Census I-Net Bulletin

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              No.  0014 - Feb. 10, 1997
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Dear Census I-Net Bulletin Subscriber:

Information on a two-day workshop on record linkage
being held in Washington, D.C. on March 20-21, 1997 is
available online.  The Record Linkage Workshop is
sponsored or provided support by the Bureau of the
Census, the Washington Statistical Society, National
Science Foundation, The George Washington University,
and other organizations.  The agenda and other
information is available at -  
< http://www.census.gov/srd/www/reclink/agenda.html >

Economic indicators now available on our web site
include:  HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRELIMINARY REPORT ON
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS,
DECEMBER 1996; HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ADVANCE REPORT ON
DURABLE GOODS MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS AND ORDERS,
DECEMBER 1996; NEW ONE-FAMILY HOUSES SOLD AND FOR
SALE: DECEMBER 1996; VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN
PLACE, DECEMBER 1996; HOUSING COMPLETIONS: DECEMBER
1996; AND WHOLESALE TRADE: DECEMBER 1996.

...............Also, in this edition..................

Data files and information put on Internet between
Jan. 27 and Feb. 7, 1997 may be found under Business,
Construction, Housing, Retail Trade, Industry, and Miscellaneous.


BUSINESS

1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey - Three new
publications were released and are generally named the
"1992 Measures of Value Produced, Capital
Expenditures, Depreciable Assets, and Operating
Expenses Subject Series."  Publications Include
Retail, Wholesale, and Services - Data are collected
on operating expenses, capital expenditures, and
depreciable assets. Data on operating expenses include
payroll and fringe benefits, taxes and license fees,
depreciation and amortization charges, computer
software purchases, lease and rental payments,
utilities, advertising, accounting, data processing,
and legal services. Data on capital expenditures and
depreciable assets include capital expenditures by
type, changes in depreciable asset accounts, capital
and operating leases, and capitalized interest -      
< http://www.census.gov/pub/agfs/www/aes.html > 

1992 ANALYTICAL REPORT SERIES, SELECTED
CHARACTERISTICS OF MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE - The
number of establishments that export by "export
intensity" (percent of goods produced
that are exported) by two- or three-digit SIC for
States and separately by employment-size class - pdf
format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRELIMINARY REPORT ON
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS,
DECEMBER 1996 - Broad-based, monthly statistical data
on economic conditions in the domestic manufacturing
sector; the survey measures current industrial
activity and provides an indication of future business
trends - < http://www.census.gov/indicator/
www/m3prel.html >

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ADVANCE REPORT ON DURABLE GOODS
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS AND ORDERS, DECEMBER 1996 -
Broad-based, monthly statistical data on economic
conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector; the
survey measures current industrial activity and
provides an indication of future business trends - 
< http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/m3adv.html >

MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE, DECEMBER 1996 - Companies
provide data on dollar values of merchant wholesale
sales, end-of-month inventories, and methods of
inventory valuation -
< http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/mwts.html <


CONSTRUCTION

NEW ONE-FAMILY HOUSES SOLD, OCTOBER 1996 - Information
on new privately owned one-family houses sold during
the month and for sale at the end of the month,
together with related annual data and figures for
prior months for the United
States and regions. The report also shows some
comparative data for earlier years - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE - Estimates of
new construction put in place during December 1996 at
a seasonally adjusted rate compared with November 1996
and December 1995; for year to date compared to same
period in 1995.  Also shows preliminary estimates for
1996 by type of construction -
< http://www.census.gov/const/www/c30index.html >

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HOUSING UNITS COMPLETED PRESS
RELEASE:  DECEMBER 1996 - New privately owned housing
units completed and units under construction by type
of structure and by region -
< http://www.census.gov/pub/const/c22_curr.html >

REVISED BUILDING PERMIT AUTHORIZATIONS, DECEMBER 1996
and PRELIMINARY 1996 ANNUAL STATISTICS - Update on
building permits authorized by type of structure and
by region - 
<  http://www.census.gov/const/www/c40index.html >


HOUSING

AMERICAN HOUSING BRIEFS - Now available on the
Internet.  This series of succinct reports contains
information on housing patterns, conditions, and
costs. The housing profiles provide data for diverse
demographic groups in metropolitan areas - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/2/constr/ahb/ahb.html >

HOUSING VACANCIES AND HOME OWNERSHIP, FOURTH QUARTER
1996 - Vacancy rates by area, homeownership rates by
region, homeownership Rates for the U.S.: 1965-1996,
homeownership rates by age of householder,
characteristics of vacant units by units in structure,
characteristics of vacant units by region, percent
distribution by type of vacant by region, percent
distribution by type of unit by region -  
< http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hvs.html >


RETAIL TRADE

MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE, SALES AND INVENTORIES, NOVEMBER
1996 - Data for the United States, regions, divisions,
selected metropolitan areas, selected cities, and
selected states on estimates of monthly retail sales
by major kind-of-business groups and selected
individual kinds of business. Comparable data are
shown for the prior 12 months, in addition to the
percent change from the previous month, the same month
in the previous year, and cumulative months for the
current year compared to similar months for the
previous year - pdf format -
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >


INDUSTRY

M20A(96)-12 -  FLOUR MILLING, DECEMBER 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/
m20a9612.txt >

M20K(96)-12 -FATS AND OILS, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION,
AND STOCKS, DECEMBER 1996 -Data for over 20 types of
oils and fats; product data include production of
refined fats and oils, consumption of crude in
refining, consumption in end products, and end-of-period stocks -  <
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/
industry/m20k9612.txt >

MQ23A(96)-3- APPAREL, THIRD QUARTER 1996 - Data for
over 70 types of apparel.  Data include quantity of
production and value of shipments of men's and junior
boys', misses' and juniors', children's and infants,
and women's apparel - < http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/
industry/mq23a963.txt >


MISCELLANEOUS

CENTRAL CITIES FOR METROPOLITAN AREAS and CENTRAL
CITIES FOR NEW ENGLAND COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREAS -
This list presents central cities of metropolitan
statistical areas and consolidated metropolitan
statistical areas central cities of New England County
Metropolitan Areas.  A brief discussion of central
cities and a description of the file content is
located at the end of the data file - < http://
www.census.gov/population/www/methodmet.html >

CENSUS HEADQUARTERS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - New
feature presenting open vacancies at the Census Bureau
- < http://www.census.gov/hrd/www/index.html >
 
THE VIDEO ZONE: CENSUS BUREAU VIDEO CLIPS - Featuring
We Measure America, a music video -
< http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/video/zone.html >


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