County Business Patterns Data - Overberg
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The document discusses county business patterns, detailing information on establishments, workers, and payroll since 1964. It emphasizes the nature of the data as annual releases, which are considered old but useful for trend analysis and local economic insights. It also provides resources for further exploration of this business data.
County Business Patterns Data - Overberg
- 1. Steve Doig, Arizona State Paul Overberg, USA TODAY Philadelphia Jan. 31, 2011 County Business Patterns
- 2. Establishments, workers, payroll Metro versions as well -- and ZIPs! Annual since 1964 Census, not a survey Easy to download Outline
- 3. Establishments = place of business Example: McDonald ’s franchisee owns 1 business, 5 establishments Payroll: wages, commissions, bonuses, vacation/sick pay, tips, etc. Easy to download Defining terms
- 4. 1977-97 county data: fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/cbp SIC-NAICS bridge (1997 to 2002): census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm Resources
- 5. Quick tour
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- 8. Quick tour
- 9. “ It’s old data!” Release: 18 months after period ends Not worth its own story Use for telling details Mine for trends
- 10. “ It’s old data!” City vs. suburbs, 2 counties, etc. Role of self-employed Local strength and weakness (location quotient analysis) Niche-spotting
- 11. Questions? www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html Also in (old) American FactFinder: Datasets: Annual Economic Surveys
Editor's Notes
- #3: About the data: http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/overview.htm How data is collected: http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/methodology.htm Data, 2004-present: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=EAS&_tabId=EAS2&_submenuId=datasets_5&_lang=en