June 02, 2006

Population

Geographical Mobility: 2005. Internet files containing national and regional information on how often and how far people move, along with characteristics of the movers and reasons why they move.

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

Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: April 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 June 2, 2006.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: April 2006. 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. Scheduled for release June 8, 2006.

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

Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade: First Quarter 2006. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations. Scheduled for release June 12, 2006.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: May 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 June 13, 2006.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: April 2006. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release June 13, 2006.

Quarterly Services Survey: 1st Quarter. Press release showing quarterly estimates of total operating revenue and the percentage of revenue by class of customer for the services industries. Scheduled for release June 14, 2006.

Economic Census and Surveys

2004 County Business Patterns. Downloadable Internet files and reports available online in PDF providing data on number of business establishments, number of employees, payroll, and employment-size class. The data are provided at various geographic levels, including state, county, and metropolitan statistical area.

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. Also available in statistical tabulations and as PDF reports.

Reference and Compendia

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006. Extensive downloadable data released for the first time online.

Facts for Features:

Back to School. Although most students have yet to begin their summer vacation, the Census Bureau is already looking ahead to the close of the traditional summer break. This factsheet presents statistics from the Census Bureau's demographic and economic subject areas pertaining to teachers, students, and the reopening of our country's schools.

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