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2002 Economic Census
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1997 - 1992
Other:
1998-2001

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How to Find the Latest Business Data

The Economic Census profiles the U.S. economy every 5 years. Data for 1997 are available. Data for 2002 will be collected in 2003 and published in 2004 and 2005.

The Census Bureau also publishes a variety of data on an annual, quarterly, or monthly basis. Except as noted below, these "current" programs are limited to national data.

Click on year to go to latest data.
Programs with national and subnational data
	U.S.	States	Metro areas	Coun- ties	Places	ZIP codes
Economic Census	2002	1997	1997	1997	1997	1997
Minority- and Women-Owned Business	1997	1997	1997	1997	1997
Statistics of U.S. Businesses  (by size)	2001	2001	2001
County Business Patterns	2001	2001	2001	2001		2001
Nonemployer Statistics	2002	2001	2001	2001
Annual Survey of Manufactures	2001	2001
Building Permits	2003	2003	2003	2003	2003
Governments	2002	2002		2002	2002
Foreign Trade: State Exports	2003	2003

Other national data
Multi-sector data: Annual Capital Expenditures Survey 2002 Quarterly Financial Report 2003 E-Commerce Statistics 2001 Business Expense Survey 1997		Sector-specific data: Construction, Mining, Manufacturing Retail, Wholesale Trade Transportation selected service sectors
Data more frequent than annual
Monthly: Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Current Industrial Reports (selected) Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services Monthly Retail Sales and Inventories Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales (MTIS) Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits		Quarterly: Quarterly Financial Report Quarterly Services Survey Retail E-Commerce Sales Current Industrial Reports (selected)   All other data sets linked above are annual, except for the Economic Census

See also the discussion of assembling time series data before and after 1997.

Special topics
Overview - E-Stats - Concentration ratios - Economy-wide programs - Financial characteristics of companies - Governments - International trade: imports and exports - Minority- and women-owned business - Lookup tools - NAICS - NAPCS - Research - Small business

Economic data about people or households
Income ·  Poverty ·  Labor force ·  Households

Economic data from other federal agencies
Gross Domestic Product - GDP (BEA) Wages, prices, unemployment, jobs, consumer expenditures (BLS) Federal Statistics Briefing Room (White House) Other federal agencies (FedStats)

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