Transcript 2007 Economic Census Overview Oregon State Data Center Meeting Portland State University April 14, 2009

2007 Economic Census
Overview
Oregon State Data Center Meeting
Portland State University
April 14, 2009
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Agenda
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What’s New for 2007
Terminology
Data Product Organization
Economic Programs
Data Release Formats and Products
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New for 2007
• Change in publication formats
• Changes to small geographic area
definitions
• Nonemployers to be included with
employer data
• Revised industry classification system
• New and changing industries
• Product classification expands to all
services sectors
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New for 2007 (continued)
• New data on pension and other fringe
benefits
• Data on franchising for more industries
• More data in Survey of Business Owners
reports
• Business expenses data moved to other
series
• Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical
Areas boundary changes
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Finding Data
1. Industry
2. Geographic area
3. Data items
4. Business unit
5. Employers, nonemployers, or both
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Terminology
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Census Bureau Data Types
• Economic
data collected from businesses
• Demographic
data collected from people & households
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Establishments vs. Companies
• Establishment -
A store, warehouse, factory,
or other type of business at a single physical location
• Company (or Firm) - One or more
establishments under common ownership or control
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Employers vs Nonemployers
Employers
• Businesses with 1 or more paid employees
• Covered by the Economic Census
Nonemployers
• Businesses with no paid employees
• Make up almost 3/4 of all US businesses but
less than 5% of business receipts/revenue
• NOT covered by the Economic Census (primarily
published in the Nonemployer Statistics reports)
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Data Product Organization
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NAICS Hierarchy
Level
Sector
Subsector
Industry Group
Industry
National Industry
Code
44-45
441
4412
44122
441221
Description
Retail Trade
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealer
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
Motorcycle, Boat, and other Motor Vehicle Dealers
Motorcycle, ATV, and Personal Watercraft Dealers
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NAICS Sectors
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Agriculture, Forestry,
Fishing, and Hunting
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Mining
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Utilities
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Construction
31-33 Manufacturing
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Wholesale Trade
44-45 Retail Trade
48-49 Transportation and
Warehousing
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Information
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Finance and Insurance
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Real Estate and Rental
and Leasing
54 Professional, Scientific and
Technical Services
55 Management of Companies and
Enterprises
56 Administrative and Support and
Waste Management and
Remediation Services
61 Educational Services
62 Health Care and Social Assistance
71 Arts, Entertainment and
Recreation
72 Accommodation and Food Services
81 Other Services (except Public
Administration)
92 Public Administration
Not covered by Econ Census; Partial coverage in Econ Census
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Product Classifications
• NAICS Product Codes
- Cover the Mining and Manufacturing sectors only
- Ex: “Dry and semi moist dog food, shipped in packages 25 lb/more”
• Product Line Codes
- Cover all sectors except Mining, Manufacturing, and Construction
- Ex: “Bakery products baked on premises”, sold by Grocery stores
• Kinds of Business & Types of Construction Codes
- Cover the Construction sector only
- Ex: “Single-family houses, detached” built by New single-family general
contractors
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Levels of Geography
• United States
•Regions and Divisions
• States (and equivalents)
• Metropolitan Areas
• Counties (and equivalents)
• Places
• ZIP Codes
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Geographic Coverage Table
“X” = geographic coverage in 2007 Economic Census
Sector
U.S.
States
Metro
Areas
Counties
Places
ZIP
Codes
21: Mining
X
22: Utilities
X
23: Construction
X
31-33: Manufacturing
42: Wholesale Trade
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
44-45: Retail Trade
X
X
X
X
48-49: Transportation and Warehousing
X
X
51: Information
X
X
X
X
52: Finance and Insurance
X
X
53: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
X
X
X
X
54: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
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X
X
X
X
55: Management of Companies and Enterprises
X
56: Administration and Support and Waste Management
and Remediation Services
61: Educational Services
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
62: Health Care and Social Assistance
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X
X
X
X
71: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
X
X
X
X
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72: Accommodation and Food Services
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X
X
X
X
81: Other Services (except Public Administration)
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X
X
X
X
X
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Geographic Coverage for
Other Economic Programs
“X” = geographic coverage in 2007 Economic Census
Economic Program
U.S.
States
Metro
Areas
Counties
Annual Survey of Manufactures
X
Commodity Flow Survey
X
X
County Business Patterns
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X
X
Nonemployer Statistics
X
X
X
Survey of Business Owners
X
X
X
ZIP Code Business Patterns
X
Places
ZIP
Codes
X
X
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Other Cross-Tabulation Categories
• Employment / sales size of establishments /
firms
• Legal form of organization
• Tax status and type of organization
• Class of customer
• Concentration ratios
• Sex, race / ethnicity (Survey of Business
Owners)
• Other “specialty” cross-tabulations
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Data Disclosure and Suppressions
• U.S. Code, Title 13 and Title 26
- Can’t release data that would disclose the identity of individual
companies
- Data suppressed with “(D)” in tables/files via complex program
• Other Suppressions
- High sampling/non-sampling errors
- Poor (or questionable) responses from companies
- Data suppressed with “(S)” or “(s)” in tables/files
- Data not available or not comparable (data suppressed with
“(N)” or “(X)” in tables files
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Economic Programs
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Economic Programs
Economic Census
Economic Surveys
• Every 5 years
• Monthly, quarterly and
(years ending in 2 & 7)
•Expansive industry and
product detail
• Detailed geography
• Constitutionally mandated
annual
• Limited detail
• Primarily national
• Most voluntary or from
administrative data
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Economic Census Publication Series
• Industry Series - Selected national-level industry and product data
published by sector and industry
• Geographic Area Series - Selected national-, state-, and other
geographic-level data published by sector and geography
• Subjects/Summary Series - Selected summary data published by sector
(including Products, Size, and Miscellaneous Subjects reports)
• ZIP Codes – Establishment counts by sales size for selected sectors
• Core Business Statistics Series - Economy-wide Advance,
Comparative, Bridge, and Franchise statistics
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Economy-Wide Key Statistics (EWKS) file – Aggregated key data from
publication series listed above (and others)
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Economic Census-Related Programs
• Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) - Selected national- and finer-level
data on the movement of products across the U.S. by mode of
transportation (plus other breakouts)
• Economic Census of Island Areas – Selected industry, product, and
other data for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Survey of Business Owners (SBO) – Selected national- and finerlevel industry data for women- and minority-owned businesses and the
characteristics of these businesses and their owners
(New for 2007: Corresponding data for veteran-owned business
and veteran business owners)
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Current Economic Surveys
Or . . .
what we do
the other
four years
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Current Economic Surveys
• Economic Indicators
- 12 surveys for selected key sectors
- Collected by Census but released by Commerce
• Other current economic surveys
- Current Industrial Reports – Covers products of
selected manufacturing industries
- Retail e-Commerce Sales – Covers electronic sales of
merchandise in the U.S.
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Current Economic Surveys (continued)
• Other annual economic surveys
- Annual Survey of Manufactures
- County Business Patterns
- Nonemployer Statistics (Businesses with no paid employees)
• Other related economic programs
- Statistics of U.S. Businesses – Firms, establishments,
employment, and payroll for the U.S. and states by industry and
“enterprise” employment size
- Census of Governments – Federal, state, and local
- Foreign Trade – Imports/Exports
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Annual Economic Surveys
• Annual Survey of Manufactures
•Detailed statistics by industry and product
•National and state levels data
•Employer businesses only
•County Business Patterns
•Numbers of establishments, employment, and payroll data by industry
•National, state, metro area, county, and ZIP Code levels data
•Employer businesses only
• Nonemployer Statistics
•Numbers of establishments and sales data by industry
•National, state, metro area, and county levels data
•Businesses without paid employees.
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Data Release
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Economic Data Formats
• Conventional
- Printed Reports (very limited)
- Portable Document Format files (PDFs)
• HTML Tables
- On Economic Internet pages
• Databases
- For download (xls, etc.) off econ Internet pages
- American FactFinder
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2007 Economic Census Home Page
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Sample Industry Quick Report
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2007 Economic Census
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Changes for 2007 Economic Census
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Discontinue release of PDFs and pre-printed reports
Discontinue Econ02 DVD-ROM product
Limited HTML tables
American FactFinder the only release mechanism
Decrease the time it takes to distribute data on
American FactFinder after analysts approve it
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American FactFinder (AFF) Home Page
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AFF Economic Release Formats
• Fact Sheets
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Selected data for all sectors presented in a table
• Quick Reports
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Selected data for an industry, geography, or product
presented in a table
• Thematic Maps
- Selected data (including ratios) presented in a map
• Detailed Datasets
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Sample Economic Fact Sheet
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Sample Thematic Map
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Data Set: 2007 Economic Census Page
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Sample Detailed Dataset View
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Economic AFF Features
• Search for and filter datasets (by geography, industry,
or other dimensions, or by data item)
• List datasets (by program, survey, or sector)
• Filter within a dataset
• Modify display (show/hide/create/move columns)
• Sort data in table
• Print and Download data (plus FTP site)
• Access to textual metadata
• Reference maps
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business.census.gov
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Industry Snapshot
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Summary
• When comparing data across economic programs,
censuses, surveys, sectors or years
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- Industry or Geographic vintages and comparability
- Business classification and other survey methodologies
- Survey coverage
- Consistency of data items and their definitions
- Source of raw, tabulated statistics
- Report release timing
When using economic data (especially sorting)
- Effect of disclosures and other suppressions
- Publication thresholds
- “Small” data cells vs. “large” ones
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Questions?
Linda Clark
Information Services Specialist
U.S. Census Bureau, Seattle Region
[email protected]
425-908-3062
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