1. 1 Local Employment Dynamics’ Analytic Tools

2. 2 Use existing data to link multiple sources Create new data and products Reduce cost and respondent burden Make data available while protecting confidentiality New data and products The Concept – Data Integration LEHD Led to LED

3. 3 Local Employment Dynamics merges multiple data snapshots into informative movies about the U.S. society and economy

4. 4 Local Employment Dynamics A voluntary partnership between the states and the Census Bureau States supply quarterly worker and business wage records Census Bureau merges the state records with other data to produce new data and products about jobs, workers, industries and your local economy

5. 5 States in LED Partnership

6. 6 State partners 45 States in the process of joining 3 NE, OH, SD States yet to join 3 CT, MA, NH

7. 7 www.census.gov Next to Business & Industry Click on Local Employment Dynamics Then click on Quick Links to: OnTheMap, QWI Online, Industry Focus Or click on Data Tools

8. 8 Local Employment Dynamics’ Tools and Features Local Employment Dynamics’ Tools and Features http://lehd.did.census.gov http://lehd.did.census.gov

9. 9 Community Economic Development HotReport http://CED.census.gov Available for all counties/ county equivalents in the U.S. (not towns/cities) Contains ETA WIRED regions (Generations 1, 2 and 3) In future, may allow user- created aggregations of counties Publicly released at Workforce Innovations in mid-July

10. 10 Community Economic Development HotReport Features

11. 11 Older Worker Profiles Reports on workers aged 55+ are being released for 31 states over next six months 36.8 million people are age 65 and older (12% of population) 5.1 million people are age 85 and older http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles_2007.html

12. 12 QWI Online Links to available states Shows most recent quarter of data NAICS or SIC option

13. 13 QWI Online – Flagship Product 2-, 3-, and 4-digit NAICS code 8 age categories Entries updated instantaneously

14. 14 QWI Online “Pivot” or Comparison Tables

15. 15 Key Features of Industry Focus Ranking and multiple indicator selection State, county, Workforce Investment Areas (WIA), metro areas

16. 16 Industry Focus provides… …easy, intuitive selection criteria and economic indicators for your geography, work force, and industry. Click on industry to see workforce characteristics.

17. 17 Uses for OnTheMap Economic Planning & Time Series - Where is the labor supply located? - Which industries are growing or declining over time? Transportation planning & analysis - Between which areas do workers commute? Emergency management - Daytime population estimates

18. 18 F-Scale: F3 between Clever and NixaPath Length: ~40 miles Width: 1/4 to 1/2 mile Time: 10:08 – 11:00 P.M. *Source: National Weather Service OnTheMap Mapping Missouri Tornado Path OnTheMap

19. 19 OnTheMap: Where People Go to Work Where do people who live in the path of the tornado work?

20. 20 Where do workers employed at jobs located in the path of the tornado live? OnTheMap: Where Workers Live

21. 21 Cross-Border Labor Shed Using Concentric Circle Analysis

22. 22 Report from Concentric Circle Analysis

23. 23 OnTheMap: Downtown St. Louis Proposed Mississippi River Bridge Project

24. 24 OnTheMap LED’s online dynamic mapping tool 42 states online Where do workers live? Where do residents work? Reports on age, earnings, and industries with three years of data Cross-state flows User-selected areas Block is base unit for display; block group is base unit for report Geographic layers such as community colleges and zip codes

25. 25 Local Employment Dynamics’ Tools and Features Local Employment Dynamics’ Tools and Features http://lehd.did.census.gov http://lehd.did.census.gov

26. 26 Three Learning Aids for Using OnTheMap e-Learning module - On The Map Tour: on lehd.did.census.gov home page under Quick Links – 12 minute illustrated and narrated scenario Exercise: provides text and pictures to do a step by step labor shed exercise in Clark County, WA Help includes Glossary of Terms: “Help” is located at the top of every On The Map page

27. 27 Selecting Your Basic Geography

28. 28 Type “Irv” in Place Name Lookup; Highlight in City Lookup Results

29. 29 Displaying City of Irvine OnTheMap

30. 30 OnTheMap Zoom Out: Click, drag and drop

31. 31 What if I Goof Up? Back Arrow: will undo most single mistakes Clear: clear the points, thermals and selected geography Place Name Lookup: use this if things get really confusing; just type in your place name and start over

32. 32 Background Map Layers

33. 33 Example: Zip Code Layer

34. 34 Create/Change Overlay: Create Travel Sheds

35. 35 Travel Sheds Defined Commute shed - Plots and reports where those who live in the selection area work. Labor shed - Plots and reports where those who work in the selection area live.

36. 36 Create Travel Shed Select Labor Shed & Shed Report Type Report Name Here

37. 37 Types of Reports Shed: shows top 10 cities and counties and top 3 states where people in the selection area live or work. Area Profile: shows job counts, workers’ age and wage ranges, and industry types. QWI: shows 10 Quarterly Workforce Indicators (in Labor Shed only.) The text box allows you to name your report. Reports can be downloaded. Screen can be bookmarked as a website.

38. 38 Selection Tools: Choose Layer

39. 39 Selection Layer : Select Incorporated Cities

40. 40 Draw Line Through Irvine to Outline City Boundaries

41. 41 Display Options: Points Let the Hourglasses Spin

42. 42 Display Options: Thermals Where Workers Live

43. 43 Both Points & Thermals

44. 44 Labor Shed Report Pop-up blockers OFF!

45. 45 Change Report with Re-use Selection

46. 46 Area Profile Report: Characteristics of Irvine’s Workers

47. 47 Buffered Selection: Set Width of Corridor & Draw Line

48. 48 QWI Report Only Available for Labor Shed

49. 49 Create & Continue Paired Areas

50. 50 Paired Area Analysis: Circle and Freehand Selections

51. 51 Analyze Concentric Rings

52. 52 Set Radii of Concentric Rings

53. 53 Concentric Circle Report Concentric Circle Report

54. 54 Change Shed with Re-use Selection

55. 55 Keep in Mind… LED not yet national in scope. LED does not yet include military, self- employed or federal workers. Data in OnTheMap refreshed annually. QWI are refreshed quarterly. Not all states supply data at the same rate.

56. 56 Want to Learn More? Try Our e-learning Tools!

57. 57 Contact Us General Comments/Suggestions CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov Local Employment Dynamics http://lehd.did.census.gov Community Economic Development HotReport http://ced.census.gov Join the OnTheMap ListServ CES.LEHD.Production.List@census.gov