1. The 2012 Economic Census An Overview and Update
PA State Data Center Meeting
Harrisburg/Hershey, PA
September 19, 2013
Presented by:
Andrew W. Hait
U.S. Census Bureau
Cover slide

2. Outline Economic Programs “At a Glance” The 2012 Economic Census
Changes from the 2007 EC (and how these affect PA)
Outline of presentation

3. Economic Programs Overview
“Yes, the Census Bureau does something other than the demographic programs!”
Monthly, Quarterly, & Annual Economic Surveys
Limited data items published
Primarily national data and aggregated industries
Partial sector coverage
Sampling and Nonsampling errors
The Economic Census
More Current = Less Detailed

4. The Economic Census Done on the years ending in “2” and “7”
Covers employer businesses in the U.S.
Collected on an establishment basis
2012 EC kicking off in Oct. 2012
Employer Establishments
Businesses with 1+ employees (file IRS payroll tax form 941)
Nonemployer Establishments
Businesses with no paid employees (independent contractors) (usually File IRS form 1040 Schedule C)
Make up 75% of all businesses in the US but < 4% of receipts/revenue
Covered by the Nonemployer Statistics program only
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

5. The Economic Census Offers…
Over 200 unique industry statistics
National-, state-, metro-, county-, place-, and ZIP Code-level data (varies by sector)
Industry detail: 2- thru 6-digit NAICS codes
18 of the 20 NAICS sectors covered; excluded:
Agriculture (covered by USDA/NASS)
Governments (covered by Census of Governments)
Very accurate
Even though only publish down to place, geocode to block & tract to assign place and for other purposes.
Only publish to place primarily for disclosure reasons.
Economic Places in PA = boroughs and townships
USDA/NASS = US Department of Agriculture / National Agricultural Statistics Service

6. Related Economic Programs
Economic Census of Island Areas
Covers American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Survey of Business Owners
Business data by Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Veteran Status of Business Owner
All are conducted on same cycle as EC. (CoG actually underway right now… 1st of 3 phases mailed in Feb.)

7. 2012 Census of Governments Provides Economic Statistics about Governments Over Time Acts as a Public-sector Counterpart to Economic Census
Organization – Number of and Type of Governments; Characteristics of Local Governments by State and Type
September 2013
Employment – Number of Part-Time and Full-Time Employees; One Month Payroll
March 2014
Finance –Revenues, Expenditures, Debt, Cash and Securities, Taxes, Pensions, Education Finances
State Tax Collections – April 2013
State-Administered Pensions – August 2013
State Government Finances – December 2013
State- and Local Government-Administered Pensions – April 2014
State- and Local Government Finances - April 2015

8. The 2012 Economic Census
About 4 million businesses mailed one of over 500 unique forms by end of Dec. 2012
170,000 to PA businesses
All large & mid-size employers
Sample of small employers
Electronic response also offered
See /forms/pa.html)
2007 response rate - 93% large co’s; 86% overall
Outreach underway to promote response and use of the data
7 million employer businesses in total
“Sample of small employers” – typically businesses with < 5 employees not mailed a form
“Small” cutoff varies by industry
Electronic response – downloadable Surveyor software for larger companies; online tool for small single-establishment companies

9. business.census.gov
Screenshot of business.census.gov web site

10. Current Features General Information Promotional Tools & Materials
Respondent Information
Data Use Scenarios
Snapshots
Videos
Features of bcg

11. BCG, Phase 2 Shift Focus to Data Users (Nov. 2013) Data User pages
New Finding Data Tools
How to Use the Data Use Cases
Information and Help Centers
Organizations pages
Resource Center
Respondent pages
Features of bcg phase 2

12. New Industry Statistics Portal
Access to all programs which publish data for a user-selected industry
Replaces the Industry Statistics Sampler
Easier to use with updated and simpler interface
Expanded links to economic programs data on AFF
Definitions and information on industry comparability
Available at
Features of ISP

13. ISP main page and Guide to All Sources page screen shots

14. New for the 2012 Econ Census
New industries and changes to existing ones
Breakout of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass electric power generation
Consolidation of over 100 manufacturing industries
Tweaks to other sectors & industries
See
What’s New for 2012 – Industries
NAICS – 17 of these businesses in PA in 2011 with 232 employees and $20.7 Million in annual payroll
Manufacturing – Consolidations mirror what is published in the ASM.
2007 NAICS (Iron & Steel Mills) and (Electrometalurgical Ferroalloy Product Manufacturing) now combined into 2012 NAICS (Iron & Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing) ($17 Billion in shipments in 2011)

15. New for the 2012 Econ Census (cont.)
New geographies
Metros and Economic Places
Reduction in use of pub cutoffs
What’s New for 2012 – Geographies
Of 11 CSAs in PA:
4 new
6 changed (including Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA)
1 unchanged
10 more metros and micros that aren’t part of a CSA are unchanged as well.
Places: 573 in 2007, plus 503 added for 2012 (1 dropped) = 1,077 places for 2012
In Dauphin County, 7 new places
See handouts for details (will be posted to BCG as well)

16. New for the 2012 Econ Census (cont.)
New data and data products
Product revisions to conform to NAPCS
Enterprise Statistics report (see
What’s New for 2012 – Data
NAPCS = North American Product Classification System
Will begin to see NAPCS products “wherever made” beginning with 2017 EC

17. When is it Coming Out? Planned Release Schedule:
Advanced Report – March 2014*
Industry Series – May 2014 – February 2015
Visit business.census.gov (BCG) for the full release schedule
*At the end of March, Congress enacted a continuing appropriations bill that included automatic spending cuts due to sequestration and other substantial cuts. The reduced funding will cause a delay of three months in the release of 2012 Economic Census statistical products.

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