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Economic Censuses

Southeast Economic Development Summit

May13, 2010

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http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/

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Exercise #1: Find 2007 Economic Census geographic area data

1. Select Economy Wide Key Statistics2. Filter Rows: by Geography3. Select State from the pull-down menu4. Highlight United States, click Remove5. Highlight a state, click Add6. Select Show Result

http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/

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http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/

http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/

Exercise #2: SIGN UP for geographic area reports from your state

1. Select NotifyMe2. Select State Level3. Select your State from the Left menu4. Select Sector(s) from the Right menu 5. Enter your E-mail (twice) and Submit6. Do the math ( “four plus five” = “nine” )

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Exercise #3: Find the Snapshot for New Car Dealers

1. Select Industry Snapshots2. Select Retail Trade3. Select Motor vehicle & parts dealers 4. Select 441111 New car dealers

Exercise #4: Find Rankings for Your State

1. Select Data for Your Local Area2. Select Top States by Industry, 2002 3. Select Your state

Industry Classification

North American Industry Classification System

Assembling Time Series

SIC 1987 1992 (1997)

NAICS 1997 2002 2007 2012

North American Industry Classification System

Changes for NAICS 2007

Sector Disappearing Industries

New industries

Manufacturing Laboratory apparatus

Information PagingCable program distr.ISPsWeb search portals

Real Estate & Rental REITsProfessional, Scientific & Technical

Biotech R&D

Administrative & … Executive search

• A few revised industry classifications

• New Local Area Data -- data for CDPs, more townships, fewer small places

• Nonemployers added to Economy-Wide Key Statistics (EWKS)

What’s New: 2007 Economic Census

Economic Census Geography

Economic Census Geography

U.S.StatesMetro areasCountiesPlaces with 5,000+ Inhabitants or Workers

ZIP Codes (not in this series)

Economic Census Geography

Areas Included and Schedule by Sector

• 2002 criterion: cities or boroughs with 2,500+ inhabitants– Townships with 10,000+ inhabitants in 20 NE states

• 2007: cities, boroughs, townships, or CDPs– With 5,000+ inhabitants (from pop estimates) OR– With 5,000+ workers (from Census 2000)

Places in the 2007 Economic Census

• A few revised industry classifications • Data for CDPs, more townships, fewer small places• Nonemployers added to Economy-Wide Key Statistics

(EWKS)

What’s New: 2007 Economic Census

Nonemployer Statistics

PBusinesses w/o paid employees account for75% of all businessesunder 4% of all salesPExcluded from other census reports PU.S., State, county & metro data PUpdated annually (2007 data released in June 2009)

2002

Census Economic Datafor Local Areas

5-year intervals–Economic Census–Survey of Business Owners

Annual–Annual Survey of Manufactures–County Business Patterns–Statistics of U.S. Business–Nonemployer Statistics

QuarterlyQuarterly Workforce Indicators

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The BEST WayTo Search for NAICS

Exercise #5: Find the NAICS Code for an Industry and Associated Census Programs

1. Enter an Keyword ( e.g. restaurants )2. Select GO

Economic Censuses

Michael BurnsDeputy Regional Directormichael.p.burns@census.gov

Southeast Economic Development Summit

May 13, 2010