November 17, 2006

Population

America Speaks: A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers for the United States: 2000. Internet files show national- and state-level data on who speaks English and does not, broken down by type of household, age of householder, education attainment, and income.

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Participation in Government Programs, 2001 Through 2003, Who Gets Assistance? Report available online in PDF focusing on the characteristics and participation of people who received benefits from a number of means-tested assistance programs.

International Data Base Update: 2006. Internet files show demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world include current estimates and moving population pyramids that project age and sex distribution to 2050.

Thirty-five Years of Tracking Hispanic Ethnicity: Analysis of Current Population Survey Data Quality for the Question of Tracking Hispanic Ethnicity: Analysis of Current Population Survey Data Quality for the Question on Hispanic Origin, 1969 to 2004 (Working Paper No. 80). This document examines the quality of Hispanic data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the consistency of CPS results with external administrative information. The paper concludes with a recommendation concerning which Hispanic groups the Census Bureau should show in future data products.

Economic Indicators

Housing Starts and Building Permits: October 2006. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release November 17, 2006.

Retail E-Commerce Sales: 3rd Quarter 2006. Press release showing quarterly estimates for retail e-commerce sales. Scheduled for release November 17, 2006.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: October 2006. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release November 28, 2006.

New Residential Sales: October 2006. Press release reporting new one-family houses sold and for sale. Includes sales prices, months on the market, and stage of construction. Scheduled for release November 29, 2006.

Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): October 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 December 1, 2006.

US International Trade in Goods and Services: October 2006. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release December 1, 2006.

Economic Surveys

2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures: Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries. Internet tables and report in PDF details manufacturing activity including employment and payroll, number of production workers and wages, cost of materials, value added by manufacturers, value of shipments, total capital expenditures, and other measures of manufacturing.

2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures: Product Shipments. Internet tables and report in PDF presents shipments data for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) product groups, product classes, and products primary to more than one industry. Includes data for manufactures' products ranging from airplanes to zippers for the years 2002 through 2005.

2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures: Geographic Area Statistics. Internet tables and report in PDF contains state-level data for industry groups at the three-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) level. Includes statistics on employment, payroll, value added by manufacture, cost of materials consumed, value of shipments, and total capital expenditures.

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