December 27, 2007

Population

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007. Internet tables detailing education levels by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, nativity, occupation, and other demographic characteristics at the national level.

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.

Living Arrangements of Children: 2004. Report examining the diversity of children's living arrangements, from living with two biological parents to living in blended families. These national-level data come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2005. These tables provide estimates of income and poverty for states and counties, as well as estimates of poverty and population for school districts, median household income, and poverty rates of various age groups. SAIPE provides annual updates for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions.

What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examines the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings. We've seen the data showing that more education usually equals a higher salary. But what fields of study have the greater payoff?

Economic Indicators

Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): November 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 January 2, 2008.

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: November 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 January 3, 2008.

Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade: 3rd Quarter 2007. Press release shows second quarter sales of large retail trade corporations. Includes large U.S. retailers' after-tax profits. Scheduled for release January 9, 2008.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: November 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 January 10, 2008.

US International Trade in Goods and Services: November 2007. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release January 11, 2008.

Economic Census and Surveys

2006 Service Annual Survey: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. This sector covers industries in accounting, tax preparation, management consulting, computer system design, and other professional, scientific and technical services. Find out how much revenue American businesses made on tax preparation services.

Reference and Compendia

St. Patrick's Day and Irish-American Heritage Month (March). The Census Bureau joins the annual celebration of all things Irish by providing this statistical information from its demographic and economic subject areas.

Women's History Month (March). In commemoration of this annual observance highlighting the contributions of women, this edition provides statistical information on topics such as earnings, educational attainment, business ownership, careers, military service and marriage.

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