Local Employment Dynamics’ OnTheMap

1. Local Employment Dynamics’OnTheMap Dorothy Paugh Marketing Services Office April 2007 MD State Data Center

2. Use existing data to link multiple sources Create new data and products Reduce cost and respondent burden Make data available while protecting confidentiality The Concept – Data Integration LEHD Led to LED New data and products

3. Local Employment Dynamicsmerges multiple data snapshots into informative movies about the U.S. society and economy

4. Local Employment Dynamics • A voluntary partnership between the states and the Census Bureau • States supply quarterly worker and business wage records • Census Bureau merges the state records with other data to produce new data and products about jobs, workers, industries and your local economy

5. 44 States in LED Partnership • Data in production 37 • Experimental data 7 • AK, AZ, DC, LA, MI, RI, WY • In process of joining 2 • NY, OH • States yet to join 5 • CT, MA, NE, NH, SD As of 1 Apr 2007

6. www.census.gov Next to Business & Industry Click on Local Employment Dynamics Then click on QuickLinks to: On the Map, QWI Online, IndustryFocus Or click on Data Tools

7. Local Employment Dynamics’ Tools and Featureshttp://lehd.did.census.gov

8. OnTheMap Potential Uses • Economic Planning • - Where is the labor supply located? • Transportation planning & analysis • - Between which areas do workers commute? • Emergency management • - Daytime population estimates • Before/after measures

9. LED in Action • Tornados • Military base realignment and closure • Infrastructure--bridge project • Interstate commuting

10. Missouri Tornado Path March 12, 2006 F-Scale: F3 between Clever and Nixa Path Length: ~40 miles      Width: 1/4 to 1/2 mile      Time: 10:08 – 11:00 P.M. *Source: National Weather Service

11. OnTheMap: Where People Go to Work Where do people who live in the path of the tornado work?

12. OnTheMap: Where Workers Live Where do workers employed at jobs located in the path of the tornado live?

13. OnTheMap: Recruiting for Scott AFB

14. OnTheMap: Recruiting for Scott AFB

15. OnTheMap: Downtown St. LouisProposed Mississippi River Bridge Project

16. OnTheMapLED’s online dynamic mapping tool • 17 states online • Maryland by August ‘07 • User-selected areas • Block is base unit for display; block group is base unit for report • Modular geographic layers such as community colleges and zip codes • Where do workers live? • Where do people work? • Companion reports on age, earnings, and industry

17. ThreeTypes of Reports • Shed report shows where people live by city and county. • Profile report shows workers’ age and wage ranges by industry • QWI shows 10 Quarterly Workforce • Indicators. • The text box allows you to name your report. • Reports can be downloaded. Screen can be bookmarked as a website.

18. Norfolk County OnTheMap

19. Norfolk County’s Military Bases

20. OnTheMap Quick Start

21. Limitations to Keep in Mind • Not yet national in scope. • Does not include military, self-employed or federal workers. • Data in OnTheMap refreshed annually, Industry Focus & QWI Online quarterly. Not all states supply data at the same rate. • OnTheMap reports on top five city,county, or unincorporated areas; Version 2 will show top 10. • OnTheMap can only crossstate borders between IL and MO. Version 2 will show cross state data for all.

22. Enhancements in the Works • Origin-destination patterns • - by industry • - income group • - across state borders • Currently adding data on federal and self-employed workers • By September ’07, up to 44 states will be OnTheMap.

23. Contact Us Training and Marketing for LED Colleen.D.Flannery@census.gov Dorothy.J.Paugh@census.gov • General Comments/Suggestions • did.local.employment.dynamics@census.gov • Website • http://lehd.did.census.gov