Profiles of Older Workers: 2004 - Virginia. (Released November 10, 2008)

September 2008 Sales Of Merchant Wholesalers Were $396.2 Billion, Down 1.5 Percent From Last Month. (Released November 7, 2008)

Profiles of Older Workers: 2004 - Minnesota. (Released November 6, 2008)

New Orders for Manufactured Goods In September Decreased $11.2 Billion Or 2.5 Percent To $432.0 Billion. (Released November 4, 2008)

Total Construction Activity For September 2008 ($1,060.1 Billion) Was 0.3 Percent Below The Revised August 2008 ($1,063.5 Billion). (Released November 3, 2008)

Other U.S. retailers with sizable jumps in sales between November and December 2007 were book stores (78 percent); clothing stores (37 percent); jewelry stores (137 percent); radio, TV and other electronics stores (46 percent); and sporting goods stores (53 percent). Find this information and more at the Service Sector Statistics webpage.

• What General Data Users Need to Know [PDF 1.7MB]
• What the Business Community Needs to Know [PDF 1.4MB]
• What High School Teachers Need to Know
• What the Media Needs to Know
• What Congress Needs to Know
• What State and Local Governments Need to Know
• What Federal Agencies Need to Know
• What Researchers Need to Know
• What Users of Data for Rural Areas Need to Know
• What Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Data Users Need to Know
• What Users of Data for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Need to Know
• What Users of Data from the Puerto Rico Community Survey Need to Know (in Spanish)

USA Counties Update. Information from USA Counties (contains more than 6,000 data items for the United States, states and counties) has been updated. New items include 2007 age, sex, race and Hispanic origin data; 2007 housing units estimates; 2006 federal government expenditure data; 2006 nonemployer statistics; and 2006 private nonfarm business statistics.

Latest Economic Indicators

Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: September 2008. Press release showing information on key business indicators. Shows revised durable goods totals, in addition to nondurable goods manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders.

Construction Spending (Put-in-Place): September 2008. 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).

Monthly Wholesale Trade: September 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.

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

Economic Census and Surveys

Older Worker Profiles. Reports (will be released for each of over 30 states) providing a detailed picture of workers 55 and older at the county and metropolitan area levels for 2004. Based on data from the Local Employment Dynamics program, the reports highlight the age of the states' work force, job gains, and losses, industries in which older workers are concentrated, job stability, and earnings. The following states are available as of the publish date of this newsletter:

• Iowa (PDF - 1.31 MB)
• Maine (PDF - 1.45 MB)
• Vermont (PDF - 762 KB)
• Indiana (PDF - 1.53 MB)
• Arkansas (PDF - 1.81 MB)
• Hawaii (PDF - 558 KB)
• Delaware (PDF - 464 KB)
• Colorado (PDF - 779 KB)
• Wisconsin (PDF - 766 KB)
• New Jersey (PDF - 800 KB)
• Maryland (PDF - 1.03 MB)
• Kentucky (PDF - 1.58 MB)
• Oklahoma (PDF - 696 KB)
• South Carolina (PDF - 1.34 MB)
• Montana (PDF - 1.03 MB)
• Oregon (PDF - 756 KB)
• New Mexico (PDF - 486 KB)
• Tennessee (PDF - 1.13 MB)
• Washington (PDF - 1.03 MB)
• Pennsylvania (PDF - 1.03 MB)
• Minnesota (PDF - 736 KB)
• Virginia (PDF - 2.37 MB)

Government

2007 State and Local Government Employees and Payroll. Internet tables and files available in PDF containing figures about the nation's 89,526 state and local governments. These will be the first comprehensive data from the 2007 Census of Governments. Local governments include counties, cities, townships, special districts and school districts.

Quarterly Survey of the Finances of Public Employee Retirement Systems. Text files containing aggregate figures for the 100 largest Public Employee Retirement Systems. Cash and security holdings, and receipts and payments are included for the last five years.

Reference and Compendia

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (November)

Veterans Day (November 11)

Thanksgiving Day (November 27)

Facts for Features: The 2008 Holiday Season

American Community Survey 2005-2007 Data Release. On December 9, 2008 the Census Bureau will release the first set of three-year American Community Survey data for all geographies with populations greater than 20,000. The release will provide the first look at detailed socioeconomic and housing characteristics for geographies between 20,000 and 64,999 since Census 2000.

Foreign-Born Characteristics: 2007. There were an estimated 38 million people in 2007 living in the United States who were born outside of the country. New data profiles show educational attainment, income, year of entry, occupations, and more based on a group's country of birth. For example, Chinese-born residents in one part of the country are much more likely to graduate high school than others.

Economic Indicators

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: October 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 November 14, 2008

Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: September 2008. Press release showing sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for the combined domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Scheduled for release November 14, 2008

Housing Starts and Building Permits: October 2008. Press release showing data for housing starts, completions, and building permits. Scheduled for release November 19, 2008

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufactures' Shipments and Orders: October 2008. Press release showing advance information on key business indicators. Scheduled for release November 26, 2008.