What Users Need to Know

1. 2007 Economic CensusHawai’i Data User ConferencesFebruary 16-18, 2010Laurie TorenePaul ZeissetEconomic Planning & Coordination US Census Bureau

2. What Users Need to Know • Economic Census • Overview • How the data are classified • By industry (NAICS) • By geography • How the data are published • Working with the data • Annual and quarterly business data

3. Economic surveys data collected from businesses Demographic surveys data collected from households Census Jargon

4. Graphic: Newspaper headlines

5. Surveys vs Census • Economic Surveys • Annual, quarterly, monthly • Limited detail • Mostly national • Economic Census • Every 5 years(years ending in 2 & 7) • Industry/product detail • Detailed Geography

6. 2007 Economic Census Key Dates

7. Economic Census Data Collection 4.7 million establishments Large, mid-size employers Sample of small employers Paper or electronic reporting 550 versions of the form

8. Economic Census Data Collection Direct Collection: Mail or electronic report forms to 4.7 million establishments $ output Administrative Records: (2.8 million small employers) # of establishments

9. Schedule for 2007 Census Reports

12. Industry Classification

13. NAICS • North • American • Industry • Classification • System

14. NAICS • North • American • Industry • Classification • System

15. Industry Classification System • North American Industry Classification System • Launched in 1997 • NAICS Hierarchy

16. Assembling Time Series SIC 1987 1992 (1997) NAICS 1997 2002 2007 2012

17. Changes for NAICS 2007

18. Establishments vs. Companies Establishment - A store, warehouse, factory, or other type of business at a single physical location Company (or Firm) - One or more establishments under common ownership or control

19. Census.govNAICS

20. NAICS web page

21. NAICS index

22. NAICS definition

23. NAICS web page

24. Exercise 1 In what industry would you findCar Dealers?

25. Economic Census Coverage Sector contribution to GDP

26. http://www.census.gov/econ/industry/excluded.htm

27. http://www.census.gov/econ/industry/excluded.htm#government

28. Economic Census Geography

29. Economic Census Geography • U.S. • States • Metro areas • Counties • Places • ZIP Codes(not in the Geographic Area Series)

30. State map 2007 Metropolitan & Micropolitan Areas http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/pdf/maps/hi/state/04000us15m.pdf

31. Econ Census Geographic Coverage

32. Places in the 2007 Economic Census • 2002 criterion: cities or boroughs with 2,500+ inhabitants • Townships with 10,000+ inhabitants in 20 NE states • 2007: cities, boroughs, townships, or CDPs • With 5,000+ inhabitants (from pop estimates) OR • With 5,000+ workers (from Census 2000) • Hawai'i Number • places added 0 • 2002 places dropped 22 • Net change -22

33. http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/pdf/state/Hawaii.pdf

34. GeoNotes • http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/pdf/state/Hawaii.pdf

35. Economic Census Products

36. Schedule for 2007 Census Reports

37. Schedule for Geographic Area Series

38. Sequence of Data Release

39. Census.gov->econ census

40. EC07->NotifyMe

41. NotifyMe

42. NotifyMe geo

43. Email response from Notify-Me System

44. Exercise 2: Sign up for NotifyMe for the states and Economic Census sectorsyou are interested in!

45. Schedule for 2007 Census Reports

46. Subject and Summary Reports • Separate reports for each sector • In service-producing sectors • Product lines • State data for many industries • Metro data for wholesale, retail, accommodations only • Establishment and firm size • Miscellaneous subjects • limited state data

47. AFF:Products for 44711

48. AFF: Tobacco products by NAICS

49. Bridge Tables • 1997: Bridge between NAICS and SIC • 2002: Bridge between NAICS 02 and NAICS 97 • 2007: Bridge between NAICS 07 and NAICS 02 • National data only; Basis for converting other data

50. Comparative Statistics • Economy-wide • No sub-state geography • For 1997, showed SICs by State • For 2002, showed NAICS 1997 by state • For 2007, will show NAICS 2002 by state