.
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 Indicators
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 2006. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release April 26, 2006.
New Residential Sales: March 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Shows sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction. Scheduled for release April 26, 2006.
Housing Vacancies: First Quarter 2006. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release April 28, 2006.
Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): March 2006. 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). Scheduled for release May 1, 2006.
Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 2006. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders. Scheduled for release May 3, 2006.
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.
Housing
2005 American Housing Survey National Public Use Microdata File. Microdata (i.e., household records with identifying information removed) from this survey enable users to generate their own tabulations on a wide range of housing topics; e.g., housing costs, satisfaction with neighborhood and the frequency of repairs made. The file consists of records of individual responses to the survey, with identifying information removed.
Reference and Compendia
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006. Extensive downloadable data released for the first time online.
Facts for Features:
Father's Day (June 18). The Census Bureau honors dads by presenting a collection of statistical information from its demographic and economics subject areas pertaining to Father's Day.
Older Americans Month (May). Statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to people who are 65 years or older.
denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format.
To view the file, you will need the
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
available free from Adobe.
