November 30, 2007

Population

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Fluctuations in the United States Income Distribution, 2001-2003. Report available online examining how households moved up and down in income in relation to others over a three-year period.

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.

New Year's Day Population. The Census Bureau rings in the new year with its annual projection of the nation's population for January 1, 2008. The release includes birth, death, and net international migration rates.

State Population Estimates: July 1, 2007. Arizona was the nation's fastest-growing state in 2006, breaking Nevada's long-standing grip on the title. Internet tables showing July 1, 2007, population estimates and components of change for the nation, states, and Puerto Rico, will reveal which state's population is growing the quickest and the slowest.

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 Census and Surveys

2006 Service Annual Survey: Information Sector. Does the movie industry make more off admissions or concessions? Are Internet publishers doing better than newspapers? Has cable TV revenues surpassed broadcast television revenues? Find the answers in these online tables.

2006 Service Annual Survey: Health Care and Social Assistance. Who's the bigger revenue earner for the health care industry; doctors, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists or podiatrists? What role do hospitals play as a revenue source? How about elderly care facilities? Read up on all the economic details on health care and social assistance.

2006 Service Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage. In 2005, U.S. commercial trucks traveled 90 billion miles - the equivalent of nearly 1,300 trips to Mars and back. This report reveals updates on revenue and expense estimates for firms that haul, warehouse, and deliver America's freight.

2007 Capital Spending Report: U.S. Capital Spending Patterns, 1999-2005. This first look at capital expenditure patterns from 1999 to 2005 reveals data about firms with and without employees, expenditures for structures and equipment, and expenditures for major industry sectors. The data comes from the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.

Economic Indicators

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: October 2007. 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, 2007.

Quarterly Financial Report: Manufacturing, Mining, and Wholesale Trade: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release showing up-to-date aggregate statistics on U.S. manufacturing, mining, and wholesale trade corporations. Scheduled for release December 10, 2007.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: October 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 December 11, 2007.

US International Trade in Goods and Services: October 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release December 12, 2007.

Quarterly Services Survey: 3rd Quarter 2007. 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 12, 2007.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: November 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 December 13, 2007.

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: October 2007. 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, 2007.

Reference and Compendia

Facts for Features: 50th Daytona 500. NASCAR's 500-mile stock-car race that began in 1959 at Daytona International Speedway has evolved into a worldwide phenomenon. A global TV audience of more than 50 million is expected to watch the Feb. 17 race, with the winner pocketing about $1.5 million. To commemorate this automotive milestone, the Census Bureau has compiled a collection of facts and figures relating to our nation, Florida and Daytona Beach during the past 50 years.

Facts for Features: Valentine's Day. The year's most romantic edition features a collection of statistics pertaining to this special day for lovers. Data are provided on chocolates, flowers and jewelry, among other topics.

Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008. How have the revenues for MP3 players fared over the past four years? How do they compare with digital televisions? Published since 1878, 127th edition of the Statistical Abstract includes dozens of new tables and statistics on thousands of facets of American life.

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