May 16, 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.

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2006. A detailed look at registration and participation in the most recent congressional election, as well as the characteristics of those who voted, those who registered, and a look at the reasons why people who were registered did not vote. Find out who were the likeliest voters based on region, education, income, employment, race and Hispanic origin, and other factors.

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

New Residential Construction: April 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release May 16, 2008.

New Residential Sales: April 2008. 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 May 27, 2008.

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: April 2008. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release May 28, 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

State and Local Government Finances: 2005-2006. Downloadable Internet tables, covering state and local government financial activities in four broad categories: revenues, expenditures, outstanding debt and assets (cash and security holdings). The tables through 2004 can be found at .

Reference and Compendia

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.

Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26). In observance of the 18th anniversary of the enactment of this groundbreaking law, statistical information from the Census Bureau's demographic subject areas about people with disabilities.

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