LEHD and OnTheMap From Jobs to Transportation Matthew Graham Geographer U.S. Census Bureau 1
LEHD and the LED Partnership Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program –Generating new data from existing data –Join administrative records with census & survey data Local Employment Dynamics Partnership –Federal-State Data Sharing Partnership –Workers: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Records –Firms: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) 2
Integrating Data Workers: –UI Wage Records –Decennial, ACS –Other Sources Firms: –QCEW –Business Register –Other Sources 3 A m
Data Products Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) –County, Metro/Micro, State statistics on employment, hiring, separations, earnings, etc. with detailed characteristics –Updated and released quarterly for all partcipating states. LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) 4
LODES/OnTheMap LODES –Annual, Census Block-level data –Home-Work Relationships + Characteristics –48 States, 8 Years –Downloadable OnTheMap –Web application to deliver LODES –Multiple kinds of analyses –Plus Spinoff Applications 5
The Job Frame Job –Link Between People/Workers and Firms 1 Firm/Establishment Characteristics –Location, Industry, Ownership, Age 2, Size 2 Worker Characteristics –Location (Home), Age, Race, Ethnicity, Education, Sex 2 Job Characteristics –Earnings 6 1.Currently for state UI-covered jobs only. 2.Expected for release with 2010 data.
LODES Structure OD –Home Block & Work Block –Total, Age (3), Earnings (3), Industry (3) Work/Home Margins –Home Block or Work Block –Total, Age (3), Earnings (3), Industry (3) by Age (3), Earnings (3), Industry Sector (20), Race (6), Ethnicity (2), Education (6) 7
Important Points Data Sources Confidentiality Protection –Noise Infusion –Synthetic Data Methods Comparability Local Knowledge 8
Work Location Data 9 A m m m m m m m m A A A A ? A
OnTheMap Analyses Area Profile Area Comparison Distance/Direction Destination Inflow/Outflow Paired Area 10
Future Advances 2010 Data Release –Federal Workers –Firm Age & Size –NH & DC Longer Term –Self-Employed Workers –Full National Coverage (complete w/ MA) –Other Employment Statistics 11
Information/Data/Tools LEHD Program – LODES Data – OnTheMap – 12
Contact LODES/OnTheMap Questions OnTheMap List –Signup: onthemaphttp://lists.census.gov/mailman/listinfo/lehd- onthemap – Other Questions Thank you! 13