October 18, 2007

Population

A Child's Day: 2004. This report marks 10 years of data that examine the well-being of children and their daily activities. These 30 tables are based on the Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation and examine everything from mealtime habits to academic experience.

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 distributions to 2050.

Government

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

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: September 2007. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release October 25, 2007.

New Residential Sales: September 2007. 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 October 25, 2007.

Housing Vacancies: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release showing rental and homeowner vacancy rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy. Scheduled for release October 26, 2007.

Construction Spending Put-in-Place: September 2007. 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 October 31, 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).

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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