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No. 0011 - Dec. 16, 1996
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There will be an end-of-the-year hiatus following this, our 11th edition. We will not transmit a
bulletin on December 30. The next edition, covering new files and features added to our Internet
site during the previous month, will be transmitted to you on January 13, 1997. So, with this
listing, we send to all of you our best wishes for a happy holiday season.
Economic indicators available on our Internet site since Dec. 2 include: Value of
New Construction Put in Place: October 1996; New One-Family Houses Sold and For Sale:
October 1996; Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: October 1996;
Wholesale Trade: October 1996; Advance Retail Trade: November 1996; and
Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: October 1996.
.....................Also, in this edition ..........................
New Census Bureau data files and information put on Internet between Dec. 2 and Dec. 13, 1996
may be found under Business, CenStats, Construction, Government, Housing, Income and
Poverty, Industry, Population, and Statistical Research.
B U S I N E S S
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS'
SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS, OCTOBER 1996 - Data for manufacturers
provide measures of current production levels and future production commitments; data items
include value of shipments; new orders (net of cancellations); end-of-month order backlog
(unfilled orders); and end-of-month total inventory, materials and supplies, work-in-process and
finished goods inventories (at current cost or market value) -
<http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/m3prel.html>
MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE, SALES AND INVENTORIES, OCTOBER 1996 -
October 1996 sales of merchant wholesalers, after adjustment for seasonal variation and
trading-day differences but not for price changes; October 1996 sales of merchant wholesalers,
after adjustment for seasonal variation and trading-day differences but not for price
changes; and stock/sales ratio - <http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/mwts9610.html>
ADVANCE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES, NOVEMBER 1996 RELEASE - Companies provide
data on dollar value of sales, reporting period, and number of retail establishments -
<http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/advtable.html>
MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVENTORIES AND SALES, OCTOBER 1996 -
Monthly Retail Trade: Retail firms provide data on dollar value of retail sales and sales for
selected establishments; a subsample of firms also provide data on the value of end-of-month
inventories; Monthly Wholesale Trade: Companies provide data on dollar values of merchant
wholesalers sales and end-of-month inventories; Manufacturers: Data for manufacturers current
production levels and future production commitments; data items include value of shipments;
new orders (net of cancellations); end-of-month total inventory, materials and supplies,
work-in-process and finished goods inventories -
<http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/fullmtis.html>
ANNUAL SURVEY OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES, 1995 - Data collected include: total
revenue and revenue by source; total expenses and expenses by type; number of locations by
kind of business; and industry specific inquiries such as telephone communication revenue by
type of user and number of cable subscribers -
<http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/ascs.html>
C E N S T A T S
NEW ON CENSTATS - New report titles available in .pdf format -
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html>
C O N S T R U C T I O N
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE PRESS
RELEASE, OCTOBER 1996 - Estimates of new construction put in place during October 1996
at a seasonally adjusted annual rate compared with September 1996 and October 1995; for year
to date compared to same period in 1995 - <http://www.census.gov/pub/const/c30_curr.html>
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NEW ONE-FAMILY HOUSES SOLD PRESS RELEASE,
OCTOBER 1996 - Estimated sales of new one-family houses in October 1996 at a seasonally
adjusted annual rate compared with September 1996 and October 1995; median and mean sales
prices of new one-family houses sold in October -
<http://www.census.gov/pub/const/c25_curr.html>
G O V E R N M E N T S
1994 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL DATA - Data
for the number of government civilian employees and their gross pay for the month of October
by governmental function - <http://www.census.gov/govs/www/newstruc.html>
H O U S I N G
HOUSING: THEN AND NOW, 50 YEARS OF DECENNIAL CENSUSES - A fascinating look
back at our housing, from 1940 when the first Census of Housing was taken, to 1990; new tables
for states examine trends in living alone and recent movers -
<http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/censhsg.html>
I N C O M E A N D P O V E R T Y
CHANGING THE WAY THE UNITED STATES MEASURES INCOME AND POVERTY -
Paper prepared for the first meeting of the United Nations Expert Group on Household Income
Statistics, Canberra, Australia, December 2-4, 1996; author: Daniel H. Weinberg, chief of the
Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division -
<http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povmeas/chincpov.html>
HISTORICAL INCOME TABLES - PERSONS, 1995 UPDATES - More than 45 detailed
historical income tables from the Current Population Survey for persons, updated through 1995;
covers income by sex, race, age, Hispanic origin, educational attainment, occupation, etc. -
<http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/histinc/incperdet.html>
I N D U S T R Y
M20A(96)-10 - FLOUR MILLING, OCTOBER 1996 - Data on wheat and rye flour production;
monthly data include production of flour and millfeed, quantity of grains ground, stocks of
ground flour, and average weight per cwt sack of flour and millfeed -
<http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m20a9610.txt>
M32G(96)-10 - GLASS CONTAINERS, OCTOBER 1996 - Data for 15 types of glass
containers; product data at the 7-digit SIC level include; total production, net packed weight
produced, quantity of shipments, and end of month stocks -
<http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m32g9610.txt>
M37G(96)-10 - CIVIL AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINES, OCTOBER 1996 - Data for 9
types of planes and 6 types of engines; product data at the 7-digit SIC level include the quantity
and value of shipments - <http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m37g9610.txt>
M37L(96)-10 - TRUCK TRAILERS, OCTOBER 1996 - Data for over 30 types of truck trailers;
product data at the 7- digit SIC level include quantity and value of shipments -
<http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m37l9610.txt>
MQ28A(96)-3 - INORGANIC CHEMICALS, THIRD QUARTER 1996 - Data for over 50 types
of inorganic chemicals; product data at the 7-digit SIC level include total quantity of production
and end-of quarter stocks - <http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/mq28a963.txt>
MQ28B(96)-3 - FERTILIZER MATERIALS, THIRD QUARTER 1996 - Data for over 35 types
of inorganic fertilizer; data at the 7- digit SIC level include production, quantity of shipments,
and stocks held at producing plants; also collected are nitrogen and phosphoric content of
selected materials - <http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/mq28b963.txt>
MQ32A(96)-3 - FLAT GLASS, THIRD QUARTER 1996 - Product data for over 10 types of flat
glass; data at the 7-digit SIC level include production by square feet and weight; quantity
produced and consumed on site; and total quantity and value of shipments -
<http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/mq32a963.txt>
MQ35W(96)-3 - METALWORKING MACHINERY, THIRD QUARTER 1996 - Product data
for over 90 types of machine tools; data at the 7-digit SIC level include quantity and value of
shipments, value of unfilled orders, export shipments, and identification of products that
incorporate numerical controls - <http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/mq35w963.txt>
P O P U L A T I O N
FINDINGS ON QUESTIONS OF RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN TESTED IN THE 1996
NATIONAL CONTENT SURVEY - Preliminary results of testing alternative versions of the
questions on race and Hispanic origin in the 1996 National Content Survey conducted by the
Bureau of the Census as part of its Census 2000 research and testing program -
<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/96natcontentsurvey.html>
HISTORICAL TIME SERIES FOR MARITAL STATUS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS:
MARCH 1995 - Historical tables on marital status, living arrangements of adults, and living
arrangements of children; time series go back to 1960 or 1970, but at least one table shows data
for 1890 - <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/ms-la.html>
HISTORICAL TIME SERIES FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES: MARCH 1995 -
Detailed data on households and families by type, size, race and Hispanic origin, tenure, and own
children under 18 - <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html>
S T A T I S T I C A L R E S E A R C H
RECORD LINKAGE WORKSHOP, CALL FOR PAPERS - The Committee on Applied and
Theoretical Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences, the Washington Statistical Society,
the Bureau of the Census, the National Agricultural Statistical Service, and the George
Washington University are sponsoring a 2-day workshop on record linkage March 20-21, 1997 in
Washington, D.C. - <http://www.census.gov/srd/www/reclink/recl0701.html>
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