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             No.  0017 - March 24, 1997
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Dear Census I-Net Bulletin Subscriber:

We call your attention to the "news" button
< http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/news.html > on our
home page where you can find the latest information on the
1997 Economic Census and Census 2000.  It is also filled with
the newest happenings at the Census Bureau which includes
radio and video clips, and census briefs.

Economic indicators now available on our web site (with full
descriptions listed below) include:  
      
     - Wholesale Trade:  January 1997
     - Advance Retail Sales:  February 1997 
     - Manufacturing and Trade:  Inventories and Sales:  January 1997
     - Housing Starts and Building Permits:  February 1997
     - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services:  January 1997
  

     ...............Also, in this edition..................
   
Data files and information put on Internet between March 10 and
March 21, 1997 may be found under Business, Industry,
Manufacturing, CenStats, Housing, Construction, Population,
Health Insurance, and Foreign Trade.
     

BUSINESS
 
MOTOR  FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AND
WAREHOUSING SURVEY: 1995 - Detailed estimates of
operating revenues and expenses for the for-hire trucking and
public warehousing industries, as well as inventories of
revenue-generating freight equipment for the trucking
industry at the United States level - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >
  
SERVICE ANNUAL SURVEY: 1995 - Annual estimates of the
dollar volume of receipts for selected personal, business, social,
health, and professional services at the United States level. For
selected industries, separate estimates are given for receipts of
taxable firms and revenues of firms exempt from Federal
income taxes - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >
   
ADVANCE RETAIL SALES:  FEBRUARY 1997 - Companies
provide data on dollar value of sales, reporting period, and
number of retail establishments -  
< http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/advtable.html >

MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE: JANUARY 1997 -
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 >


INDUSTRY

INVENTORIES OF STEEL PRODUCING MILLS: 
JANUARY 1997 - M33J(97)-1 - Estimates presented include
end of month inventories of warehouse service centers; and
quantity of inventories of steel in process and finished steel at
producing mills. Also included is a table comparing
manufactures shipments and imports for consumption -  
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m33j9701.txt >

INVENTORIES OF STEEL PRODUCING MILLS: 
SUMMARY 1996 - M33J(96)-13 - The annual summary reports
monthly data and notes any revisions - 
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m33j9613.txt >
     
TRUCK TRAILERS:  JANUARY 1997 - M37L(97)-1-
Detailed product data for the current and previous month
include quantity and value of shipments of truck trailers. The
reports also contain a table comparing domestic output, exports,
and imports of truck trailers - 
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m37l9701.txt >

FATS AND OILS-OILSEED CRUSHINGS: FEBRUARY
1997 - 20J(97)-2 - National and selected state data on
production and stocks of vegetable oils and their byproducts. It
contains data for the current and preceding month - 
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m20j9702.txt >

CONSUMPTION ON THE COTTON SYSTEM AND
STOCKS:  FEBRUARY 1997 - M22P(97)-2 - Data on
consumption and stocks of cotton, manmade fiber staple by type
of material, and stocks of cotton held at public storage and at
compresses. Another table presents data on cotton spindles in
place and spindle hours operated by major kind of business and
type of fiber spun. Information is provided on world supply and
distribution of cotton, with comparable data for the U.S. -
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m22p9702.txt >

ALUMINUM INGOT AND MILL PRODUCTS: JANUARY
1997 - M33D(97)-1 - Tables include gross shipments, net of
shipments and inventories by type of producer . Data are shown
on the inventories, quantity and value of shipments and on the
number of companies reporting shipments, by type of aluminum
shape. Also included is a table comparing domestic output,
exports, and imports - 
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m33d9701.txt >

FLAT GLASS: FOURTH QUARTER 1996 - MQ32A(96)-4 -
Data are shown on the total production, quantity and value of
shipments and the number of companies reporting shipments,
by product code. Also included are a table with aggregated
statistics on the quantity and value of shipments (in both
constant and current dollars), production, production consumed
within each firm, and inventories for the past 2 years, and a
table comparing domestic output, exports, and imports - 
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/mq32a964.txt >


MANUFACTURING
       
1995 ANNUAL SURVEY OF MANUFACTURES:
STATISTICS FOR INDUSTRY GROUPS AND INDUSTRIES
(M95(AS)-1) - Presents manufacturing establishments statistics
for industry groups and industries from the 1994 Annual Survey of
Manufactures (ASM). The tables provides 1995 and 1994
estimates for employment, plant hours, payrolls, value added by
manufacture, capital expenditures, cost of materials, inventories,
value of industry shipments, and fuels and electric energy
consumed for most manufacturing industries - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVENTORIES AND
SALES:  JANUARY 1997 -  Data on dollar value of retail sales
and sales for selected establishments; a subsample of firms also
provides data on the value of end-of-month inventories; data on
dollar values of merchant wholesalers' sales and end-of-month
inventories; data for manufacturers current production levels
and future production commitments - 
< http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/fullmtis.html >


CENSTATS
    
New report titles available in pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >
   

HOUSING

SURVEY OF MARKET ABSORPTION:   FOURTH
QUARTER 1996  - Data concerning the rate at which privately
financed, unfurnished, nonsubsidized units in buildings with
five or more units are rented or sold (absorbed).  In addition,
data on characteristics of the units, such as number of bedrooms
and rent or price, are collected -
< http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/soma.html >

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HOUSING STARTS/BUILDING
PERMITS PRESS RELEASE:  FEBRUARY 1997 - Privately
owned housing units started and building permits authorized by
type of structure and by region -
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/indicator/www/housing.html >


CONSTRUCTION

VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE:
JANUARY 1997 - Estimates for the United States of the value
of total new construction put in place by type of construction
(residential, nonresidential, public utility, public buildings, and
the like) and by type of owner (private, State or local, or Federal
government). Seasonally adjusted annual rates in current and
constant dollars and some comparative data for earlier years are
also shown - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

  
POPULATION

POPULATION TRENDS: RUSSIA - Data on the population
size and trends of Russia by region including age and sex
structure, fertility and mortality rates, contraceptive use and
abortion rates  - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/main/newsite >

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES:
MARCH 1995 - UNPUBLISHED TABLES - Information on
basic educational trends and attainment levels across many
segments of the U.S. population.  Tables show three basic
measures of educational attainment: high school graduate or
more; some college or more; Bachelor's degree or more. These
measures are presented for the population ages 25 and older,
cross-classified by a series of socio-demographic factors: age,
gender, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, region, labor force,
occupation and earnings - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION OF COUNTIES: 
JULY 1, 1996, AND PERCENT POPULATION CHANGE:
APRIL 1, 1990 TO JULY 1, 1996 - Estimates of the population
in the nation's 3,142 counties as of July 1, 1996 - 
< http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/co96.html 

ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION OF COUNTIES AND
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPONENTS OF POPULATION
CHANGE:  ANNUAL TIME SERIES, JULY 1, 1990 TO
JULY 1, 1996 - Population estimates for 1990 to 1996, as well
as estimates of the components that cause population to change,
such as births, deaths, and migration. Data for persons living in
group quarters, under age 65, and 65 and over also are shown - 
http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/county.html 


HEALTH INSURANCE

CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE - Information on
children's health insurance.  The data includes how children's
health insurance coverage varies by age and race and ethnic
groups.  It also shows the health insurance status of poor
children and which children receive Medicaid - 
< http://www.census.gov/hhes/hlthins/chldhins.html >

FOREIGN TRADE

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND
SERVICES:  JANUARY 1997 - U.S. trade figures and other
detailed import and export trade figures on a monthly basis
including goods and services, goods by category, goods by
geographic area.  The balance of trade figures, along with other
various detailed foreign trade data, are released about 45 days
after the statistical month covered - 
< http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/ustrade.html >
    

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