December 01, 2006

Population

A Child's Day: 2003. Report available in print or online in PDF and online spreadsheet tables examining what makes up a child's day, from eating breakfast with parents to watching television to participating in school activities. This is national-level data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.

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.

School Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2005. Spreadsheet tables providing annual update at the national level on the demographics of Americans age 3 and older enrolled in classes - from nursery school through graduate studies - as well as those in vocational training.

State Population Estimates: July 1, 2006. Internet tables showing July 1, 2006, population estimates and components of change for the nation, states, and Puerto Rico. These are the first state estimates to reflect the population movement resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Thirty-Five Years 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.

The American Community - Hispanics: 2004. Report available online in PDF or in print presenting a portrait of the Hispanic or Latino population in the United States. Information on a number of characteristics (education, household type, income, commuting, etc.) based on data from the 2004 American Community Survey. Data are presented at the national level for selected Hispanic groups with populations of 250,000 or more (e.g., Guatemalans, Hondurans, Salvadorans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, and Peruvians) in tables, charts, and maps.

Economic Indicators

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders: October 2006. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders. Scheduled for release December 5, 2006.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: October 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 December 11, 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 12, 2006.

Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 3rd Quarter 2006. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations. Scheduled for release December 12, 2006.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: November 2005. 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 December 13, 2006.

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

Quarterly Services Report: 3rd Quarter 2006. 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 December 14, 2006.

Reference and Compendia

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007. The 126th edition of this annual government best-seller has hundreds of tables, with U.S. and international statistics coming from government and non-government sources. This cornucopia of facts has become a treasured resource for librarians and aspiring game-show contestants.

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