May 01, 2008
Population
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 which project age and sex distributions to year 2050.
Support Providers: 2005. Data examines those who provide support to people living in other households. The data include selected characteristics about support providers, such as their marital status, employment status, education level, and race. Although providers are often associated with child support, the category also includes those who pay support for people not living in the same household, such as parents or relatives. The data for these tables come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status: 2004. Series of tables from the Survey of Income and Program Participation examining the relationship between field of training and monthly earnings.
Economic Indicators
Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: March 2008. 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 May 2, 2008.
Monthly Wholesale Trade: March 2008. 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 May 8, 2008.
US International Trade in Goods and Services: March 2008. Press release showing monthly exports, general imports (including data by country), and limited data on imports for consumption. Scheduled for release May 9, 2008.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: April 2008. 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 May 13, 2008.
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: March 2008. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release May 13, 2008.
New Residential Construction: April 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release May 16, 2008.
Economic Census and Surveys
New Foreign Trade Regulations Take Effect. The US Census Bureau's first major revision in two decades includes new legal and online filing requirements, modified filing timeframes and stricter penalties.
Top-Ranked States by Industry. A new web page helps promote the 2007 Economic Census highlighting facts from the 2002 Economic Census about every state by receipts per capita for every industry.
Government
Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2004. Report analyzes the socioeconomic characteristics of mothers participating in six public assistance programs, including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, food stamps, and Medicaid.
Reference and Compendia
Facts for Features: The Fourth of July. Happy Birthday, America! The Census Bureau celebrates the 232nd anniversary of our nation's independence with a collection of statistics on flags, fireworks, and food.
Facts for Features: Conversion from Analog to Digital TV (February 17, 2009). Facts and figures from the Census Bureau's statistical abstract relating to television programming and the conversion from analog to digital broadcasting.
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