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2012 Economic Census Update

2012 Economic Census Update. 2014 AL SDC Annual Affiliates Meeting October 3 , 2014 Andy Hait U.S. Census Bureau. Outline. Census Economic Programs Primer Our N ew business.census.gov Site What’s Been Released So Far What’s Coming Up (Industry Series, etc.) Other New Offerings.

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2012 Economic Census Update

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  1. 2012 Economic CensusUpdate 2014 AL SDC Annual Affiliates Meeting October 3, 2014 Andy Hait U.S. Census Bureau

  2. Outline • Census Economic Programs Primer • Our New business.census.gov Site • What’s Been Released So Far • What’s Coming Up (Industry Series, etc.) • Other New Offerings

  3. Census Economic Data • Monthly and Quarterly Data • Leading Economic Indicators, like Monthly Retail Sales • Annual Data • Annual Survey of Manufactures • The Economic Census and Related Programs

  4. Key Economic Census Terms • NAICS(North American Industry Classification System) • Our primary data dimension • Establishments(vs. Companies, Firms, etc.) • Our collection/tabulation level • Employers (vs. Nonemployers) • EC only covers employer businesses • U.S. Code Title 13 and 26 • Protects business privacy

  5. Business.Census.Gov

  6. Main Page

  7. ReleaseSchedule

  8. Advance Report • National-level data at 2- and 3-digit NAICS • Released on March 26th, 2014

  9. Industry Series • Started in May 2014 • National-level data only, but… • More detailed NAICS • Products data • NAICS Changes…

  10. New Industries for the 2012 Economic Census • New and emerging industries • Breakout of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomasselectric power generation from All Other Electric Power Generation (NAICS 221119) • Stats: • Number of businesses: 673 in 2011 with 9,058 employees (435 in 2007) • In 2011: CA - 106, TX - 53, MN – 50, AL – 3

  11. Industry Changes for the 2012 Economic Census • Consolidations due to decrease in number of companies due to: • General industry decline • Company consolidation (mergers and acquisitions) • Primarily impacts the manufacturingsector (178 industries) • Stats: • Steel mills (880 in 2007, 570 in 2011) • Machine tools (579 to 626 (cutting type) and 292 to 312 (forming type)

  12. Other Industry Changes • Changes to (and consolidation of ) existing industries due to market change • Primarily impact the Retail and A&F sectors • Stats • Computer Stores: 12,411 in 2007, 10,292 in 2011 • Camera Stores: 2,049 to 1,115 • Music Stores: 4,496 to 2,379

  13. Where Can I Go for More Information? • BCG What’s New page • NAICS web site (http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/) • Industry definitions and Concordance tables • Relationships to other systems • Federal Register Notices

  14. Finding Data Page The home of the ISP … and the Industry Snapshots

  15. Industry Statistics Portal Industry Statistics Portal (ISP) (www.census.gov/econ/isp/) • All data sources for an industry • Links to AFF • Industry definitions & comparability back to 1997

  16. Release Schedule Geographic Area Series

  17. Geographic Area Series • Scheduled to start in November 2014 • National-, state- county-, metro area-, and place-level data • Full NAICS detail • LOTS of Changes Coming…

  18. New Places • 2007 EC cutoff: 5,000+ pop or jobs • 2012 EC cutoff: 2,500+ pop or jobs • Results in nearly 5,000 new places published for 2012 • 81 places added for AL

  19. Place Changes • Adds / Drops • Boundary Changes • New Incorporations / Disincorporations

  20. New Metros • 2007 used metro areas as of Dec. 2006 • 2012 will now use new metros after 2010 Decennial • 156 new or changed metros • In AL: 3 CSAs changed (1 unchanged); 1 new and 1 changed non-CSA metro (5 unchanged metros)

  21. Reference Maps

  22. More Sectors

  23. Other Geographic Changes • No pub cutoffs • 6 New Counties in AK • Planning Areas in PR • Geographic Components • Offshore Areas • “Statewide” Areas • Non-Metro Areas

  24. Help Center Page 2012 EC Geo Reference info

  25. Help Center Page (cont.) Comprehensive descriptions

  26. Other Economic Data Tools • QuickFacts • Data from CBP, Nonemployers, SBO, EC, & Building Permits (and more coming soon) • Interactive Map • Data from CBP and Pop Estimates • America’s Economy Mobile App • Data from the Economic Indicators

  27. Census – Open for BusinessGuiding Principles • Easy to use • Customer focused • Census data and more • Small footprint • Free Leverage existing Census investments

  28. Prototype Features • Initial audience: Entrepreneurs opening their first B-to-C business (selected types) • Selected demographic and economic data • Simple Local Area Profile report • Core functionality • Uses Census API and ESRI infrastructure • Live Demo

  29. Next Steps • Audience expansion • Entrepreneurs opening their first of any type of B-to-C business • Entrepreneurs opening their second B-to-C business • Entrepreneurs opening their first B-to-B business • Larger businesses/corporations expanding their businesses

  30. Next Steps (cont.) • Content expansion • Additional demographic characteristics (from ACS) • Additional demographic data (other sources) • Additional economic characteristics (from EC, CBP, and NS) • Additional economic data (other sources)

  31. Next Steps (cont.) • Functionality expansion • Additional mapping tools • Mapping econ data • Ability to merge demo characteristics on map • Place- and/or ZIP-level economic data • “Comparison to neighboring areas” tool • “Add your own or 3rd party data” tool • Advanced functionality • Mobile access

  32. Next Steps (cont.) We Need Your Feedback! • Test the prototype (cut-off: 10/31/2014) (Use Firefox) (see http://wdccivweb.esri.com/open-for-business/) • Send your comments to census.cofb@census.gov • Look out for follow-up from Census • Stay tuned for public Phase 1 release

  33. Summary • Our new business.census.gov site has a lot of useful materials for you and your users • Just a sip of data has been released so far • Lots more coming (Geographic Area Series, etc.) • Stay tuned for othernew offerings • Visit business.census.gov and promote use of Census demo & econ data

  34. Questions

  35. Any other Questions:Andrew.W.Hait@census.gov(301)763-6747Thank You!

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