October 04, 2007
Population
Geographical Mobility: 2006. Data available online as 34 tables highlighting migration patterns and characteristics of movers in the United States, including how far people move, how often and why, among others. Data are from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
International Data Base Update: 2007. Internet files showing demographic indicators such as infant mortality, life expectancy, fertility rates, net migration, and population growth for 228 countries and areas of the world. Includes current estimates and moving population pyramids that project age and sex distribution to 2050.
Government
Consolidated Federal Funds Report: 2005. Report available online and in PDF from the annual report on the geographic distribution of federal funds in the United States, including detail down to the county and municipality level. It covers direct payments, grants, procurement contracts, salaries and wages, loans and insurance. Amounts given can be either expenditures or obligations.
2006 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems. Annual data on revenues, expenditures, financial assets, and membership for public employee-retirement systems. Data are shown for individual retirement systems as well as aggregately at the national, state, and local levels.
Housing
2006 State and County Housing Unit Estimates. Updated estimates of the nation's housing stock at the national, state, and county levels for 2006.
Economic Indicators
Quarterly Financial Report -- Retail Trade: 2nd Quarter 2007. Press release showing second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits. Scheduled for release October 9, 2007.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: August 2007. 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 October 10, 2007.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: August 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release October 11, 2007.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: September 2007. 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 October 12, 2007.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: August 2007. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release October 12, 2007.
Housing Starts and Building Permits: September 2007. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release October 17, 2007.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features:
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November). Presidents have signed proclamations to honor the nation's 4.5 million American Indian and Alaska Natives each year at this time. This group is younger and has larger families than the national population.
Veterans Day (Nov. 11). Parades and speeches across the country, as well as a national ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, highlight this federal holiday. Some of the statistics from this day include the number of veterans in the country (24.1 million), their racial and ethnic backgrounds, and the number who vote (17.4 million).
Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22). Gobble, gobble! Economic and demographic statistics pertaining to the menu of culinary delights consumed on Thanksgiving Day.
Holiday Season. The Census Bureau presents numerous facts and figures related to Christmas and other holidays this time of year, a time of gathering and celebrating with friends and family,
gift-giving and general cheer and rejoicing.
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