2000Census "Census Bureau Announces 1995 Census Test Sites" (12/08/93)
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Robert Tortora
301-763-2562
                     CENSUS BUREAU ANNOUNCES
                     1995 CENSUS TEST SITES
     The Census Bureau is moving aggressively to design a new
census process that is simpler, cheaper and more accurate.  To
test its plans, it has selected four sites as locations for the
1995 Census Test.  The sites are: the cities of New Haven, CT;
Oakland, CA; Paterson, NJ; and Bienville, De Soto, Jackson,
Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn parishes in Northwestern
Louisiana.
     The primary change being tested is the use of sampling and
estimation.  "Perhaps the most significant changes involve our
plans to use more sampling--visiting only a portion of households
that don't respond via mail--and to use more estimation to
augment the numbers of people missed using direct counting
methods.  We believe the increased use of sampling and estimation
offers the best hope for meeting the key goals of reducing costs
and the undercounts," said Robert Tortora, Associate Director for
Research on the 2000 Census.  Sampling and estimation are
statistical approaches commonly used because they can be less
costly and more accurate than complete canvassing.
     Among other changes that will be studied in these areas in
1995 are closer cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service and a
user-friendly questionnaire combined with improved motivational
messages and multiple reminder notices.
    The Census Bureau will be leasing space and setting up
offices beginning in Fall 1994, and will employ a number of local
residents in each site.
     Results of the 1995 census test, in combination with other
research, will be used by the Census Bureau, Congress, and the
public in deciding how the 2000 census will be conducted.
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pop "Significant Demographic Diff. Among Immigrant Groups" (09/23/93)
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Susan Lapham
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           CENSUS BUREAU FINDS SIGNIFICANT DEMOGRAPHIC
               DIFFERENCES AMONG IMMIGRANT GROUPS
     A new report released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau on the nation's foreign-born population shows
sharply varying levels of social-economic well-being among the
various groups.
     Susan Lapham, author of the report, The Foreign Born
Population in the United States:  1990 (CP-3-1), says, "An
analysis of 1990 census information on recent immigrants
(citizens and non-citizens) indicates that nearly 90 percent of
African-born residents had a high school education or higher,
compared with 76 percent of Asian-born and 46 percent of Central
American-born residents.  This report also shows that the per
capita income of African immigrants was $20,117 in 1989, compared
with $16,661 for Asian immigrants and $9,446 for foreign-born
Central Americans.  Family poverty rates for these same groups
varied from 11.7 percent for foreign-born Africans to
13.1 percent for foreign-born Asians to 20.9 percent for
foreign-born Central Americans.
     The following additional highlights, extracted from the
report's 400 pages of statistical tables, provide comparisons
between foreign-born and natives:
           In 1990, about 20 million of the nation's total
          population were foreign-born and 229 million
          native-born.  About 6 percent of immigrants entering
          the country between 1987 and 1990 were naturalized,
          compared with 10 percent of those entering between
          1985 to 1986, 19 percent between 1982 to 1984,
          27 percent from 1980 to 1981, and 61 percent before
          1980.
           About 1 out of 5 adults, whether foreign born or
          native born, had a Bachelor's degree or higher in 1990.
          The ratio was 1 in 4 among immigrants who arrived after
          1980 and 1 in 5 for those who arrived before 1980.
           About two-thirds of naturalized citizens had a high
          school diploma or more education in 1990, compared with
          slightly more than one-half of non-citizens.  The gap
          was narrower for persons with a Bachelor's degree or
          more:  23 percent for naturalized and 19 percent for
          non-citizens.
           About 19 percent of families with a foreign-born
          householder had three or more workers in the family in
          1990, compared with 13 percent among native-born
          families.
           About 19 percent each of naturalized and non-citizens
          had three or more workers in the family in 1990.
           Although the foreign born had a higher per capita
          income than the native born ($15,033 versus $14,367) in
          1989, their median family income was almost $4,000 less
          than the native born ($31,785 versus $35,508).
           Although naturalized ($20,538) persons had a higher per
          capita income than non-citizens ($11,293) in 1989,
          their median family incomes were about the same at
          $31,754 and $31,943 respectively.
           The unemployment rate for foreign-born persons aged
          16 and over was 7.8 percent in 1990, compared with
          6.2 percent for the native born.  Immigrants who
          entered since 1980 had an unemployment rate of nearly
          10 percent, while those entering before 1980 had a rate
          of 6.4 percent.
           The unemployment rate for naturalized citizens
          (5.4 percent) was 4 percentage points lower than
          that for non-citizens (9.4 percent) in 1990.
           About 15 percent of families with a foreign-born
          householder were living in poverty in 1989, compared
          with nearly 10 percent of families with a native-born
          householder.  Nearly 1 in 4 families with a
          foreign-born householder who entered the United States
          since 1980 were living in poverty--about twice the
          proportion (11 percent) of families with a foreign-born
          householder who entered before 1980.
           The poverty rate of families with a naturalized
          householder (8.7 percent) was 12 percentage points
          lower than that of comparable non-citizens
          (20.7 percent) in 1990.
           About 8 out of 10 of the foreign born (5 years and
          older) speak a language other than English at home.
          Nearly 9 out of 10 of those who have arrived since
          1980 speak a language other than English at home,
          compared with 7 out of 10 of those who arrived before
          1980.
           About 7 out of 10 naturalized citizens (5 years and
          older) speak a language other than English at home in
          1990, compared with more than 8 out of
          10 non-citizens.
     Since data in this report are from the sample portion of the
decennial census, they are subject to sampling variability.
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Editor's Note:  One-page demographic profiles (CPH-L-148) for
47 countries of origin and regions as well as tables that rank
38 of the countries by selected characteristics are available on
request. In addition, a five-page summary of social and economic
highlights for foreign-born persons now living in the U.S. who
were born in Europe, the Soviet Union, Asia, North and South
America, Africa or Oceania, also are available.
     Other reports planned for release by the bureau in this
series (CP-3) include ancestry, persons of Hispanic origin and
Asian and Pacific Islanders.
     The bureau has also started releasing, on a flow basis,
subject summary tape files (SSTFs).  The tapes include the same
types of data shown in the reports, but provide additional
geographic detail.  These files are designed to meet the data
needs expressed by users who have a special interest in selected
subjects or subgroups of the population.
     Media representatives may obtain copies of the report on the
foreign population from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Subject Summary Tape Files can be ordered from the
bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.  Non-media
orders for any of these products should go to the Customer
Services Office.
afr-am "Earnings of African Americans Improve With Education"  (09/15/93)
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Claudette Bennett
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     EARNINGS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IMPROVE WITH EDUCATION,
                       CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     The median earnings in 1991 of year-round, full-time African
American workers aged 25 and over with at least a bachelor's
degree was 66 percent higher than the earnings of African
American workers with a high school diploma, according to a
report released by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  The
ratio was similar for both African American men and women with
comparable work experience and educational attainment, said the
report, The Black Population in the United States:  March 1992
(P20-471).
     Claudette Bennett, the report's author, says, "The median
earnings of year-round and full-time Black adult workers who were
high school graduates totaled $18,620 in 1991, compared with
nearly $31,000 for those with bachelor's degrees or higher.  This
clearly demonstrates that education is directly associated with a
person's earning power."  Bennett notes that among comparable
White workers the earning gap is also approximately 66 percent.
     However, there are some racial differentials in earnings for
year-round workers.  For example, adult, White college graduates
who worked year-round and full-time could expect to earn
approximately $6,600 more per year than similarly employed
African American college graduates ($37,500 versus $30,900) in
1991.
     Regardless of educational attainment, White men had higher
median earnings than African American men across most
occupational categories.  But, the size of the gap varied by
occupation.  African American males are more likely to be
employed as laborers, while White males are more likely to be
employed in managerial and executive positions.  African American
and White women, on the other hand, had similar median earnings.
     Other highlights from the report:
           In occupations with statistically significant earnings,
          differentials between African American and White males
          who worked year-round, full-time, the median earnings
          ratio in 1991 of African American men to White men
          ranged from an apparent low of $64 for every $100 for
          men employed as farmers, fishermen, and forestry
          workers to an apparent high of $87 for men employed in
          service occupations.
           About 33 percent of African Americans aged 15 and over
          in poverty worked in 1991.  About 40 percent of poor
          African American men and 30 percent of poor African
          American women worked.  Among Whites, 42 percent of the
          poor worked in 1991--56 percent of men and 34 percent
          of women.
           There were more African American women (1.2 million)
          than African American men (820,000) among the working
          poor.  In contrast, a similar number of White men
          (3.5 million) and women (3.3 million) were among the
          working poor.
           Between 1980 and 1992, the number of African American
          households increased from 9 to 11 million.  Also, the
          number of African American households increased at a
          faster pace (29 percent) than the number of White
          households (15 percent).
           Between 1980 and 1992, the average number of persons
          per household declined for both African Americans and
          Whites, from 3.02 to 2.83 persons for African Americans
          and from 2.71 to 2.57 persons for Whites.
           In 1992, 36 percent of African American children under
          18 years lived with both parents compared with
          42 percent in 1980, a 16 percent decline.
           The proportion of African American males aged 25 and
          over with a bachelor's degree or more increased from
          7.7 percent in 1980 to 11.9 percent in 1992.  The
          corresponding figures for African American females
          increased from 8.1 percent to 12 percent.  (The
          proportions of African American males and females with
          a bachelor's degree or more were statistically the same
          in 1980 and 1992.)
     The Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) provided
the report's data.  As in all surveys, the data are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
proj "Census Bureau Releases Updated Pop. Projection Figures" (09/29/93)
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Jennifer Day
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  CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES UPDATED POPULATION PROJECTION FIGURES
     New Census data show that the nation's population may grow
even faster than previously projected, reaching 392 million by
2050.  The Bureau projected in December 1992 that the nation's
population might reach 383 million by the year 2050.
     The new projection is contained in a Census Bureau report
entitled, Population Projections of the United States, by Age,
Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:  1993 to 2050 (P25-1104).
     Jennifer Day, author of the report, says "particularly
striking in these new projections is greater growth in births
in Hispanic communities and higher immigration of White,
non-Hispanic persons.
     After 1996, the Hispanic population is projected to add over
870,000 people to the nation's population each year.  This is
more than any other racial or ethnic group.  Nearly two-thirds of
the growth is expected to come from natural increase and about
one-third from immigration.  By 2010, the Hispanic origin
population may become the second-largest race/ethnic group.
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     While Hispanic immigration is projected to remain about the
same as in the December 1992 figures, Asian and Pacific Islander
immigration is assumed to be 20,000 a year lower (317,000 versus
337,000) and White non-Hispanic immigration is expected to be
20,000 a year higher (174,000 versus 154,000).
     Other information contained in this report includes:
           The number of babies born in the U.S. is projected to
          decrease slightly as the century ends.  However, by
          2012 the annual number of births may exceed the
          4.3 million that the nation saw at the height of the
          Baby Boom.
           The racial/ethnic distribution of the nation's
          population is expected to continue changing.  By 2050,
          the White, non-Hispanic portion of the population is
          projected to decline from today's 75 percent to
          53 percent.  Asian and Pacific Islanders will continue
          as the fastest growing segment of the the population
          (over 4 percent a year).  At this rate Asian and
          Pacific Islanders will make up 10 percent of the
          population in 2050 (41 million people).
           The African-American population is projected to grow
          from 31 million people (12 percent) in 1990 to
          62 million people (16 percent) by 2050.  After 2012,
          this report projects that more African-Americans will
                             (more)
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          be added to the population each year than White,
          non-Hispanics.
           American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts may double their
          population size by the middle of the next century,
          growing from about 2.1 million in 1990 to 4.3 million
          in 2050.
     Day says these updated projections came about for several
reasons.  These include an extra increase in the resident
population because of the return of many overseas military
personnel to the United States, updated birth and death data, and
more data reflecting the impact of recently changed immigration
laws.
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Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain reproduced
copies of the report from the Public Information Office by
calling 301-763-4040.  Final printed copies of the report will
not be available until the fall.  Non-media orders should go to
the bureau's Population Information Staff at 301-763-5002.
smobe-wob "Bureau Surveys Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses" (09/01/93)
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            CENSUS BUREAU LAUNCHES SURVEYS OF WOMEN
             AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
     Businesses across the country are about to participate in
the nation's only comprehensive, regularly collected source of
information on the number of firms owned by minorities and women.
Included are the self-employed, sole proprietors, partnerships,
subchapter S corporations and, for women, full corporations.
     The Surveys of Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses, which
begin September 27, will provide economic data about businesses
owned by Americans of minority racial and ethnic populations and
women.  The information that will come from the surveys includes
the number of minority- and women-owned firms, sales and
receipts, paid employees, and annual payroll.  These results will
be available by geographic areas, such as regions and states, as
well as by industry, firm size, and form of organization.
     The Census Bureau will mail survey forms to an estimated
1.2 million firms, about half in September 1993, and half in
April 1994.  Business owners are asked to return their
forms in thirty days.
     The survey is part of the economic census program, which the
Census Bureau is required to conduct every 5 years.
                               -X-
September 1993
housing "New Report Provides Updated Picture of Rural America" (10/22/93)
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Jan Tin
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                NEW CENSUS BUREAU REPORT PROVIDES
                 UPDATED PICTURE OF RURAL AMERICA
     The Webster definition of rural life may include agriculture
but a new report from the Commerce Department's Census Bureau
states that today's rural reality is oftentimes closer to that of
urban areas.
     Jan Tin, author of Housing Characteristics of Rural
Households:  1991 (H121/93-5), says:  "Today, only a small
fraction of the 25 million rural households in America are farm
households--1.6 million or 7 percent.  In fact, many rural
households tend to be located next to or inside metropolitan
areas and have some characteristics closer to those of urban
dwellers than of farmers."
     Some examples provided in the report include:
           The median ages of urban and rural metropolitan
          householders were 45 and 46 years, respectively, almost
          nine years younger than the median age of 54 years for
          farm householders.
           The median values of urban and rural metropolitan homes
          were $87,900 and $85,400, respectively, in 1991,
          significantly higher than that of $62,300 for farm
          homes.
           Twenty-seven percent of farm householders completed
          less than 12 years of schooling compared with
          19 percent of urban and 20 percent of rural
          metropolitan householders.
     Overall characteristics of rural and urban households
revealed in this portrait include:
           The homeownership rate in rural areas is 81 percent;
          in urban areas it is only 58 percent.
           11 percent of rural owners are in low-income households
          compared to 7 percent of urban owners.
           45 percent of rural owners and 42 percent of rural
          renters rate their neighborhoods as a "10" (the best)
          compared to only 33 percent of urban owners and
          23 percent of urban renters.
     This report presents information from the 1991 American
Housing Survey (AHS).  The biennial survey is conducted by the
Bureau of the Census for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
     As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling
variability and other sources of error.
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Note:  Rural areas are divided into two primary component parts--
inside metropolitan areas and outside metropolitan areas
(counties adjacent and not adjacent to metropolitan areas).  Farm
and non-farm households can live in any of these two areas.  A
list of counties that fall into each of these categories is
available on request.  Congressional offices may obtain copies of
the report from the bureau's Congressional Affairs Office on
301-763-5360.
education "Sharp Rise in School Construction and Debt" (10/27/93)
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Larry MacDonald
301-763-5086
           SHARP RISE IN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND DEBT
      SHOWN IN CENSUS BUREAU'S 1991 SCHOOL FINANCES REPORT
     School districts invested 13 percent more in construction
during 1991 than 1990, according to a new report issued by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  The report, Public
Education Finances:  1991 (GF/91-10), is based on a jointly
funded survey by the Census Bureau and the National Center for
Education Statistics.
     "Public elementary and secondary school systems,"  says the
report's author, Larry MacDonald, "took advantage of lower
interest rates in 1991 and borrowed $12.8 billion to build and
refurbish schools."  This investment in the future continued a
trend of the last five years, in which total school indebtedness
increased from slightly over $40 billion in 1987 to $63.7 billion
in 1991.
     School systems in six states -- Arizona, Illinois, Michigan,
New York, Pennsylvania and Texas, issued debt over one-half
billion dollars each in 1991 for building construction,
reconstruction, and refinancing.
     Government spending for all levels of education was over
$330 billion in 1991, an 8 percent increase from the previous
year.  "Thus," MacDonald says, "growth in education spending more
than doubled the 3.2 percent increase in consumer prices during
1991."
     Significant components of government spending for education
were:
     o    Elementary-secondary instructional salaries were up
          8.7 percent to $91.3 billion.  Other instructional
          costs rose 4.5 percent to $30.7 billion.
     o    Spending for support services, such as administration,
          maintenance, and transportation, in public elementary-
          secondary schools, rose some 7 percent to
          $69.3 billion.
     o    Public college and universities spent $71 billion in
          1991, an increase of 8 percent from 1990.
     "Differences in costs of living and student populations, as
well as tax commitments," MacDonald explains, "contribute to wide
variations in fiscal data from state to state and school district
to school district."
     The following state areas had the highest expenditures per
pupil in public elementary-secondary school systems in 1991:
New Jersey, $7,949; District of Columbia, $7,856;
New York, $7,794; Alaska, $7,670; and Connecticut, $7,281.  The
lowest averages per pupil were in Utah, $2,765; Mississippi,
$3,132; and Idaho, $3,212.
     The attached table shows enrollment and expenditure per
pupil for school systems with more than 50,000 pupils.
     Data were received from all school districts in 37 states
and the District of Columbia and are not subject to sampling
error; data from the other 13 states are subject to a margin of
sampling error.  Generally, the estimated relative standard
errors for these 13 states are less than 0.5 percent for state
estimates of major expenditure totals and usually under 2 percent
for state estimates of salaries.  As with all statistical
surveys, the estimates are also subject to biases due to
nonsampling error.
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Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100
pub "Census Bureau Advisory: 'We' Series of Publications" (11/05/93)
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                     CENSUS BUREAU ADVISORY
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today announced
the release of the popular "We" series of publications.  The "We"
series are short, easy-to-read brochures that provide summarized
demographic and economic information from the 1990 Census of
Population and Housing.  Eleven new publications are available:
   We, the American Blacks        We, the American Hispanics
   We, the American Asians        We, the American Pacific Islanders
   We, the First Americans        We, the Americans:  Our Homes
   We, the American Women         We, the American Foreign Born
   We, the American Elderly       We, the American Children
   We, the Americans:  Our Education
     Each report uses graphics to illustrate trends and compare
1990 data with information from 1980 and earlier censuses.  First
issued after the 1970 decennial census, the "We" series provides a
brief summary of information most of which was previously released in
more detailed 1990 census products.  These brochures are designed for
all types of audiences and are particularly useful to educators and
special groups.
                                  -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain single copies of
these reports from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040 and TDD 301-763-5668.  Non-media orders should go
to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
pub "The Ultimate Info Age Resource -- The Statistical Abstract" (11/05/93)
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Lars Johanson
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            THE ULTIMATE INFORMATION AGE RESOURCE --
          THE STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES
     The 113th edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United
States was released today by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau.  The Statistical Abstract is a compilation of many
measurements, including statistics from government, the private
sector, and private interest groups.
     What's new in the Statistical Abstract for 1993?
           Resident Population Projections, by Race and Hispanic
          Origin: 1992 to 2050
           Projected Fertility Rates, by Race and Age Group:
          1992 to 2010
           Employment in Health Insurance and Health Service
          Industries: 1980 to 1992
           Degrees Conferred, by Level and Race/Ethnicity:
          1981 to 1990
           Environmental Industry -- Revenues and Employment,
          by Industry Segment: 1988 to 1992
           Federal Debt Held by the Public: 1970 to 1993
           Displaced Workers, by Selected Characteristics:
          1992
           Transportation to Work: 1990
           U.S. Trade in Advanced Technology Products: 1992
     Most tables show national data, but some cover regions and
states, and others provide metropolitan and large city
information. In addition, there's an extensive list of tables
with state rankings for topics like infant mortality rates, the
rate of physicians to population, crime, and educational
attainment.
     Other new facts that can be found in the 1993 edition:
           The environmental industry generated almost
          $134 billion in revenues and employed 1.1 million
          persons in 1991.
           Fatal automobile crashes have declined steadily
          from 42 thousand in 1988 to just under 37 thousand
          in 1991.
           The world's population is projected to increase
          11 percent to over 6 billion people in the year 2000.
           Twenty-four percent of the nation's households
          were touched by crime (theft, burglary, etc.) in
          1991.
           There were 21,505 murders in the U.S. in 1991, up
          6 percent from 1990. Guns were involved in
          66 percent of the murders.
           In 1990, only 5.4 percent of persons going to work
          chose public transportation.
     The 1993 edition of the Statistical Abstract will be
released on a special CD-ROM.
     Copies of the 1993 Statistical Abstract of the United States
may be purchased for $32 each, paperbound (GPO stock no.
003-024-08702-2), or $38 each, clothbound (stock no.
003-024-08703-1) from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
Government Printing Office, Washington, DC  20402 (phone
202-783-3238).
     Fast deliveries are also available from the Commerce
Department's National Technical Information Service. Paperbound
copies are available for $27 each (stock no. PB93-213676) and
clothbound for $30 each (stock no. PB93-213668).  Please call
703-487-4650 for more information.
                               -X-
education "Report Shows Possible Use of Nursery School as Day Care" (11/17/93)
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Robert Kominski
301-763-1154
    NEW SCHOOL ENROLLMENT REPORT FROM CENSUS BUREAU INDICATES
           POSSIBLE USE OF NURSERY SCHOOL AS DAY CARE
     Working mothers who choose to send their 3- and 4-years-olds
to nursery school may view it as a form of day care, according to
a new report from the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     Children of mothers in the labor force were about twice as
likely to be enrolled in full-day programs as were children of
mothers not in the labor force (40 vs. 21 percent), lending
credence to the idea that for some parents, nursery school may
actually be viewed as child care.
     Robert Kominski, author of School Enrollment - Social and
Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1992 (P20-474),
explains that "of the 40 percent of all 3 and 4 year old children
enrolled in school, enrollment was much more likely for children
from high than low income families (55 vs. 31 percent), and for
children whose mothers held a college degree compared to those
who had not graduated from high school, (58 vs. 26 percent)."
     "Nevertheless, most young children were not enrolled in
school at all, regardless of the labor force status of their
mother.  In fact total enrollment of children in school is close
to what it was a decade earlier, at 36 percent."
     Issued annually since 1946, based on data collected from the
Census Bureau's Current Population Survey, highlights of the
current report on school enrollment include:
           In October 1992, 65 million persons were enrolled in
          schools, from nursery schools through college.  About
          43 million of these students were between the ages
          6 and 17.  "Kids from the echo boom (children of the
          baby boomers) are reaching school age, and their
          numbers may increase future elementary school
          levels by 1 million within the next five years,"
          Kominski says.
           There was no change between 1991 and 1992 in the
          number of children enrolled in nursery school and
          kindergarten -- about 7 million.
           There was a slight increase in elementary school
          enrollment to 30.2 million students, while high school
          enrollment remained at about 13 million.
           The annual high school dropout rate remained at about
          4 percent.  "In actual numbers," Kominski says, "there
          were 384,000 dropouts between October 1991 and
          October 1992."
           The "dropout pool" (persons not enrolled and not high
          school graduates) of young adults ages 18 to
          24 decreased from 3.5 million in 1991 to 3.1 million
          in 1992.
           College enrollment remained at 14 million.  But looking
          at the decades from 1972 to 1992, the percentage of all
          students aged 3 to 34 in the nation who were at the
          college level increased dramatically from 14 percent to
          19 percent.
     "Enrollment in college is becoming more diverse in terms of
age," says Kominski.  In 1992, 39 percent of all college students
were age 25 and older, and 17 percent of all college students
were 35 and over, compared to only 9 percent being 35 and over
in 1972.
     "Women have become an increasingly larger proportion of
college students," Kominski said.  "Women in the labor force, if
they intend to be competitive, need to have a comparable
education to men.  Some are going back to school (some two-
thirds of college students 35 and above are women), and others
are starting right up front (of the traditional college ages,
18 to 24, 4.4 million are women, and 3.9 million are men)."
                               -X-
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       FROM THE BUREAU'S CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS OFFICE ON
       301-763-5360.
housing "Housing for the Elderly is as Diverse as Elderly Pop." (12/01/93)
              EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Wed., Dec. 1, 1993
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Mary Naifeh
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            HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY IS AS DIVERSE AS
           THE ELDERLY POPULATION, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     One out of every 8 persons, or 31.2 million people, in the
United States today is 65 years of age or older.  However, one
out of every 5 householders, or 20.3 million householders, is at
least 65 years of age.  Given the high ownership rate among the
elderly, this means that a substantial portion of our nation's
housing is owned by persons 65 or older.  Housing of the Elderly:
1991 (H123/93-1), describes some of the diversity among the
elderly population, and examines housing differences which occur
by age, sex, race, income, and household type for both owners and
renters.
     Census Bureau demographer Mary Naifeh, author of Housing of
the Elderly:  1991, says, "Both advocates for the elderly and
students of aging issues are quick to point out that the
65-plus population is very diverse.  This is equally true of
their housing.  Despite the fact that three-quarters own their
homes, householders 65 or older claim a kaleidoscope of housing
characteristics in a varied array of packages."
     The report also points out that the nation's 65-plus
population will double in the next 40 years.  This forces us to
think about the availability and condition of housing for the
"Baby Boomers" as they age.
     Notable findings in the report:
           Elderly householders generally have high home
          ownership rates regardless of race, Hispanic origin,
          household composition, or income.
           35 percent of all elderly homeowners have lived in
          their current residence for at least 30 years.
           The median monthly housing costs for owners without
          a mortgage is $215 for householders 65 or older vs.
          $226 for householders 15 to 64 years of age.  The
          proportions spending 30 percent or more of their
          income for housing are 20% and 10% respectively.
           Among owners with no mortgage, 34 percent of
          elderly women living alone spend 30 percent or
          more of their income on housing, compared with
          23 percent of elderly men living alone.
           Among the elderly, homeownership rates are higher
          for the youngest of the old (81 percent for those
          65-74, 74 percent for people 75-84, and 67 percent for
          those 85 or older).
           Elderly householders with incomes of less than
          $10,000 are less likely to own their homes than
          elderly householders with incomes of more than $10,000.
          Despite this, 61 percent of those with incomes less
          than $10,000 still are homeowners.
           The median number of persons per household is smaller
          for elderly households (1.6 compared to 2.3 for all
          households).
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the Data User
Services Division at 301-763-4100.
intl "Trouble Clouds Golden Years for the Aged in E. Europe" (12/09/93)
             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Thurs., Dec. 9, 1993
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Kevin Kinsella
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Victoria Velkoff
301-763-4020
       TROUBLE CLOUDS GOLDEN YEARS FOR THE AGED IN EASTERN
           EUROPE AND COUNTRIES OF FORMER SOVIET UNION
     The numbers of the aged, 65 and over, in Eastern Europe and
the countries of the former Soviet Union are growing rapidly.
However, this is not necessarily a symptom of better health care
or even increased longevity, according to a new report from the
Census Bureau, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging.
     Aging in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (P95/93-
1) is a compilation of data on the aged in 22 countries, many
formed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.  Many of the
data in this report are available for the first time.
     Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union, as of
1992, hold 12 percent of the world's elderly, the report shows.  This
represents 41 million persons out of the world's total elderly population
of 342 million.  Currently, of the total population of Eastern Europe and
the former Soviet Union, approximatley 1 in 10 is aged 65 and over.  By
2025, one out of every five persons in these countries will be 65 and
over.  The chief factor in the increasing proportion of elderly is not
improved health care, "but low fertility, in some countries even below the
replacement level," according to Victoria Velkoff, one of the Census
Bureau's co-authors of the report.
     Women outnumber men in the elderly population in virtually
all countries of the world, but in Eastern Europe and countries
of the former Soviet Union the difference is even more
pronounced, according to Velkoff.  "The life expectency of men
actually declined in the 1960s," she says.
     Says co-author Kevin Kinsella, "the bright spot in all these
data is that such information is actually becoming available.
This is part of the freer access to information since the
collapse of the Soviet Union."  The purpose of the report,
according to Richard Suzman, Chief of the Office of the
Demography of Aging, National Institute on Aging, "is to improve
the knowledge of aging populations worldwide, and to help
policy-makers plan for their growth."  This report was funded by
the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institute
of Health, as one of several efforts to compile and analyze data
on population aging.
     Highlights of the report include:
           The elderly (age 65 and over) proportion in these
          22 countries ranges from a high of 13 percent in
          Hungary to a low of less than 4 percent of the
          populations of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
           Russia has the largest number of elderly citizens
          (nearly 15 million) and Turkmenistan has the smallest
          number (about 140,000).
           Russia has the largest number of citizens 80 and over
          (nearly 3 million).  The only other country with more
          than 1 million residents 80 and over was Ukraine.
          However, in all 22 countries, the number of people
          80 and over is growing more rapidly than the elderly
          (those 65 and over) as a whole.  This same trend is
          seen in many countries throughout the world.
           The elderly population is projected to increase as a
          percentage of each of these countries' population in
          the next three decades.  In Albania, Armenia, Moldova,
          and Poland the share of the elderly population is
          expected to more than double between 1990 and 2025.
           Unlike much of the industrialized world, life
          expectancy for men worsened in the 1960s and 1970s
          throughout much of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
           Fifty percent or more of all deaths in these
          countries are due to diseases of the circulatory system
          (heart disease and stroke).  Ten to twenty percent of
          deaths are attributed to cancers.
           From about l percent to around 36 percent of these
          countries' elderly men were still in the work force in
          the 1980s and 1990s.  This is a decrease from labor
          force participation of elderly men in the 1970s when up
          to 56 percent of such men were working.
           Pension outlays, as a fraction of public social
          expenditures, have typically been higher in Eastern
          Europe than in other industrialized nations.
           Elderly women outnumber men in each of the countries
          studied.  The effects of World War II are still seen in
          Russia where there are only 36 elderly men for every
          100 elderly women.
           Gender-based life expectancy differences are the
          highest in the world in certain former Soviet
          republics.  A Russian girl born in 1990 may expect to
          live more than 10 years longer than her male
          counterpart.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's Center
for International Research on 301-763-4232.
     For comparison purposes, the following information is from
the 1992 Statistical Abstract:
           The elderly make up 13 percent of the United States'
          population.
           In the United States, about 41 percent of all deaths
          are due to heart disease and stroke, and approximately
          27 percent of deaths are attributed to cancers.
           There are 31,754,000 elderly persons in the United
          States.  12,791,000 of these are males and
          18,963,000 are women.
           There are 7,195,000 people in the United States who are
          80 and over.
           In 1970, about 27 percent of American men 65 and over
          were in the civilian labor force.  In 1980 that fell to
          around 19 percent, and in 1991 it was approximately
          16 percent.
pop "Growth Rate of California Pop. Drops Below Nat'l. Avg." (12/29/93)
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Edwin Byerly
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       GROWTH RATE OF CALIFORNIA'S POPULATION DROPS BELOW
              NATIONAL AVERAGE, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     For the first time in twenty years, California's population
grew at a slower rate than the nation as a whole.  Its
1.0 percent rate of growth last year was below the national rate
of 1.1 percent, according to new estimates released today by the
Department of Commerce's Census Bureau.
     California's population increased more than twice the
national rate in the 1980s.
     Bureau analyst Edwin Byerly, says, "California, with a
1993 total population of 31.2 million, was the slowest growing
state in the nation's fastest growing region.  The West grew
1.7 percent between July 1, 1992 and July 1, 1993, with
California's 1.0 percent rate of growth being the slowest of any
Western state."
     The estimates show that nine of the nation's 10 fastest
growing states are in the West.  Nevada led all states, with a
3.9 percent growth rate between 1992 and 1993.  Idaho was
second at 3.1 percent, followed by Colorado at 2.9 percent, Utah
and Arizona each at 2.7 percent, New Mexico and Washington each
at 2.2 percent, Montana at 2.1 percent, and Oregon at
2.0 percent.  Georgia at 2.1 percent was the only non-western
state in the list of 10 fastest growing states.
     Massachusetts and Maine (each 0.3 percent), North Dakota
(0.1 percent), Connecticut and Rhode Island (each -0.1 percent)
and the District of Columbia (-1.2 percent) were among the
slowest growing or declining states last year.
     The 10 states with the highest numerical population
increases between 1992 and 1993 were Texas at 349,000 and
California at 315,000, followed by Florida with 196,000, Georgia
with 144,000, Washington with 113,000, North Carolina with
109,000, Arizona with 104,000, Colorado with 101,000, Virginia
with 96,000 and New York with 88,000.
     Two states--Connecticut (-2,000) and Rhode Island (-1,000)--
and the District of Columbia (-7,000) experienced population
declines between 1992 and 1993.
     The nation as a whole expanded its population from
255.1 million in 1992 to 257.9 million in 1993, an increase of
just over 2.8 million persons.  Nearly one-third or 894,000 of
the growth was attributed to international migration.
     Other findings include:
           The South maintained position as the second fastest
          growing region, posting a 1992-93 increase of
          1.4 percent or nearly 1.3 million people.  The Midwest
          followed at 0.7 percent and Northeast region at
          0.5 percent.
           During the 1980s, three Sunbelt states--California,
          Florida, and Texas--grew at a rate more than twice the
          national average.  In the last year (1992-93), none of
          these states grew at twice the national average.
           From 1992 to 1993, the two largest states, California
          (-1.2 percent) and New York (-1.0 percent) had the
          highest domestic out-migration rates of any state.
          This domestic out-migration was partially balanced by
          international migration.  In fact, almost half the
          international migrants to the United States settled in
          just these two states.
           Additional states with high rates of domestic
          out-migration (greater than 0.5 percent) last year
          include the District of Columbia, Connecticut, Rhode
          Island, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Louisiana, and North
          Dakota.
           States with high rates of domestic in-migration
          (greater than 1.0 percent) were Nevada, Idaho,
          Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and
          Georgia.
           States with high rates of international immigration
          (greater than 0.5 percent) were California, New York,
          the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and New Jersey.
           States with high rates of natural increase (births
          minus deaths greater than 1.0 percent) were Alaska,
          Utah, California, Hawaii, and Texas.
           States with low rates of natural increase (births minus
          deaths less than 0.5 percent) were West Virginia,
          Pennsylvania, Maine, Florida, Iowa, and Arkansas.
     The 1992 state estimates shown in the attached table
supersede those issued in the bureau's press release dated
December 30, 1992 (CB92-276) and in Current Population Reports
Series P25-1106.  The revisions are primarily due to the
availability of recent birth, death, and Medicare enrollment
data.
                               -X-
pop "U.S. Population Totals 259.4 Million as 1994 Begins" (12/31/93)
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      U.S. POPULATION TOTALS 259.4 MILLION AS 1994 BEGINS,
                       CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     The United States population increased by 2.7 million last
year with immigrants accounting for almost one third of the
increase, according to projections released by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     The Census Bureau said the migration of 895,000 persons to
the United States last year was the highest recorded for a
12-month period since the year ending June 30, 1914, when it was
1.2 million.
     The New Year's Day total population projection of
259,353,627 for the United States, the agency said, represented a
4.3 percent increase over the 1990 census count of 248,709,873
residents in the country.  It also said the nation's population
is projected to grow by another 2.7 million during the coming
year.
     The Census Bureau based its Jan. 1, 1994, figure on a
projected 4.1 million births, 2.3 million deaths, net
international migration of 895,000 and net return to the U.S. of
American citizens (including Armed Forces) of 60,000 during 1993.
     Births and deaths are expected to remain at about the same
level in 1994.
     The projection does not include U.S. citizens--armed forces
or civilian--who live abroad.  It is based on the April 1, 1990,
population as enumerated in the 1990 census.
                               -X-
housing "Census Bureau-HUD Survey: Columbus Area"  (09/01/93)
            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Wed., Sept. 1, 1993
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Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
    COLUMBUS AREA RENTERS REPORT MORE NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS
THAN DO OWNERS, CENSUS BUREAU-HUD SURVEY SAYS
     Renters in the Columbus metropolitan area say they have more
problems in their neighborhoods than homeowners, a report from
the Department of Commerce's Census Bureau and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveals.
     Data from the 1991 American Housing Survey, sponsored by HUD
and conducted by the Census Bureau, show that 47 percent of the
renters surveyed reported neighborhood problems compared with
38 percent of homeowners.
     "Leading the list of specific problems mentioned by both
types of householders were those involving people, including
neighbors," said Ed Montfort, one of the authors of the report,
American Housing Survey for the Columbus Metropolitan Area in
1991.  "Nineteen percent of renters and 12 percent of homeowners
cited this as a problem."
     For renters, crime (16 percent) was second followed by noise
and traffic (approximately 10 percent each).   Owners listed
traffic (comparable to renters reporting this problem) in second
place.  Crime and noise (about 6 percent each) followed.  Poor
city or county services were listed by only 2 percent of the
renters and homeowners surveyed.
     When asked their opinion of their neighborhood on a scale of
one to 10 (one for worst and 10 for best), the proportion of
homeowners and renters 65 years or over who rated their
neighborhood as best was about 47 percent each.  But it was a
different story for younger owners and renters, where 38 percent
and 18 percent, respectively, said their neighborhood was best.
     Among the other Columbus metropolitan housing survey
findings were:
           The area had 570,000 housing units in 1991, of which
          524,700 were occupied (62 percent by owners and
          38 percent by renters).
           Median value of homeowners' residences in 1991 was
          $77,300, not significantly different from a
          1991 constant-dollar figure of $76,800 for 1987.
          [Because of additions to and removals from the housing
          inventory in the 1987 to 1991 period, changes in
          housing costs and values do not necessarily refer to
          exactly the same housing units.]
           The 1991 median household income of Columbus area
          homeowners was $39,000 compared with $22,900 for
          renters.
           Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 24 percent of their current income compared
          with 18 percent for owners.  Monthly housing costs
          include mortgage payments or contract rent, utilities,
          fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for owners), and
          other housing-related expenditures.
           Of all area homeowners, 89 percent had a porch, deck,
          balcony or patio while 49 percent had a usable
          fireplace, and 81 percent had a garage or carport.
           The median age of owner-occupied housing units in the
          city of Columbus was 29 years compared with 24 years
          for the suburbs.
     Columbus was one of 11 metropolitan areas surveyed from
April through December 1991.  This was the fifth visit to the
area, which was first surveyed in 1975.  Altogether, the 44 metro
areas involved in the survey are divided into four groups of
11 each that are covered in successive years.
     Data are shown separately in the report for units with Black
or African American householders.
     Since data in this report are from a survey, they are
subject to sampling variability.
                               -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report, American Housing Survey for the Columbus Metropolitan
Area in 1991, Series H170/91-25, from the bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go
to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
housing "Census Bureau-HUD Survey: St. Louis Area" (09/01/93)
            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Wed., Sept. 1, 1993
Public Information Office                    CB93-H.14
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
       RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA REPORT
      NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS, CENSUS BUREAU-HUD SURVEY SAYS
     Renters in the St. Louis metropolitan area say they have as
many problems in their neighborhoods as homeowners, a report from
the Department of Commerce's Census Bureau and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveals.
     Data from the 1991 American Housing Survey, sponsored by HUD
and conducted by the Census Bureau, show that about 39 percent of
the renters and homeowners surveyed reported neighborhood
problems.
     "Leading the list of specific problems mentioned by both
types of householders were those involving people, including
neighbors," said Ed Montfort, one of the authors of the report,
American Housing Survey for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area in
1991.  "Eighteen percent of renters and 14 percent of owners
cited this as a problem."
     Crime and noise (about 9 percent each) were tied as the
second most frequently mentioned problems by renters, followed by
traffic (6 percent).  Owners listed traffic, litter/housing
deterioration, and noise (about 6 percent each) in a tie for
second place.  Poor city or county services were listed by
approximately 2 percent of both the owners and renters surveyed.
     When asked their opinion of their neighborhood on a scale of
one to 10 (one for worst and 10 for best), the proportion of
homeowners and renters 65 years or over who rated their
neighborhood as best was about 47 percent each.  But it was a
different story for younger owners and renters, where 34 percent
and 22 percent, respectively, said their neighborhood was best.
     Among the other St. Louis metropolitan housing survey
findings were:
          The area had 1.0 million housing units in 1991, of
          which 923,700 were occupied (70 percent by owners and
          30 percent by renters).
          Median value of homeowners' residences in 1991 was
          $72,700, down 6 percent from a 1991 constant-dollar
          figure of $77,700 for 1987.  [Because of additions to
          and removals from the housing inventory in the 1987 to
          1991 period, changes in housing costs and values do not
          necessarily refer to exactly the same housing units.]
          The 1991 median household income of St. Louis area
          homeowners was $37,400, compared with $19,500 for
          renters.
          Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 27 percent of their current income,
          compared with 17 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
          Of all area homeowners, 91 percent had a porch, deck,
          balcony or patio, while 41 percent had a usable
          fireplace, and 77 percent had a garage or carport.
          The median age of owner-occupied housing units in the
          city of St. Louis was 52 years, compared with 27 years
          for the suburbs.
     St. Louis was one of 11 metropolitan areas surveyed from
April through December 1991.  This was the fifth visit to the
area, which was first surveyed in 1976.  Altogether, the 44 metro
areas involved in the survey are divided into four groups of
11 each that are covered in successive years.
     Data are shown separately in the report for units with Black
or African American householders.
     Since data in this report are from a survey, they are
subject to sampling variability.
                               -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report, American Housing Survey for the St. Louis Metropolitan
Area in 1991, Series H170/91-59, from the bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go
to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
housing "Census-HUD Survey: Hartford Area" (09/10/93)
             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Fri., Sept. 10, 1993
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Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
     HARTFORD AREA RENTERS REPORT MORE NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS
          THAN DO OWNERS, CENSUS BUREAU-HUD SURVEY SAYS
     Renters in the Hartford metropolitan area say they have more
problems in their neighborhoods than do homeowners, a report from
the Department of Commerce's Census Bureau and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveals.
     Taken from the 1991 American Housing Survey, sponsored by
HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau, the statistics show that
40 percent of the renters surveyed reported neighborhood
problems, compared with 34 percent of homeowners.
     "Leading the list of specific problems mentioned by renters
were noise, those involving people, including neighbors, and
traffic (approximately 13 percent each)," said Ed Montfort, one
of the authors of the report, American Housing Survey for the
Hartford Metropolitan Area in 1991.  "Topping the homeowners'
problems list were traffic and people issues (approximately 10
percent each)."
     For renters, crime (10 percent) was the fourth most
frequently mentioned problem.  Owners listed noise (7 percent) in
third place, followed by crime (3 percent).  Poor city or county
services were listed by only 1 percent of the homeowners
surveyed.
     When asked their opinion of their neighborhood on a scale of
one to 10 (one for worst and 10 for best), the proportion of
homeowners and renters 65 years or over who rated their
neighborhood as best was about 50 percent for each.  But it was a
different story for younger owners and renters, where 43 percent
and 25 percent, respectively, said their neighborhood was best.
     Among the other Hartford metropolitan housing survey
findings were:
          The area had 438,000 housing units in 1991, of which
          408,600 were occupied (66 percent by owners and
          34 percent by renters).
          Median value of homeowners' residences in 1991 was
          $160,800, down 9 percent from a 1991 constant-dollar
          figure of $177,200 for 1987.  [Because of additions to
          and removals from the housing inventory in the
          1987 to 1991 period, changes in housing costs and
          values do not necessarily refer to exactly the same
          housing units.]
          The 1991 median household income of Hartford area
          homeowners was $50,300, compared with $25,200 for
          renters.
          Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 28 percent of their current income,
          compared with 22 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costsinclude mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
          Of all area homeowners, 85 percent had a porch, deck,
          balcony or patio, while 62 percent had a usable
          fireplace and 76 percent had a garage or carport.
          The median age of owner-occupied housing units in the
          city of Hartford was 46 years, compared with 29 years
          for the suburbs.
     Hartford was one of 11 metropolitan areas surveyed from
April through December 1991.  This was the fifth visit to the
area, which was first surveyed in 1975.  Altogether, the
44 metro areas involved in the survey are divided into
four groups of 11 each that are covered in successive years.
     Data also are shown separately in the report for units with
Black and Hispanic householders.
     Since data in this report are from a survey, they are
subject to sampling variability.
                               -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report American Housing Survey for the Hartford Metropolitan Area
in 1991, Series H170/91-26, from the bureau's Public Information
Office on 301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the
bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
housing "Census-HUD Survey: Seattle-Tacoma" (09/10/93)
                EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Fri., Sept. 10, 1993
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301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
       RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS IN THE SEATTLE-TACOMA AREA REPORT
         NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS, CENSUS BUREAU-HUD SURVEY SAYS
     Renters in the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area say they have as
many problems in their neighborhoods as homeowners have, a report from
the Department of Commerce's Census Bureau and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reveals.
     Taken from the 1991 American Housing Survey, sponsored by HUD and
conducted by the Census Bureau, the statistics show that approximately
half of the renters and homeowners surveyed reported neighborhood
problems.
     "Leading the list of specific problems mentioned by renters were
those involving people, including neighbors (23 percent)," said Ed
Montfort, one of the authors of the report, American Housing Survey
for the Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Area in 1991.  "Owners reported
traffic along with people issues (about 15 percent each) as the
leading problems."
     Crime, noise, and traffic (approximately 15 percent each) were
tied for the second most frequently mentioned problems by renters.
Owners listed noise (9 percent) in third place, followed by crime and
litter/housing deterioration (about 6 percent each).  Poor city or
county services were listed as problems by only 3 percent of the
homeowners and 1 percent of the renters surveyed.
     When asked their opinion of their neighborhood on a scale of one
to 10 (one for worst and 10 for best), 44 percent of homeowners and
30 percent of renters 65 years or over rated their neighborhood as
best.  But it was a different story for younger owners and renters,
where 30 percent and 16 percent, respectively, said their neighborhood
was best.
     Among the other Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan housing survey
findings were:
          The area had 1.1 million housing units in 1991, of which
          1.0 million were occupied (63 percent by owners and
          37 percent by renters).
          Median value of homeowners' residences in 1991 was $136,300,
          up 31 percent from a 1991 constant-dollar figure of
          $103,800 for 1987.  [Because of additions to and removals
          from the housing inventory in the 1987 to 1991 period,
          changes in housing costs and values do not necessarily refer
          to exactly the same housing units.]
          The 1991 median household income of Seattle-Tacoma area
          homeowners was $46,200, compared with $26,000 for renters.
          Renters had median monthly housing costs that represented
          27 percent of their current income, compared with 20 percent
          for owners.  Monthly housing costs include mortgage payments
          or contract rent, utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate
          taxes (for owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
          Of all area homeowners, 93 percent had a porch, deck,
          balcony or patio, while 71 percent had a usable fireplace,
          and 86 percent had a garage or carport.
          The median age of owner-occupied housing units in the city
          of Seattle was 46 years compared, with 21 years for the
          suburbs.
     Seattle-Tacoma was one of 11 metropolitan areas surveyed from
April through December 1991.  This was the fifth visit to the area,
which was first surveyed in 1976.  Altogether, the 44 metro areas
involved in the survey are divided into four groups of 11 each that
are covered in successive years.
     Data also are shown separately in the report for units with Black
or African American and Hispanic householders.
     Since data in this report are from a survey, they are subject to
sampling variability.
                                  -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the report
American Housing Survey for the Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Area in
1991, Series H170/91-60, from the bureau's Public Information Office
on 301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's Customer
Services Office on 301-763-4100.
race "New Racial and Ethnic Info May Debunk Stereotypes" (01/13/94)
                EMBARGOED UNTIL:  THURS., JAN. 13, 1994
Public Information Office                              CB94-01
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Susan J. Lapham (Ancestry)
301-763-7955
Jorge del Pinal (Hispanic origin)
301-763-7955
Stanley Rolark (Asians and Pacific Islanders)
301-763-7572
             NEW RACIAL AND ETHNIC INFORMATION MAY DEBUNK
                   STEREOTYPES, CENSUS BUREAU FINDS
     A new look at race and ethnicity in America is given in
three reports being issued by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
The reports may debunk many commonly held racial and ethnic
stereotypes.
     Susan Lapham, author of the reports, says, "People may be
surprised at how many of these findings contradict common racial and
ethnic stereotypes.  For instance, Asians and Pacific Islanders
immigrating between 1980 and 1990 have a poverty rate three times that
of those who immigrated prior to 1980 (21 percent versus 7 percent).
Facts like these may help us understand more about the growing
diversity of our population."  Highlights from the reports
include:
     Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States:  1990,
(CP-3-5).
          Over half of all foreign-born Asian and Pacific Islanders
          reported that they "do not speak English 'very well'" and
          almost one third were in linguistically isolated households
          (where no adult in the household speaks English very well).
          These figures were 60 percent and 41 percent, respectively,
          for Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants arriving in this
          country between 1980 and 1990.
          Asian and Pacific Islander families who immigrated to the
          United States during the 1980's had a median income that
          was just 59 percent of that for the families who arrived
          in the United States prior to 1980.  Earlier immigrants had
          more workers per family compared with the later immigrants.
          The median age for Pacific Islanders was 25; for Asians it
          was 30.  The median age for Pacific Islanders ranged from
          21.1 years for Tongans to 26.2 years for Hawaiians.  Among
          Asians the median age ranged from 12.7 years for Hmong to
          36.5 years for Japanese.
     This report presents 1990 Census data on 14 Asian and
four Pacific Islander groups based on responses to the race question.
Persons of Hispanic Origin in the United States:  1990, (CP-3-3).
          Among persons of Hispanic origin, poverty rates varied from
          7 percent (Paraguayans) to 33 percent (Dominicans).  The
          average poverty rate for all Hispanics was about 22 percent.
          About 66 percent of native-born Hispanics aged five years
          and older spoke a language other than English at home
          compared with over 95 percent of foreign-born Hispanics.
          Hispanics of South American origin had higher educational
          attainments than Cubans or Mexicans.  Nineteen percent of
          South American  persons had bachelor's degrees or post
          graduate education compared with 16 percent of Cubans and
          6 percent of Mexicans.
     This report presents data for 22 specific Hispanic groups based
on responses to the Hispanic origin question.
Ancestry of the Population in the United States:  1990, (CP-3-2).
          Among the 74 ancestry groups in the report, Slovenes (people
          originally from Eastern European countries located near the
          former Yugoslavia) have the highest median age (47 years
          old) and the lowest percentage in the civilian work force
          (55 percent).  This compares to a nationwide median age of
          33 and 65 percent in the labor force.  This in part reflects
          the early immigration and subsequent aging of the Slovene
          population, as well as ancestry reporting patterns of later
          generations.
          More people of Egyptian and Iranian ancestry complete high
          school than any other ancestry group represented in this
          report -- both over 91 percent.
          This new report shows the median income in 1989 of families
          maintained by persons of Haitian ancestry was $26,000.
          Comparable data were not available in published 1980 census
          reports.
     This report presents data for 74 groups based on responses to the
ancestry origin question.  An interesting feature is that this report
is the first to ever present social and economic data for a broad
array of ancestry groups, for example, Haitian, Croatian, Lebanese,
Norwegian, Nigerian, and Cape Verdean.
     Each report presents a wide range of social and economic
characteristics for the native- and foreign-born populations by year
of immigration.
                                  -X-
Editor's note:  One-page demographic profiles for 13 Asian and
seven Pacific Islander groups (CPH-L-151), 22 Hispanic groups
(CPH-L-150), and 68 ancestry groups (CPH-L-149) are available on
request.
The bureau has also started releasing, on a flow basis, subject
summary tape files (SSTF's).  The tapes include the same types of
detail (to the state level).  These files are designed to meet the
data needs expressed by users who have special interest in selected
subjects or racial, ethnic, or ancestry groups of the population.
Media representatives may obtain copies of the reports and one-page
profiles from the bureau's Public Information Office on 301-763-4040.
Subject Summary Tape Files can be ordered from the bureau's Customer
Services Office on 301-763-4100.  Non-media orders for any of these
products should go through the Customer Services Office.
pop "Continued Migrations Shift Pop. from North to South" (01/14/94)
            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Fri., January 14, 1994
Public Information Office                    CB94-04
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Kristin A. Hansen
301-763-3850
   CONTINUED MIGRATIONS SHIFT POPULATION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     Of the nation's four regions, only the Northeast had a
consistent net loss of residents (292,000 persons between 1991
and 1992) to other regions of the country during the 1980s and
early 1990s.  In contrast, the South had a net gain of 224,000
people who moved from somewhere else in the U.S. between 1991 and
1992, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau reports.
     According to Kristin Hansen, author of Geographical
Mobility:  March 1991 to March 1992 (P20-473), "The South
continues to draw more residents from the other three regions of
the U.S. than it loses.  The Northeast's net loss of migrants to
other parts of the country is offset by its substantial gain of
migration from abroad."
     The report also shows residential mobility for the
"Sunbelt"--an unofficial grouping of selected southern and
western states.  Between March 1991 and March 1992, 19.9 percent
of the population living there changed residences.  A total of
12.8 percent of the persons living in the Sunbelt moved within
the same county, as compared to only 9.6 percent for those living
in the remainder of the U.S.
     Other highlights from the report include:
          Between March 1991 and March 1992, 42.8 million
          persons living in the U.S. moved from one residence to
          another.  This amounted to 17.3 percent of the total
          U.S. population 1 year old and over.
          Most moves are local:  26.6 million persons or
          10.7 percent of the total population 1 year old and
          over moved within the same county.
          Young adults have the highest rates of moving.
          One-third of all persons in their twenties
          (34.7 percent) moved between March 1991 and March 1992.
          Renters are nearly four times as likely to have moved
          in the previous year (34.3 percent) than are persons
          living in owner-occupied homes (8.9 percent).
          The overall moving rate for White persons was
          16.7 percent.  For African Americans the rate was
          20 percent, and persons of Hispanic origin
          23.5 percent.
     The Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) provided
the report's data.  As in all surveys, the data are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
income "Median Net Worth of Households Dropped 12 Percent" (01/26/94)
              EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Wed., Jan. 26, 1994
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301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
T. J. Eller
301-763-8578
   MEDIAN NET WORTH OF NATION'S HOUSEHOLDS DROPPED 12 PERCENT
          BETWEEN 1988 AND 1991, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     In 1991 the median net worth of the nation's households was
$36,623 compared with $41,472 in 1988, a drop of 12 percent or
$4,849 after adjusting for inflation, according to a new report
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     According to T.J. Eller, author of Household Wealth and
Asset Ownership:  1991 (P70-34), "This drop in median wealth is
associated with declines in the median values of home equity,
interest-earning assets at financial institutions, checking
accounts, rental property, and assets held in businesses and
professions.  However, these declines were partially offset by
increases in the median values of other interest-earning assets,
other real estate, Individual Retirement Accounts, and KEOGH
accounts."
     The report also shows that net worth continues to vary by
race and ethnicity.  For example, African American households had
a median net worth of $4,604, while White households had a median
net worth of $44,408.  Hispanics had a median net worth of
$5,345 which was not statistically different from that of African
Americans.
     Whites were the only racial group with a statistically
significant decline in their net worth from 1988 to 1991
($50,204 to $44,408).
     Looking at the distribution of net worth, the report shows
that African American households, compared with White households,
tend to have a larger percentage of their net worth in durable
goods, such as housing and motor vehicles.  On the other hand,
White households, compared with African American households,
tended to have a larger percentage of their net worth in
financial assets, such as stocks and mutual fund share and
certificates of deposit.
     Other highlights include:
          Median net worth generally increased with the age of
          the householder ($5,565 for householders under 35,
          $83,041 for the 55 to 64 age group, and $88,192 for
          the 65-plus age group).
          Households with younger residents tended to have higher
          incomes but lower net worth than households with older
          residents.  In 1991, 57 percent of the youngest
          households had monthly incomes above $1,912, while only
          37 percent of the 65 and older group had such incomes.
          However, the median net worth of the older households
          was more than 15 times that of the youngest households
          ($88,192 vs. $5,565).
          Married-couple households had the highest median net
          worth, at $60,065.  Male householders (no wife present)
          had the lowest median net worth in 1991 with $11,986.
          The median net worth of female householders (no husband
          present) was $14,762.
          When net worth is compared within age groups, the
          median net worth of female householders (no husband
          present) under 55 years of age was lower than male
          householders (no wife present).  However, women
          householders (no husband present) aged 55-64 had
          significantly higher median net worth than their male
          householder (no wife present) counterparts ($39,591 vs.
          $30,857 in 1991).
          Home equity makes up the largest part of net worth.  In
          1991, median home equity was $43,078, while in 1988 median home
          equity was $49,961.  The share of net worth in home equity
          generally decreased as income increased.  For example in 1991,
          home equity accounted for 61 percent of net worth for the lowest
          income group, but only accounted for 34 percent of net worth
          for the highest income group.
          Nearly 75 percent or 69.3 million households had
          interest-earning assets at financial institutions,
          with savings accounts being the most prevalent
          (43.2 million).
     The report compares 1988 and 1991 data on the wealth of U.S.
households by household income, age of householder, race and
ethnicity, type of household, and labor force activity of the
householder.  The report, which is based on the Survey of Income
and Program Participation, defines net worth as the value of
assets less any debts.  The assets covered are:  interest-earning
assets, equity in stocks and mutual fund shares, equity in real
estate (own home, rental property, vacation homes, and land
holdings), owned businesses, mortgages held by sellers, and motor
vehicles.  Liabilities covered are:  debts secured by an asset,
credit card or store bills, bank loans, and other unsecured
debts.
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Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
health "Half with Severe Disability Have Priv. Health Ins."  (01/28/94)
            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Fri., January 28, 1994
Public Information Office                         CB94-13
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Jack McNeil
301-763-8300
         ONLY HALF OF PERSONS WITH A SEVERE DISABILITY
      HAVE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS
              HAS A DISABILITY, CENSUS BUREAU FINDS
     Only about half of persons aged 15 to 64 with a severe
disability had private health insurance in 1991-92 compared with
80 percent for persons with no disability, according to a survey
by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  The census report,
Americans With Disabilities:  1991/1992 (P70-33), the
first comprehensive disability survey ever undertaken by the
bureau, did not cover persons in institutions.
     Another 36 percent of persons with a severe disability and
5 percent of persons with no disability were covered by a
government plan such as Medicare or Medicaid.  Approximately
15 percent of each group lacked any type of health insurance
coverage.
     In all, 49 million Americans had a disability in 1991-92,
24.1 million classified as severely disabled.  More women
(14.2 million) than men (9.9 million) had severe disabilities.
A disability is defined by the Census Bureau as difficulty in
performing one or more functional or daily living activities, or
one or more socially defined roles or tasks.  Persons who are
completely unable to perform an activity or task, or who must
have personal assistance were considered to have a severe
disability.
     Jack McNeil, author of Americans With Disabilities:
1991/92 (P70-33) says, "The data will be useful in establishing
baseline numbers as the nation works to reduce the employment and
other barriers faced by persons with  disabilities.  The fact
that only 23 percent of persons aged 21 to 64 with a severe
disability were employed shows that the task will be
considerable."
     The Survey of Income and Program Participation, on which the
report is based, also collected information on disabling
conditions.  Among the 27.3 million persons aged 15 and over with
a limitation in a physical or daily living activity, the
conditions most frequently mentioned as a cause of disability
were arthritis or rheumatism (7.2 million), back or spinal
problems (5.7 million), heart trouble (4.6 million), lung or
respiratory trouble (2.8 million), high blood pressure
(2.2 million), stiffness or deformity of the foot, leg, arm or
hand (2 million), and diabetes (1.6 million).  The frequency with
which high blood pressure was reported as a cause was not
statistically different from the frequency with which stiffness
or deformity of the foot, leg, arm or hand was reported as a
cause.
     The survey collected information on six categories of
functional activities, including seeing, hearing, speaking,
lifting and carrying, climbing stairs, and walking.  Among
persons aged 15 and over, 34.2 million had difficulty performing
one or more of these activities.  Of this number, 15.2 million,
or 44 percent, were unable to perform one or more of these
activities.
     The survey also determined whether persons had difficulty
performing, or needed personal assistance with, various
activities of daily living.  The number of persons 15 years and
older who needed personal assistance with one or more activities
was 9.2 million.  Of those who needed personal assistance,
3.9 million were 15 to 64 years old, and 5.3 million were
65 years old or older.
     Other highlights from the report include:
          Of the 48.9 million persons with a disability,
          6 percent were less than 15 years old, 60 percent were
          15 to 64 years old, and 34 percent were 65 years
          and older.
          The number of persons aged 15 and older who used a
          wheelchair was 1.5 million (919,000 women and
          575,000 men).  Another 4 million persons did not use a
          wheelchair but used a cane, crutches, or a walker and
          had used such an aid for six months or longer.
          Among persons aged 15 and older, 9.7 million had
          difficulty seeing the words and letters in ordinary
          newsprint even when wearing corrective lenses.  Of this
          total, 1.6 million could not see the words and letters
          at all.
          The number of persons aged 15 and older who had
          difficulty hearing what was said in a normal
          conversation with another person was 10.9 million, and
          924,000 or 8 percent of these persons were completely
          unable to hear what was said in such a conversation.
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Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of this
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Service Office on 301-763-4100.
housing "Children Living With Married Couples Live in Better..." (02/04/94)
              EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Fri., Feb. 4, 1994
Public Information Office                              CB94-14
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Jeanne Woodward
301-763-8148
      CHILDREN LIVING WITH MARRIED COUPLES LIVE IN BETTER
                 CONDITIONS, CENSUS REPORT SHOWS
     A new report released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau, Housing America's Children in 1991 (H121/93-6),
shows that children of married couples generally live in better
housing than children who live with other arrangements.
     Jeanne Woodward, author of the report says, "In 1991,
69 percent of households with children were maintained by married
couples.  These families generally lived in affordable houses
that were in good physical shape.  Children living in other
settings tended to live in older, smaller, rental units that had
more physical and structural problems."
     This new report also shows that for a substantial number of
households with children, housing has become an unaffordable
commodity.  Approximately 2.4 million households with incomes
below the poverty levels spent half or more of their incomes for
housing.
     Other highlights of the report are as follows:
          In 1991, more than a third--37 percent--of the
          93.1 million households in the United States had
          children under the age of 18.
          African American households were more likely to include
          children--47 percent--than White households--
          35 percent.  Half--51 percent--of White households
          lived in the suburbs while the majority--57 percent--of
          African American households were raising their children
          in central cities.
          Over half--55 percent--of Hispanic-origin households
          included children.  They principally lived in
          metropolitan areas, with central cities having a slight
          edge--46 percent--over suburbs.
          The majority of households with children, regardless of
          their living arrangements, held favorable opinions of
          their homes and neighborhoods.
          The median household income of adults living
          exclusively with children was $13,000, 70 percent lower
          than married couples with children--$42,700--and
          51 percent lower than other households with children
          and a minimum of two adults.
          Married couples with children spent more per month on
          housing, but shelter costs consumed a smaller
          proportion of their incomes than the other types of
          households with children.
          The median value of homes owned by married couples with
          children was $87,100, considerably more expensive than
          the homes of other households with children.
          Householders without spouses who lived with other
          adults owned homes with a median value of $70,600.  The
          median value of homes owned by adults who lived
          exclusively with children was $60,300.
     As in all surveys the data are subject to sampling
variability and other sources of error.
     Attached charts give additional information on the types of
households with children.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
(301)-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
pop "Las Vegas is Fastest Growing Metro Area" (02/08/94)
              EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Tues., Feb. 8, 1994
Public Information Office                         CB94-15
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Don Starsinic
301-763-5158
Edwin Byerly
301-763-5072
    LAS VEGAS IS FASTEST GROWING METRO AREA AND LARGE CITY,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     The fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States
since 1990 has been Las Vegas, Nev., according to population
estimates just released by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau.  The area grew by 14 percent between April 1, 1990 and
July 1, 1992, increasing from 852,737 to 971,169.  Laredo, Texas
(11.4 percent) and Yuma, Arizona (10 percent) were the only other
metro areas increasing by 10 percent or more.
     Six of the fastest growing metro areas in the early 1990s
are in the West and four in the South.  Only one of these areas
is in Florida.  By contrast, nine of the 10 fastest growing metro
areas during the 1980s were in Florida.  The only non-Florida
area to crack the 1980s top 10 was Las Vegas at number five.
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                     Ten Fastest Growing Metro
                         Areas, 1990-92
                 ------------------------------
                                      Percent
                    Rank Metro area    change
                 ------------------------------
                     1. Las Vegas, NV   13.9
                     2. Laredo, TX      11.4
                     3. Yuma, AZ        10.0
                     4. McAllen-Edinburg-
                          Mission, TX    9.8
                     5. Anchorage, AK    8.6
                     6. Naples, FL       8.3
                     7. Las Cruces, NM   8.2
                     8. Bakersfield, CA  8.1
                     9. Lawton, OK       8.1
                    10. Boise City, ID   8.0
                 ------------------------------
     Census Bureau analyst, Don Starsinic says, "the Los Angeles
metro area added over half a million persons from 1990 to 1992,
far more than any other metropolitan area grew after the
1990 census.  It was followed by Houston (231,000),
Washington-Baltimore (193,000), and Atlanta (183,000).  In all,
14 metropolitan areas grew by 100,000 or more during the period."
     Nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population now lives in
metropolitan areas.  The 1992 estimated metropolitan total of
203,172,185 is an increase of 2.8 percent over the
197,724,892 counted in 1990.  The non-metropolitan population of
51,905,351 in 1992 is an increase of 1.8 percent since 1990,
lower than the overall national increase of 2.6 percent but
almost three times the rate of non-metropolitan population growth
in the 1980s.
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     There has been no change in the rank of the largest 10 metro
areas since 1990.  New York (19.7 million) and Los Angeles
(15.0 million) are still by far the largest.
              Ten Largest Metro Areas, 1992
(Numbers in millions)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Rank  Metro area                                     Population
---------------------------------------------------------------
 1.  New York-Northern New Jersey-Long I., NY-NJ-CT-PA     19.7
 2.  Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA               15.0
 3.  Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI                         8.4
 4.  Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV                      6.9
 5.  San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA                     6.4
 6.  Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD     5.9
 7.  Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT                 5.4
 8.  Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI                            5.2
 9.  Dallas-Fort Worth, TX                                  4.2
10.  Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX                         4.0
---------------------------------------------------------------
     Since 1990 Nashville, Tennessee has been added as the 41st
metropolitan area of a million or more population.  These
41 areas contain 54 percent of the U.S. population.   Fastest
growing of these largest metro areas were Orlando, Florida
(6.5 percent), and Houston and Atlanta (both 6.2 percent).
     Only 20 out of 268 metropolitan areas are estimated to have
lost population since 1990, a sharp reduction in the number of
losing areas since the 1980s, when 54 lost.  Ten of the areas
losing population in the early 1990s were in the Northeast, eight
of them in New England, including Boston, Hartford, and
Providence.  Nine others were in the South and one in the
Midwest.  In the 1980s, 23 of the metro areas with declining
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populations were located in the Midwest, 17 in the South, 11 in
the Northeast, and three in the West.
     Number of Metropolitan Areas Losing Population
---------------------------------------------------------
                            Areas that lost population
                    All  --------------------------------
Region            areas  1990-92   1980-90   Both periods
---------------------------------------------------------
  United States     268       20        54             10
Northeast            35       10        11              3
Midwest              71        1        23              1
South               117        9        17              6
West                 45        0         3              0
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     Ten of the 54 metropolitan areas with population losses in
the 1980s continued to lose into the 1990s, and these were
generally small areas.  Six of them were in the South--
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA (the largest area at 374,236 in
1992), Wheeling, WV-OH, Alexandria, LA, Gadsden, AL, Pine Bluff,
AR, and Enid, OK.  In the Northeast, Johnstown, PA, Jamestown,
NY, and Pittsfield, MA continued losing, as did Steubenville-
Weirton, OH-WV in the Midwest.
                      CITY ESTIMATES
     Las Vegas, in addition to being the fastest growing metro
area, had the distinction of being the fastest growing city over
100,000 population during the 1990-92 period, expanding by
14.4 percent.  Moreno Valley, CA was second with an 11.2 percent
growth rate, Laredo, TX at 11.1 percent, Chandler, AZ at
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10.6 percent and Plano, TX at 10.4 percent.  Fourteen of the
20 fastest growing U.S. cities over 100,000 population are in the
West, five are in the South and one is in the Midwest.
     Forty-five cities with populations over 100,000 lost
population between 1990 and 1992.  Six of the 10 most rapidly
declining U.S. cities over 100,000 are in New England, including
Hartford, CT, which experienced the most rapid decline during the
period (-5.5 percent), New Haven, CT (-5.0 percent), Boston, MA
(-3.9 percent), Worcester, MA (-3.7 percent), and Providence, RI,
and Bridgeport, CT (each -3.3 percent).  St Louis, MO
(-3.3 percent) is the only Midwestern city on the list, which
also includes Norfolk, VA (-2.9 percent) and Washington, DC
(-3.6 percent) from the South and Newark, NJ (-2.7 percent) from
the Northeast.
     New York City, with an estimated 1992 population of
7,311,966, remains the largest city in the nation despite a
population loss of 10,598 between April 1, 1990 and July 1, 1992.
Los Angeles (3,489,779), retains second place with a slight
increase.  Our third largest city, Chicago (2,768,483), declined
by 15,243 since 1990.
     Houston (1,690,180), which grew by 59,627 during the
1990-92 period, maintained its rank as fourth largest city.
Philadelphia (1,552,572) dropped by 33,005 and stayed at
fifth place.  San Diego (1,148,851) remained in sixth with a
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38,302 increase.  Dallas (1,022,497) moved up to the seventh slot
with a small increase, and Phoenix (1,012,230) gained 28,827 to
move up to eighth.  Detroit (1,012,110) declined by 15,864 and
dropped from seventh position in 1990 to the ninth largest city.
San Antonio (966,437) remained the tenth largest city with a
30,504 increase.
     Of the two hundred cities over 100,000 population in 1992,
six cities grew to that level between 1990 and 1992.  Two of
these cities were in Texas (Brownsville and Grand Prairie), and
one each in Arizona (Chandler), California (Lancaster), Illinois
(Aurora), and Wisconsin (Green Bay).
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  Population estimates for 1992 for metropolitan
areas, cities and counties are available on CENDATA through the
microcomputer services CompuServe and DIALOG or on diskette or
paper.  Media representatives can call the bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-763-4040 for paper or diskette
information.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Population Division Statistical Information Office on
301-763-5002.  A CD-ROM product and an analytic report are also
planned for release later in 1994.
econ "Cable Industry Posts Revenue of $25 Billion in '92" (2/23/94)
                   EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Wed., Feb. 23, 1994
Public Information Office                              CB94-27
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Thomas Zabelsky
301-763-5528
         CABLE TV INDUSTRY POSTS REVENUE OF $25 BILLION FOR 1992,
                        A 10 PERCENT GAIN OVER 1991
     The cable TV industry posted a revenue of $25 billion for
1992, a 10 percent gain (unadjusted for inflation) over 1991,
according to resultsfrom the 1992 Annual Survey of Communication
Services (BC/92) released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.
     Cable system operators reported basic service revenue of
more than $12 billion in 1992, up 13 percent from the previous
year and nearly one-half
of all revenue.
     Pay-per-view and other premium service revenue showed a
5 percent increase from 1991.  Cable networks reported revenue
from programming services of $4 billion in 1992, an increase of
nearly 8 percent from 1991.
     Advertising revenue for the cable industry reached
$2.3 billion in 1992, up approximately 19 percent from the
previous year.
     "These figures reflect a sustained growth in the industry,"
comments survey manager Tom Zabelsky.
     The report also provides information on expenditures of the
cable television industry for 1992 and shows that expenditures
growth lagged revenue growth.  Total operating expenses reached
$19.3 billion in 1992, up nearly 6 percent from the previous
year.  Program and production costs, which accounted for nearly
one-third of total operating expenses in 1992, increased
7 percent from 1991 to $6 billion.
     Annual payroll in 1992 increased approximately 19 percent,
while employer contributions for Social Security and other
supplemental benefits rose about 20 percent.
     These data are based on a national sample of employer firms
with one or more establishments primarily engaged in providing
cable and other pay television services.  Since the data come
from a survey, the estimates and year-to-year changes are subject
to sampling variability.  All dollar values presented are
expressed in current dollars; that is, the estimates
are not adjusted for inflation.
     The 1992 survey also covers the radio and television
broadcasting industries and telephone communications.
                                    -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report, 1992 Annual Survey of Communication Services (BC/92),
from the bureau's Public Information Office on 301-763-4040.
Non-media orders should contact the bureau's Customer Services
Office on 301-763-4100.
econ "Broadcast Industries' Revenue Top $28 Billion for 1992" (02/23/94)
              EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Wed., Feb. 23, 1994
Public Information Office                              CB94-28
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Thomas Zabelsky
301-763-5528
    BROADCAST INDUSTRIES' REVENUE TOP $28 BILLION FOR 1992,
           4 PERCENT OVER 1991, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     Increased political advertising helped the radio and
television broadcast industry boost revenue to $28.8 billion in
1992, a 4 percent increase over 1991, according to the 1992
Annual Survey of Communication Services (BC/92) released by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     The report also shows sales of television time to networks,
advertisers and sponsors (station time sales), representing
nearly 60 percent of television revenue, was $12.7 billion in
1992.
     National and regional television advertising sales, and
local advertising sales both increased 4 percent in 1992 to
$5.6 billion and $6.7 billion respectively.  Television network
time sales increased 8 percent from 1991 to $8.2 billion.
     Revenue for the nation's radio broadcasters was
$7.1 billion in 1992.  Over 90 percent of their revenue was from
station time sales.  Local advertising revenue increased
7 percent, while national/regional advertising fell 8 percent.
Local advertising represented 72 percent and national/regional
advertising 19 percent of total revenue.
     In addition, the report provided information on
1992 expenditures of the television and radio broadcast
industries.  The findings included:
Operating expenses for the television broadcast industry were
about $18.6 billion in 1992.
     Broadcast rights to first-run programs, feature films,
syndicated programs, and sporting events accounted for over 40
percent of total operating expenses for television broadcasters
in 1992.
     Television industry payroll increased almost 7 percent to
$4.4 billion in 1992.
     Total expenses for the radio industry were about
$6.4 billion in 1992.  Annual payroll, the largest component of
these expenses, was $2.6 billion in 1992.
     Data from the broadcast industries are based on a national
sample of employer firms with one or more radio or television
stations.  The sample also represents the radio and television
networks.  Since the data come from a survey, the estimates and
year-to-year changes are subject to sampling variability.  All
dollar values presented are expressed in current dollars; that
is, the estimates are not adjusted for inflation.
     The 1992 report also includes data on telephone services,
and cable and other pay television services.
                               -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report, 1992 Annual Survey of Communication Services (BC/92),
from the bureau's Public Information Office on 301-763-4040.
Non-media orders should contact the bureau's Customer Services
Office on 301-763-4100.
econ "Telephone Industry Continued Economic Growth in 1992" (02/23/94)
              EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Wed., Feb. 23, 1994
Public Information Office                              CB94-29
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Thomas Zabelsky
301-763-5528
          TELEPHONE INDUSTRY CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH
              WITH REVENUE OF $165 BILLION IN 1992
     The telephone industry recorded total operating revenue of
$165 billion in 1992 reporting a 3.5 percent increase in business
over 1991 (unadjusted for price changes), according to figures
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     Almost $83 billion in industry revenue -- nearly
two-thirds of all revenue for local, long-distance, and network
access services -- came from non-residential customers.
     Local service revenue -- one-quarter of all industry
revenue -- increased nearly 6 percent to about $42 billion.
     "These figures," says survey manager Tom Zabelsky, "clearly
indicate the importance of voice and data communications to the
business community."
Industry-wide revenue figures showed:
Long-distance revenue was $67 billion -- more than 40 percent of
all 1992 phone receipts.
Cellular and radiotelephone revenue for 1992 grew 34 percent over
1991, to total almost $9 billion -- while this was only 5 percent
of all industry revenue, it accounted for nearly 40 percent of
its growth.
Industry expense figures showed:
Overall, industry outlays were nearly $140 billion in 1992, up
4 percent from 1991.
Annual payroll approached $32 billion and accounted for nearly
23 percent of all industry expenses.
Employer contributions for Social Security and other supplemental
benefits rose to more than $8 billion, more than 7 percent over
1991.
Lease and rental expenditures for the industry increased by
nearly 10 percent over 1991 to more than $4 billion in 1992.
     Data for the telephone industry are based on a national
sample of employer firms with one or more establishments
primarily engaged in providing telephone, voice, and data
communication services, including cellular and other
radiotelephone services.  Since the data come from a survey, the
estimates and year-to-year changes are subject to sampling
variability.  All dollar values presented are expressed in
current dollars; that is, the estimates are not adjusted for
price changes.
     The 1992 report also includes data on radio and television
broadcasting, and cable and other pay television services.
                               -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the
report, 1992 Annual Survey of Communication Services (BC/92),
from the bureau's Public Information Office on 301-763-4040.
Non-media orders should contact the bureau's Customer Services
Office on 301-763-4100.
econ "America's Truckers Register Revenue of $125B in '92" (02/28/94)
                      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Mon., Feb. 28, 1994
Public Information Office                              CB94-31
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Thomas Zabelsky
301-763-5528
              AMERICA'S TRUCKERS REGISTER REVENUE OF $125 BILLION
                     IN 1992, NEARLY 7 PERCENT AHEAD OF 1991
     Improvement in the economy helped the nation's trucking industry push its
revenue up to $125 billion in 1992, a
seven percent increase over 1991 (unadjusted for inflation), according to a new
survey released by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     "The results -- up from $117 billion to $125 billion" says survey manager,
Tom Zabelsky -- can be attributed to increased traffic volume resulting from
improved economic conditions.
     The 1992 Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey report, also
shows:
Long-distance trucking revenue, which accounted for three-quarters of all for-
hire motor-carrier revenue, was up 6 percent from 1991.
Revenue from the transport of building materials rose nearly 22 percent to $6.4
billion.
Courier service revenue increased 8 percent over 1991.
Overall industry expenses were nearly $117 billion compared to $109 billion in
1991.
Annual payroll was $39 billion and accounted for one-third of all industry
expenses.
     The 1992 Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey includes the
warehousing industry, and shows:
Public warehousing and storage revenue was $7 billion, up more than 11 percent
from 1991.
General warehousing and storage revenue was up about 10 percent from the prior
year, and represented nearly 50 percent of all public warehousing and storage
revenue.
Refrigerated warehousing revenue -- representing one-quarter of all public
warehousing and storage revenue -- increased more than 11 percent to $1.7
billion.
Total industry operating expenses were up 10 percent to $6 billion.
Employer contributions to employee benefit plans were up more than 12 percent
and represented nearly 8 percent of total operating expenses.
     Included in the survey were employer firms with one or more establishments
primarily engaged in providing for-hire commercial motor freight transportation
or warehousing services.  This includes firms furnishing local or long-distance
trucking or transfer services, and those engaged in storage of farm products,
furniture and other household goods, or commercial goods of any nature.
     Since the data come from a survey, the estimates and year-to-year changes
are subject to sampling variability.  All dollar values presented are expressed
in current dollars -- that is, the estimates are not adjusted for price
changes.
                                       -X-
Editor's Note: Media representatives may obtain copies of the report, 1992
Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey (BT/92) from the bureau's
Public Information Office on 301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should contact the
bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.pop "Nation Sets Records for Ed. Attain., Farm Pop. etc..."  (03-03-94)
                    EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Thursday, March 3, 1994
Public Information Office                         CB94-34
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Population Information Office
301-763-5002
                 NATION SETS RECORDS FOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
                FARM POPULATION, OTHER AREAS, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     A new report released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau
shows that the U.S. population set several national records in the first few
years of this decade.  For instance, a higher percentage of people had high
school diplomas (80 percent) and bachelor's degrees (22 percent) in 1993 than
at any time in our history.
     Other highs and lows from How We're Changing:  Demographic State of the
Nation:  1994 (P-23, No. 187), include:
The number of Americans living on farms tied a record low of
4.6 million in 1991, essentially unchanged from the previous year.
A higher proportion of Americans voted in the 1992 general election
(61 percent of eligible voters) than in any election since 1972.
A higher proportion of fathers are primary child-care providers than ever
before.  In 1991, 20 percent of preschoolers whose mothers worked outside the
home were cared for by their fathers.  This is up from 15 percent in
1988.
Real median household income in 1992 ($30,786) was not significantly different
from the 1991 figure ($31,034), after having declined for two consecutive
years.  This was the first full year that median household income
has remained unchanged since the July 1990-March 1991 period, our country's
most recent recessionary period.
36.9 million Americans were living below the poverty level in
1992, the highest number since 1962.
24 percent of never-married women between 18 and 44 had given birth by 1992, up
from 15 percent in 1982.
In 1992, 54 percent of mothers between 18 and 44 years old
who had borne a child within the past year were in the labor force, compared
with 44 percent in 1982 and 31 percent in 1976.
16 percent of women between the ages of 40 and 44 had never given birth by
1992, up from 11 percent in 1982.
     The information in this demographic profile comes from
three surveys conducted regularly by the Census Bureau.  These
are the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Income and
Program Participation, and the American Housing Survey.
                                       -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of this report from the
bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's Customer Services
Office on 301-763-4100.
pop "Updated National/State Pop. Estimates Available" (03/15/94)
             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Tues., Mar. 15, 1994
Public Information Office                         CB94-43
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Edwin Byerly (State Estimates)
301-763-5072
Frederick Hollmann (National Estimates)
301-763-7950
                        CENSUS ADVISORY:
           UPDATED NATIONAL/STATE POPULATION ESTIMATES
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today is issuing
four tables that provide national and state population estimates
updated through 1993.
     Table 1 shows the number of residents as of July 1, 1993 in
each census region, division, and state for six age categories.
Table 2 shows the percent change in the population from
April 1, 1990 to July 1, 1993 for the same geographic areas and
age groups provided in Table 1.
     Table 3 presents national estimates of the resident
population as of July 1, 1993, by age, gender, race and Hispanic
origin; quarterly estimates from April 1, 1990 to Oct. 1, 1993
for all persons are also shown on this table.  Table 4 has
information on the components of change for four race groups and
persons of Hispanic origin during the period from April 1, 1990
to July 1, 1993.
                               -X-
EDITOR'S NOTE:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
tables from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Population Division, Statistical Information Staff on
301-763-5002.tip "Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and Activities" (01/07/94)
January 7, 1994                                        TP94-01
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               Karen Wheeless
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
THE BOTTOM LINE ON FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES
Total Federal, state, and local government revenues were up
almost 4 percent in 1990-91 -- to $2.124 trillion.  Total
government expenditures increased over 7 percent, reaching
$2.379 trillion in 1990-91.  You'll find more details in an
attachment to this tipsheet, and extensive tables in the report
Government Finances: 1990-91 (GF/91-5).  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
You may request this and other items mentioned in this tipsheet
by calling 301-763-4040.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Just a reminder that we recently announced the sites chosen for
the 1995 test census -- the precursor to Census 2000.  The Bureau
selected three urban and one rural site (comprising 6 parishes),
based on specific technical criteria.  What will be tested?  Most
notable will be the use of sampling and estimation.  We hope to
find out whether this will reduce overall census costs and also
reduce or eliminate the differential undercount of minorities,
and others.  Stay tuned!  The 1995 test census sites are New
Haven, CT; Oakland, CA; Paterson, NJ; and Bienville, De Soto,
Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn parishes in
northwestern Louisiana.  Details are contained in press release
CB93-O.17 of December 8, 1993.  News organizations interested in
covering the 1995 test census should contact Cheryl Chambers at
301-763-4040.
ECONOMIC INDICATOR RELEASE DATES ATTACHED
Attached to this tipsheet you will also find the release dates
for the nation's economic indicators through the end of 1994.
These are the statistics that track the health of the nation's
economy.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More 1991 County Business Patterns reports from states all over
the map have come in over the past few weeks:  Alabama, Colorado,
the District of Columbia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, South
Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee. Again, lots of potential
background material here at both the state and county level --
about kinds of businesses, employment, and payroll.  Fact sheets
have been mailed to news organizations in each state.
Statistical Indicators on Women: An Asian Perspective (SB/93-18).
Women are living longer and having fewer babies in most of the
32 Asian and Pacific Island nations included in this recent
Statistical Brief.  For example, in China, the birth rate
plummeted from 5.8 births per woman in 1970 to 2.2 in 1992.
Afghanistan has the highest infant mortality rate, while
Singapore has the lowest.  This 4-page brief presents a full
range of demographic information from the Census Bureau's Center
for International Research.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Delaware had 2,633 Farms in 1992, Agriculture Census Shows.  This
is the first release from the 1992 Census of Agriculture.  It
shows that most of Delaware's farms are less than 50 acres;
soybeans are by far the biggest crop (over 230,000 acres
harvested), and poultry is the leading agricultural product with
over $370 million in sales in 1992.  State-level reports give
state and county data on the number of farms, agricultural sales,
production expenses, as well as crop and livestock details.  Some
comparisons with 1987 data are provided.  1992 Census of
Agriculture -- Geographic Area Series, Vol. 1, Part 8 -- Delaware
(AC92-A-8).  Released December 20.
Measuring the Productivity Impact of Pollution Abatement (SB/93-
13).  This Statistical Brief examines how dollars spent for
pollution abatement costs translate into productivity reductions.
The brief looks at three major sectors of the U.S. industrial
economy: oil, paper, and steel.  Released January 4.
UPCOMING
Americans With Disabilities:  1991/1992 (P70-33).  How many
Americans are disabled?  What percentage of the disabled
population is covered by health insurance?  This report will
answer these questions and many others about the characteristics
of persons with disabilities.
Geographical Mobility:  March 1991 to March 1992 (P20-473).  This
is our annual look at who's moving (renters and owners) and where
they are moving.
Housing America's Children (H121/93-6).  The housing of America's
children is largely determined by the kind of family they live
in.  This report will present details on income spent for
housing, race and Hispanic origin, and homeowners compared with
renters.
tip "Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and Activites" (01/26/94)
January 26, 1994                                       TP94-02
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               Karen Wheeless
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
A REMINDER ABOUT THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY CHANGEOVER
Next month's unemployment rate information from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) will be the first from the redesigned
Current Population Survey.  Computer-assisted surveying
techniques may lead to fluctuations and a possible increase in
the early 1994 unemployment rates.  BLS briefed reporters on
changes to the survey back in November, and we have compiled a
package of the resulting articles.  You may request these by
calling 301-763-4040.  Again, the story here is the advent of
computer-assisted data collection methods and an expanded
questionnaire that more accurately reflects America's labor
force.
FACTS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Attached to this tipsheet you will find a fact sheet packed with
statistics about the nation's African American population.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The 1991 County Business Patterns reports keep coming in.  Now
available are Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.  News organizations
in each state have been mailed a fact sheet based on the report.
Reports are available on request.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Growth Rate of California's Population Drops Below National
Average (CB93-219).  After growing at twice the national rate
through the 1980's, California's growth rate dropped to
1 percent last year, just under the national rate of 1.1 percent.
The states with the highest growth rates were all in the
west -- Nevada, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and
Washington, respectively.  The press release contains updated
population estimates as of July for 1990-93.  Released
December 29, 1993.
U.S. Population Totals 259.4 Million As 1994 Begins (CB93-221).
The nation's population increased by 2.7 million last year, with
immigrants accounting for almost one third of the increase.  The
immigrant total of 895,000 persons was the highest recorded since
1914.  The nation's population has increased by 4.3 percent since
the 1990 census, and is projected to increase an additional
2.7 million persons in the coming year.  Released
December 31, 1993.
Oregon had 31,892 Farms in 1992, Agriculture Census Shows
(92-A29-OR).  This second report from the 1992 Ag Census shows
that Oregon had over 17.6 million acres of land in agricultural
production in 1992.  Nearly a million of those acres were planted
in wheat, Oregon's leading agricultural crop.  More details are
contained in the press release and the report Vol. 1, 1992 Census
of Agriculture, Geographical Area Series -- Oregon.  Released
January 6, 1994.
New Racial and Ethnic Information May Debunk Stereotypes
(CB94-01).  Asian and Pacific Islanders who came to the U.S.
between 1980 and 1990 were three times as likely to be in poverty
as those who came before 1980.  While the average poverty rate
for Hispanics was 22 percent in 1990, it ranged from 7 percent
for Paraguayans to 33 percent for Dominicans.  Just a sample of
what you'll find in three 1990 census reports covered in the
press release:  Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United
States:  1990 (CP-3-5); Persons of Hispanic Origin in the United
States:  1990 (CP-3-3); and Ancestry of the Population of the
United States:  1990 (CP-3-2).  Released January 13, 1994.
Continued Migrations Shift Population From North to South
(CB94-04).  While the Northeast had a consistent net loss
of residents during the 1980s and early 1990s, the South had a
net gain.  Between 1991 and 1992, the Northeast lost
292,000 residents, while the South gained 224,000.  A new report
profiles not only where people are moving from and to, but their
characteristics.  For example, young adults have the highest rate
of moving -- over one-third of all persons in their
twenties moved between March 1991 and March 1992.  The details
are contained in Geographical Mobility:  March 1991 to March 1992
(P20-473).  Released January 14, 1994.
UPCOMING
Household Wealth and Asset Ownership:  1991 (P70-34).  This
report tracks the financial well-being of the nation's
households.  It includes information by age, gender, and race and
Hispanic origin.
Americans With Disabilities:  1991-92 (P70-33).  The report
provides information from the first comprehensive disability
survey ever undertaken by the Census Bureau.
WORKING PROFILES OF METRO AREAS FROM CUSTOMER SERVICES
How many African American doctors are there in your metro area?
How many Hispanics are employed in service industries?   The
Census Bureau's Customer Services sells printouts for each of the
nation's metro areas giving totals for 512 occupations in the
1990 census Equal Employment Opportunity file.  The occupation
tables give totals by gender, race, and Hispanic origin.  For
ordering information, contact Census Customer Services at
301-763-4100.
tip "Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and Activities" (02/11/94)
February 11, 1994                                      TP94-03
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               Karen Wheeless
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE ON INTERNET
The Census Bureau is now connected to the Internet, the vast
network of computers with destinations like Gopher, Telnet, and
Mosaic on the information superhighway.  We'd like suggestions
from news organizations about what Census Bureau information they
would like to see on Internet.  News releases will be available
soon.  Are there other kinds of Census Bureau information or
graphics you would like to access via Internet?  You can let us
know by sending your comments to our Internet mail box at
pio@info.census.gov.  To talk with someone about Internet,
contact Jackson Morton at 301-763-4051.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Americans Overseas in U.S. Censuses, Technical Paper 62.  This
paper examines how Americans living overseas have been treated in
each of the decennial censuses since 1790.  What were the legal
and political considerations of defining "usual place of
residence"?  This exhaustive report by Bureau analyst Karen Mills
provides a wealth of historical detail.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Median Net Worth of Nation's Households Dropped 12 Percent
Between 1988 and 1991, Census Bureau Reports.  After adjusting
for inflation, the median net worth of the nation's households
decreased by 12 percent between 1988 and 1991, going from over
$41,000 to under $37,000.  The report, Household Wealth and Asset
Ownership:  1991 (P70-34), compares 1988 and 1991 data on
household income, age of householder, race and ethnicity, type of
household, and labor force activity.  The report looks at where
we're putting our money (assets) as well as where we owe it
(liabilities).  Press release CB94-06.  Released
January 26, 1994.
Only Half of Persons With a Severe Disability Have Private Health
Insurance:  One in Five Americans Has a Disability, Census Bureau
Finds.  Severely disabled persons aged 15 to 64 are less often
                                                            2
covered by private health insurance than their non-disabled
counterparts -- just one of the findings from Americans With
Disabilities:  1991/1992 (P70-33).  The report looks at the most
frequently occurring disabling conditions (arthritis, back or
spinal problems, and heart trouble, etc.) as well as the
demographic characteristics of the 48.9 million Americans with
disabilities.  Press release CB94-13.  Released January 28, 1994.
Children Living With Married Couples Live in Better Conditions,
Census Report Shows.  Over two-thirds of the nation's households
with children were maintained by married couples, and children
living in such households generally have it better than those
living in other settings.  Details from Housing America's
Children in 1991 (H121/93-6) include income, housing costs,
housing characteristics, etc., by race and Hispanic origin.
Press release CB94-14.  February 4, 1994.
Population Estimates for Counties and Metropolitan Areas
July 1, 1991.  Data meet programmatic and Legislative
requirements for small area population estimates in non-census
years.  IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
HOW'S BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTY?
From the oil patch states, to the Pacific Northwest, to the
Mountain State -- the County Business Patterns reports for
1991 keep rolling in.  Over the past couple of weeks we've
received Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas,
Washington, and West Virginia.  These reports give a great amount
of detail on business characteristics, employment, and payrolls
at the state and county levels.
COMING UP
World Population Profile: 1994.  This report will present
information about the worldwide spread of AIDS for the first
time.  It covers a variety of social and demographic
characteristics, including infant mortality and life expectancy
in developing as well as developed nations.
CENSUS IS FEATURED ON THE LEARNING CHANNEL
The Census Bureau's Public Affairs Office staff worked closely
with the Learning Channel on a documentary called "Counting and
Measuring."  It will be featured on the Learning Channel's daily
series "TLC Elementary School" four times during the spring
1994 semester.  The program illustrates the variety of ways in
which people, places, and things are counted and measured.
"Counting and Measuring" will air on the Learning Channel
March 1, April 5, and May 10.
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tip "Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and Activities" (03-04-94)
March 4, 1994                                     TP94-04
                                                  REVISED
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               Karen Wheeless
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
FACTS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
March is Women's History Month, so we've attached lots of statistics about
women--business, education, earnings, etc.-- that you can use if you're
writing an article.
INTERNATIONAL GOODS AND SERVICES TRADE MERGING
On March 22, the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis will
issue their first joint release of combined monthly goods and services
data.  This initiative began in 1990 as a result of requests from data
users and a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences.  The
joint report will reflect a more complete picture of U.S. trade that
recognizes the importance of trade in services.  It will also make
Commerce Department trade data more consistent and reduce the confusion
caused by the publication of trade data on different bases.  If you have
questions, call Larry Moran at BEA on 202-606- 9691 or Paula Coupe at
Census on 301-763-4051.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Finances of Employee Retirement Systems of State and Local Governments:
1990- 91. This report shows that assets of state and local retirement
systems topped $783 billion in 1991. This was a 9 percent increase over
the 1990 total. There are 2,362 public employee retirement systems in the
United States. State-by- state membership in such systems ranged from 1.5
million members in California to 24,000 in Vermont.
Americans With Disabilities (SB94/1). This statistical brief is a brief
synopsis of the recently released Americans With Disabilities: 1991-92. It
has basic information about the numbers of Americans with specific types
of disabling conditions as well as the relationship between disabilities
and employment.
Content Reinterview Survey: Accuracy of Data for Selected Population and
Housing Characteristics as Measured by Reinterview, 1990 Census of
Population and Housing Evaluation and Research Reports, 1990 CPH-E-1. This
report on the quality of 1990 census data comes from the Content
Reinterview Survey conducted after the 1990 census.
American Indian and Alaska Native Areas -- Detailed Housing
Characteristics, 1990 Census of Housing, 1990 CH-2-1A. This very detailed
report looks at housing characteristics on American Indian reservations
and Alaska Native areas. It covers everything from source of water to
kitchen facilities, sewage disposal, and house heating fuel.
Metropolitan Growth and Expansion in the 1980's, by Richard L. Forstall
and James D. Fitzsimmons, Population Division. This research paper was
delivered at the April 1993 meeting of the Population Association of
America. The paper looks at the 1992 changes in metropolitan area
geography and examines the extent to which the changes in definition may
reflect significant new trends in the nation's metropolitan structure.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Las Vegas is Fastest Growing Metro Area and Large City, Census Bureau
Reports. New estimates for July 1, 1992 show that Las Vegas is
experiencing the most rapid population growth, followed by Laredo, Texas,
and Yuma, Arizona. The news release includes estimates for the nation's
metropolitan areas as well as cities over 100,000 population. You may also
request more detailed estimates for states, counties, and cities by
calling the Public Information Office at 301-763-4040. All estimates are
as of July 1, 1992. Released February 8, 1994.
1992 Census of Agriculture--Geographic Area Series. Reports have been
received for Washington state and Wisconsin. The reports present state and
county level data on crops, expenses, and acreage.
COMING UP
1992 Annual Survey of Communication Services (BC/92). This report will
give you lots of information about the nations cable t.v., telephone, and
broadcast industries.
The Earnings Ladder. This Statistical Brief will examine earnings patterns
for America's workers for 1980-1992.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS --  COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS REPORTS
The latest reports have come in for Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. These
reports present state and county level data on employment and
establishments for various industries -- helpful for preparing business
articles.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHILD POVERTY
Census Bureau analyst Suzanne Bianchi contributed a chapter to Child
Poverty and Public Policy, recently published by the Urban Institute and
the University Press of America. Bianchi's chapter, "Children of Poverty:
Why Are They Poor?" looks at phenomena such as changing family structures
and earnings inequality. You may order the book from the University Press
of America by calling 1-800-462-6420.
             FACTS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
POPULATION
In 1990, there were 127.5 million women in the nation, 51 percent of the
U.S. population.  The women's population in 1994 is projected to be 133.4
million.
Overall, women outnumbered men by 6 million in 1990.  There were equal
numbers of men and women aged 25 to 34.  More men than women are born each
year, but because men always have higher death rates during the young
adult years, the ratio begins to even out.
BUSINESS
The growth rate of women-owned businesses was more than four times greater
than the rate for all businesses from 1982 to 1987.  The number of
businesses owned by women grew from 2.6 million in 1982 to 4.1 million in
1987, a 57 percent increase.
Women own 30 percent of the nation's businesses, with receipts totaling
nearly $280 billion, about 14 percent of the U.S. total in 1987.
EDUCATION
Women are improving their education.  Three-fourths of women received a
high school diploma in 1990 compared to a little over half (53 percent) in
1970.
College enrollment of women exceeds that of men.  It has more than doubled
for women in the past two decades.  Women have narrowed the education gap:
in 1970, 8 percent of women completed college compared to 14 percent of
men.  In 1990 it rose to 18 percent for women and 23 percent for men.
In 1990, 1 of every 10 women in their thirties were enrolled in school.
Women are entering male-dominated fields of study in ever-increasing
numbers.  In 1970, less than 1 percent of all bachelor's degrees in
engineering went to women.  By 1990, it increased to 14 percent.  In 1970,
only 9 percent of business degrees went to women, but by 1990 it increased
to 47 percent.
FAMILIES
More women are delaying childbirth to attend college and establish
careers.  In 1990, the birth rate for women 30 to 34 years old was the
highest it has been in the past two decades (81 per 1,000 women).  During
the past decade, birth rates for women in this age group have increased
more than any other age group.
The proportion of families maintained by women has increased steadily
since 1970.  African Americans have the highest proportion of
women-maintained households (44 percent) compared to 13 percent for
Whites, 12 percent for Asian and Pacific Islanders and 22 percent for
Hispanics in 1990.
EARNINGS
The median earnings of women who worked year-round and full-time increased
by 1.3 percent between 1991 and 1992 to $21,440, while that for comparable
men was unchanged at $30,358.
The median earnings of women, aged 25 and older, who were year-round
full-time workers was $18,648 for high school graduates in 1992; $24,849
for those with an associate's degree; $29,284 for those with a bachelor's
degree; and $35,018 for those with a master's degree.  Comparable figures
for men were $26,766, $32,349, $40,381 and $47,260.
POVERTY
Families maintained by women with no husband present were nearly six times
as likely to be poor than married-couple families (34.9 percent vs. 6.2
percent).  In 1992, families maintained by women accounted for 52 percent
of all poor families.
At all age groups, women have higher poverty rates than men.  The largest
difference between the poverty rates for females and males occurred for
the oldest population (75 years and over).  The poverty rate for females
75 years old and over was 17 percent compared with 10 percent for males.
OCCUPATIONS
Women are not equally represented in all professions.  For example, women
continue to be overrepresented, making up 77 percent, in clerical
(administrative support) and service occupations and underrepresented in
production, craft, repair, and labor occupations, making up 9.5 percent.
MARITAL STATUS
Marriage is being delayed while women go to college or establish
themselves in the labor force.  The proportion of women aged 25 to 29 who
have never married tripled in the past 20 years, from 11 percent in 1970
to 33 percent in 1992.
The estimated median age at first marriage for women was 24.4 years in
1992, up from 20.8 years in 1970.
There are more unmarried men than women at prime marrying ages.  For
example, among persons age 25 to 29, there were 128 unmarried men for
every 100 unmarried women, in 1992.
To find more statistics on women, consult:
"We, The American Women",
"Fertility of American Women:  June 1992" (P20-470)
"Households, Families, and Children:  A 30-Year Perspective" (P23-181)
"Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1992" (P20-468)
tip "Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and Activities" (03/18/94)
March 18, 1994                                         TP94-05
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               Karen Wheeless
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Programs to Improve Coverage in the 1990 Census.  1990 Census of
Population and Housing, Evaluation and Research Reports
(1990 CPH-E-3).  This report presents the results of evaluations
of various components of the 1990 Census Coverage Improvement
Program.  The program consisted of operations designed to make
the coverage of persons and housing units as complete as
possible.  A review of this report provides a context for
discussing the coverage improvement under study for the
2000 census.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Population and Housing Unit Counts.  1990 Census of Population
and Housing, United States (1990 CPH-2-1).  This voluminous, 777
page report presents population and housing unit counts, with
historical comparisons from previous censuses.  It also presents
such useful information as land area for geographic
entities, population per square mile and square kilometer, and
population percent changes, among many other data items.  FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Detailed Housing Characteristics.  1990 Census of Housing, United
States (1990 CH-2-1).  Another long report detailing the
demographic and physical characteristics of the nation's housing,
with maps, race and Hispanic origin detail, urban and rural,
plumbing information, renter- vs. owner-occupied, etc.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Social and Economic Characteristics for American Indian and
Alaska Native Areas.  1990 Census of Population and Housing (1990
CP2-1A).  This report presents 1990 census results on  poverty
and income, educational attainment, and other characteristics of
the nation's American Indian reservations and Alaska Native
areas. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Eight Metropolitan Areas to Be Covered in HUD-Census American
Housing Survey.  Census Bureau representatives will begin
visiting about 4,700 housing units in each of the eight
metropolitan areas starting March 20.  The areas include
Buffalo, Milwaukee, Dallas, Fort Worth, Phoenix, Anaheim-Santa
Ana, Riverside-San Bernardino, and San Diego.  Press Release
CB94-35.  Released March 3.
Iowa Leads Off New Series of State Reports on Trucks and Their
Uses From 1992 Truck Inventory and Use Survey.  Presents the
results of this survey of private and commercial truck use for
the state of Iowa, and projects the release dates
for other state reports to follow.  State-level fact sheets will
be mailed to news organizations on a state-by-state basis.  Press
Release CB94-26.  Released February 23.  Other states that are
available:  Colorado, Vermont, Delaware, West Virginia,
Minnesota, and the District of Columbia.
Telephone Industry Continued Economic Growth With Revenue of
$165 Billion in 1992.  Telephone industry business increased 3.5
percent over 1991.  Almost $83 billion in industry revenue came
from non-residential customers.  Press Release CB94-29.  Released
February 23.
Broadcast Industries's Revenue Top $28 Billion for 1992,
4 Percent Over 1991, Census Bureau Reports.  Increased political
advertising helped radio and television broadcasters boost
revenues in 1992.  The sales of television time to networks,
advertisers, and sponsors (station time sales), represented
nearly 60 percent of television revenue -- $12.7 billion in 1992.
Press Release CB94-28.  Released February 23.
Cable TV Industry Posts Revenue of $25 Billion for 1992, A
10 Percent Gain Over 1991.  Cable tv industry revenues increased
by 10 percent over their 1991 total for 1992.  The report and
press release present information about revenues and expenditures
for this growing business.  Press Release CB94-27.  Released
February 23.
America's Truckers Register Revenue of $125 Billion in 1992,
Nearly 7 Percent Ahead of 1991.  Results from the 1992 Motor
Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey show that industry
revenues increased from $117 billion in 1991 to $125 billion in
1992 -- due primarily to increased traffic volume resulting from
improving economic conditions.  Press Release CB94-31.  Released
February 28.
Nation Sets Record for Educational Attainment, Farm Population,
Other Areas, Census Bureau Says.  Highlights from How We're
Changing:  Demographic State of the Nation:  1994 show that the
number of Americans living on farms tied the record low set in
1991 at 4.6 million.  A higher proportion of Americans voted
in the 1992 general election than in any election since 1972.
And 36.9 million Americans lived below the poverty level in 1992
-- the highest number since 1962.  Press Release CB 94-34.
Released March 3.
COMING UP
The Earnings Ladder (Statistical Brief).
Diverse Living Arrangements of Children.
50 Years of the Census of Housing.
First 1992 Retail Census Results to be Released by U.S. Census
Bureau.  The first report released from the 1992 Census of Retail
Trade will be Wyoming.  It is part of the Geographic Area Series.
Reports for other states, the District of Columbia, and a U.S.
Summary will be released throughout 1994 on a flow basis.  The
retail census covers establishments primarily engaged in selling
merchandise for personal or household consumption.  The
Geographic Area Series provides the number of establishments with
payroll and their receipts, employment, and payroll.  Detailed
statistics are shown for the state, metro areas, counties,
cities, and small places (towns, etc.).  Limited comparisons
are provided from the 1987 retail census.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS --  COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS REPORTS
The last state report is for Delaware.  Look for the U.S. Summary
report soon. The reports present state and county level data on
employment and establishments for various industries -- helpful
for preparing business articles.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY CENSUS BUREAU AUTHORS
The Changing Economic and Family Roles of Women and Men, by
Suzanne Bianchi, Population Division.  During the 1980's, the
gender wage gap narrowed after two decades of little change.
This paper argues that a major factor in that change
was the aging of well-educated, baby boom cohorts of women in
mid-career.
Readings in Population Research Methodology, ed. Eduardo E.
Arriaga, Center for international Research.  Arriaga is one of
the editors of this 8-volume set published for the United Nations
Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) by the Social Development
Center (Chicago).  This publication assembles in one source
an explication of the full range of population research
methodology. It is designed to satisfy the needs of students and
population researchers.
Genocide and Democracy in Cambodia, "After the Nightmare:  The
Population of Cambodia," (chapter) by Judith Bannister and E.
Paige Johnson, Center for International Research.  Published by
Yale University, the chapter by the Census Bureau authors
presents a population model that reconstructs Cambodia's
demographic trends from 1962 and establishes long-term
projections to the year 2050.  It also discusses social and
demographic characteristics of Cambodia's population in the
future.
The Chinese and Their Future, "The Size, Control, and Composition
of China's Population," (chapter), by Judith Bannister, Center
for International Research.  Published by the American Enterprise
Institute, Bannister's chapter in this book discusses the
relations among demographic, economic, and political trends
in the China mainland.  It focuses on what is likely to happen to
the Chinese population during the 1990's.
INTERNET SITE OPENED TO PUBLIC ACCESS
The Census Bureau recently opened its Internet site to public
access.  News organizations can access Census Bureau news
releases and tipsheets on the date of release via the Census
Bureau's Internet node.
In addition to news information and various statistics, the site
carries other information about the organization, policies, and
statistical programs of the Census Bureau.  For example, you will
currently find:
Government finances data
Research papers from the Center for Economic Studies
Statistical software from the International Statistical Programs
Center
New product advisories from the Data User Services
Statistical Briefs
The "We the American" series from the 1990 census
Menu-driven software to extract information from large, complex
data sets, such as the Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) and the Current Population Survey (CPS)
Pointers to Internet sites carrying census data.
To log on to the Census Bureau's Internet site, you may use
3 different methods.  At your Internet prompt, type:
          gopher gopher.census.gov
to access the text based system.
To access the Windows-based "Mosaic" system, type:
          mosaic www.census.gov
This site has graphics as well as text.  To download files via
anonymous file transfer, type:
          ftp ftp.census.gov
The Census Bureau's Internet site will be in a prototype mode for
the next six months.  It will be refined and improved based upon
user comments.
For more information about the Census Bureau's Internet site,
contact Jackson Morton or Liane Rozzell at 301-763-4040. Or you
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under /pub seem to be empty; also, I can't read some of the files in
other directories.  What am I doing wrong?  Please help???
Can I access ftp.census.gov using email only?
SUGGESTIONS:
In March 1994, the U.S. Bureau of the Census joined the internet
community by announcing public access to various servers.  These
initial offerings consist of experimental prototypes with no
express or implied warranty.  We will evaluate the costs and public
usage of these prototypes for several months before making decisions
about future services.  THIS IS A PROTOTYPE SERVICE ...
Our anonymous ftp.census.gov server contains files that are open
to the public.  No Title 13 nor other sensitive data resides on
this server; only statistical summaries and other public use data
are available.
We will try to name directories to suggest the subject matter of the
data available in that drectory.  Eventually, each directory will be
owned by staff who are familiar with the subject matter and data
products available from the Census Bureau.  Ultimately, each
directory will contain the following files:
	.message
	README
	INDEX
.message displays a short notice when you use the 'dir' command.
README contains a text overview of the files in each directory and
INDEX contains a list of all files in each directory.
In the /pub directory, you should find these special files:
  ls-lR.txt     contains a full listing of all directories and files
  whos-who.txt  contains a listing of census staff contacts arranged
                by subject matter.
A growing number of staff at the Census Bureau are currently working
on this prototype service; however, we are new to the internet
community ... Please encourage us to offer more data that you would
like, but also, please be patient and remember that we are a
government agency and our learning curve has a very gentle slope ;)
If a directory is empty or poorly documented, refer to the whos-who.txt
file.  Contact the staff listed for that subject to get more information
about data products, documentation, or availability.  You can use the
phone number listed or try to send email:
to staff with internet accounts, the email address might be:
   firstname.lastname@census.gov
to staff without internet accounts, the email address might be:
   firstname_lastname@ccmail.census.gov
or firstname_mi_lastname@smtp-gw.census.gov
or something like that ...
(hopefully, someday it will be easy to lookup email addresses)
CAN'T READ FILES
Files with 'ps' as part of the name are in PostScript format.  If you
have trouble displaying or printing these files, contact your local
systems administrators for information about viewing or printing the
PostScript format.
FTPMAIL
You can now access ftp.census.gov using email.  Send a message to:
  ftpmail@census.gov
In the message body, include the line:
  help
You will receive further instructions by email.
If you have other questions or would like to see other data
available here, send mail to:    gatekeeper@census.gov
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                EMBARGOED UNTIL:  APRIL 29, 1994, FRIDAY
Public Information Office                         CB94-70
301-763-4040
Ellen Jamison (Population Trends)
301-763-4875
Peter Way (AIDS)
301-763-4086
AIDS WILL INCREASE CHILD MORTALITY IN DEVELOPING NATIONS,
SHORTEN LIFE EXPECTANCY, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     The worldwide AIDS epidemic will reverse several decades of hard-
won improvements in child survival rates in many developing countries,
according to World Population Profile:  1994 (WP/94), a report released
today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  The primary cause of
children contracting AIDS is mother-child transmission, the report
states.  Adult AIDS deaths occur among relatively young adults; thus the
impact of AIDS on life expectancy is considerable worldwide.  For the
first time the report contains a special chapter focusing on the
worldwide spread of HIV/AIDS.
     The report shows that levels of infant and child mortality,
measured in a recent survey in Zambia, were 15 percent higher than 10
years ago because of the impact of AIDS.  Over 20 percent of pregnant
women in Lusaka, Zambia tested positive for HIV in 1990.  Studies show
similar patterns in the capital cities of Uganda and Malawi. In 13 sub-
Saharan African countries, AIDS is expected to double the number of
deaths that would have occurred without AIDS during the period from 1985
to 2010.
     AIDS will also significantly increase the death rate in Brazil,
Haiti, and Thailand.  By 2010, it will nearly double Haiti's death rate,
and in Thailand the death rate will more than triple because of AIDS.
      AIDS will also greatly decrease life expectancy in various
countries.  Peter Way, an author of the report, said that "by the year
2010, average life expectancy in Haiti will plummet to
44 years.  Without AIDS it would be 59 years.  In Uganda, expectation of
life at birth will fall to 32 years, whereas without AIDS it would be 59
years.
     AIDS has only increased the death rate in the U.S. in the 1992-93
period by 1.5 percent.  And public health officials in the U.S. do not
predict the widespread growth of HIV infection throughout the population
in coming years.  Only 1.5 percent or 34,020 out of 2,217,000 deaths in
the July 1992-June 1993 period were attributed to HIV.  Nevertheless, in
1992, HIV infection became the leading cause of death among men aged 25-
44 years.
     Generally, new HIV infections among adults are concentrated in the
ages of peak sexual activity:  late teens to approximately 35 years.
Because of the 7- to 10-year incubation period for AIDS, and about a 1-
year survival from the onset of full-blown AIDS to death, greatly
increased mortality is expected among persons' aged 30 to 45.
     New also to this world population report is a special package of 8
color maps showing world demographic trends.  The
maps show the world as of 1994 and cover the following topics:
       1994 Growth Rates            Adolescent Fertility
       Total Fertility              Infant Mortality
       Population 60 and Over       Population Under 15
       Population Added Between     Adolescent Fertility as
        1994 and 2020                 Percent of Total Fertility
     Other findings from the report include population change,
growth, and life expectancy.
WORLD POPULATION CHANGE
         The report shows that the world's population reached
          about 5.6 billion persons in 1994 and is expected to
          increase to about 7.9 billion by the year 2020.  Of the
          2.3 billion persons added to world population by 2020,
          more than 9 out of 10 will be added in today's
          developing regions -- more than 1 billion in Asia
          alone.
         The developing world is on average younger than the
          developed world.  Half of all persons in developing
          countries are under age 23, while in the developed
          world, half of all persons are under age 35.
         Overall, the world will get older by 2020.  At present,
          children 4 years old and younger outnumber the elderly
          (60 plus). By the year 2020, the number of elderly will
          exceed the number of young children.
                           WHERE'S THE GROWTH?
         The fastest population increase is projected to take
          place in sub-Saharan Africa, in spite of the increased
          mortality resulting from AIDS.  The population of this
          region is expected to double by 2020 -- going from
          about 572 million in 1994 to 1.1 billion in 2020, about
          the current population of China (mainland).
         China's (mainland) 1.2 billion population will continue
          to be the largest in Asia, though its share of developing
          Asia's total population will decrease from 39 percent in
          1994 to 34 percent in 2020.  The Asian developing countries
          outside mainland China are expected to comprise 36 percent of
          the world's population by 2020.
LIFE EXPECTANCY
         Throughout the world, women live longer than men.  The
          average disparity is only two years in Asia, while in
          Russia women live an average 10 years longer than men.
         Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest life expectancy at
          birth of any of the world's regions.  On average, a
          person born in this region can expect to live just
          51 years.  It also has the highest proportion of infant
          deaths -- nearly 29 percent of all the deaths in this
          region were infants.
         In general, both European and North American men and
          women live the longest -- men live an average
          73 years in both regions, while North American women
          average 80 years, and European women 79 years.
     The World Population Profile: 1994 contains statistics for the
world's 225 countries and territories.  In Europe, statistics for the
Czech Republic and Slovakia are shown separately.  Entities of the
former Yugoslavia are also shown separately, but an aggregated total is
included.  Totals are also shown for the former Soviet Union, with the
newly independent republics shown under the headings of Baltics
(Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), Commonwealth of Independent States,
and Georgia.  The special chapter focusing on AIDS includes statistics
from both the World Health Organization and the Census Bureau's Center
for International Research.
                                   -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the report
from the bureau's Public Information Office on 301-763-4040.  Non-media
orders should go to the bureau's Customers Services Office on 301-763-
4100.
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      HOMEOWNERS IN THE SOUTH ARE THE LEAST LIKELY TO SPEND MONEY
                FOR HOME MAINTENANCE, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     Fifty-six percent of homeowners residing in the nation's
Southern region spent money on home maintenance, compared to 64
percent in the West and Midwest and 66 percent in the Northeast,
according to a report, Homeowners, Home Maintenance, and Home
Improvements:  1991 H121/93-4, just released by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     Report author Barbara Williams says, "The South contains a
relatively large number of mobile homes and newly built homes and
lower income households, all groups with lower rates of
maintenance and improvements."  For example, 52 percent of
homeowners with incomes of $60,000 or more spent some money on an
home improvement compared with 37 percent for homeowners with
incomes less than $20,000.  "Therefore, homeowners in the South
are not as likely to do home improvements," she said.  However,
due to the large size of the Southern region, it had the largest
number of households paying for either maintenance or home
improvements.
     The author also says, "Dealing with maintenance and home
improvements is an important part of the process of
homeownership.  However, all repair jobs are not created equal.
For example, roofing repairs get done regardless of income, while
other repairs are more of an option."
     Homeowners, Home Maintenance, and Home Improvements, looks
at the characteristics for both homeowners and their units in an
effort to illuminate how much money, if any, homeowners spend on
repairs and on that kinds of repairs.  This is the first time
home improvements have been included in the report.
Other highlights from the report include:
Householders who had lived in their homes for at least two years,
but less than six years, was one of the largest markets for home
improvements.
Homeowners of homes built between 1970-1984 were more likely to
do maintenance to their homes than homeowners of homes built
either before or after that period.
Homeowners in structures built since 1989 were less likely to
spend money for either maintenance or improvements as compared
with homeowners in structures built prior to 1990.
Single-family detached houses dominated maintenance and
improvement activities.  Ninety-one percent of the most
expensive improvements (costing $9,997 or more) and 86 percent of
the maintenance costing $5,000 or more were done in single-family
detached homes.
In one-person households, women, regardless of age, were less
likely than men to perform do-it-yourself home improvements.
One-person households were less likely than households with more
members to spend money on home improvements (38 percent vs. 47
percent).  Of those living alone, men were just as likely as
women to pay for improvements.
Homeowners between 45 and 64 years old spent more per household
than any other age group on home improvements.
Larger homes were linked to more expensive home improvement and
maintenance work.  For example, homes of 1,775 square feet (the
median size of single-family detached homes and mobile homes) or
more accounted for 60 percent of the most expensive home
improvements and maintenance costs.
Owners of mobile homes spent less than half of what owners of
single-family detached homes spent on improvements ($837 vs.
$2,190).
                                   -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of this
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Service Office on 301-763-4100.
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From:               Karen Wheeless
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
HERE'S THE FIRST OF THE 1992 CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS FINAL REPORTS:
It's Government Organization:  Volume 1, Number 1, a
comprehensive look at the 85,006 federal, state and local
governments.  Highlights are in the attached GovtData HOTLINE.
For more information about the report, contact Alan Stevens on
301-763-7789.
AN UPDATE ON RELEASES FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
The reports below have recently come in from the 1992 Economic
Censuses:
Truck Inventory and Use Survey, 1992 Census of Transportation.
State reports so far received include Alabama, Arizona, Colorado,
District of Columbia, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Vermont, and Wisconsin.  Information is presented on types of
trucks, uses, size, annual mileage, and products carried, to name
a few.
1992 Census of Manufactures, Preliminary Industry Series,
Ordnance and Accessories, Not Elsewhere Classified.  Information
on small arms, ammunition, and ordnance and accessories --
statistics on employment, payrolls, value of shipments, number of
establishments, etc.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership, Annual Statistics: 1993,
Current Housing Reports (H111/93-A).  The lowdown on rental and
homeowner vacancy rates, homeownership, housing inventory, median
number of rooms, with information for regions, states, and metro
areas.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Eight Percent of Grade-School Children Are Home Alone.  With so
many working mothers, more and more children are home alone
during at least part of the day.  Who's Minding the Kids? Child
Care Arrangements:  1991 (P70-36), looks at this phenomenon as
well the many different ways parents are arranging for their
children to be looked after while they're working.  Release
CB94-78, May 20.
Homeowners in the South Are the Least Likely to Spend Money for
Home Maintenance.  The south's higher proportion of mobile homes
and new homes make its homeowners less likely to spend money on
maintenance and improvements.  Other highlights from Homeowners,
Home Maintenance, and Home Improvements:  1991:  homeowners who'd
lived in their houses more than 2 but less than 6 years spent
more fixing up, and homes built between 1970 and 1984 were more
likely to undergo repairs and improvements.  Release CB94-79,
May 25.
New Housing Data for Metro Areas from the 1992 American Housing
Survey.  How do residents rate their neighborhoods in terms of
crime, traffic, and housing?  What's your metro area like when it
comes to average number of bedrooms and other characteristics
like air conditioning, dishwashers, and garbage disposals?
You'll find answers in American Housing Survey reports, conducted
by the Census Bureau for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development.  Metro area reports are in for Indianapolis,
Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, Providence-Pawtucket-Warwick,
Cleveland, Memphis, and Birmingham.  Release CB94-H, June 1.
1994 Census Catalog and Guide.  A comprehensive guide to all the
Census Bureau's products:  reports, microfiche, computer tapes,
CD-ROM's, disks, online access, maps, and fax services.  It has a
helpful index and also identifies other sources of assistance --
like state data centers, depository libraries, other Federal
statistical agencies, etc.  A limited number of copies are
available for news organizations.  Non-media orders should go to
the Government Printing Office (stock number 003-024-08752-9;
phone 202-512-2250).
RECENT STATISTICAL BRIEFS:
Manufacturers Respond to Volatility in Energy Markets (SB/94-17).
Metropolitan Areas (SB/94-9; June 30, 1993 definition).
House Beautiful -- Patterns of Home Maintenance (SB/94-7).
Who's Minding the Kids? (SB/94-5).
Mobile Homes (SB94-10). The 1990 census counted 7.3 million
mobile homes - 7 percent of all U.S. housing units.  This brief
has everthing you've always wanted to know about mobile homes but
forgot to ask.
SPECTRAFAX IS NOW THE DELIVERY SOURCE FOR NEWS RELEASES AND
TIPSHEETS
The test phase is now over for mailing and faxing news releases
and tipsheets.  SpectraFax broadcast is now the principal
delivery method for such information from the Public Information
Office, complemented by its availability via Internet.  Responses
to our requests for fax numbers are still being updated, so bear
with us until all entries are completed.  Contact Patti Buscher
at 301-763-4040 if you have any problems.  For information on
Internet, send an e-mail message to pio@census.gov.
1992 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Guide to the 1992 Census of Agriculture and Related Statistics
(AC92-R-9).  Guides you through the wealth of information on
topics like production, sales, size and type of farm, and other
key areas of the agriculture census.  A complete rundown of the
reports and their subject content is also included.
_________________________________________________________________
                         GovtDataHotline
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                   1992 CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION:  VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1
Here's a comprehensive report on the nation's governmental units,
their mission - and importance - today.
For instance, what's behind the growth in "special district"
governments since 1987 while all other forms of governments
remained virtually unchanged?
Chalk it up to our demand for increased local government
services, explains Alan Steven of the Census Bureau, which
recently released these data from the first in the series of
final reports from the 1992 Census of Governments.
"Of the 31,555 Special District governments in 1992," Stevens
points out, "over 92 percent perform a single function such as
fire protection, housing and community development, water supply
or flood control."
Among the other facts highlighted in this report are:
*    The number of governments in the U.S. totaled 85,006 in
     1992, an increase of 1,769 governments (or 2.1 percent)
     since 1987.
*    General purpose local governments, such as counties and
     municipalities, had only minor increases or decreases
     between 1987 and 1992.
*    The number of school districts continued to decline as they
     have since 1942 (down by almost 70 percent since then).
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                    Activities
NEW ECONOMIC DATA
A wealth of new economic data will soon be released by the Census
Bureau.  Following is a guide to help you use the information:
     -    Census of Governments (a look at the finances and
          employment of state and local governments - why are
          "special" governments (water and waste collection
          districts, ports, etc.) the fastest growing in
          America?) - Patti Buscher
     -    Census of Agriculture (where else could you learn
          about the aging of the American farmer?  This
          might lead you to stories about some of the new
          programs designed to bring younger people onto
          farms.) - Ana DiStefano
     -    Census of Manufactures (first taken in 1810, all
          the facts about 455+ manufacturers.  If you want
          to find out if 1987 to 1992 were as financially
          rough as your publisher said, then look here for
          "Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, and Miscellaneous
          Publishing.) - Herb Gerardi
     -    Census of Construction (nearly 30 reports on
          everything from water well drilling to
          terrazzo/tile /marble/mosaic work to plain old
          plumbing, heating and air-conditioning.) - Herb
          Gerardi
     -    Census of Wholesale Trade (where else are you
          going to learn if the Sam's Clubs and Costco's
          have overtaken the K-Mart's and Sears?) - Herb
          Gerardi
     -    Census of Transportation/Communication/Utilities (These
          are the first-ever censuses of communication and
          utilities.  They provide baseline information about the
          three major elements of the "information superhighway"
          - cable television, telephones, and broadcast
          television.) - Herb Gerardi
     -    Census of Retail Trade (data on everything from
          merchandise lines to total sales.) - Ana DiStefano
     -    Census of Finance/Real Estate/Insurance (this is
          the first time for these censuses.) - Paula Coupe
     -    Census of Service Industries (have we really moved
          from a manufacturing to a service economy?  How
          large a role do health services play in our
          economy?) - Paula Coupe
     -    Census of Mining (40 plus mining industries are
          covered - everything from sand and gravel to
          natural gas and copper.) - Herb Gerardi
Almost all of the information from these censuses is released
either by industry or by state.  A lot of the information is
released both ways.  So, for instance, in the last Tipsheet we
told you results were available from the Agriculture Census for
the states of Colorado, New Jersey, and Wyoming.  We also told
you that results were available by industry for the Censuses of
Construction, Manufactures, and Mining.
If you're interested in a focused look at a specific state or
specific industry, the information is available now or in the
near future.  If you want a macro economic look, cumulative
national information will be available throughout 1995 and 1996.
If you'd like to learn more about the 1992 censuses or get
additional story ideas, call the person listed by each of the
censuses.  They can all be reached at 301-763-4040.  A list of
new economic census products available since the last Tipsheet
can be found on page 3.
FOR THE REST OF THE STORY
Censuses are valuable because of the comprehensive story they
tell.  However, they can't track quickly changing trends.  To
fill that need the Census Bureau conducts about 150 economic
censuses each year.
CALLING ALL CYBERHEADS
If you're one of those people who likes to run your own
statistical tabulations you may want to take part in a test of a
software designed to access and manipulate Census Bureau Public
Use Microdata Sample files - normally called PUMS files.
The Consortium for International Earth Science Information
Network (CIESIN) has developed Data Exploration software to be
used in exploring PUMS files.  This software is currently in its
beta test.
You can be included in the test and get complete information
about accessing and using the software by contacting CIESIN's
User Service office via electronic mail at
ciesin.info@ciesin.org.  Or call 517-797-2727, 9-5 (EDT), Monday
through Friday.
NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
Census of Service Industries - the first report from this census
is for the state of Wyoming.  Contact Jack Moody, 301-763-7039.
Census of Construction - "General Contractors-Residential
Construction."  Contact Bill Visnansky, 301-763-7546.
Census of Manufactures - "Bakery Products," "Jewelry, Silverware
and Plated Ware."  Contact Donna McCutcheon, 301-763-7060.
Census of Mining - "Copper Ores, Lead and Zinc Ores, Gold Ores,
and Silver Ores," "Clay, Ceramic, and Refractory Minerals."
Contact Donna McCutcheon, 301-763-7060.
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                          RETAIL TRADE
Did you know that June kicked off the official hurricane season
here in the United States?  For the people and areas involved,
hurricanes affect every aspect of their lives.
One way of measuring the aftermath is looking at the retail trade
sales in the effected areas.  The increase is due to the influx
of outside money being circulated into the economy, i.e.
government grants and loans, insurance payments and some people
going into their savings.  People need to buy building materials,
furnishings, apparel and food which bring the numbers up over a
long time recovery period.
For more information on the Monthly Retail Trade Report, contact
Irving True, Services Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington,
D.C. 20233 or call on 301-763-7129.
You can obtain retail trade numbers from our annual, monthly or
census reports.  The annual reports give sales estimates at
national levels but do not provide any data on geographical
areas.  The monthly reports provide estimates of sales of retail
stores for selected states, metropolitan areas, and cities.  The
monthly report also provides national estimates of end-of-month
inventories of retail establishments by kind of business.  The
Census of Retail Trade will give information on the United
States, each State, metropolitan areas, 250 largest counties,
250 largest places.  Some of the information that will be
available is the types of establishments, sales, annual payroll,
paid employees, unincorporated businesses, sales per
establishments, sales per employee, annual payroll per employee,
employees per establishment.
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            GAP NARROWS BETWEEN CHILDREN LIVING WITH
                  A DIVORCED OR SINGLE PARENT,
                       CENSUS BUREAU FINDS
     A child in a one-parent situation was just slightly more
likely to be living with a divorced parent (37 percent) in
1993 than with a never-married parent (35 percent).  A decade
ago, a child living with one parent was almost twice as likely to
be living with a divorced parent as with a never-married parent,
according to a new report released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     According to Arlene Saluter, author of Marital Status and
Living Arrangements:  March 1993 (P20-478), "The narrowing of
this gap is partly due to the increase in the number of births to
unmarried women."
     The report also shows an increase in children in one-parent
situations.  In 1993, 27 percent of children under 18 lived with
only one parent, up from 12 percent in 1970.   Saluter says, "The
rise in divorce and delay in first marriage are two of the major
factors contributing to the growing proportion of children living
with one parent.  Interestingly, more of these children were
living with their father.  While 87 percent still lived with
their mother in 1993, 13 percent lived with their father. This is
up from 9 percent in 1970."  The report also shows that a higher
proportion of African American children (57 percent) live with
one parent than either White (21 percent) or Hispanic
(32 percent) children.
     More than 3 million grandchildren under age 18 lived in the
home of their grandparent(s).  African American children were
more likely (12 percent) than either Hispanic (6 percent) or
White (4 percent) children to live with their grandparents.
African American grandchildren were also more likely than White
and Hispanic grandchildren to have no parent present at all, and
less likely to have both parents living with them in the
grandparent's home.
     Other than the living arrangements of children, the report
also looks at the marital status of adults, delaying marriage,
unmarried-couple households, and living alone.  Highlights from
these areas include:
     -    The number of married persons has increased from
          95 million to 114.5 million between 1970 and 1993,
          although the increase in unmarried adults was greater
          (from 37.5 million to 72.6 million).  The number of
          never-married persons doubled from 21.4 million to
          42.3 million during the same time period, and account
          for the largest share of unmarried adults.
     -    The median age at first marriage continues to increase.
          In 1993 it was 26.5 for men and 24.5 for women, versus
          23.2 and 20.8 respectively in 1970.
     -    Twenty-two percent of African American women between
          the ages of 40-44 have never married compared with
          7 percent of Whites and 9 percent of Hispanics.
     -    The number of unmarried-couple households was
          3.5 million in 1993, seven times larger than the
          523,000 unmarried-couple households in 1970.
     -    The number of persons age 15 and over living alone
          (23.6 million) represented more than one in every
          eight adults in 1993.
     -    Over the last two decades, the number of women living
          alone rose 94 percent (from 7.3 to 14.2 million), while
          the number of men living alone rose 167 percent
          (from 3.5 to 9.4 million).
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of this
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer service Office on 301-763-4100.
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INDUSTRY COMPARISONS MADE EASIER BY INTERNATIONAL CONCORDANCE
Statistical agencies of Canada, the United States, and several
European nations have cooperatively published a first-ever
concordance of industry classifications used in compiling
separate national statistics.  The International Concordance
Between the Industrial Classifications of the United Nations,
Canada, the European Union, and the United States will permit
much better comparisons of the industrial structures of Europe
and North America.  Industry analysts can compare measures such
as wages, unemployment, and productivity by industry using the
new volume.  Copies of the concordance and other publications
mentioned in this tipsheet are available by calling 301-763-4040.
STATISTICALLY BRIEF . . .
The Census Bureau's Statistical Briefs summarize demographic and
economic reports in manageable two- to four-page presentations.
They include key findings and analysis.  Three recent Briefs of
interest:
Blacks in America -- 1992 (SB/94-12).  Did you know that more
than half of the nation's African Americans live in the South,
or that African Americans were twice as likely to live in central
cities?  This Brief gives myriad facts about education, families,
income, poverty, and jobs.
Condominiums (SB/94-11).  Over one fifth of Hawaii's housing
units are condos, and there were nearly 5 million condo units
counted in the 1990 census -- an increase of 2.6 million over
the 1980 census total.  If you're crazy about condos, here's
four pages of statistics and analysis you'll enjoy.
Where the Growth Will Be -- State Population Projections: 1993 to
2020 (SB/94-13).  California will add 16 million more persons to
its population by 2020 -- increasing its share of the nation's
population total from 12 to 15 percent.  The nation's Asian and
Pacific Islander population will zoom from 9 million in 1993 to
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23 million by 2020.  These and more facts to dazzle your readers
with about growth patterns for states, races, the young, and the
elderly.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Estimates of July 1, 1992 Resident Population of Puerto Rico
Municipios are now available.  A table showing 1990 and
1992 populations, and components of change since April 1, 1990,
are available by calling 301-763-5002.  Also, look for the
estimates on our Internet site.  Send e-mail to pio@census.gov
for details about access.
RECENTLY RELEASED
College Degree Can Earn You Millions Over a Lifetime, Census
Bureau Reports. One interesting piece of the Educational
Attainment in the United States: March 1993 and 1992 report:
estimated lifetime earnings by education levels.  A high school
graduate can expect to earn around $820 thousand, while those
with a professional (i.e. medicine, law) degree can expect to
earn over $3 million.  You'll find lots of other detail in this
report by states, region, age groups, and race, among other
characteristics.  Release CB94-113, July 22.
Gap Narrows Between Children Living With a Divorced or Single
Parent, Census Bureau Finds.  Children living in a one-parent
home are almost equally as likely to be living with a
never-married parent as they are with a divorced parent, and
over 3 million kids live in their grandparents' home.  Details
come from Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1993
(P20-478). Release CB94-108, July 20.
Wholesale Sales in Wyoming Up 14 Percent Since 1987, Led by
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals, Census Bureau Reports.
This is the first state report from the 1992 Census of Wholesale
Trade.  Look for your state in weeks to come.
Release CB94-EC.03, July 8.
Service Receipts in Wyoming Up 57 Percent Over 5 Years, Led By
Hotels and Motels, Census Bureau Reports.  While you're unlikely
to see this report covered on the evening news, it is
nevertheless the first state report from the 1992 Census of
Service Industries.  Look for your state's report soon -- data
are shown for health, business, hotels, automotive repairs, etc.
Since services are growing faster than other parts of the
economy, we know you'll be interested.
Release CB94-EC.02, July 1.
Baby Boomers Contribute to the "Graying" of the Voting-Age
Population, Census Bureau Study Finds.  Nearly 194 million of us
will be eligible to vote by election day 1994, an increase of
                                                            3
7.8 million persons since the 1990 elections.  Those 45 and over
will make up 44 percent of the voting age population. Details are
in Projections of the Voting Age Population for States:  November
1994.  The report has state as well as national projections.
Release CB94-103, June 29.
Decade-Long Trend Shows Ups and Downs for Hispanics, Census
Bureau Reports.  On the whole, Hispanics were better educated in
1993 than a decade earlier, and fewer Hispanics were in poverty
until 1989.  Poverty began increasing again in 1990 for this
growing part of the nation's population.  Details can be found in
The Hispanic Population in the United States:  March 1993.
Release CB94-99, June 22.
NEW DATA FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
        Census of Agriculture -- Pennsylvania, New York,
               Kentucky, and Tennessee (July releases)
        Census of Manufactures -- Bakery Products (7/11);
               Jewelry, Silverware and Plated Ware (7/11)
        Census of Construction -- General Contractors-
               Residential Construction (7/11)
        Census of Wholesale Trade -- Wyoming (7/8)
        Census of Retail Trade -- Colorado (7/20)
        Census of Service Industries -- Wyoming (7/1)
        Census of Mineral Industries -- Copper Ores, Lead
               and Zinc Ores, Gold Ores, and Silver Ores
               (7/11); Clay, Ceramic, and Refractory
               Minerals (7/11)
RESEARCH, RESEARCH, AND MORE RESEARCH!
Following are research papers presented by Census Bureau
Population Division staff at the recent Population Association of
America convention in Miami:
     The Changing Economic Roles of Women and Men
          by Suzanne M. Bianchi
     Rebuilding the Spanish Surname List for the 1990's --
       A New List From a New Procedure
          by David L. Word and R. Colby Perkins, Jr.
     Changing Laws, New Faces
          by Susan J. Lapham
     Use of Analytic Methods for Coverage Evaluation in the
       2000 Census
          by J. Gregory Robinson
     Complexity and Accuracy in Official Population Projections
          by John F. Long and Signe I. Wetrogan
     The American Family in 1990:  Growing Diversity and
       Inequality
          by Lynne Casper
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          SINGLE PARENTS MAINTAIN 3 IN 10 FAMILY GROUPS
             INVOLVING CHILDREN, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     Thirty percent of all family groups with children were
maintained by single parents in 1993, a significant increase from
13 percent in 1970, according to a report released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  The report points out,
however, that the 1970s had much higher annual rates of growth in
single parents than the 1980s and early 1990s.
     Steve Rawlings, author of Household and Family
Characteristics:  March 1993 (P20-477) says, "The tremendous
increase in single-parent families has had a major impact on the
day-to-day life experiences of children, parents, and society at
large.  These changes have major implications for the well-being
of children, the demand for day-care, and the special pressures
placed on institutions such as schools."
     Asked about the reasons for the growth of one-parent family
groups over the past two decades, Rawlings says, "Most people
become single parents through births out of wedlock or divorce.
A much smaller share is accounted for by separation or
widowhood."  The report indicates that three-fourths of all
single parents have either never been married, or are currently
divorced.  Single mothers outnumber single fathers by six to
one.
     Although two-thirds of all single parents are White,
one-parent situations are much more common among African
Americans than Whites.  About 63 percent of all African American
family groups with children were maintained by single parents,
versus 25 percent of comparable White family groups.  Among
Hispanics, single parents represented 35 percent of family groups
with children.
     Other highlights from the report:
     -    There were 96.4 million households in the nation
          in 1993, a net increase of 722,000 since 1992.
          In the 1990s, households have increased by about
          1.1 percent per year, a rate slightly lower than
          that for the 1980s, and well below the average annual
          increase for the 1970s.
     -    Less than half of the nation's 68.1 million families
          had children present in the home in 1993.  The most
          recent year in which a majority of families included
          children was 1982.  Two-parent families accounted for
          36 percent of family households in 1993, down from
          50 percent in 1970.
     -    There were about 28.2 million nonfamily households in
          1993, most of which were one-person households.  People
          living alone made up 84 percent of the nonfamily
          households in the nation.
     -    The average number of persons per household was
          2.63 in 1993.  There has not been a significant change
          in household size since 1989.
     -    The median age of householders was 45.9 years,
          representing a slight increase since 1990 as Baby
          Boomers grow older.
     The report is based on data from the March Annual
Demographic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS).
As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability
and other sources of error.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office on
301-763-4040, or e-mail pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders should
go to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
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August 12, 1994                                          TP94-14
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               Maury Cagle
                    Acting Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT INCREASES
See the attached "Hotline" for highlights from County Government
Employment:  1992 and City Government Employment:  1992. Both
counties and cities increased employment levels.  To request
these and other reports mentioned in this tipsheet, contact the
Public Information Office at 301-763-4040, or e-mail your request
to pio@census.gov.  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUGUST 12, 1994 (FRIDAY)
CENSUS BUREAU RADIO SHOW NOW AVAILABLE VIA SATELLITE FEED
This month, we are expanding our weekly news service for
broadcasters by providing stations and networks access via
toll-free newsline and satellite feeds.  Carried through North
American Network, the newsline reports will change every Monday
and are available by calling 1-800-934-DIAL.  Satellite feeds
will occur every other Monday -- in August on the 1st, 15th, and
29th -- and can be recorded at 11:15 a.m. on Satcom C5,
Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  Each week, reports are offered on
the Census Bureau's latest demographic and economic findings,
along with the statistical miscellany piece called "Uncle Sam's
Almanac."  The satellite feed will also contain these elements in
a produced, stand-alone program called "Window on America."  For
further information, contact Maury Cagle or Vicki Brinson at
301-763-4051.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Housing in Metropolitan Areas -- Structural Characteristics
(SB94-15). This 4-page Statistical Brief is the first in a series
on metro area housing and looks at characteristics like age (new
equals 1985-90; old means pre-1940, etc.) and type (i.e.,
single-family, mobile, multi-unit, etc.).  Future briefs in this
series will present information on renters, movers, and heating
fuels.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Service Receipts in Montana Up 57 Percent Over 5 Years, Led By
Offices and Clinics of Doctors of Medicine, Census Bureau
Reports.  Montana's 6,879 service establishments had receipts of
$2.2 billion in 1992, and medical offices and clinics had the
greatest dollar volume increase over 1987.  Press release
CB94-EC.06 of August 8.
Retail Sales in Idaho Up 58 Percent Since 1987.  Idaho's
6,992 retail stores had sales totalling $7.7 billion in 1992,
an increase of 58 percent from the 1987 total.  Press Release
CB94-EC.07 of August 3.
Wholesale Sales in Montana Up 34 Percent Since 1987, Led By Grain
and Field Beans Wholesalers, Census Bureau Reports.  Montana's
1,853 wholesalers rung up $5.9 billion in sales in 1992, an
increase of 34 percent since 1987.  Press Release CB94-EC.08 of
August 3.
NEW DATA FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
     -    Census of Construction -- General Contractors-
          Industrial Buildings and Warehouses (8/8);
          Highways and Street Construction Contractors,
          except elevated highways (8/8)
     -    Census of Manufactures -- Petroleum and Coal
          Products (8/8)
     -    Census of Wholesale Trade -- Montana (8/3)
     -    Census of Retail Trade -- Idaho (8/3)
     -    Census of Service Industries -- Montana (8/3)
     -    Truck Inventory and Use Survey -- Florida, Idaho,
          Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New York,
          North Dakota, South  Carolina, Texas (8/8).
POPULATION CLOCK ON INTERNET
If you happen to be exploring cyberspace, check out the Census
Bureau's new population clock on Internet -- with up-to-the-
minute national level population counts.  At the initial menu,
choose "Directory of Services and Information" (menu item 3),
then choose "Population" (item 13), then choose item 4 "Popclock
Projection."  This will give you the nation's total population.
For information about how to access the Census Bureau's Internet
site, send an e-mail message to pio@census.gov.
FASTFAX SERVICE FOR CENSUS BUREAU DATA PRODUCTS
The Census Bureau has a convenient 1-900 telephone number that
you can use to get a variety of monthly reports:  the U.S.
Foreign Trade Monthly Update; Housing Starts and Building
Permits; Retail Sales; Wholesale Trade; not to mention the many
Current Industrial Reports produced month-in and month-out. The
charge is $2.50 per minute (only while ordering).  The document
is then sent to the fax number you designate anywhere in the U.S.
To use FastFax, phone 1-900-555-2FAX.  For more information,
contact Wick Caldwell at 301-763-1384.
               EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUGUST 12, 1994 (FRIDAY)
WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE ON COUNTY AND CITY
GOVERNMENT PAYROLLS, AND THEIR EARNINGS?
The answers can be found in two new reports released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
The reports, County Government Employment:  1992, and City Government
Employment: 1992, both provide employment and payroll data by function
for individual large governments for October 1992.
County governments employed an estimated 2,253,000, (full- and part-time)
persons with a gross payroll of $4.7 billion for the month.  About
17 percent of these employees were part-timers.  Full-time employees
earned an average of $2,356 during the month.
City government employment was 2,665,000 with no significant increase
in employment between October 1991 and October 1992.  Slightly more than
17 percent of city employees were part-timers.  Gross payroll was
$6.2 billion for the month with full-time employees earning an average
of $2,723 during the month.
Counties with populations of 100,000 or more employed nearly two-thirds
(65.3 percent) of all county government employees.
These statistics are estimated from a sample survey and are subject to
sampling variability as well as nonsampling errors.  For any comparison
cited, the change is statistically significant at a 10-percent
significance level.  For more details on the sample design and for an
explanation of sampling variability, see the publications.
For more information on these reports, contact Meredith DeHart,
Governments Division, toll free on 1-800-242-2184.
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                EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUGUST 30, 1994
Public Information Office                         CB94-121
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Stacy Furukawa
301-763-8271
       HALF OF NATION'S CHILDREN LIVE IN NON-TRADITIONAL
                 FAMILIES, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUGUST 30, 1994 (TUESDAY)--One out of two or
32.3 million American children lived in a situation other than
the "traditional nuclear family" in 1991.  These children lived
in a home which included, for example, a single parent, a
stepparent, a grandparent, another relative, or a non-relative,
according to a report released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.  The report, The Diverse Living Arrangements of
Children:  Summer 1991 (P70-38), is the first ever from the
Census Bureau to present findings from the Survey of Income and
Program Participation on the living arrangements of children.
     "With more and more women bearing children out of wedlock,
along with high divorce rates, more children than ever are
spending at least part of their childhood in single parent
families or other alternative family situations," says Stacy
Furukawa, author of the report.
     "Traditional nuclear family" refers to a unit in which both
parents are present and all children in the household are
biological offspring of those parents and no other persons are
present.
     This situation varies widely by race and ethnic group.  For
example, White children were much more likely than Black/African
American or Hispanic children to live in a traditional nuclear
family (56 percent for Whites, 26 percent for African Americans,
and 38 percent for Hispanics).
     Other highlights of this report include:
     -    In 1991, 8 million children lived in an extended
          household.  Children in one-parent families were
          four times more likely to live in an extended family
          (29.9 percent) than were children living with
          two parents (6.8 percent).  Furukawa says, "A variety
          of factors influence whether or not a household is
          extended.  Among the most important are economic
          factors such as poverty, unemployment, and the
          shortage of affordable housing, but cultural factors
          must also be considered."
     -    Among children in single-mother families, one-fifth
          also had an adult male (related or unrelated) present
          in the household; about two-fifths of children living
          with a single father also had an adult female (related
          or unrelated) living with them.  The other adult may
          be, for example, the child's grandparent, aunt, uncle,
          or cousin.
     -    Approximately 4.7 million children lived with a
          grandparent.  Most children (81 percent) who lived
          with a single parent and grandparent lived in the
          grandparent's home, but most children (62 percent)
          living with two parents and a grandparent lived in the
          parents' home.
     The Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP) provided the report's data.  As in all
surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability and other
sources of error.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
brief from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-763-4040, fax:  301-763-4644, or e-mail: pio@census.gov.
Non-media orders should go to the bureau's Customer Services
Office on 301-763-4100.
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                   EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPT. 2, 1994 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                       CB94-132
301-763-4040
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Glenn King
301-763-1034
                      CENSUS BUREAU PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 1994 - Quick!  How many
of these questions about U.S. counties and cities can you answer
correctly?
      a)  Which U.S. county experienced the largest population
          decline between 1980 and 1992?
      b)  Which U.S. counties have the most and fewest people per
          square mile?
      c)  Where do the highest percentage of Americans live
          alone?
      d)  In what county do the highest percentage of people
          drive alone to work?
      e)  In which large cities are people most likely to live in
          condominiums?
      Answers to these and many other questions about U.S.
counties and cities can be found in the new Census Bureau County
and City Data Book.
      The 12th edition of the County and City Data Book contains
information on subjects ranging from crime to education to income
to vital statistics, and brings together information from
nine federal agencies and three private organizations.
                                      -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 1994 the
County and City Data Book, stock number 003-024-08753-7, is
available for $40.00 from any Government Printing Office
bookstore.  The book is available also from the National
Technical Information Service, stock number PB94-140993AFY, for
$40.00.  The bureau's Public Information Office has 50 copies
which it will give free to the first 50 media representatives who
request the volume.
Sample ranking tables from the book are attached.  To request a
package of ranking tables contact the bureau's Public Information
Office by telephone:  301-763-4040, fax: 301-763-4644, or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.
                                    Answers
      a) Wayne, Michigan lost 241,644 people between 1980 and
      1992.  b) New York County, New York has about 52,432
      persons per square mile.  Lake and Peninsula counties,
      Alaska have 0.1 persons per square mile.  c) In New York
      County, NY, almost 49 percent of the population lives
      alone. d) In Loving County, Texas, 96.5 percent of the
      population drives to work alone.  e) Nearly 30 percent of
      the population of Honolulu, Hawaii live in condominiums.
      The next closest city is Aurora, Colorado where slightly
      over 17 percent of the population lives in condos.
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September 2, 1994                                         TP94-15
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Detailed Cross Tabulations for Puerto Rico (CPH-L-155); Detailed
Cross Tabulations for the U.S. Virgin Islands (CPH-L-156).  In
55 tables, 1990 census information on the social, economic, and
housing characteristics of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
To obtain these or other reports mentioned in the tipsheet, media
representatives should contact the Public Information Office at
301-763-4040. Non-media orders should contact Census Customer
Services at 301-763-4100.
New Homes (SB/94-14).  The South had nearly half of the nation's
"new" housing units -- those built after 1984, according to the
1990 census.  This 4-page statistical brief looks at where the
new homes were, region-by-region, state-by-state, and also
examines characteristics like owner costs, values, and heating
fuels.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Single Parents Maintain 3 in 10 Family Groups Involving Children,
Census Bureau Says (CB94-116).  Single parents now make up almost
a third of the nation's families, more than doubling the
13 percent of such families measured in 1970.  The growth rate
for single-parent families, however, has cooled in recent years.
Details are contained in Household and Family Characteristics:
March 1993 (P20-477).  Released August 10, 1994.
Young Adults Most Likely to Be Phoneless in America, Census
Bureau Reports (CB94-127).  A new statistical brief says that
one out of every 20 of the nation's households didn't have a
phone in 1990, and that 15 percent of those under age 25 were
phoneless.  Three out of four phoneless households are rental
units.  To find out more, request Phoneless in America
(SB94/16). Released August 22, 1994.
The Diverse Living Arrangements of Children:  Summer 1991,
(P70-38).  Released August 30, 1994.
NEW DATA FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
     -    Census of Agriculture -- Nevada (8/11); Minnesota
          (8/15); Puerto Rico (8/16); California
          (8/19); Nebraska (8/22); Montana (8/23)
     -    Census of Construction Industries -- Electrical Work
          and Special Trade Contractors; General
          Contractors -- Nonresidential Buildings Other
          Than Industrial Buildings and Warehouses;
     -    Census of Mineral Industries -- Crude Petroleum and
          Natural Gas; Iron Ores;
     -    Census of Manufactures -- Ferrous and Nonferrous
          Foundries; Communication Equipment, Including
          Radio and Television; Musical Instruments and
          Parts, Toys and Sporting Goods; Nonferrous
          Metal Mills and Miscellaneous Primary Metal
          Products
     -    Census of Wholesale Trade -- Colorado (8/9); New Mexico
          (8/10); Idaho, Utah (8/15)
     -    Census of Retail Trade -- New Mexico (8/15); Utah,
          Montana (8/19)
     -    Census of Service Industries -- Utah, New Mexico (8/19)
     -    Truck Inventory and Use Survey -- New Mexico (8/10)
CENSUS BUREAU NEWS RELEASES BY E-MAIL
Just a reminder that you can now add yourself to an e-mail list
that will automatically e-mail you our news releases and
tipsheets.  Send an e-mail message to pio@census.gov, and in the
message body type "subscribe press-corps".  Also include the name
of your news outlet, the address and telephone number, and your
preferred e-mail address.  You will then begin receiving news
releases and tipsheets 3 days in advance of the embargo date.
Non-media organizations may also add themselves to a list by
sending an e-mail message to pio@census.gov, and typing
"subscribe press-release" in the message body.  This list
receives releases and tipsheets on the day of release.
For more information, contact Jackson Morton or Liane Rozzell at
pio@census.gov, or by phone at 301-763-4051.
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Public Information Office                              CB94-139
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Jack Devaney
301-763-8018
                     TRACKING THE AMERICAN DREAM -
          50 YEARS OF HOUSING HISTORY FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1994 - How well is
the American dream for adequate housing and homeownership?  A new
report released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau
gives a 50-year scorecard on progress and problems in America's
housing.
     Tracking the American Dream - The First Fifty Years of the
Census of Housing:  1940-1990 (H121/94-1), by housing analyst
Jack Devaney,tracks the changing face of America over the past 50
years through such basic indicators as plumbing, heating fuels,
homeownership, and housing costs.
     In the 1940s, one of the country's big social problems was
the deteriorated nature of housing--especially rental housing.
Also, coming out of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the
federal government was very concerned about the many people who
had lost their homes--whether owners or renters--due to that
economic crisis.
     "Housing deficiencies of the 1940s are things we take for
granted now," Devaney says. And that includes things like
toilets.  The 1940 housing census showed that over a third of
houses had no toilets, and just under a third had no running
water at all.  In 1990, only one percent of the nation's housing
lacked complete plumbing.
     The first housing census showed that renters outnumbered
homeowners, and nearly a fifth of the nation's houses needed
serious repairs.  In 1940 there were 19.7 million renters
and 15.2 million owners.  By 1990, 59 million of the nation's
households were owners, and just under 33 million were renters.
     "From the 1940s to the 1980s, we were on a roll, with at
least 18 percent growth in the number of housing units each
decade," Devaney points out.  This trend peaked in the 1970s,
when housing units increased by 29 percent, then reversed during
the 1980s, when growth dropped to 16 percent.
     But the increase in the number of houses hasn't necessarily
meant increased availability.  "Housing affordability is the big
issue now," Devaney says.  Why is that?  Some highlights of the
report offer insight:
     -    In 1940, married couples and male householders
          comprised 85 percent of the nation's households.  Women
          were only 15 percent of householders.  Today, married
          couples and males are 72 percent and women are
          28 percent.  Women generally earn less than men,
          increasing the proportion of householders with
          affordability problems.
     -    The percentage of income spent for housing costs was
          higher in 1990 for owners and renters alike than in any
          previous census.  In 1990, renters paid an average
          26 percent of their income for housing, compared with
          just 17 percent in 1950 (the first census collecting
          this information).  Homeowners with mortgages paid on
          average 21 percent of their income for housing costs in
          1990, up from 19 percent in 1960.
     -    At least 13 percent of renters in every state paid
          50 percent or more of their income for monthly rent in
          1990.
     The data in the report came from the housing censuses of
1940 through 1990.
                                  -X-
Editor's Note:  housing highlights and charts on race and
ethnicity, tenure, and regional housing follows.
     Media representatives may obtain copies of the report from
the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-763-4040, fax:  301-763-4644, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Non-media orders should go to the bureau's Customer Services
Office on 301-763-4100.
Racial/Ethnic Housing Occupancy and Ownership Over History
     -    The 34.9 million occupied housing units in the
          1940 census had 31.6 million White occupants and
          3.3 million "nonwhite" occupants.  Nonwhites included
          3.2 million "Negro" and 137.000 "other nonwhite."
     -    While the overall ownership rate declined during the
          1980s for the first time since 1940, ownership rates
          actually increased for Whites; American Indians,
          Eskimos, and Aleuts; and Asian and Pacific Islanders.
          Ownership rates declined for Blacks and those of
          Hispanic origin.
Owner Versus Renter Housing Over History
     -    The first census of housing in 1940 was the last in
          which renters outnumbered owners.
     -    The biggest increase in the ownership rate occurred
          between 1940 and 1950, when it went from 43.6 to 55
          percent.
     -    The biggest increase in the number of rental units
          occurred between 1970 and 1980 when 5 million rental
          units were added--an additional 21 percent.
Regional Housing Over History
     -    During the 1940 to 1990 period, the West had the
          highest housing growth rate at 360 percent, followed by
          the South with 232 percent.  Increase in the Midwest
          and Northeast were only slightly more than 100 percent.
          The South had the greatest numerical increase adding
          25 million additional housing units over the 50-year
          period.
     -    The South had the greatest gain in homeownership--
          25.5 percentage points--emerging with the second
          highest rate in 1990 at 66.2 percent, second only to
          the Midwest at 68.1.
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPT. 15, 1994 (THURSDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB94-144
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Claudette Bennett
301-763-7572
AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN COMPRISE A SLIGHTLY LARGER SHARE OF THE
     NATION'S CHILDREN, AND ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THEM LIVE IN
         MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPT. 15, 1994 (THURSDAY) - About
16 percent or 11 million of the nation's children were African
American in 1993, a slightly larger share than the 14 percent
(9 million) noted in 1970.  In addition, about 3 in 10 of the
total African American population were children in 1993, compared
with about 4 in 10 in 1970.
     The details are contained in a Census Bureau congressional
brief entitled, Black Children in America-1993 (CB/94-1),
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
The brief--the first in a series--uses data collected by the
March 1993 Current Population Survey and other sources.  This
brief examines the state of African Americans, with special
emphasis on children.  It contains key findings from a more
comprehensive report to be released later this year on the
nation's African American population.
     According to the brief, a declining proportion of African
American children lived with two parents.  "Black children were
almost three times more likely than non-Hispanic White children
to have an absent parent," notes the brief's author, Claudette
Bennett.  Only 36 percent of African American children lived with
two parents in 1993, a decline from 59 percent in 1970.  This
compares with 77 percent and 89 percent, respectively, for White
children.
     African American children were much more likely to live with
a parent who has never married--one-third lived with such
parents--compared with 4 percent of non-Hispanic White children.
African American children were also four times more likely than
non-Hispanic Whites to live with their grandparents (12 percent
compared with 3 percent).  Most of these children (53 percent)
also lived with their mother.
     In both 1993 and 1970, a similar proportion of African
American and White 3- and 4-year olds were enrolled in school
(40 percent for African Americans and 41 percent for Whites in
1993 compared with 23 percent for African Americans and
20 percent for Whites in 1970).  African American preschool
children were twice as likely as their White counterparts to be
enrolled in public schools (74 percent versus 34 percent) in
1993.
     The high school dropout rate for African Americans
decreased from 11 percent in 1970 to 5 percent in 1993.  There
was no difference in the African American and White dropout rates
in 1993.
     Other highlights from the brief include:
     -    In 1992, 59 million (88 percent) of the nation's
          67 million children had health insurance coverage.
          About 86 percent of African American and 88 percent of
          White children had either private or government health
          insurance coverage.  Among the insured, 58 percent of
          African American children and 23 percent of White
          children had government health insurance.
     -    The median income of African American married-couples
          families with no children was 15 percent lower than
          that of African American couples   with children
          ($30,860 compared with $36,360).
     -    In 1992, African American children were three times as
          likely as White children to live in poverty
          (46 percent versus 16 percent).
                               -X-
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Public Information Office                         CB94-145
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CHARACTERISTICS OF NATION'S RACIAL AND ETHNIC HOUSING DEPEND UPON
'LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION,' CENSUS BUREAU FINDS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Thurs., Sept. 15, 1994  The kind of
housing racial and ethnic groups live in is highly dependent upon
where they live, according to a new report released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     Jeanne Woodward, author of the report America's Racial and
Ethnic Groups:  Their Housing in the Early Nineties (H121/94-3),
says "Housing is 'location, location, location'; and location
causes considerable variation."  For example:
     -    Half (49 percent) of White householders lived in the
          suburbs.  About two-thirds (68 percent) of Whites were
          homeowners and the median value of their homes was
          $82,000 in 1991.
     -    About three out of five African American householders
          were central city residents.  About 43 percent were
          owners, with a median home value of $55,400.
     -    American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut householders were
          highly concentrated in non-metropolitan areas
          (55 percent) and in the West.  About half (53 percent)
          of these householders were owners, with a median value
          of $62,900.
     -    The majority (55 percent) of Asian and Pacific Islander
          householders lived in the West.  About half these
          householders were homeowners.  The median value of
          homes owned by Asian and Pacific Islanders was
          $195,900, more than twice the national median
          ($80,300).  This reflects their concentration in the
          West, a region of high-priced homes relative to the
          nation as a whole.
     -    Ninety percent of Hispanic householders lived in
          metropolitan areas--52 percent in cities and 38 percent
          in suburbs.  The largest proportion (43 percent) lived
          in the West.  Only two in five (39 percent) were
          homeowners.  Their median home value was $80,900.
     The report shows considerable diversity among the groups
that comprise the Asian or Pacific Islander and Hispanic-origin
populations.  For example, in 1990:
     -    Over half the Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Asian
          Indian householders in the United States were
          homeowners compared with about two in five Korean,
          Vietnamese, and Pacific Islander householders.
     -    The median home values of all Asian groups and Pacific
          Islanders were well above the national median in 1990.
          Among Asian and Pacific Islanders, the Chinese and
          Japanese owned the most expensive homes, with half
          valued above $200,000 in 1990.  The median value of
          homes owned by Vietnamese householders was the lowest,
          approximately $126,000.
Among Hispanic-origin households in 1990:
     -    There were 2.5 million Hispanic home owners, with
          63 percent of the owners being of Mexican origin,
          Puerto Rican and Cuban were each 8 percent, and
          21 percent were of other Hispanic origins (includes
          those whose origins are from Spain, the
          Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America,
          and the Caribbean).
     -    Mexican origin renters were more mobile than their
          Puerto Rican or Cuban counterparts.  Nearly half of the
          renters of Mexican origin moved into their homes during
          1989 or later compared with a third of the Puerto Rican
          or Cuban origin renters.
Other highlights of the report are as follows:
     -    In 1991, African Americans lived in older housing, with
          more physical and structural problems than those of
          other races and Hispanic origin households.
     -    Crowded living conditions were problems for a
          relatively large proportion (15 percent) of Hispanic
          households.
     -    Asian and Pacific Islander homeowners with mortgages
          paid the highest monthly housing costs in 1991.  Their
          housing costs increased 20 percent since 1987, after
          adjusting for inflation.
     -    Half of African American and the majority (62 percent)
          of American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut low-income renters
          lived in public or subsidized housing.
     Data in the report are taken from the 1991 American Housing
Survey, and sample data from the 1990 Census of Population and
Housing.  The data are subject to sampling variability and other
sources of error.
                               -X-
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              EMPLOYMENT GAINS IN 1992 SIGNIFICANT,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1994 - There were
widespread gains in employment in early 1992, the Commerce
Department's Bureau of the Census reported today.  In total, over
a million jobs were added to the economy in 1992.  The nation's
smallest businesses--those with less than 10 employees--led the
renewed hiring by adding 368,000 jobs at over 100,000 new
locations.  Business establishments with 100 or more employees
added more than 362,000 jobs, while those employing 10 to
99 people hired more than 283,000.
     This preliminary information from the soon-to-be released
1992 County Business Patterns report series shows that the number
of small establishments increased steadily between 1987 and 1991,
nearly 1 percent a year, jumping 2.2 percent in 1992.  Larger
establishments (10 or more employees) were up about 1 percent in
both number and jobs in 1992, after showing corresponding
decreases in 1991.
     Nationwide, there were 6.3 million nonfarm business
establishments in 1992, up 1.9 percent from 1991, for the largest
one year gain since 1987.  Employment reached 93.3 million, up
1.1 percent, reversing the 1.3 percent decline in 1991.  Average
salaries ranged from about $21,000 in parts of the South to
$28,000 in the Northeast (the New England and Middle Atlantic
states).  Nearly all areas showed salary increases of over
5 percent for the year.
     Most states shared in the improved business picture,
although there were some isolated weak areas.  Regionally, the
Mountain states had the highest employment jumps -- five of
eight states in this region had a 4 percent or greater increase
in hiring.  The Northeast continued weak with the number of jobs
falling for the third straight year.  However, the number of
businesses were up slightly in 1992.  The Pacific states
continued to show a mixed pattern with Alaska and Washington
state reporting growth in businesses of about 5 percent or more.
California, however, posted its second straight decline in
employment and first decline in the number of businesses since
1980.
     Manufacturers reduced their average number of employees per
location by 5 percent in 1992.  This is the third consecutive
decline in size of manufacturing establishments, from an average
of 53.7 employees in 1989 to 46.9 in 1992.  Service based
businesses continued increasing their share of the job base and
in 1992 claimed more than 1/3 of the nation's nonfarm labor
force.  Salaries in service sector jobs, however, averaged about
6 percent less than the overall average for all nonfarm
businesses.
     County Business Patterns is an annual series of separate
reports for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
and a U.S. Summary.  Each state report has state-wide and
county-level mid-March employment, first quarter and annual
payrolls, and total number of establishments by employment-size
class.  Comparable reports have been published since 1974.
                               -X-
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state-by-state reports will become available on a flow basis
beginning September 20th.  Media representatives may obtain
copies of these reports from the bureau's Public Information
Office by telephone:  301-763-4040, fax:  301-763-4644, or
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September 16, 1994                                     TP94-16
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
THE BOTTOM LINE ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES
EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPTEMBER 16, 1994 (FRIDAY) Contact the Public
Information Office to obtain a "Hotline" on the latest report from our
Governments Division, Government Finances: 1991-92. It has highlights
about state and local government revenues and expenditures.  To request this
report or other items mentioned in the tipsheet, contact the Public
Information Office on 301-763-4040.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Half of Nation's Children Live in Non-traditional Families, Census
Bureau Reports (CB94-121).  More children are living in
single-parent and "blended" families.  Details are in The Diverse
Living Arrangements of Children:  Summer 1991 (P70-38).
Released August 30, 1994.
County and City Data Book:  1994 (CB94-132).  This volume brings
together information from nine Federal agencies on social,
demographic, and economic variables.  Available from the Government
Printing Office on 202-783-3238 (Stock no.
003-024-08753-7).
Affordable Housing Lacking for Low-Income Renters, Census Bureau Says
(CB94-131).  Five million low-income renters spent more than 30
percent of their income on housing in 1991.  Housing costs burdens are
explored in Households At Risk:  Their Housing Situation (H121/94-2).
Released September 7, 1994.
COMING UP
     --    Dollars for Scholars:  Postsecondary Costs and
          Financing, 1990-1991.
     --    Statistical Abstract of the United States:  1994.
     --    Health Insurance Coverage, 1990 to 1992.
NEW DATA FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
    --    Census of Agriculture -- Minnesota (8/15); Nebraska
          (8/22); Montana (8/23); California (8/19)
    --    Census of Construction Industries -- Bridge, Tunnel,
          and Elevated Highway Construction Contractors
          (9/16); Excavation Work -- Special Trade
          Contractors (9/16)
    --    Census of Mineral Industries -- Iron Ores (9/2); Crude
          Petroleum and Natural Gas (9/2); Chemical and
          Fertilizer Mineral Mining (9/16); Oil and Gas
          Field Services (9/16); Coal Mining (9/16)
    --    Census of Manufactures -- Miscellaneous Food and
          Kindred Products (9/16); Office, Public Building,
          and Miscellaneous Furniture/Office and Store
          Fixtures (9/16); Drugs (9/16); Soap, Cleaners, and
          Toilet Goods (9/16); Office Supplies, Costume
          Jewelry, and Notions (9/16)
    --    Census of Wholesale Trade -- Nevada (8/24); Arizona
          (8/24); Oregon (9/6); Washington (9/6)
    --    Census of Retail Trade -- Arizona (8/26); Nevada
          (8/26); Vermont (9/1)
    --    Census of Service Industries -- Arizona (8/25); Nevada
          (8/31); Alaska (8/31); Hawaii (9/6); Colorado     (9/6)
    --    Census of Transportation -- Florida (9/16)
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITS
Look for the Census Bureau booth at the following upcoming events:
     --    National Association of Business Economists,
          Washington DC (9/25-28)
     --    Women's Visions Exposition, Washington DC (9/23-25)
RESEARCH ON THE GENDER-POVERTY GAP
Census Bureau demographer Lynne Casper recently published "The Gender-
Poverty Gap:  What We Can Learn From Other Countries" in the August
edition of the American Sociological Review.  The study looks at why
women have higher poverty rates than men.
The analyses are based on data from the Luxembourg Income Study.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE 1995 CENSUS TEST
Next year, the Census Bureau will test procedures that could possibly
be used to conduct the year 2000 Census.  If you're interested in
following the 1995 Census Test, the Public Information Office can put
you on the list to receive "Census Test Update."  The first issue was
mailed out in August -- each issue will contain a brief rundown of
census test developments for the sites in New Jersey, Connecticut,
Louisiana, and California.
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC STUDIES RESEARCH VIA INTERNET
The Census Bureau's Center for Economic Studies has placed many of its
research studies on Internet.  At the first Internet menu, select
"Enter the Main Data Bank."  At the next menu, select "News and
Analysis from the Center for Economic Studies."  The studies are
arranged by subject.  A couple of sample titles: "Gross Job Creation,
Gross Job Destruction, and Employment" and "Environmental Regulation
and Manufacturing Productivity."  For information about accessing the
Census Bureau Internet site, send an e-mail message to pio@census.gov.
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September 30, 1994                                     TP94-17
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
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                    Activities
FACTS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Attached to this tipsheet you will find a wealth of statistics
from the Census Bureau about the nation's Hispanic population for
Hispanic Heritage Month.
MARTHA RICHE SELECTED FOR DIRECTOR'S JOB
President Clinton plans to nominate Martha Farnsworth Riche,
Director of Policy Studies for the Population Reference Bureau,
to be the Census Bureau's next director.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Employment Gains in 1992 Significant, Census Bureau Reports
(CB94-137).  Preliminary information from the 1992 County
Business Patterns Reports series.  State reports will begin
flowing to news organizations soon.  Released September 20, 1994.
African American Children Comprise a Slightly Larger Share of the
Nation's Children, and About One-third Live in Married-Couple
Families (CB94-144).  Details are contained in the first
Congressional Brief, Black Children in America -- 1993.  Released
September 15, 1994.
Characteristics of Nation's Racial and Ethnic Housing Depend Upon
Location, Census Bureau Finds (CB94-145).  Highlights from
America's Racial and Ethnic Groups:  Their Housing in the Early
Nineties.  Released September 15, 1994.
Tracking the American Dream -- 50 Years of Housing History from
the Census Bureau (CB94-139).  How does America's contemporary
housing compare to 50 years ago?  A new report by housing analyst
Jack Devaney gives the details.  Released September 13, 1994.
Affordable Housing Lacking for Low-Income Renters, Census Bureau
Says (CB94-131).  How difficult is it for those living on low
incomes to find affordable housing?  Households At Risk:  Their
Housing Situation will give you some clues.  Released
September 7, 1994.
NEW DATA FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
   -     Census of Agriculture -- North Dakota (9/12); Arkansas
         (9/13); Arizona (9/14); Texas (9/19); North
         Carolina (9/21); South Dakota (9/23); Alabama
         (9/26); Mississippi (9/29)
    -    Census of Mineral Industries -- Miscellaneous
         Nonmetallic Minerals (Except Fuels) and Services
         (9/30)
    -    Census of Wholesale Trade -- Oregon (9/6); Washington
         (9/6); Alaska (9/14); South Dakota (9/14)
    -    Census of Retail Trade -- Washington (9/15); Oregon
         (9/21)
    -    Census of Service Industries -- Hawaii (9/6); Colorado
         (9/6)
*Also of Interest
The July issue of the Monthly Labor Review contains an article by
Census Bureau analyst Paul Ryscavage entitled "Gender-Related
Shifts in the Distribution of Wages."  In the article, Ryscavage
examines how women's earnings grew faster than those of men
during the 1979-1989 period.
Facts on Hispanic Americans From the Census Bureau
For Hispanic Heritage Month
*Population
-   In 1993, there were an estimated 22.8 million Hispanics in
the United States, almost 9 percent of the total U.S. population.
The Hispanic opulation is projected to be over 31.2 million by
the year 2000.  By 2010, Hispanics might become the second
largest race/ethnic group.
-   The Hispanic population grew by 53 percent between 1980 and
1990, more than seven times as fast as the rest of the nation.
The Central and South American population total rose by
67 percent, followed by Mexicans (54 percent), Puerto Ricans
(35 percent), and Cubans (30 percent).
*Education
-   Hispanics have made great strides in educational attainment
in the last decade.  The proportion of Hispanics, aged 25 years
and over, with a high school diploma or higher increased from 46
percent in 1983 to 53 percent in 1993.  Despite that improvement,
in 1993 Hispanics were still much less likely to be high school
graduates than were non-Hispanic Whites (84 percent).
-   Educational attainment levels differ substantially among
Hispanic subgroups.  For example, Mexican adults (25 years and
older) were the least likely to have a high school diploma or
higher level of education.
    Cuban adults were more likely to have bachelor's degrees than
Mexican or Puerto Rican adults.
*Immigration
-   Prior to 1950, the vast majority of legal immigrants arrived
from Europe in the U.S.  From 1950 to 1990, a new wave (nearly 20
million) of legal immigrants arrived, many from Latin America.
Between 1951 and 1960, 2 in 10 immigrants came from Latin
America.  During the 1970s, about 4 in 10 came from Latin
America.  By the 1980s, 5 in 10 immigrants were from Latin
America.
-   Although many Hispanics were foreign born, about two-thirds
were born in the United States.  In 1990, over 7.8 million
Hispanics were foreign born.  About 83 percent of Spaniards and
about 67 percent of Mexicans were born in the United States,
compared to about 21 percent of Central Americans and 25 percent
of South Americans.
*Language
-   The Spanish language is a tie that binds Hispanics together.
In 1990, about 8 in 10 Hispanics spoke a language other than
English at home.  Of the Hispanics who spoke Spanish at home,
about one-half spoke English "very well" and about half did not
speak English "very well."  A greater proportion of Dominicans
and Central Americans than Puerto Ricans and Spaniards who spoke
Spanish at home did not speak English "very well."
*Families
-   About 55 percent of Hispanic households were maintained by
married couples in March 1993, 6 percent by male family
householders with no wife present and 19 percent by female family
householders with nohusband present.
-   The householder in about 58 percent of the 6.6 million
Hispanic households was of Mexican origin.  In about 14 percent
of Hispanic households, the householder was Central or South
American, 13 percent Puerto Rican, 6 percent Cuban, and 9 percent
other Hispanic origin.
*Occupations
-   Fewer Hispanics held jobs as managers or professionals than
non-Hispanics in the last decade.  Only about 12 percent of
Hispanic males held managerial and professional specialty
occupations in 1983 and 1993.
  In 1993, the range went from a high of 20 percent of Cubans to
a low of 9 percent of Mexicans.  For non-Hispanic males in these
occupations, the proportions were 26 percent in 1983 and
28 percent in 1993.
*Earnings
-   Hispanics median household income was lower than for all
Americans.  In 1992, the median household incomes for Hispanics
was $22,859, lower than the median household income of $30,784
for all Americans.  The median household income ranged from
$18,999 for Puerto Ricans to $26,086 for persons of other
Hispanic origin.
-  The median earnings for year-round, full-time Hispanic males
were less than that for non-Hispanic White males.  The median
earnings of Hispanic males in 1992 ($20,054) were about 63
percent of non-Hispanic White males ($31,765).  Mexican men made
the least ($18,422), while persons of other Hispanic origin made
the most ($25,832).
-   The median earnings for year-round, full-time Hispanic
females ($17,124) were about 78 percent of non-Hispanic White
females ($21,930).  Central and South American women made the
least ($14,895), while Puerto Rican women made the most ($20,178)
along with other Hispanics ($20,166).
*Poverty
-   Almost 1.4 million Hispanic families lived in poverty in
1992.  More than 1 of every 4 (26.2 percent) Hispanic families
were poor, compared with about 1 of every 10 non-Hispanic
families.
-   In 1992, 4 of 10 Hispanic children under 18 years of age were
living in poverty, compared with only 13 percent of non-Hispanic
White children. Hispanic children represented 12 percent of all
children living in the United States but were 21 percent of all
children living in poverty in 1992.  Puerto Ricans had the
greatest proportion of children living in poverty (52 percent)
compared with a low of 22 percent among Cuban children.
*Housing
-   There were 3.4 million Hispanic renters in 1990.  About half
of the Hispanic renters were of Mexican origin and 17 percent
were of Puerto Rican origin.
-   Approximately 42 percent of Hispanic householders were
owners.  The rates of ownership ranged from 26 percent for Puerto
Rican householders to 51 percent for householders of Cuban
origin.
-   Nearly half of the renters of Mexican origin were recent
movers in 1990. About one in three renters of Puerto Rican or
Cuban origin moved into their homes during 1989 or later.
Hispanic owners were slightly more mobile than owners in general,
but there were few significant differences in the mobility rates
of Hispanic owners by type.
-   The median household income of Hispanic-origin owners was
$33,120 in 1989.  After adjusting for inflation, the median
household income of Hispanic-origin owners increased 2 percent
since 1979.  The median income of Mexican owners was lower than
the other Hispanic groups.
-   The median household income of Hispanic-origin renters was
$18,780 in 1989, up 7.2 percent in real terms since 1979.  The
median income estimates for Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban
renters were all below the national median in 1990.
-   The median value of homes owned by Mexican-origin households
($66,600) was below the median value of all owner-occupied
properties in the U.S. in 1990 ($80,900).  The median value of
homes owned by Puerto Rican ($90,600), Cuban ($92,200), and other
Hispanic-origin householders ($98,200) were above the national
median.
-   The median monthly housing cost of all Hispanic-origin owners
approximated the U.S. median in 1990.  Mexican-origin owners with
mortgages paid lower monthly housing costs than the other
Hispanic owners.
-   The median monthly housing costs for Hispanic-origin renters
was $462 in 1990.  Monthly housing costs ranged from $437 for
Mexican-origin renters to $519 for other Hispanics.
-   Hispanic owners comprised 4 percent of the total number of
homeowners in the U.S. in 1990 and they increased by 43 percent
since 1980.
-   In 1991, less than two out of five Hispanic householders were
    homeowners, ranging from 30 percent in cities to just under
half of the Hispanic householders in suburbs and nonmetropolitan
areas.  The homeownership rates of Hispanic householders did not
change significantly since 1987.
-   The median size of Hispanic households was approximately
three persons in 1991.  Almost a quarter (23 percent) were
comprised of five or more persons.
-   The median age of homes occupied by Hispanic households was
31 years in 1991.  Approximately 22 percent lived in older
construction built before 1940, while 15 percent resided in units
built since 1980.
-   In 1991, the median size of single family detached and mobile
homes occupied by Hispanics was about 1,400 square feet, smaller
than the median for all owner-occupied properties of these types
(about 1,700 square feet).
To find more statistics on Hispanics, consult:
-     The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 1993
        (P20-475)
-     America's Race and Ethnic Groups:  Their Housing in the
        Nineties (H121/94-3)
-     We, The American Hispanics (WE-2)
-     Hispanic Americans Today (P20-183)
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   CENSUS BUREAU ANNOUNCES NUMBER OF AMERICANS IN POVERTY UP
        FOR FOURTH YEAR ALTHOUGH POVERTY RATE UNCHANGED;
         HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE DROP
     The number of Americans living below the poverty level
increased between 1992 and 1993, for the fourth straight year,
while median household income declined, after adjusting for
inflation.  During this same period, the number of persons with
health insurance coverage went down, according to excerpts from a
report and statistical brief to be published later this year by
the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     "In 1993, 15.1 percent of the population was poor, a rate
not significantly different from the previous year," according to
Daniel Weinberg, chief of the Census Bureau's Housing and
Household Economic Statistics Division.  "There were
39.3 million Americans in poverty in 1993 or 1.3 million more
than in 1992, reflecting population growth," Weinberg says.  "In
1989, 32.4 million or 13.1 percent of Americans were poor.  The
poverty threshold for a four-person family was $14,763 in 1993,"
he says.
     Weinberg says that, "Although the most recent recessionary
period ended in March 1991, household income in 1993 did not
recover to its position before the recession."  Findings in the
report, entitled Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash
Benefits: 1993 (P60-188), show that the real median income of
households in 1993 ($31,241) was 1.0 percent below the 1992
median of $31,553.  This was the second, full, year following the
recession of July 1990-March 1991.  The 1993 per capita income of
Americans, $15,574, was 1.8 percent higher than in 1992 in real
terms.
     On the health insurance front, Weinberg reports that the
number of persons without health insurance coverage increased
from 38.6 million in 1992 to 39.7 million in 1993.
     Weinberg says that, "The proportion of the nation's
population without health insurance was unchanged from 1992 to
1993, at 15.3 percent."
     In addition to the official income and poverty data released
today, the Census Bureau also released income and poverty
estimates based upon 17 other definitions of income.  Using these
alternative definitions of income, the poverty rate ranges from
8.7 percentage points above the official definition
(15.1 percent) to 3.9 percentage points below it, resulting in
poverty rates of between 11.2 and 23.8 percent.  However, most of
the alternative income definitions reveal the same upward trend
in numbers of Americans in poverty.
     Other highlights on poverty, income, and health care
coverage follow:
     Poverty
     -    The poverty rate for children (22.7 percent) remained
          higher than that of other age groups, but was not
          significantly changed between 1992 and 1993.
     -    There was no significant change between 1992 and
          1993 in the poverty rates for Whites (12.2 percent),
          African Americans (33.1 percent), persons of Hispanic
          origin (30.6 percent), or Asians and Pacific Islanders
          (15.3 percent).  However, the number of poor persons
          was higher for Whites (up by 967,000) and Hispanics
          (up by 534,000).
     -    Among the nation's four regions in 1993, the Northeast
          (13.3 percent) and the Midwest (13.4 percent) had the
          lowest poverty rates.  (These rates were not
          statistically different from each other.)  The poverty
          rate in the West (15.6 percent) was higher than that in
          the Midwest and the Northeast.  As has historically
          been the case, the poverty rate was highest in the
          South (17.1 percent).
     -    The poverty rate in metropolitan areas, 14.6 percent,
          was lower than the rate elsewhere (17.2 percent).
     -    The number (8.4 million) and proportion (12.3 percent)
          of poor families in 1993 were both unchanged from
          1992 levels.
     -    The poverty rate was 35.6 percent for families with a
          female householder with no husband present, while
          married-couple families had a poverty rate of
          6.5 percent.  These 1993 rates were unchanged from
          1992.
     -    The poverty rate increased in California, the District
          of Columbia, and Louisiana, and fell in New Mexico
          between 1991 and 1993, using two-year moving averages
          (1991-92 and 1992-93).
     Income
     -    Overall, family households experienced a decline in
          real median household income of 1.6 percent between
          1992 and 1993, from $38,098 to $37,484.  In comparison,
          nonfamily households experienced a 3.4 percent increase
          after having experienced two years of declines.  The
          increase was concentrated in households maintained by
          men living alone.  (The bureau defines a family
          household to be households maintained by a family plus
          any unrelated persons who may reside there.)
     -    Households located in the central cities of large
          metropolitan areas (metropolitan areas of one million
          or more) experienced a 3.2 percent decline in real
          income between 1992 and 1993, from $27,498 to $26,622.
          These households have experienced a continuous decline
          in real annual income since 1989 ($30,260), falling
          12.0 percent.
     -    1993 median income for White ($32,960), African
          American ($19,532), Asian and Pacific Islander
          ($38,347), and Hispanic ($22,886) households remained
          unchanged in real terms from their 1992 levels.  The
          real median household income for all these groups is
          lower than in 1989.
     -    The real median earnings of year-round, full-time
          workers, 15 years old and over, declined 2.2 percent
          for males ($30,407) and 1.2 percent for females
          ($21,747) between 1992 and 1993.  (The percentage
          declines were not significantly different from each
          other.)  The ratio of female-to-male earnings for these
          workers remained at 72 percent, equal to the all-time
          high first reached in 1990.
     -    Householders aged 15 to 24 was the only age group to
          experience a significant increase (6.3 percent) in real
          median household income between 1992 and 1993.
          Householders over the age of 24 experienced either no
          change or a decline.
     -    Between 1989 and 1993, all regions experienced
          significant declines in real median household income.
          The largest decline was experienced by households in
          the Northeast.  The 1993 median household income was
          $33,747 in the Northeast, $31,400 in the Midwest,
          $28,441 in the South, and $33,739 in the West.  (The
          medians for the Northeast and West were not
          significantly different from each other.)
     -    Based on the two 2-year averages (1991-92 and 1992-93),
          real median household income declined significantly for
          the District of Columbia and three states:
          Connecticut, New York, and South Carolina.  The same
          type of comparison shows that the median household
          income increased for three states:  Georgia, Idaho, and
          Utah.  The median household income for the remaining
          44 states did not change significantly.
     Health Care Coverage
     -    About 11.5 million or 29.3 percent of the nation's
          poor had no insurance in 1993, an increase of about
          half a million people since 1992.
     -    Seventy percent of the insured were covered by a
          private plan in 1993, 57 percent by a group health
          plan, 12.2 percent by Medicaid, 13 percent by Medicare,
          and 4 percent by military health care.  (Individuals
          can be covered by more than one type of health
          insurance.)
     -    About 29 percent of workers employed by firms with
          fewer than 25 employees had employer-provided insurance
          in 1993.  In firms with 1,000 or more workers, however,
          67 percent of the employees had employer-provided
          policies.  Overall, 52 percent of the nation's
          137.1 million workers had employer-provided health
          insurance policies in their own name.
     -    Part-time workers (less than 35 hours per week) had the
          highest uninsured rates, 20 percent, while persons who
          did not work at all had the lowest uninsured rates,
          14 percent.  This pattern was most likely attributable
          to Medicare coverage of the elderly and the Medicaid
          safety net.
     -    Based on average changes for 1991-92 and 1992-93, the
          District of Columbia, Idaho, Utah, and Virginia showed
          a greater increase in health insurance coverage, while
          13 states had less coverage:  Arkansas, Georgia,
          Hawaii, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North
          Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South
          Dakota, and Wyoming.
     -    Although health insurance coverage for the District of
          Columbia improved, it still had the highest proportion
          of persons without health insurance when compared to
          the 50 states, using the 3-year average of 1991-93.
          Hawaii, though not statistically different from
          Wisconsin, had the lowest uninsured rate.
     The information presented above is from the March 1994
Current Population Survey.
     As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling
variability and other sources of error.
_________________________________________________________________
The estimates for 1993 are based on civilian noninstitutional
population benchmarks established by the 1990 Decennial Census.  For
the first time in the history of the Current Population Survey (CPS),
estimates of the decennial census undercount were used in establishing
the population benchmarks.  In addition, previously published data for
1989 and 1992 have been revised to
1990 Census population controls.
_________________________________________________________________
                               -X-
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excerpts from the forthcoming report on income, poverty, and
non-cash and a reproduced copy of the statistical brief on health
care coverage from the bureau's Public Information Office by
telephone:  301-763-4040, fax:  301-763-4644, or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.  Non-media requests should go to the bureau's
income staff (301-763-8576) or poverty staff (301-763-8578).  A
notice will be issued by the bureau when printed copies of the
report and statistical brief are made available.
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            MARTHA RICHE CONFIRMED AS CENSUS DIRECTOR
     Martha Farnsworth Riche was confirmed on Oct. 6, 1994, as
the Director of the Census Bureau in the Department of Commerce.
Riche comes to the Census Bureau from the Population Reference
Bureau, where she was Director of Policy Studies.
     "I am very delighted to have a person with Dr. Riche's
credentials join my team," Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown
said.  "We can now focus on the challenge of designing a better
census for the year 2000."
     Riche was an editor for American Demographics, Inc. from
1987-1991, where she developed the first national reports on the
emerging consumer marketing information industry.  She also has
served as an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is
the author of over 200 publications, papers, and articles.
Additionally, she is chair-elect of the Social Statistics Section
of the American Statistical Association and a member of the
Population Association of America.
     Riche holds a B.A. in economics from the University of
Michigan, an M.A. with honors in economics from the University of
Michigan, and a Ph.D. in literature and linguistics from
Georgetown University.
     Riche is the second woman to be appointed as Director of
the Census Bureau and is scheduled to assume her position on
Nov. 7, 1994.  She will be available for interviews after
the 7th.
                               -X-
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Subject: Where to Rent Without Spending a Fortune  (11/8/94)
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          EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 8, 1994 (TUESDAY)
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Myra Washington
301-763-8120
       NEW CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICAL BRIEF SHOWS WHERE TO
                 RENT WITHOUT SPENDING A FORTUNE
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 8, 1994 (TUESDAY) - Don't want to
be eaten alive by housing rental payments?  A new statistical
brief entitled, Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Renter Financial
Characteristics (SB/94-19), from the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau, shows renters where to save and where to spend.
     Among the nation's 46 largest metropolitan areas (those with
one million or more people), the highest median gross rental
costs were in Anaheim-Santa Ana, Calif., at $790 per month in
1990.  Pittsburgh ($366) and Cincinnati ($367) had the lowest.
     "When we look at all metro areas, large and small, we found
the lowest rents were in Danville, Va. ($278) and Johnstown, Pa.
($279)," says Myra Washington, author of the brief.  "The highest
was Stamford, Conn. ($844)."
     But rent alone is not enough to determine how affordable
housing is.  If rents are low but incomes are also low, that can
be as bad as high rents in high income areas.  "When we looked at
gross rent as a percentage of household income, we found the best
`bargain' was Hickory-Morganton, N.C.," Washington says.  "In
fact, generally smaller metro areas in the South had the lowest
rents versus income," she noted.  But, watch out for small metro
areas with large universities!  Bryan-College Station, Texas, and
Lawrence, Kan., had the highest rents versus incomes, but that
makes sense since college students would usually have low
incomes.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 8, 1994 (TUESDAY) -
media representatives may obtain copies of the brief from the
bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:  301-763-4040,
fax:  301-763-4644, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
should go to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100.
Corresponding data for all 335 metro areas can be obtained by contacting
Robert Bonnette at 301-763-8553.
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Subject: State and Local Goverment Employment Increases  (11/14/94)
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Meredith De Hart
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        STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT INCREASES
 AS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DECREASES, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 14, 1994 (MONDAY)   The number of
civilian employees in the federal government declined while
civilian employment in state and local government increased in
1992 compared with 1991, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau
said in a report released today.
     The number of civilian federal government employees
decreased by 55,758 to 3,046,873 or 1.8 percent from 1991 to
1992.  The report, Public Employment, 1992 (GE/92-1), shows a
1.6 percent increase (73,250 workers) in state government
employment, and a 1.6 percent increase (172,834 workers) in local
government employment.
     Of the 18,745,000 civilian government employees in 1992,
3,046,873 were federal employees, 4,594,635 worked for state
governments, and 11,103,221 people worked for local governments.
     More than half (55.6 percent) of all local government
employees and slightly less than half (44.6 percent) of all
state government employees are working in the education
area, including the elementary and secondary education function
and the higher education function.
     Gross payrolls for civilian government employees were
estimated at $43.1 billion in October 1992, a 4.6 percent
increase from $41.2 billion in October 1991.
     All levels of governments showed increases in salary and
wage costs in 1992; federal $9.9 billion (up 2.5 percent), state
$9.8 billion (up 4.2 percent), and local $23.4 billion (up
5.6 percent).
     The report provides information on government employment and
payrolls by state, by type of government, and by government
function.  It contains data for the federal government, all
50 state governments, and local governments by state and by type
of government.
     These statistics are estimates from a sample survey and are
subject to sampling variability as well as nonsampling errors.
Changes cited in this release are statistically significant in
that the 90-percent confidence interval does not contain zero.
For more details on the sample design or an explanation of
sampling variability, see the publication.
                               -X-
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media representatives may obtain copies of the report from the
bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:  301-763-4040,
fax:  301-763-4644, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
should go to the bureau's Customer Services Office on
301-763-4100.
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Subject: Iroquois Heads List of Top Ten Tribes w/Highest Income
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           IROQUOIS HEADS LIST OF TOP 10 TRIBES WITH
          HIGHEST FAMILY INCOME, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 17, 1994 (THURSDAY) -  Deputy
Commerce Secretary David J. Barram marking the 50th Anniversary
of National Congress of American Indians today released a new
government report on the social and economic conditions of
American Indian Tribes.
     The report from the Commerce Department's Census Bureau
found that among the nation's 10 largest American Indian tribes,
the Iroquois had the highest median family income in 1989 at
$27,025, and Navajo the lowest at $13,940, according to a new
report and tape file released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.
     The report and tape file entitled, Characteristics of
American Indians by Tribe and Language (CP-3-7) and Subject
Summary Tape File 13, also show that Iroquois ($10,568) and
Cherokee ($10,469) tribes had the highest per capita incomes, and
Navajo ($4,788) the lowest.
     Barram stated "the report will provide the federal
government and American Indians a valuable tool of evaluating
present conditions and directing future efforts for
development in the American Indian community."
     The data provide social and economic information from the
1990 census on 329 tribes with 100 or more persons in the entire
United States.  They also provide information on each tribe for
states and metropolitan areas where the tribe had at least
400 persons.
     Edna Paisano, author of the report, says, "The report's
28 statistical tables provide information by tribe covering
topics such as language, income, education, family composition,
veteran status, occupation, and housing tenure."  Paisano
cautions that data from the 1990 census may differ from other
sources such as tribal governments and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs because census results are based on self-identification
by respondents.
     The following are some highlights from the report:
     -    The Cherokee tribe was the largest with 369,035
          people, followed by Navajo (225,298), Sioux (107,321),
          Chippewa (105,988), Choctaw (86,231), Pueblo (55,330),
          Apache (53,330), Iroquois (52,557), Lumbee (50,888),
          and Creek (45,872).  Six in 10 American Indians
          reported as one of these tribes.  (The apparent
          differences in population estimates between Sioux and
          Chippewa and Apache and Iroquois are not statistically
          significant.)
     -    Navajo (48.8 percent) and Sioux (44.4 percent) tribes
          had the highest proportions of people in poverty, while
          Iroquois had the lowest at 20.1 percent.
     -    Navajo had the largest percentage of poor families at
          47.3 percent and Lumbee (20.2), Creek (19.0), and
          Iroquois (17.3 percent), the lowest.
     -    More than 10 percent of the population had college
          degrees in four of the 10 largest tribes--Choctaw
          (13.3 percent), Creek (12.7 percent), Iroquois
          (11.3 percent), and Cherokee (11.1 percent).
     -    Creek (73.2), Iroquois (71.9), Pueblo (71.5), Choctaw
          (70.3), Chippewa (69.7), Sioux (69.7), and Cherokee
          (68.2), all had about the same percentage of high
          school graduates followed by the Apache (63.8),
          Lumbee (51.6) and Navajo (51.0).  (The apparent
          difference between the percentages for Lumbee and
          Navajo was not statistically significant.)
     -    Sioux (36.0 percent) and Chippewa (33.1 percent) had
          the largest proportions of families maintained by women
          without husbands.
     -    The proportions of families maintained by men without
          wives for the 10 largest tribes were:   Navajo
          (10.3 percent), Sioux (9.8 percent), Pueblo
          (9.6 percent), Chippewa (8.5 percent), Apache
          (8.4 percent), Lumbee (7.6 percent), Iroquois
          (7.0 percent), Cherokee (6.1 percent), Choctaw
          (4.8 percent), and Creek (4.5 percent).  (The apparent
          differences between these percentages were not
          statistically significant.)
     This information is based on 1990 census estimates that are
subject to sampling variability and other sources of error.
These sample estimates also may differ from 100 percent count of
population for the 1990 census.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 17, 1994 (THURSDAY) -
limited supplies of the report are available for media
representatives who may obtain a copy by contacting the bureau's
Public Information Office by telephone:  301-763-4040, fax:
301-763-4644, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders for
the report and Subject Summary Tape File 13 requests should go to
the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-4100. A four-
table profile, presenting selected social, economic, housing, and
language information for the top 25 tribes is available by
request from the bureau's Racial Statistics Branch, on
301-763-7572.
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       CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS CHANGES IN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
       LEVELS OF NATION'S RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN GROUPS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 21, 1994 (MONDAY) - A report
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau shows
that while the percentage of young African American adults
completing high school increased significantly from
1973 to 1993, that group's college enrollment rate did not
increase in relation to that of White young adults.
     High school completion rates for African Americans rose
significantly from 67 percent in 1973 to 75 percent in 1993.
There was no change for either Whites (83 percent) or Hispanics
(61 percent).
     In 1993, 42 percent of White high school graduates (18 to
24 years old) were enrolled in college versus 33 percent of
African American high school graduates.  The comparable
percentages in 1973 were 30 percent for Whites and 24 percent for
African Americans.
     The college enrollment rate of Hispanic high school
graduates was 36 percent in 1993, not statistically different
from 1973.  (The Hispanic rate in 1993 was not statistically
different from that of African Americans.)
     According to Rosalind Bruno, author of the report, School
Enrollment - Social and Economic Characteristics of Students:
October 1993 (P20-479), "Although the difference in the high
school completion rates is narrowing between African Americans
and Whites, and college enrollment rates are improving for both
groups, the gap in college enrollment has not decreased."
     The proportion of African American male high school
graduates who were attending college did not change significantly
between 1973 and 1993.  However, the comparable percentage for
women rose significantly, so much so that the 1973 difference in
enrollment rates between African American women and men
disappeared by 1993.  The difference between college enrollment
rates of White men and women also disappeared.
     Other highlights include:
     -    There was no measurable difference in enrollment rates
          for White and African American 3- and 4-year-olds in
          pre-primary school, around 40 percent in nursery school
          and kindergarten.  The level of Hispanic children
          enrolled in pre-primary school was significantly lower
          at 27 percent.
     -    Over the last two decades, there has been a
          significant increase in minority enrollment at both the
          elementary and high school levels (21 percent in
          1973 to 32 percent in 1993) reflecting changes in the
          general population.  Minority enrollment increased at a
          faster rate in private schools than in public schools.
          Minorities include persons other than non-Hispanic
          Whites.
     -    Among undergraduate college students, about 6 in
          10 African Americans and Whites were enrolled in a
          four-year college, while only about 5 in 10 Hispanics
          were enrolled in a four-year college.
     -    About 13 percent of all young adults (18-24 years old)
          were high school dropouts (not enrolled and not a high
          school graduate).
     -    The proportion of African American young adults, aged
          18 to 24, who were high school dropouts was only
          slightly higher than that for Whites (16 vs.
          12 percent).  Hispanics, however, had a substantially
          higher dropout rate at 33 percent in 1993.
     -    In October 1993, 65.4 million persons were enrolled in
          nursery school through college, not different from the
          previous year, but 6.1 million more than a decade
          before.
     -    Elementary school enrollment was 30.6 million in 1993,
          up from 30.2 million in 1992.
     -    High school enrollment was 13.7 million persons in
          1993, up from 13.3 million in 1992.
     -    College enrollment was 13.9 million in 1993, not
          different from the total in 1992.  Women accounted for
          54 percent of all college students.
     -    Nursery school enrollment more than doubled from
          1973 to 1993, while this population group (persons aged
          3 and 4) rose by only 16 percent.
     -    About 6 in 10 nursery school students were enrolled
          in a private nursery school, and attendance was
          directly linked to income of their parents.
     -    In 1993, one-third of all 3- and 4-year-olds attended
          nursery school.  Of these children, 29 percent had
          mothers who held at least a bachelor's degree, while
          only 8 percent had mothers who did not complete high
          school.
                               -X-
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bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-763-4040, fax:  301-763-4644, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Non-media orders should go to the bureau's Customer Services
Office on 301-763-4100.
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         EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 28, 1994 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB94-178
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
Henry Wulf
301-763-5356
                 CENSUS BUREAU BEGINS RELEASING
                  GOVERNMENTS DATA ON INTERNET
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 28, 1994, (MONDAY)  The Commerce
Department's Census Bureau will begin releasing statistical
reports on the nation's federal, state and local governments
primarily on Internet beginning with 1993 data.  Most printed
reports on government finance and public employment data will be
replaced by a series of fact sheets.
     Gordon Green, Chief of the Census Bureau's Governments
Division, says, "By placing reports on Internet, we are greatly
improving consumers' access to important data.  This initiative
also brings the bureau one step further in complying with the
Clinton Administration's National Performance Review mandate to
make government information available on electronic networks
wherever possible, as well as advancing the National Information
Infrastructure agenda government-wide."
     State Government Finances:  1993, previously published in
printed form, will be the first report to go on Internet.  A
separate fact sheet will be available summarizing major findings
for each state government, and there will be a national summary
when data for all states are available.
     The state fact sheets will provide information on how to
access the data on Internet, as well as how to receive data for
those who do not have access to Internet.
     A sample fact sheet for Kentucky is attached.  There is an
additional page of graphs available upon request from the Public
Information Office on 301-763-4040.
     Following are the current published reports planned for
release on Internet:
     -    State Government Tax Collections:  1993
     -    State Government Finances:  1993
     -    City Government Finances:  1992-93
     -    County Government Finances:  1992-93
     -    Finances of Employee-Retirement Systems
          of State and Local Governments:  1992-93
     -    Government Finances:  1992-93
     -    City Employment:  1993
     -    County Government Employment:  1993
     -    Public Employment:  1993
     The statistical reports on governments are the latest
Commerce Department documents to be available on Internet.
Documents/services already on Internet include:  the National
Trade Data Bank, the electronic bulletin board, and Fed World.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 28, 1994 (MONDAY)
when information is put on Internet, media outlets will be
notified via the fact sheets in ample time to prepare local
stories.  For information about how to access the Census Bureau's
Internet site, send an e-mail message to pio@census.gov or
contact Jackson Morton at the bureau's Public Information Offce
on 301-763-4051.
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         EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 30, 1994 (WEDNESDAY)
Public Information Office                          CB94-189
301-763-4040
301-763-5668 (TDD)
A. William Visnansky
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   AMERICA'S MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS TOP $3 TRILLION IN 1992,
   PACED BY FOOD, CHEMICAL, AND TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT GAINS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 30, 1994 (WEDNESDAY) - The
nation's manufacturing sector registered a $530 billion increase
in shipments between 1987 and 1992--a 21 percent increase for the
5-year period--according to the 1992 Census of Manufactures,
Preliminary U.S. Summary (MP92-SUM-1 (P)), released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     Three major groups--Food (Standard Industrial Code [SIC] 20)
at $404 billion, Transportation Equipment (SIC 37) at
$401 billion, and Chemicals (SIC 28) at $306 billion accounted
for about 37 percent of the $3 trillion total.
     During the same 5-year period, employment by U.S.
manufacturers fell 4 percent, or 696 thousand employees, to
18,253,500.
     New capital expenditures by manufacturers, on the other
hand, increased 32 percent to more than $100 billion.
     Over 380,000 manufacturing organizations in 20 major groups
are included in the 1992 Census of Manufactures.  These major
groups include a wide range of products such as food, apparel,
lumber, chemicals, computers, and transportation equipment.  All
dollar values in the report are shown in current dollars, not
adjusted for changes in price levels.
     Among the more significant changes between 1987 and 1992:
     -    SHIPMENTS--Though all major groups showed increases
          since 1987, Tobacco (SIC 21) and Chemicals (SIC 28) had
          the largest percentage increases of 69 and 33 percent,
          respectively.  New Mexico and Washington reported the
          highest percentage increases of 125 and 57 percent,
          respectively.  New Hampshire and the District of
          Columbia showed the only decreases of 8 and
          6 percent.
     -    EMPLOYMENT--Only five major groups reported increases
          in employment.  Rubber and Plastics Products (SIC 30)
          and Chemicals (SIC 28) reported the greatest, up 9 and
          4 percent, respectively.  Leather (SIC 31) and Tobacco
          (SIC 21) showed the greatest declines, down 22 and
          14 percent.  About 27 percent of all U.S. manufacturing
          employment was concentrated in the three largest
          manufacturing major groups--Industrial Machinery and
          Equipment (SIC 35, which includes computers),
          Transportation Equipment (SIC 37), and Printing and
          Publishing (SIC 27).  Alaska and South Dakota had the
          largest percentage increases since 1987, 41 and
          27 percent, respectively.  The District of Columbia and
          Rhode Island reported the largest percentage decreases,
          24 and 21 percent, respectively.
     -    NEW CAPITAL EXPENDITURES--New capital expenditure
          increases were reported for most industries and states.
          Petroleum and Coal Products (SIC 29) and Chemicals
          (SIC 28) reported the largest percentage increases of
          185 and 90 percent, respectively.  Tobacco (SIC 21) and
          Fabricated Metal Products (SIC 34) showed the largest
          percentage decreases, 16 and 8 percent.  The top three
          major groups, Chemicals (SIC 28), Transportation
          Equipment (SIC 37), and Food (SIC 20), accounted for
          about 36 percent of new capital expenditures.  North
          Dakota and Louisiana had the largest percentage
          increases in capital expenditures, 230 and
          161 percent, respectively.  The District of Columbia
          and Maryland showed the largest decreases, 27 and
          11 percent.
     These data are from the 1992 Census of Manufactures,
Preliminary Industry Series, U.S. Summary (MC92-SUM-1 (P)).  This
report provides national totals for industry groups and
industries, and state totals for all manufacturing.  This
information helps government agencies and private interest groups
assess the performance of the economy and helps private
businesses monitor it's markets.  Copies of this report are
available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA  15250-7954
(price $2.50, stock number 803-038-00168-2).
     Final Industry Series Reports, scheduled for release
beginning in the Fall, will provide additional useful tabulations
of industry data at the national level.  The Geographic Area
Series Reports, with additional data for states, metropolitan
areas, counties, and places are scheduled for release beginning
in mid-1995.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOVEMBER 30, 1994 (WEDNESDAY) -
data from the reports also will be available on CD-ROM.  Media
representatives may obtain copies of this report from the
bureau's Public Information Office on 301-763-4040.  Non-media
orders should go to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-
763-4100.
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Subject: Debt on Single-Family Properties Increases 45 Percent
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL: DECEMBER 5, 1994 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB94-182
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Peter Fronczek
Howard Savage
(301) 763-8165
                DEBT ON SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTIES
      INCREASES 45 PERCENT IN 10 YEARS, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  DECEMBER 5, 1994, (MONDAY) - Outstanding
debt on single-family, owner-occupied properties totaled
$1.7 trillion in 1991, an increase of 45 percent over
1981, according to a report released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.  The increase was calculated after
adjusting for both inflation and a rise in the number of
properties.
     Adjustable rate mortgages grew 326 percent, from 900,000 in
1981 to 3.8 million in 1991.
     The report said that rental and vacant properties with
five or more units totaled 622,000 compared with 577,000 in
1981.  Mortgage debt on these properties increased from
$132 billion to $329 billion (the 1981 figure was adjusted for
inflation and an increase in the number of properties).
     Peter Fronczek, co-author of the report, said that the
report, Residential Finance Survey Series 1991 (CH-4-1), "...is
the only government survey that provides information for
properties rather than persons, households, or housing units.
Since the survey is taken every 10 years, it provides useful
perspectives on changes in how residential property is financed."
     The survey also covered rental and vacant properties with
five or more units, indicating there were 622,000 of these
in 1991 compared to 577,000 in 1981.  For the same period,
the mortgage debt outstanding on these large rental units was
$329 billion in 1991 compared to $132 billion in 1981.
     Other highlights from the report:
     -  There were 47.6 million one-family owner-occupied
        properties in 1991 compared to 41.2 million in 1981, an
        increase of 15 percent.
     -  Significant changes were seen in the types of first
        mortgages.  One-family owner-occupied properties with
        adjustable rate first mortgages (ARMs) increased to
        3.8 million in 1991 from 900,000 in 1981, an increase of
        326 percent.  In 1991, there were 688,000 one-family
        owner-occupied properties mortgaged with a home equity
        loan only, about 2 percent of all mortgaged properties.
        Data on home equity loans were not collected in 1981.
     -  Problems experienced by savings and loan organizations
        and the marked increase in mortgage-backed securities
        had a definite impact on who held first mortgages during
        the decade.  For example, federally-secured mortgages
        increased their market share by 19 points, while savings
        and loan organizations had a decrease of 19 points.
     -  There were marked changes in the volume of
        first mortgages held by different types of holders.
        Mortgage companies, some of which are owned by commercial
        banks and insurance companies, increased the volume of
        first mortgages on one-family owner-occupied properties
        to 2.2 million in 1991 from 628,000 in 1981.
     -  The number of first mortgages held by federally-secured
        pools increased to 10.1 million from 3.7 million, while
        mortgages held by savings and loans decreased 36 percent
        during the decade.
     -  FHA-insured first mortgages of large rental properties
        increased by 33 percent and uninsured conventional
        mortgages increased by 10 percent.
     -  Uninsured conventional first mortgages remained the
        primary vehicle for financing large rental properties.
     -  Owners of large rental properties had more debt and less
        equity in their properties during the decade.  The median
        mortgage debt as a percent of a property's value was
        55 percent in 1991 compared to 43 percent in l981.
     -  The trend has been toward longer terms for financing
        large rental properties.  Twenty-eight year or more
        mortgages increased from 21 percent to 36 percent, and
        22-year or less mortgages decreased from 58 percent to
        50 percent.
     The report is based on data taken every 10 years as part of
the decennial census.  As in all surveys, the data are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
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media representatives may obtain copies of the report from the
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fax:  301-763-4644, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
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      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  DECEMBER 7, 1994 (WEDNESDAY)
Public Information Office                           CB94-O.04
301-763-4040                                         REVISED
301-763-5668  (TDD)
   CENSUS BUREAU TO RECEIVE VICE PRESIDENT GORE'S HAMMER AWARD
     Today the Commerce Department's Census Bureau will receive
Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award for promoting efficiency in
government, a major goal of the Clinton Administration's National
Performance Review.
     The Bureau is being honored for creating an INTERNET
prototype system that provides a new and more efficient way to
distribute Census Bureau data and dramatically increase public
access to Bureau information.  The Bureau is continuing to expand
access while ensuring confidentiality is protected.  The Census
Bureau envisions a day in the not too distant future when most
census data will be disseminated electronically.
     The Census Bureau, which receives the award for the second
time, is one of 22 federal agency teams to get the award,
sponsored by the Washington Area Working Group for Reinvention
and National Performance Review.  The first was for using
computers to assist in surveying, yielding more accurate
information and faster data collection.
     The Hammer Award is a $6 hammer that symbolizes the
administration's commitment to cutting through bureaucracy and
rebuilding a government that is more customer oriented.
     On Nov. 22, Jane A. Callen, Assistant Director for
Communications and Arnold A. Jackson, Associate Director for
Information Technology at the Census Bureau, also received
recognition for the INTERNET prototype system when they were
honored with Secretary Brown's, "Cutting Red Tape" Award.  Other
members of the INTERNET team at the Census Bureau include,
Donald E. Badrak II, Edward Cary Bean, Jr., Richard L. Bitzer,
Larry W. Carbaugh, Gary L. Goldberg, Eric G. Grant, Valerie J.
Gregg, Robert B. Hammond, Jackson H. Morton, Barry D. Nichols,
Chris C. Stuber, Richard W. Swartz, and Scott D. Williams.
     The INTERNET is a worldwide computer "network of networks"
that allows users to access and download information from
anywhere in the world using a personal computer and a modem.
Between March and September of 1994, over 1 million INTERNET
users have logged onto the Census site on the information
highway.  The types of information available on the site include
Bureau news releases, statistical briefs, estimates from
demographic and economic program areas, plus much more.
     The ceremony will be held today from 12:30 to 2:30 at the
Mellon Auditorium located at Constitution Avenue between 12th and
14th Streets, NW.  ABC-TV correspondent Cokie Roberts and "NPR,"
National Public Radio will be the masters of ceremony.  Media
planning to cover the event should notify Mary Ann Maloney at
202-606-1800.
                               -X-
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December 9, 1994                                       TP94-20
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
IMPORTANT NOTICE:  Effective Monday, December 19, all telephone
numbers at the Census Bureau will change, as part of a switchover
by federal agenices in the Washington, D.C. area to a different
telecommunications system.  The Public Information Office number
will be 301-457-2794.  Our fax number will be 301-457-3670.
RECENTLY RELEASED
1992 County Business Patterns -- State Fact Sheets.  The state
reports from the 1992 County Business Patterns series began
flowing out recently, and fact sheets highlighting statistics for
15 states and the District of Columbia have been mailed to media
outlets within these states.  Included is information about major
industries, employment, payrolls, etc.  Fact sheets and reports
are available for Connecticut, Delaware, the District of
Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.  Also now
available, 1992 County Business Patterns, U. S. Summary.  To
obtain these or other items mentioned in the tipsheet, media
representatives should call 301-763-4040.  (Beginning
December 19, 1994 the number will be 301-457-2794.)
Health Insurance Coverage -- 1993 (SB/94-28).  This statistical
brief is based on results from the March 1993 Current Population
Survey.  It includes information on types of coverage and
demographic characteristics of those with and without coverage.
Released in October.
Characteristics of American Indians by Tribe and Language
(CP-3-7).  Release CB94-181 of November 17.
Public Employment, 1992 (GE/92-1).  Release CB94-175 of
November 14.
School Enrollment -- Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students:  October 1993 (P20-479).  Release CB94-177 of
November 21.
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Health Insurance, 1990 to
1992 (P70-37).  Release CB94-166 of October 31.
Subject Summary Type Files on CD-ROM (SSTFs).  New compact discs
are available for the Hispanic population (SSTF-03), Asian and
Pacific Islanders (SSTF-05), Ancestry (SSTF-02), and Foreign-Born
(SSTF-01).  These are "for sale" items available from Census
Customer Services at 301-763-4100.  (Beginning December 19, 1994
the number will be 301-763-INFO(4636).)
NEW DATA FROM THE 1992 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
    --  Census of Agriculture -- Louisiana (11/2); Georgia, South
        Carolina (11/3); Alaska (11/4); Hawaii (11/7);
        Summary (release CB94-173 of 11/10)
    --  Census of Retail Trade -- Alabama, Georgia,
        Mississippi, Ohio (11/9); Arkansas (11/14); Kentucky,
        Oklahoma, Texas (11/15); Florida (11/16)
    --  Census of Wholesale Trade -- Connecticut, Delaware,
        District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia (11/2);
        Maryland, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia (11/3);
        Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina (11/8);
        Oklahoma, Tennessee (11/14); Alabama (11/18)
    --  Census of Manufactures -- Fabricated Structural Metal
        Products; Heating Apparatus (Except Electric and Warm
        Air Furnaces) and Plumbing Fixtures; Rubber Products;
        Dyeing and Finishing Textiles, Except Wool Fabrics and
        Knit Goods; Miscellaneous Chemical Products
    --  Census of Service Industries -- Maine, Massachusetts,
        New Hampshire, Rhode Island (11/1); Connecticut, New
        York (11/9); New Jersey, Pennsylvania (11/16)
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  DEC. 20, 1994 (TUESDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB94-198
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Fay Dorsett
301-457-2687
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        U.S. RETAIL SALES UP 27 PERCENT SINCE 1987 WITH
     WAREHOUSE CLUBS FASTEST GROWING, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  DEC. 20, 1994 (TUESDAY) - The nation's
1.5 million retail stores posted a 27 percent increase in sales
between 1987 and 1992, reaching nearly $1.9 trillion in 1992, the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported today.
     Warehouse clubs--with sales up 221 percent between 1987 and
1992--grew faster than any other kind of retailer.  Computer and
software store sales were second with a 147 percent increase,
followed by athletic footwear stores, pet shops, women's
accessory stores, and catalog and mail-order houses.  Discount
department store sales grew 62 percent between 1987 and 1992, and
now account for over 5 percent of retail sales.
     Eight northwestern and mountain states, Idaho, Nevada,
Washington, Utah, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, and Wyoming had
the greatest gains in sales.  States in the northeast corridor
fared the worst, and the District of Columbia experienced the
least growth in retail.
     The retail sector alone created 628,000 new jobs between
1987 and 1992.  Florida, Texas, Washington and North Carolina
added the highest number of new jobs.
     Nevada's employment growth rate was 22 percent, the fastest
growth among the states.
     The full report also shows the top ranking metropolitan
areas, counties, and cities.  Most of the same trends can be
examined for local areas in reports for individual states, and
all of the figures are available on CD-ROM.  None of the figures
in this release has been adjusted for inflation.
     Copies of the printed report, 1992 Census of Retail Trade,
Geographic Series -- United States (RC92-A-52), will be available
for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954,
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.   (Price $9.50, Stock Number
803-024-00053-7.)  Order forms for CD-ROMs may be obtained from
the Data User Services Division, Bureau of the Census,
Washington, D.C. 20233 on 301-763-INFO(4636).
                               -X-
Note:  Press releases for individual states may be requested from
the Public Information Office on 301-457-2794.
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  DEC. 19, 1994 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB94-190
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John Kennedy
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     STATE AND LOCAL ASSESSMENTS NEAR $7 TRILLION, GENERATE
    $178 BILLION IN TAXES, 1992 CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  DEC. 19, 1994 (MONDAY) - The assessed
value of the nation's taxable property climbed to nearly
$7 trillion in 1991, more than double the 1981 total.  Locally
assessed real property accounted for over $6 trillion of this
sum.  These values provided the basis for the collection of over
$178 billion in state and local property taxes during the
1991-92 tax year.
     These figures, and other statistics on the scope and
importance of assessments and revenues to state and local
governments, are reported and reviewed in Volume 2 of the
1992 Census of Governments, Taxable Property Values (GC92(2)-1),
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     The report also confirms that property taxes continue to be
the most important source of local government tax revenues.
     Other key points reviewed in the report include:
     -    Local assessments on real property account for more
          than 87 percent of all assessed property values.
     -    Increases in assessed values reflect increases in U.S.
          real and personal property market values, changes in
          applicable tax assessment levels, and/or reassessments
          within applicable levels.
     -    Locally assessed personal property reached $595 billion
          while state assessed real and personal property stood
          at $286 billion.
     -    State-by-state listing of assessed value of property
          subject to local general property taxation is attached.
     -    Assessed value totals for every county and selected
          cities over 50,000 population are included in the
          report.
     All comparisons in this news release involve data from the
Census of Governments and are not subject to sampling error.
                     ASSESSED VALUES BY YEAR
Assessed value by type        1961      1971      1981      1991
                                 Amount (billions of dollars)
Total gross assessed value    366       718       2,958     6,924
State assessed property        28        53         159       286
Locally assessed property     338       664       2,799     6,638
     Real property            282       574       2,515     6,044
     Personal property         58        90         284       595
                               -X-
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301-457-3670, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
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    TEXAS NOW SECOND LARGEST STATE, NEVADA FASTEST GROWING,
    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FASTEST LOSER, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  DEC. 28, 1994 (WEDNESDAY)--Texas passed
New York to become the nation's second largest state behind
California, according to new 1994 population estimates from the
Department of Commerce's Census Bureau.  Texas expanded its
population by 356,000 between 1993 and 1994 to reach
18.4 million.  Texas' growth was supported by the second largest
natural increase (births minus deaths) in the nation (188,000),
the second highest amount of net internal migration from other
states (86,000), and the third highest amount of net
international migration (75,000).
     The last time Texas changed population rank was in 1973,
when it outgrew Pennsylvania, and became the third largest state.
     California was by far the most populous state, with an
estimated 1994 population of 31.4 million.  New York dropped to
third at 18.2 million.
     Eight of the 10 fastest growing states in the country were
in the West.  Nevada led all states, with a 5.4 percent gain from
1993 to 1994.  Arizona was second at 3.3 percent, followed by
Idaho at 3.0 percent, Utah and Colorado at 2.6 percent, New
Mexico at 2.3 percent, Montana at 1.8 percent, and Oregon at
1.7 percent.
     The South had the largest population increase of any region,
at 1.3 million.  Besides Texas, Florida (227,000), Georgia
(153,000), North Carolina (117,000), Tennessee (81,000), and
Virginia (79,000) were ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th, and 10th among
the states in numerical population increases between 1993 and
1994.
     Two states--Connecticut and Rhode Island (each -3,000)--and
the District of Columbia (-9,000) experienced population
declines.  In fact, Vermont passed the District of Columbia in
population size, and is our 49th largest state.
     California (272,000 or 0.9 percent) and New York (101,000 or
0.6 percent) had the largest amounts and highest rates of net
international migration of any state.
      California had the highest rate of domestic net
outmigration (1.4 percent) of any state, representing a net loss
of 426,000 migrants to other states.  The District of Columbia
had an even higher rate of domestic net outmigration, at
3.0 percent or 17,000 people.  Conversely, Nevada, Arizona and
Idaho were the only states to have rates of domestic net
inmigration over two percent.
     The nation as a whole, expanded its population from
257.8 million in 1993 to 260.3 million in 1994, a growth of
2.6 million or 1 percent.  About 30 percent or 762,000 of the
growth was attributed to international migration.
                               -X-
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media representatives may obtain an additional table that
provides rankings of state population estimates and components of
change between 1993 and 1994, from the bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-2794.  Non-media requests should go
to the bureau's Population Statistics Information Staff on
301-457-2422.
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 Table 1. Estimates of the Population of States:  July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1994
 (In thousands.  Includes Armed Forces residing in each state)
 -------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 Region, division,  |April 1,|July 1, |July 1, |July 1, |July 1, |July 1,
  and state         |   1990 |   1990 |   1991 |   1992 |   1993 |   1994
                    | Census |        |        |        |        |
                    |      1 |        |        |        |        |
 -------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
   United States....|248,718 |249,402 |252,131 |255,028 |257,783 |260,341
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 Northeast..........| 50,811 | 50,858 | 50,964 | 51,100 | 51,277 | 51,396
   New England......| 13,207 | 13,220 | 13,209 | 13,203 | 13,235 | 13,270
   Middle Atlantic..| 37,604 | 37,638 | 37,755 | 37,897 | 38,042 | 38,125
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 Midwest............| 59,669 | 59,767 | 60,178 | 60,628 | 61,038 | 61,394
   E.N. Central     | 42,009 | 42,079 | 42,380 | 42,687 | 42,956 | 43,184
   W.N. Central     | 17,660 | 17,688 | 17,798 | 17,941 | 18,082 | 18,210
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 South..............| 85,454 | 85,730 | 86,911 | 88,153 | 89,417 | 90,692
   South Atlantic...| 43,571 | 43,758 | 44,441 | 45,094 | 45,737 | 46,398
   E.S. Central     | 15,180 | 15,209 | 15,346 | 15,517 | 15,709 | 15,890
   W.S. Central     | 26,703 | 26,764 | 27,124 | 27,542 | 27,971 | 28,404
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 West...............| 52,784 | 53,047 | 54,078 | 55,146 | 56,051 | 56,859
   Mountain.........| 13,659 | 13,716 | 14,021 | 14,376 | 14,777 | 15,214
   Pacific..........| 39,125 | 39,331 | 40,057 | 40,770 | 41,274 | 41,645
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 New England:       |        |        |        |        |        |
   Maine............|  1,228 |  1,231 |  1,237 |  1,237 |  1,240 |  1,240
   New Hampshire....|  1,109 |  1,112 |  1,108 |  1,114 |  1,124 |  1,137
   Vermont..........|    563 |    565 |    568 |    571 |    576 |    580
   Massachusetts....|  6,016 |  6,018 |  6,002 |  5,999 |  6,018 |  6,041
   Rhode Island.....|  1,003 |  1,005 |  1,004 |  1,002 |  1,000 |    997
   Connecticut......|  3,287 |  3,289 |  3,291 |  3,279 |  3,278 |  3,275
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 Middle Atlantic:   |        |        |        |        |        |
   New York.........| 17,991 | 18,002 | 18,041 | 18,095 | 18,153 | 18,169
   New Jersey.......|  7,730 |  7,740 |  7,767 |  7,813 |  7,859 |  7,904
   Pennsylvania.....| 11,883 | 11,896 | 11,947 | 11,990 | 12,030 | 12,052
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 East North Central:|        |        |        |        |        |
   Ohio.............| 10,847 | 10,862 | 10,932 | 11,005 | 11,061 | 11,102
   Indiana..........|  5,544 |  5,555 |  5,603 |  5,652 |  5,706 |  5,752
   Illinois.........| 11,431 | 11,448 | 11,525 | 11,610 | 11,686 | 11,752
   Michigan.........|  9,295 |  9,311 |  9,370 |  9,423 |  9,460 |  9,496
   Wisconsin........|  4,892 |  4,902 |  4,949 |  4,997 |  5,044 |  5,082
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 West North Central:|        |        |        |        |        |
   Minnesota........|  4,376 |  4,387 |  4,429 |  4,474 |  4,524 |  4,567
   Iowa.............|  2,777 |  2,780 |  2,792 |  2,808 |  2,821 |  2,829
   Missouri.........|  5,117 |  5,126 |  5,158 |  5,193 |  5,235 |  5,278
   North Dakota.....|    639 |    637 |    634 |    635 |    637 |    638
   South Dakota.....|    696 |    697 |    702 |    709 |    716 |    721
   Nebraska.........|  1,578 |  1,581 |  1,592 |  1,604 |  1,613 |  1,623
   Kansas...........|  2,478 |  2,481 |  2,492 |  2,518 |  2,535 |  2,554
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 South Atlantic:    |        |        |        |        |        |
   Delaware.........|    666 |    669 |    680 |    690 |    698 |    706
   Maryland.........|  4,781 |  4,798 |  4,859 |  4,914 |  4,958 |  5,006
   D.C.             |    607 |    604 |    594 |    586 |    579 |    570
   Virginia.........|  6,189 |  6,214 |  6,287 |  6,389 |  6,473 |  6,552
   West Virginia....|  1,793 |  1,792 |  1,799 |  1,807 |  1,818 |  1,822
   North Carolina...|  6,632 |  6,657 |  6,752 |  6,838 |  6,952 |  7,070
   South Carolina...|  3,486 |  3,499 |  3,557 |  3,595 |  3,630 |  3,664
   Georgia..........|  6,478 |  6,506 |  6,624 |  6,765 |  6,902 |  7,055
   Florida..........| 12,938 | 13,019 | 13,288 | 13,510 | 13,726 | 13,953
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 East South Central:|        |        |        |        |        |
   Kentucky.........|  3,687 |  3,692 |  3,715 |  3,753 |  3,794 |  3,827
   Tennessee........|  4,877 |  4,891 |  4,950 |  5,021 |  5,094 |  5,175
   Alabama..........|  4,040 |  4,048 |  4,087 |  4,131 |  4,181 |  4,219
   Mississippi......|  2,575 |  2,577 |  2,594 |  2,613 |  2,640 |  2,669
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 West South Central:|        |        |        |        |        |
   Arkansas.........|  2,351 |  2,354 |  2,371 |  2,395 |  2,426 |  2,453
   Louisiana........|  4,220 |  4,217 |  4,241 |  4,273 |  4,290 |  4,315
   Oklahoma.........|  3,146 |  3,147 |  3,168 |  3,206 |  3,233 |  3,258
   Texas............| 16,986 | 17,045 | 17,344 | 17,667 | 18,022 | 18,378
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 Mountain:          |        |        |        |        |        |
   Montana..........|    799 |    800 |    808 |    823 |    841 |    856
   Idaho............|  1,007 |  1,012 |  1,039 |  1,066 |  1,100 |  1,133
   Wyoming..........|    454 |    453 |    458 |    464 |    470 |    476
   Colorado.........|  3,294 |  3,304 |  3,370 |  3,463 |  3,564 |  3,656
   New Mexico.......|  1,515 |  1,520 |  1,547 |  1,581 |  1,616 |  1,654
   Arizona..........|  3,665 |  3,679 |  3,747 |  3,835 |  3,945 |  4,075
   Utah.............|  1,723 |  1,730 |  1,767 |  1,811 |  1,860 |  1,908
   Nevada...........|  1,202 |  1,219 |  1,285 |  1,331 |  1,382 |  1,457
                    |        |        |        |        |        |
 Pacific:           |        |        |        |        |        |
   Washington.......|  4,867 |  4,901 |  5,018 |  5,146 |  5,259 |  5,343
   Oregon...........|  2,842 |  2,858 |  2,920 |  2,975 |  3,035 |  3,086
   California.......| 29,758 | 29,905 | 30,416 | 30,909 | 31,217 | 31,431
   Alaska...........|    550 |    553 |    569 |    587 |    598 |    606
   Hawaii...........|  1,108 |  1,113 |  1,134 |  1,153 |  1,166 |  1,179
 -------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------
 1  The April 1, 1990 census counts include count resolution corrections
    processed through March 1994, and do not include adjustments for
    census coverage errors.
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Table 2. Components of Population Change July 1, 1993 to July 1, 1994 and
Population Change April 1, 1990 to July 1, 1994
(In thousands.  Includes Armed Forces residing in each state)
------------------+---------------------------------------------+--------------
                  |                                             |April 1, 1990
                  |             July 1, 1993 to July 1, 1994    |    to
                  |                                             |July 1, 1994
                  +------+------+-------------------------------+
                  |      |      |       Components of change    |
                  |      |      +------+------+--------+--------+
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |
                  |      |      |      |      |    Net |        +-------+------
                  |      |      |      |      | Inter- |    Net |       |
Region, division, |  Pop |%     |      |      |national|Domestic|   Pop |%
 and state        |change|change|Births|Deaths|   mig. |   mig. |change |change
                  |    1 |      |      |      |        |        |     1 |
------------------+------+------+------+------+--------+--------+-------+------
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  United States...|2,558 |  1.0 |3,987 |2,279 |    762 |      0 |11,623 |  4.7
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
Northeast.........|  119 |  0.2 |  743 |  495 |    174 |   -307 |   585 |  1.2
  New England.....|   35 |  0.3 |  183 |  121 |     24 |    -51 |    63 |  0.5
  Middle Atlantic.|   83 |  0.2 |  560 |  373 |    149 |   -256 |   522 |  1.4
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
Midwest...........|  356 |  0.6 |  894 |  572 |     86 |    -60 | 1,725 |  2.9
  E.N. Central....|  227 |  0.5 |  638 |  394 |     73 |    -91 | 1,175 |  2.8
  W.N. Central....|  128 |  0.7 |  256 |  177 |     13 |     32 |   550 |  3.1
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
South.............|1,275 |  1.4 |1,374 |  801 |    180 |    471 | 5,238 |  6.1
  South Atlantic..|  661 |  1.4 |  675 |  419 |     94 |    276 | 2,827 |  6.5
  E.S. Central....|  181 |  1.2 |  229 |  153 |      7 |     93 |   710 |  4.7
  W.S. Central....|  433 |  1.5 |  470 |  230 |     79 |    102 | 1,701 |  6.4
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
West..............|  808 |  1.4 |  975 |  412 |    323 |   -104 | 4,075 |  7.7
  Mountain........|  437 |  3.0 |  244 |  111 |     27 |    269 | 1,555 | 11.4
  Pacific.........|  371 |  0.9 |  731 |  301 |    296 |   -373 | 2,519 |  6.4
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
New England:      |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Maine...........|    0 |  0.0 |   15 |   12 |      0 |     -3 |    12 |  1.0
  New Hampshire...|   13 |  1.1 |   16 |    9 |      1 |      4 |    28 |  2.5
  Vermont.........|    5 |  0.8 |    7 |    5 |      0 |      2 |    17 |  3.1
  Massachusetts...|   23 |  0.4 |   84 |   57 |     15 |    -20 |    25 |  0.4
  Rhode Island....|   -3 | -0.3 |   14 |   10 |      1 |     -9 |    -7 | -0.7
  Connecticut.....|   -3 | -0.1 |   46 |   29 |      6 |    -26 |   -12 | -0.4
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
Middle Atlantic:  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  New York........|   16 |  0.1 |  286 |  172 |    101 |   -201 |   178 |  1.0
  New Jersey......|   45 |  0.6 |  116 |   73 |     38 |    -36 |   174 |  2.2
  Pennsylvania....|   22 |  0.2 |  159 |  128 |     10 |    -19 |   170 |  1.4
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
East North Central|      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Ohio............|   41 |  0.4 |  158 |  104 |      6 |    -19 |   255 |  2.4
  Indiana.........|   47 |  0.8 |   83 |   53 |      3 |     13 |   208 |  3.8
  Illinois........|   66 |  0.6 |  190 |  108 |     48 |    -64 |   321 |  2.8
  Michigan........|   36 |  0.4 |  139 |   84 |     12 |    -32 |   201 |  2.2
  Wisconsin.......|   38 |  0.7 |   69 |   45 |      3 |     10 |   190 |  3.9
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
West North Central|      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Minnesota.......|   43 |  0.9 |   64 |   37 |      4 |     11 |   192 |  4.4
  Iowa............|    8 |  0.3 |   37 |   29 |      2 |     -2 |    52 |  1.9
  Missouri........|   42 |  0.8 |   75 |   55 |      3 |     18 |   161 |  3.1
  North Dakota....|    1 |  0.2 |    9 |    7 |      0 |     -2 |    -1 | -0.1
  South Dakota....|    5 |  0.7 |   11 |   11 |      0 |      4 |    25 |  3.6
  Nebraska........|   10 |  0.6 |   23 |   15 |      1 |      0 |    44 |  2.8
  Kansas..........|   19 |  0.7 |   37 |   24 |      2 |      2 |    76 |  3.1
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
South Atlantic:   |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Delaware........|    8 |  1.1 |   10 |    7 |      1 |      3 |    40 |  6.0
  Maryland........|   48 |  1.0 |   77 |   41 |     13 |     -4 |   226 |  4.7
  D.C.............|   -9 | -1.5 |   11 |    6 |      3 |    -17 |   -37 | -6.1
  Virginia........|   79 |  1.2 |   96 |   48 |     14 |      6 |   362 |  5.9
  West Virginia...|    4 |  0.2 |   22 |   22 |      0 |      4 |    29 |  1.6
  North Carolina..|  117 |  1.7 |  101 |   63 |      5 |     68 |   437 |  6.6
  South Carolina..|   34 |  0.9 |   56 |   30 |      1 |      4 |   178 |  5.1
  Georgia.........|  153 |  2.2 |  110 |   53 |      8 |     83 |   577 |  8.9
  Florida.........|  227 |  1.7 |  192 |  148 |     49 |    128 | 1,015 |  7.8
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
East South Central|      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Kentucky........|   33 |  0.9 |   52 |   37 |      1 |     14 |   140 |  3.8
  Tennessee.......|   81 |  1.6 |   73 |   47 |      3 |     51 |   298 |  6.1
  Alabama.........|   38 |  0.9 |   61 |   42 |      2 |     16 |   178 |  4.4
  Mississippi.....|   29 |  1.1 |   42 |   27 |      1 |     12 |    94 |  3.6
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
West South Central|      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Arkansas........|   27 |  1.1 |   34 |   27 |      1 |     19 |   102 |  4.3
  Louisiana.......|   25 |  0.6 |   69 |   40 |      2 |     -8 |    95 |  2.2
  Oklahoma........|   25 |  0.8 |   48 |   33 |      2 |      6 |   112 |  3.6
  Texas...........|  356 |  2.0 |  318 |  130 |     75 |     86 | 1,392 |  8.2
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
Mountain:         |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Montana.........|   15 |  1.8 |   11 |    7 |      0 |     10 |    57 |  7.1
  Idaho...........|   33 |  3.0 |   17 |    8 |      1 |     22 |   126 | 12.5
  Wyoming.........|    6 |  1.3 |    6 |    4 |      0 |      3 |    22 |  4.9
  Colorado........|   92 |  2.6 |   54 |   24 |      6 |     55 |   361 | 11.0
  New Mexico......|   38 |  2.3 |   28 |   11 |      4 |     17 |   138 |  9.1
  Arizona.........|  130 |  3.3 |   68 |   34 |     10 |     84 |   410 | 11.2
  Utah............|   48 |  2.6 |   37 |   11 |      2 |     19 |   185 | 10.7
  Nevada..........|   75 |  5.4 |   23 |   12 |      4 |     60 |   255 | 21.2
                  |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
Pacific:          |      |      |      |      |        |        |       |
  Washington......|   84 |  1.6 |   79 |   41 |     11 |     32 |   476 |  9.8
  Oregon..........|   51 |  1.7 |   41 |   28 |      5 |     33 |   244 |  8.6
  California......|  214 |  0.7 |  581 |  223 |    272 |   -426 | 1,672 |  5.6
  Alaska..........|    8 |  1.4 |   11 |    2 |      1 |     -3 |    56 | 10.2
  Hawaii..........|   13 |  1.1 |   20 |    7 |      6 |     -9 |    70 |  6.3
------------------+------+------+------+------+--------+--------+-------+------
1  Population change includes components of change, federal citizen movement,
   and a small residual.
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      U.S. POPULATION TOTALS 261.7 MILLION AS 1995 BEGINS,
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     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  DEC. 30, 1994 (FRIDAY)--The United States'
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NEW YORK LEADS LIST OF LARGE METRO AREAS WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
     OF SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES IN 1990, CENSUS BUREAU FINDS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JAN. 10, 1995 (TUESDAY)--Among the
nation's 46 largest metropolitan areas (those with one million or
more people), New York had the highest percentage of single-
parent families at 36 percent in 1990, according to a new
statistical brief entitled, Housing in Metropolitan Areas--
Single-Parent Families (SB/94-26), released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     New Orleans, La., was second at 34 percent, followed by
Miami-Hialeah, Fla. (31 percent), Detroit, Mich. (29 percent),
and Sacramento, Calif. and Baltimore, Md. (28 percent each).
     At the other end of the scale, the three large metropolitan
areas with the lowest rates of single-parent families--Nassau-
Suffolk, N.Y. (14 percent), Middlesex, N.J. (15 percent),
Bergen-Passaic, N.J. (18 percent)--each bordered on New York,
which had the highest rate.
     Timothy Grall, the author of the brief, says, "One out of
four of the nation's metro households with own children under
18 was maintained by a single parent in 1990.  More than 8 in
10 one-parent families living in metropolitan areas were
maintained by women."
     Other highlights from the brief:
     -  Four in 10 single-parent renters living in metro areas
        were either unemployed or not in the labor force.  The
        rate for single-parent owners was less than half that, at
        16 percent.
     -  Single-parent renters in metro areas were more than
        three times as likely as single-parent owners to live in
        "crowded" conditions--17 percent versus 5 percent.
     -  In metropolitan areas, single-parent renters were
        seven times more likely not to have a motor vehicle and
        more than four times as likely not to have a telephone
        compared to their owner counterparts.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JAN. 10, 1995 (TUESDAY)--media
representatives may obtain copies of the brief from the bureau's
Public Information Office by telephone:  301-457-2794, fax:
301-457-3670, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
should go to the bureau's Customer Services Office on
301-763-INFO(4636).  The attached table provides rankings of single-
parent families for the 46 metro areas with populations of one
million or more.  Corresponding data for all 335 metro areas can
be obtained from the bureau's housing statistics office on
301-763-8148.
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          EBARGOED UNTIL:  JANUARY 12, 1995 (THURSDAY)
Public Information Office                             CB95-01
301-457-2794
301-457-4067 (TDD)
Paul Ryscavage (Labor Force)
301-763-8573
Wilfred Masumura (Income)
301-763-8576
        EFFECTS OF MOST RECENT RECESSION SEEN IN LONGER
   JOB SEARCHES, LOWER INCOMES, AND HEALTH INSURANCE LOSSES,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JANUARY 12, 1995 (THURSDAY) - Between
1990 and 1992 men between the ages of 25 and 54 who left
full-time jobs and then found full-time employment experienced
average earnings declines of 20 percent, from $529 a week in
their old job to $423 a week in their new job, according to a new
report from the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  The report
also finds household incomes fell between 1989 and 1992.
     These details come from Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:
Labor Force and Income, 1990-1992 (P70-40).  The report notes,
"The economy's inability to create jobs was part of the reason
behind the falling incomes in the early 1990's.  Between 1989 and
1992, median household income in the U.S. fell by 6 percent in
real terms, after rising by 10 percent between 1983 and 1989."
     The average amount of time a worker spent seeking employment
or unemployed increased to 2.4 months in the 1990-92 period,
compared with 1.8 months from 1987-1989.  About 2.5 million men
and 2 million women who were unemployed from 1990 to 1992 lost
their employer-provided health insurance.  At the same time,
Medicaid coverage increased from 10.0 percent of persons in
households in January 1990 to 12.2 percent in January 1992.
     Other highlights from the report:
     -    Unemployment - In January 1990, 3.2 percent of persons
          lived in households in which someone was receiving
          unemployment compensation.  By January 1992,
          5.3 percent resided in such households.
     -    Gender - From 1990 to 1991, both men and women had
          their household incomes fall more often than they rose.
          Forty-one percent of men had income declines of more
          than 5 percent, while 36 percent had increases of
          5 percent or more.  Forty-one percent of women had
          declines, and 36 percent had increases in income.
     -    Race and Hispanic Origin - Though Whites, African
          Americans, and Hispanics had substantially different
          amounts of income, in every group more households saw
          more declines than increases in household income from
          1990 to 1991.  Of Whites, 41 percent experienced income
          drops while 36 percent enlarged their incomes.  For
          African Americans, the comparable percentages were
          43 and 35; and, for Hispanics, the respective
          percentages were 44 and 36.
     The report examines labor force and income dynamics using
data from the 1990 panel of the Census Bureau's Survey of Income
and Program Participation and primarily covers the 1990-92
period.  SIPP is a longitudinal survey that collects information
on the economic well-being of persons, families, and households.
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
report by contacting the bureau's Public Information Office by
telephone: 301-457-2794, fax: 301-457-3670, or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Services on 301-763-INFO(4636).
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JANUARY 13, 1995 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-08
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Kristin A. Hansen
301-457-2454
MOVERS TO THE U.S. FROM ABROAD ARE MORE LIKELY THAN THE GENERAL
      POPULATION TO HAVE GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREES,
                       CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
EMBARGOED UNTIL: JANUARY 13, 1995 (FRIDAY)  Among the
700,000 adults moving to the United States from abroad between
1992 and 1993, about 15 percent had graduate or professional
college degrees, compared to only 7 percent of the general U.S.
population, according to a report released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.  The findings also suggest that
movers from abroad are more likely not to have completed high
school compared to the total population--27 percent versus
20 percent.
     Kristin A. Hansen, author of Geographical Mobility:  March
1992 to March 1993 (P20-481), explains that, "Movers from abroad
are not all immigrants.  Included in this category are U.S.
citizens returning from foreign countries, including members of
the military and their dependents."  Hansen adds, however, that
"even if each member of the Armed Forces was accompanied by three
dependents, only about 15 percent of the movers from abroad would
be military personnel and their families."
     The report also shows that movers from abroad were much less
likely to be working (40 percent) than internal movers
(66 percent), but are equally as likely to be looking for work.
"Movers from abroad include a much higher percentage of persons
not in the labor force compared to other movers--47 percent
movers from abroad versus 25 percent of other movers.  Some of
this disparity can be explained by the fact that foreign college
students living in the U.S. cannot legally work and are included
in the number of persons who are not in the labor force," Hansen
says.
     Other highlights from the report include:
     -    For the first time in many years, the nation's
          metropolitan areas lost population (-317,000) to the
          non-metropolitan parts of the country.  However, when
          movers from abroad are taken into account, metro areas
          had a net gain of 889,000 persons due to migration.
     -    Within metropolitan areas, suburbs gained 2.2 million
          movers between 1992 and 1993, while central cities lost
          2.5 million persons due to migration.
     -    The average American can expect to make 11.7 moves in a
          lifetime.
     -    The overall rate of moving for persons aged 1 and over
          declined slightly during the 1992-93 period
          (16.8 percent), compared with the 1991-92 period
          (17.3 percent).
     -    Young adults have the highest rates of moving.  More
          than one in three (36 percent) persons 20 to 24 years
          old moved in the previous year.
     -    Whites (16 percent) have lower overall rates of moving
          than either African Americans (19 percent) or persons
          of Hispanic origin (24 percent).
     -    About one-third of persons living in renter-occupied
          housing units in March 1993 had moved in the previous
          year.  In contrast, only one in ten persons in
          owner-occupied housing units had moved in the same
          period.
     -    The Midwest had a net gain of 233,000 persons from
          other regions from 1992 to 1993.  This is the first
          statistically significant net change for the Midwest
          since the region had a run of net losses during the
          early 1980s.
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JANUARY 13, 1995 (FRIDAY)
media representatives may obtain copies of the report by
contacting the bureau's Public Information Office by
telephone: 301-457-2794, fax: 301-457-3670, or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders should go to the bureau's
Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636).
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Public Affairs Specialist	*	(301) 457-2816
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                EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JAN. 19, 1995 (THURSDAY)
                                                  CB95-13
                    STATE GOVERNMENT REVENUES INCREASE
                     EIGHT PERCENT, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
       State government revenues totaled $804.8 billion in 1993,
up 8 percent from $742.6 billion in 1992, the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau reported today.
      Highlights from summary state government data include:
      _   The states collected $353.3 billion in tax revenues in
          1993, up 8 percent from $328.6 billion in 1992.
      -   State expenditures increased 6 percent to $743.1
          billion in 1993 from $701.0 billion in 1992.
      -   Debt increased 4 percent to $387.7 billion in 1993 from
          $371.9 billion in 1992.
      -   Cash and security holdings increased $63.2 billion
          (6 percent) to $1.1 trillion.
      To access information about 450 finance items for the total
U.S. and each state on the Census Bureau's Internet site:
      -   WWW/Mosaic>http://www.census.gov/
           Main Data Bank/Financial Data/State Finance Data
      -   Gopher>gopher.census.gov
      -   Anonymous FTP>ftp.census.gov
           Username:anonymous
           Password:Internetemail/address
           Files are in: /pub/Govt-Stats
      A Governments Division Classification Manual providing
definitions of finance items and their relation to broader
aggregates (General Own Source Revenue, Direct Expenditure, etc.)
can be accessed via:
      -   Main Data Bank
      -   Governments Division's Home Page, gopher menu, or
      -   ftp at /pub/Govt-Stats/manual.exe
      If you don't have access to Internet, or you want more
information on the release schedule, or state data in particular,
contact:
      By Mail:  Henry Wulf, Governments Division, Bureau of the
       Census, Washington, D.C.  20233-6800
      By EMail: HWulf@census.gov
      By Phone: Henry Wulf, 301-457-1523 or 800-242-2184
      For questions on Governments Division's Internet data
       distribution (FTP, Mosaic, Gopher), contact:
      By EMail: bhannon@census.gov or handerson@census.gov
      By Phone: Ben Hannon or Hutai Anderson 301-457-1597.
                                    -X-
Editor's Note:  Media representatives may obtain copies of the
4-page fact sheets for individual states by contacting the Public
Information Office at 301-457-2794.
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JAN. 23, 1995 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                            CB95-14
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Population Information Office
301-457-2422
                NEW CENSUS BUREAU REPORT PROFILES
                     THE STATE OF THE NATION
     EMBARGOED UNTIL: JAN. 23, 1995 (MONDAY) - A new report
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau
provides a profile of the nation's social and economic status.
The following are some useful and important facts contained in
the report entitled, How We're Changing, Demographic State of the
Nation:  1995 (P23-188):
     -  Homeownership rates are at record highs.  Sixty-five
        percent of the country's homes were owned in 1993, the
        highest homeownership rate since 1985.  The homeownership
        rate for married-couple families in 1993 was 79 percent,
        its highest level since 1988.
     -  More Americans are on public assistance.  The average
        monthly number of persons participating in at least one
        major federal public assistance program in 1991 was
        30.9 million, up from 28.5 million in 1990.
     -  More students are remaining in school.  The annual high
        school dropout rate for persons aged 14 to 24 enrolled in
        grades 10 through 12 declined from 6.3 percent in
        1973 to 4.2 percent in 1993.
     -  A growing number of people are without health insurance
        coverage.  An estimated 39.7 million people were without
        health insurance coverage during the entire 1993 calendar
        year, 1.1 million more than in 1992.
     -  Fathers are playing a larger role in taking care of their
        children.  In 1991, 20 percent of preschoolers were cared
        for by their fathers while their mothers were at work, up
        from 15 percent in 1988.
     -  More people are poor.  The number of Americans living
        below the poverty level increased from 38.0 million in
        1992 to 39.3 million in 1993.  This was the fourth
        straight year that the number of persons living in
        poverty has increased.
     -  The nation's poverty rate has not changed.  In 1993,
        15.1 percent of all Americans were poor, a rate that was
        not statistically different from the previous year.
     -  The proportion of single-parent families has increased.
        The percent of all parent-child family groups maintained
        by single parents rose from 13 percent in 1970 to
        30 percent in 1993.  Nearly three-fourths of these
        "single" parents either had never married or were
        divorced.
     -  More of our preschoolers are enrolled in school.
        Nursery school enrollment has more than doubled from
        1.3 million in 1973 to 3.0 million in 1993, due in part
        to the increasing educational levels and labor force
        participation rates of mothers.
     -  Household income is dropping.  Median household income
        was $31,241 in 1993, down 1.0 percent in real terms from
        1992 when it was $31,553.  In central cities of
        metropolitan areas of one million or more persons, the
        real median income of households declined 3.2 percent
        from $27,498 in 1992 to $26,622 in 1993.
     -  Earnings of year-round, full-time workers have declined.
        Real median earnings of year-round, full-time workers
        declined for men and for women from 1992 to 1993.
     The information in this demographic profile was previously
released from three surveys conducted regularly by the Census
Bureau--the Current Population Survey, the Survey of Income and
Program Participation, and the American Housing Survey.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JAN. 23, 1995 (MONDAY) - media
representatives may request a copy of this report from the
bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:  301-457-2794,
fax:  301-457-3670, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
should go to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636).
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Your information source for the 1995 Census Test
The Census Bureau's Public Information Office produces the Census
Test Update to keep you informed about our progress in conducting
the 1995 Census Test.  Your awareness and support of our work are
vital.  If you have any questions about this newsletter, please
call Vicki Brinson on 301-457-2816, TDD 301-457-4067, or send her
a FAX on 301-457-3670.
MANAGERS CHOSEN FOR TEST SITE OFFICES
The Census Bureau has selected managers for the offices in the
three test sites - Oakland, CA; Paterson, NJ; and Natchitoches,
LA, which covers six parishes in Louisiana (Bienville, DeSoto,
Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn).  They are
responsible for managing census operations and working with
outreach specialists, local officials and residents to educate
the population about the 1995 Census Test and encourage
participation.
  Mercer Dupree is the manager for Natchitoches, LA.  After
working in the private sector for 28 years, he went to work with
the Red River Parish Police Jury and then administered the
Department of Housing and Urban Development's Block Grant and
Housing Assistance Program.  In 1985, Dupree was appointed Parish
Administrator and became responsible for the daily operations of
the Police Jury.  In 1980, he helped with the census by assisting
in a followup housing unit count and in 1990, he was the
designated contact person for Red River Parish, taking the lead
for the parish in reviewing preliminary census results.  He can
be reached at the Natchitoches office on 318-357-9515.
  Wilfred Harvey, a 40-year resident of Oakland, is the manager
for Oakland, CA.  He is a retired Bell Systems manager.  During
the 1990 census, Harvey worked as a Community Outreach
Coordinator for minority groups in the City of Oakland under the
office of the NAACP.  He assisted the office manager for Oakland
in reaching groups within difficult-to-enumerate areas of the
city.  He can be reached at the Oakland office on 510-637-4000.
  Ligia Jaquez is the manager for Paterson, NJ.  She has been
living in New York for more than 20 years and has been working in
the New York Regional Office as a supervisory survey statistician
since 1987.  Jaquez also has experience with the census working
as an enumerator and crew leader.  She can be reached at the
Paterson office on 201-684-8477.
OPEN HOUSES TO BE HELD SOON
  The offices in the test sites will be holding open houses to
make residents more aware of the census test.  The Louisiana
office will hold its open house on Tuesday, January 31, from 4:00
to 6:30 p.m.  It is located at 100 Jefferson Street,
Natchitoches, LA  71457.  The Oakland office is planning an open
house on February 9.  It is located at 1301 Clay Street, Suite
380 North, Oakland, CA  94606.  In Paterson, a multimedia kiosk
will be unveiled at a rally held at Paterson City Hall (155
Market Street) on January 27 at 10:00 a.m.  Further information
is available at the Paterson office located at The Thomas Rogers
Building, 2 Market Street, Paterson, NJ  07501.
SERVICE-BASED ENUMERATION IN THE '95 TEST
  During the 1995 Census Test, we will use different methods to
count those without a home.  We will count people at places where
they receive services such as shelters and soup-kitchens.  Census
workers will visit these places to enumerate people.  This
operation is called the Service-Based Enumeration (SBE).  As part
of that operation, we will leave census questionnaires, called
"Be Counted" forms, at other service locations (e.g., food
pantries, drop-in centers, and clothing centers).  A meeting was
held in each test area in January to share and discuss the
Bureau's plans for the operation with service provider
organizations.  For additional information on these plans,
contact your local test site office.
LOOKING TOWARDS 2000
  The Census Bureau is seeking information from non-Federal users
of decennial census data about the questions to be asked in the
2000 census.  To obtain this information, the Bureau is
conducting the Survey of Census Needs of Non-Federal Data Users.
The survey process will run through mid-March of 1995, and is
intended for state, local, and tribal governments; ethnic and
community organizations; the business sector; academic
researchers; and the general public.  To obtain a survey form,
contact Gloria Porter or Doug Lee, Bureau of the Census, Room
3555/3, Washington, DC  20233-2000; 301-457-4030; fax,
301-457-3768; or e-mail, dlee@ info.census.gov.
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                 EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JANUARY 30, 1995 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                                CB95-18
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Marshall Moore
301-457-1586
             NUMBER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS EXCEEDS HALF MILLION--
                    ALMOST ALL ARE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JANUARY 30, 1995 (MONDAY)  The total
number of the nation's popularly elected officials was 511,039 in
1992, according to a report released by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.  Less than 4 percent were in federal (Congress and
the White House) and state governments, while the remaining 96
percent were in local governments.
      The report, Popularly Elected Officials, Preliminary Report
No. 2 GC92-2(P), from the 1992 Census of Governments shows that
the current number of elected officials is a 2.8 percent gain
from the 497,155 reported in 1987.  Marshall Moore, author of the
report, says, "The growth is from electing more members to the
judiciary, and electing officials to the increasing number of
special district governments."
      "The growth of the number of representative town meetings
in the New England states, a trend since the end of World War II,
continues," Moore added.  "In many localities, representative
town meetings are replacing citizen town meetings, which are
becoming unwieldy because of growing populations."
      Over two-thirds (nearly 69 percent) of elected officials
were members of legislative bodies--Congress, state legislatures,
county and municipal councils, independent school district
boards, and special district boards.
      Another 24 percent consisted of other elected officials
authorized by state or local charter, including elected
executives, administrative officials, and members of the
judiciary.  The remaining 8 percent were members of other elected
boards, including those administering dependent school systems.
       Data collected in the 1992 Census of Governments show
that, for those local governments reporting gender, race, and
ethnicity of elected officials, 24 percent of local government
officials were female, 2.8 percent were African American,
0.4 percent were American Indian or Alaskan Native, 0.1 percent
were Asian or Pacific Islander, and 1.4 percent were Hispanic.
At the local level, school districts had the highest percentage
of female elected officials at 31.2 percent, and African American
officials at 3.8 percent.  Comparable data on gender, race, and
ethnicity are not available from the 1987 Census of Governments.
      The report shows that Illinois had the largest number of
state and local elected officials at 42,338.  Next were
Pennsylvania with 30,481 and Texas with 27,628.  Hawaii had the
fewest with 183.  This report contains two tables for each state,
one showing the number of state and local officials and the
number of local governments, and the second showing the total
number of elected officials for each type of government.
      The table below shows the number of governments and elected
officials by level and type of government.
_________________________________________________________________
                   Number of        Elected
                   Governments,     Officials,        Average per
Type of Govt.      1992             1992              Government
Total              85,006           511,039             6.0
U.S. Government         1               542           542.0
State Government       50            18,828           376.6
Local Government   84,955           491,669             5.8
General-purpose:
 County             3,043            56,390            18.5
   Sub-county      35,935           262,589             7.3
   Municipal       19,279           135,580             7.0
   Township        16,656           127,009             7.6
Special-purpose:
 School district   14,422            88,610             6.1
 Special district  31,555            84,080             2.7
_________________________________________________________________
                                     -X-
NOTE:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JANUARY 30, 1995 (MONDAY)
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             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  FEB. 3, 1995 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB95-17
301-457-2794
301-457-4067 (TDD)
Martina Shea
301-763-8578
   46 MILLION PEOPLE WERE POOR FOR 2 OR MORE MONTHS IN 1990,
                 A NEW CENSUS BUREAU REPORT SAYS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL: FEB. 3, 1995 (FRIDAY)  For large numbers of
people, poverty is characterized by continuous changes in
duration, intensity, and frequency, according to a new report
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     Substantially more persons were poor for two or more months
than in an average month, showing considerable movement in and
out of poverty, the report said.
     The report, "The Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Poverty,
1990-1992" (P70-42), uses data from the Survey of Income and
Program Participation (SIPP) to examine the incidence of poverty
experienced by a panel of persons at a point in time and over the
32-month period covering October 1989 through August 1992.
     "By examining poverty in this manner, we can distinguish
between short- and long-term poverty as well as measure the
movement into and out of poverty for the same persons for the
life of the study," explains Martina Shea, the report's author.
"We can deal with the static and dynamic aspects of poverty.  It
is the latter aspect for which SIPP provides additional insight
into the nature of poverty," she adds.
     Among the findings presented in this report:
     -    Half of all poverty spells lasted longer than
          four months and 13 percent lasted longer than
          two years.
     -    One in five children were poor in an average month of
          1990, compared with 10.5 percent of non-elderly adults
          and 9.4 percent of the elderly.
     -    African Americans were three times as likely as whites
          to be poor in an average month.  Hispanics had a
          poverty rate intermediate between whites and African
          Americans during 1990.
     -    Despite much higher percentages of poverty rates among
          African Americans and Hispanics, the majority of poor
          persons were white, regardless of the measure used.
          Whites constituted 67 percent of the poverty population
          in an average month in 1990, 70 percent of those who
          were poor two or more months and 56 percent of the
          long-term poor in 1990.
     -    Persons in families headed by women were much more
          likely to be poor, and for longer periods, than persons
          in married-couple families.  For example, over
          35 percent of persons in families headed by women
          were poor in an average month of 1990, compared with
          7 percent of persons in married-couple families.
          Median poverty periods for persons in female
          householder families lasted 6.5 months compared to
          3.8 months for persons in married-couple families.
     -    About 2.9 percent of persons who were not poor in
          1990 became poor in 1991 and 21.2 percent of poor
          persons in 1990 escaped poverty in 1991.
     Other sections of the report review long-term and short-term
poverty characteristics by age, education levels, geographical
region, and employment status.  The Survey on Income and Program
Participation is a longitudinal survey that collects information
on the economic well-being of persons, families, and households.
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
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301-457-3670, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
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301-763-INFO(4636).
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February 3, 1995                                         TP95-01
MEMORANDUM FOR   Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:            LaVerne Vines Collins
                       Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:         Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                       Activities
SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being - Poverty.  According to this
report, for large numbers of people, poverty is characterized by
continuous changes in duration, intensity, and frequency.
Release CB95-17 of Feb. 3, 1995.
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being - Program Participation.  This
report discusses the number of people and length of time on
housing assistance and major means-tested government programs.
Release CB95-28 for Feb. 7, 1995.
Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Homeowner Financial
Characteristics.  This report says that the median monthly
housing costs consumed at least a quarter of household income in
1990 among homeowners with mortgages in the nation's
46 largest metropolitan areas.  Release CB95-23 for Feb. 13,
1995.
RECENTLY RELEASED
County Population Estimates:  1990 to 1994.  The Census Bureau
has released annual estimates of county populations covering July
1 1990 to July 1, 1994.  Included in the tabulations are
estimates for the total population, persons under 65, over 65,
births, deaths, net international migration, net domestic
migration, federal citizen movement, and group quarters
population.  You may obtain these data on two diskettes, or
printed extracts of the data by calling 301-457-2422.  Extracts
of these data are also available on Cendata, Internet, and on the
Data User Services Division Bulletin Board.  The printed report
containing analysis of county population trends will be released
later this year.
Housing of American Indians on Reservations.  This report
discusses the fact that nearly one in five American Indian
households on reservations were severely crowded in 1990.
Release CB95-22--For Immediate Release.
Our Scholastic Society (SB/94-25).  This statistical brief gives
an overview of the school enrollment in the United States from
nursery school through college.
Financing Our Residential Property (SB/94-27).  This statistical
brief covers financing arrangements for both single-unit,
owner-occupied properties and rental and vacant properties with
five or more housing units.
Population of Counties by Decennial Census:  1900 - 1990
(PPL-12).  This table gives the population of each county or
county equivalent from 1900 to 1990 as reported in 10 successive
decennial censuses.  To obtain this listing, media
representatives should contact the Public Information Office on
301-457-2794.  Non-media orders should contact the bureau's
Population Statistics Information Staff on 301-457-2422.
Median Value of Specified Owner-Occupied Housing Units:  1990
(CPH-L-158).  The paper listing ($15) and diskette ($60) provide
the median value of homes  ranked by county.  William Chapin, the
bureau's contact for these products, can be reached on
301-763-8553.
A Taste of the Big Apple - Housing in New York City.  Housing
costs are just one of several topics covered in this statistical
brief, which examines various housing characteristics of our
nation's most populous city (SB/94-30).
1992 Census of Service Industries, Geographic Area Series, U.S.
Summary.  This report states that the nation's two million
service establishments with paid employees had receipts of more
than $1.6 trillion in 1992.  Release CB95-15 of Jan. 31, 1995.
Popularly Elected Officials, Preliminary Report , No. 2.  This
report, from the 1992 Census of Government, shows that the
current number of elected officials is a gain of 2.8 percent from
the 497,155 reported in 1987.  Release CB95-18 of Jan. 30, 1995.
How We're Changing:  Demographic State of the Nation:  1995
(P23-188).  This is an overview of some major demographic
findings reported by the Census Bureau since January 1994.
Topics covered give an update on trends and attending issues
facing America today and into the next century.  Release
CB95-14 of Jan. 23, 1995.
State Government Finances:  1993, U.S. Summary.  This release
discusses state government revenues throughout the nation.
Release CB95-13 of Jan. 19, 1995.
Geographical Mobility:  March 1992 to March 1993 (P20-481).  This
report provides detailed statistics on the geographical mobility
of Americans based on data collected in the March 1993 Current
Population Survey.  Release CB95-08 of Jan. 13, 1995.
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Labor Force and Income,
1990-1992 (P70-40).  This report discusses the recession on
income levels and the nation"s job market.  Release CB95-01 of
Jan. 12, 1995.
Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Single-Parent Families (SB/94-26).
This statistical brief looks specifically at various housing
conditions faced by single-parent family households.  It also
compares their situations with that of married-couple family
households with own children.  Release CB95-02 of Jan. 10, 1995.
Census Advisory On:  Census Bureau Solicits 2000 Census Needs
>From Non-Federal Users.  The Census Bureau is conducting a survey
of non-Federal users of decennial census data to obtain data
about the questions to be asked in the 2000 census.  Release
CB94-211--Immediate Release.
Highlights from the 1992 Economic Census:  Retail Trade.  The
1992 Census of Retail Trade is the first opportunity to observe
the many changes in the shopping habits of the American people.
These data are from the report 1992 Census of Retail Trade,
Geographic Area Series--United States, (RC92-A-52).  Media
representatives may obtain copies of the report from the bureau's
Public Information Office on 301-457-2794.  For even more fun,
get the data on CD-ROM and look at the same trends for individual
states, metro areas, counties or cities.  To order Economic
Census CD-ROM "volume 1", contact the bureau's Customer Services
Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636).
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             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  Feb. 6, 1995 (Monday)
Public Information Office                         CB95-26
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Ed Montfort
301-763-8068
            NINE METROPOLITAN AREAS TO BE COVERED IN
                  1995 AMERICAN HOUSING SURVEY
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today announced that
nine metropolitan areas will be included in the American Housing
Survey's 1995 metropolitan sample, which begins in early March
and extends through October.
     The survey consists of a biennial national sample, which
begins this summer, and the metropolitan sample, with about a
quarter of the 44 largest metropolitan areas participating each
year on a rotating basis.  Because of budget cuts, the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, which sponsors the survey, has
cut back the number of metro areas this year from the norm of 11
to nine.  It also has reduced the sample size for the
metropolitan area portion from 58,000 to 38,000 housing units and
the data collection period by one month.
     Results of the survey provide vital housing information to
federal policy makers, as well as city planners, real estate
agents, and neighborhood organizers.
     Included in this year's survey are:
          Pittsburgh, Pa.               Denver, Colo.
          Columbus, Ohio                San Antonio, Texas
          Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.         Portland, Ore.-Wash.
          Charlotte, N.C.-S.C.          New Orleans, La.
          Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
     Results of the survey will be published in early 1997.
     The survey covers the number and types of housing units, and
changes in the number of housing units resulting from losses and
new construction.  It will permit comparisons of the percentage
of units owned or rented, frequency of mechanical and utility
breakdowns, and other indicators of the physical characteristics
of residential structures.  The survey also provides data on
housing costs, such as rent and fuel costs, mortgage payments,
and characteristics of the occupants.
     The sample of addresses was selected from decennial census
records and has been updated to include new construction.
     Census Bureau representatives obtain information about
housing units from the occupants.  Data for unoccupied units are
obtained from owners, rental and real estate agents, or
knowledgeable neighbors.  Most units to be surveyed are mailed a
letter in advance.
     Information collected in the American Housing Survey is
confidential by law (Title 13, United States Code) and will be
used only to compile statistical totals in which no person or
housing unit is identified.
       Data will be published for the metropolitan areas, their
central city or cities, and selected counties.
                               -X-
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     EMBARGOED UNTIL: FEB. 14, 1995 (TUES.) VALENTINE'S DAY
Public Information Office                             CB95-O.17
301-457-2794
301-457-4067 (TDD)
Arlene Saluter (Demographics)
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Paul Zeisset (Economics)
301-457-4151
    CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICAL FACTS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY 1995
>From Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1993
(P20-478):
      -   The estimated median age at first marriage is the
          highest ever recorded--24.5 years for women and 26.5
          years for men in 1993.
      -   In 1993, two out of 10 women and three out of 10 men
          age 25 to 29 years had not yet married.
      -   Below the age of 40, adult single men outnumber adult
          single women.  In the 25-to-29-year age group, there
          were 127 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women in
          1993.
>From the 1992 Census of Retail Trade, Geographic Area Series
(RC92-A-52):
      -   Florists, whose sales flourish around Valentine's Day,
          saw an 18.9 percent increase in total sales between
          1987 and 1992.  In 1992, the nation's 27,341 florists
          reported sales of $5.7 billion.
>From the 1992 Census of Manufactures Preliminary Industry Series,
Greeting Cards; Book-Binding; and Printing Trade Services
(MC92-I-27C(P)):
      -   The value of manufacturers' shipments of greeting cards
          jumped from $2.03 billion in 1987 to $3.04 billion in
          1992--a nearly 50 percent increase.  Valentine's Day
          cards were one of the categories showing the biggest
          increase:  $128 million in 1987 to $210 million in
          1992, up 64 percent.
For general information contact the Public Information Office by
telephone:  301-457-2794, fax:  301-457-3670, or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.
                              -X-
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                  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 3, 1995 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                            CB95-42
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Amara Bachu
301-457-2449
                   CENSUS RELEASES AFDC RECIPIENTS REPORT
      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 3, 1995 (FRIDAY) -
Twenty-nine percent of mothers 15 to 44 years old who received
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in 1993 had their
first child before they turned 18 years old, a Census Bureau
statistical brief said today.
      Almost 30 percent (1.1 million) of all AFDC recipients in
1993 were married mothers with an average of 2.8 children each.
One-half million mothers on AFDC were in intact marriages.  Most
married mothers (648,000) on AFDC had separated from their
spouses or had husbands absent from the household.  Another
23 percent (851,000) of the mothers on AFDC were widowed or
divorced.  The brief, titled "Mothers Who Receive AFDC Payments -
- Fertility and Socioeconomic Characteristics" (SB/95-2), focuses
on mothers in the childbearing years.
      Never-married mothers represented 48 percent of the mothers
in the 15-to-44-year age group on AFDC, the report said.  These
1.8 million never-married mothers supported about 4.2 million
children, or an average of 2.4 children per mother on AFDC.
      AFDC is the program administered and funded by federal and
state governments to provide financial assistance to needy
families.  The data in the brief, a four-page report with graphs
and charts, were collected in the Survey of Income and Program
Participation between June and September 1993.
      Other findings in the brief are:
      *     On average, AFDC mothers receiving payments were
            20 years old when they had their first birth compared with 23
	    years of age for mothers who were not receiving AFDC.
      *     AFDC mothers tended to have more children than those
            who did not receive AFDC payments.  The AFDC mothers
            had 2.6 children each on average compared with
            2.1 children born to mothers not receiving AFDC.
            Altogether, there were 9.7 million children dependent
            on mothers receiving AFDC.
      *     About one in 10 foreign-born mothers -- 392,000 out of 4.2
            million -- was on AFDC in the summer of 1993.
            Three-quarters of these mothers (292,000) were not U.S.
            citizens.
      *     One-quarter of African American mothers 15-44 years
            old (1.5 million out of 5.7 million) received AFDC payments.
            Nearly one in five Hispanic-origin mothers
            (784,000) aged 15 to 44 was on AFDC.  More White women (2.1
            million) than African American women received AFDC payments,
            but they represented only 7 percent of all White mothers in
            the childbearing ages.
      *     Of the 3.8 million mothers on AFDC, 44 percent had less than
            a high school education, 38 percent had completed high school,
            and 19 percent had one or more years of college.
      *     Unlike mothers not receiving AFDC payments, most
            mothers on AFDC (80 percent) were living in poverty.
            About 72 percent of AFDC mothers were living in
            households with monthly family incomes under $1,000.
            These low-income mothers supported an average of
            2.7 children each.
      As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                                     -X-
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in Mosaic:  http://www.census.gov/).  Non-media orders should go
to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636).
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Information Office                              CB95-51
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Ed Wagner
301-457-4031
                         CENSUS ADVISORY
            SATURDAY, MARCH 4, IS CENSUS DAY FOR THE
               1995 CENSUS TEST IN SELECTED AREAS
     Residents of Paterson, N.J., Oakland, Calif., and six
parishes in Northwestern Louisiana (Bienville, De Soto, Jackson,
Natchitoches, Red River, and Winn) will be taking part in the
1995 Census Test this Saturday, March 4.  The test will help the
Cens
us Bureau design a new process that is simpler,
less expensive, and more accurate for the national census in
2000.
     The 1995 Census Test will evaluate new techniques designed
to make it easier for everyone to participate in the census. 
Those techniques include using questionnaires that are easier to
fill out, making questionnaires available at convenient
location
s, mailing Spanish-language questionnaires to areas with
high concentrations of Spanish-speaking households, allowing
people to answer the census over the phone, and working with
shelter and food service providers to count those people with no
usual resid
ence.   To reduce the cost of the census, the Census
Bureau is working with the U.S. Postal Service to identify vacant
housing units saving the need for enumerator visits, and is
testing statistical methods that help account for those who still
do not participate--to help make the census more accurate.
     The Census Bureau has worked closely with city officials,
chambers of commerce, school leaders, religious and service
groups, representatives from community-based organizations,
business leaders, and the media to generate local activities that
foster
 community involvement in preparation for the test.
     The Census Bureau will use the results of the 1995 Census
Test, in combination with other research, to decide how to
conduct the 2000 census.
                               -X-
March 1, 1995
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Bureau of the Census                             For Release 8:30 A.M. EST
Charles Funk                                   Thursday, February 23, 1995
Laurence Blumberg                                                  CB95-43
(301) 763-2542                                                   IPS(95)-1
			 BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND PLANS
				  1993 To 1995
	      (All dollar figures in text are in current dollars)
Summary
   U.S. businesses plan to invest nearly $593 billion for capital goods
in 1995, according to estimates reported today by the Commerce
Department's Bureau of the Census.  This is an increase of 7 (+/- 4)(1)
percent from 1994 and over 21 percent from 1993 levels.  The spending
data for 1994 and 1995 are based on information collected in the new
semiannual Investment Plans Survey (IPS).  The 1993 data are based on
the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)(2).  Business investment
represents domestic expenditures for depreciable capital assets such
as buildings and other structures, and machinery and other equipment.
Spending in 1994 was estimated at $556 billion and $489 billion in 1993.
Industry details
   The manufacturing sector accounted for approximately 29 percent of
planned spending for 1995, or about $173 billion.  Both durable goods
and nondurable goods sectors expect increases over 1994.  The durable
goods sector is expected to increase 28 percent in 1995 following a 15
percent increase the prior year.  The nondurable goods sector plans an
11 percent increase in 1995 after relatively flat spending in 1994.
   The services sector accounted for about 19 percent of expected 1995
spending at $115 billion.  This level is relatively unchanged from 1994.
Within the sector, health services providers expect to increase spending
nearly 10 percent from 1994.
   Combined, the wholesale and retail trade sectors account for about 12
percent of planned spending in 1995, consistent with prior years.
Retail trade companies expect to spend $52 billion, about the same as
1994, but up over 26 percent from 1993.  Public utilities, communication
and transportation companies together estimate spending in 1995 at about
$126 billion.
About this survey
  A stratified simple random sample of 30 thousand nonfarm companies
was selected from a universe of about 2 million companies with five or
more paid employees.  Survey questionnaires were mailed in November 1994.
Preliminary estimates of 1993 expenditures were derived from ACES.
A brief description of the statistical methodology follows.
  Each company selected in the sample was asked to provide data by industry
activity.  Expenditures by companies unable to allocate expenditures by
activity were categorized as Not Distributed by Industry (NDI).  For 1995
planned investment and 1994 estimated investment, the NDI was 3.9 percent
and 5.5 percent of the total capital expenditures, respectively.  For 1993
investment, the NDI was 0.3 percent of total capital expenditures.  It can
not be assumed that investment included in the NDI category would be
distributed in proportion to the expenditures reported for specific
industries.  Investment for capital assets used in more than one of a
company's industry activities, was categorized as Serving Multiple
Industries.
  Estimates of expenditures were derived by adjusting sample weights
associated with each company that reported total expenditures, to account
for companies that did not report.  Since a company may not have reported
total expenditures for all three years, adjusted weights for a company
may have differed for each year.  Data reported by a company for a given
year were multiplied by the company's adjusted weight for that year.
Industry totals for a year were derived by summing these weighted values
across companies reporting in the industry for the year.  No adjustment
was made for companies that reported total capital expenditures without
industry detail.
  The data in this report are subject to sampling variability as well
as nonsampling variability.  Sources of nonsampling variability include
errors of response, non-reporting, and coverage.  Measures of sampling
variability, presented as relative standard errors, are shown in the
table.
  The response rate for 1995 planned expenditures and 1994 estimated
expenditures, from the IPS, is 69 percent and 70 percent, respectively.
The response rate for 1993 ACES was 92 percent.  These rates are based
on total capital expenditures reported in each survey.
(1)  The statement "7 (+/-4) percent increase," appearing in the text,
indicates the range (+3 to +11 percent) in which the actual percent
change is likely to have occurred.  The range given for the percent change
is a 90 percent confidence interval that accounts only for sampling
variability. If the range had contained zero, it would have been uncertain
whether there was an increase or decrease; that is, the change would not
have been statistically significant.  For any comparison cited without a
confidence interval, the change is statistically significant.
(2)  Final results of the 1993 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey will be
issued in May 1995.  The publication will provide greater industry detail,
and data on aggregate new and used expenditures for structures and for
equipment.  The data will include businesses with fewer than 5 employees.
	  *    *    *
This release is available electronically the day of the release through the
Department of Commerce's Economic Bulletin Board (202-482-3870) and through
the Census Bureau's online information service -- CENDATA.  CENDATA is
available from Dialog Information Services, Inc. (1-800-334-2564) and
Compuserve (1-800-848-8199).  The release is also available on Internet.
For further information regarding electronic releases, call (301-457-1242).
The next press release, containing revised 1995 plans, is scheduled for
September 22, 1995 at 8:30 A.M.
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		       BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND PLANS
			  (Millions of Dollars)
Industry                         Standard      Plans    Estimated   Actual
Description                     Industrial      1995      1994       1993p
			       Classification
				(SIC) Code
Total expenditures                             592,896   556,291    489,072
Sum of expenditures:
 By industry                                   570,019   525,927    487,525
 Not distributed by industry                    22,877    30,364      1,547
Mining and construction              10-17      41,347    42,141     30,656
Manufacturing                                  173,209   144,145    134,014
 Durable goods                 24-25,32-39      97,446    76,084     66,335
 Nondurable goods              20-23,26-31      75,763    68,062     67,678
Transportation                 40-42,44-47      34,226    32,327     30,613
Communications                          48      53,626    44,625     37,023
Utilities                                       37,731    37,975     41,258
 Electric                              491      20,867    21,029     21,029
 Gas transmission,distribution,
  and other utilities              492-497      16,865    16,947     20,229
Wholesale and retail trade                      72,774    68,129     60,240
 Wholesale trade                     50-51      20,420    16,590     18,854
 Retail trade                        52-59      52,354    51,539     41,387
Finance, insurance and
 real estate                                    40,306    36,870     40,226
  Finance                         60-62,67      22,806    22,243     25,986
  Insurance and real estate          63-65      17,499    14,627     14,240
Services                                       115,419   118,506    111,771
 Personal and business services,
  including agricultural
  services                     07-09,70-79      57,540    62,759     57,379
 Health services                        80      33,982    30,760     30,849
 Social, educational and other
  professional services           81-87,89      23,897    24,986     23,543
Expenditures serving
 multiple industries                   (X)       1,381     1,209      1,724
p   Premliminary data from the 1993 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
    Final data are scheduled to be published in May 1995.
(X) Not Applicable
Questions concerning this report should be directed to
Charles Funk or Laurence Blumberg on (800) 227-1735
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
		Relative Standard Errors by Business  1993 - 1995
				(Percent)
Industry                        Standard        Plans  Estimated  Actual
Description                    Industrial        1995    1994      1993p
			      Classification
			       (SIC) Code
Total expenditures                                3       3          1
Sum of expenditures:
 By industry                                      3       3          1
 Not distributed by industry                     (X)     (X)        (X)
Mining and construction               10-17       15      13         4
Manufacturing                                     5       4          2
 Durable goods                  24-25,32-39       9       6          2
 Nondurable goods               20-23,26-31       4       4          2
Transportation                  40-42,44-47       9       8          5
Communications                           48       22      15         5
Utilities                                         4       4          1
 Electric                               491       7       6          2
 Gas transmission,distribution
  and other utilities               492-497       5       5          2
Wholesale and retail trade                        8       5          3
 Wholesale trade                      50-51       24      7          5
 Retail trade                         52-59       6       6          3
Finance,insurance and real estate                 8       5          4
 Finance                           60-62,67       7       7          5
 Insurance and real estate            63-65       15      9          6
Services                                          6       6          4
 Personal and business services
  including agricultural
  services                      07-09,70-79       11      10         7
 Health services                         80       4       4          2
 Social, educational and other
  professional services            81-87,89       7       7          7
Expenditures serving
 multiple industries                    (X)       12      12         3
p   Premliminary data from the 1993 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.
    Final data are scheduled to be published in May 1995.
(X) Not applicable
Questions concerning this report should be directed to
Charles Funk or Laurence Blumberg on (800) 227-1735
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MEMORANDUM FOR   Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:            LaVerne Vines Collins
                 Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:         Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                 Activities
RECENTLY RELEASED
Updated National and State Population Estimates.  Three new
tables containing July 1, 1994 national and state population
estimates for selected age groups.  A fourth table showing
national components of change for four race groups and persons of
Hispanic origin from July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1994 is also
available.  Release CB95-39 of Mar. 1, 1995.
Housing of the Elderly (SB/94-33).  This brief examines changes
from 1980 to 1990 in elderly homeownership and their housing
characteristics.  Release CB95-25 of Feb. 28, 1995.
Supplement to the American Housing Survey for Selected
Metropolitan Areas in 1991 (H171/92).  This report presents
supplemental statistics on housing and household characteristics
by family type, housing quality by family type, neighborhood
quality, and characteristics of year-round housing units removed
from the inventory list since last survey period.  The survey
covers 11 metropolitan areas.  For a copy of the report call,
Paul Harple, American Housing Survey Branch, Housing and
Household Economic Statistics Division, on 301-763-8551.
Released Feb. 14, 1995.
Annual Survey of Communication Services (BC/93).  This annual
sample survey covers all employer firms with one or more
establishments that are primarily engaged in providing
point-to-point communication services such as:  telephone,
telegraph, facsimile transmission, electronic mail services,
radio and television broadcasting stations, and much more.
Contact Thomas Zabelsky on 301-457-2766 for more information.
Who Exports? Who Buys? (SB/94-23).  This brief touches upon the
number of U.S. exporting firms and locations, their economic
characteristics, and the destinations to which they export
merchandise.  The information comes from the Exporter Data Base
(EDB), a four-year research project by the bureau with financial
support by the International Trade Administration.  Contact
Michael Risha, Foreign Trade Division, on 301-457-3629 for more
information.
To request a copy of any of the products listed in this Tipsheet,
please contact the Public Information Office by telephone:
301-457-2794, fax:  301-457-3670 or e-mail: pio@census.gov.
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 10, 1995 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB95-53
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Glenn King
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                  CENSUS BUREAU CD-ROM PROVIDES
                  VAST DATABASE ON U.S. COUNTIES
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 10, 1995 (FRIDAY)  The Commerce
Department's Census Bureau today released an extensive database
on CD-ROM for the nation's 3,141 counties, containing more than
2,840 data items from the Census Bureau and 15 other federal and
private agencies.
     Titled USA Counties 1994, the CD-ROM product comes with
mapping software called Landview II.  This enables users to
display on their computer screens thematic maps for more than
60 data items in counties.
     "This is truly a unique CD-ROM product," said Glenn King,
chief of the Census Bureau's Statistical Compendia Branch.  "With
it, reporters will be able to build quickly a statistical profile
of an area to go along with a breaking news story."
     King also noted that the advent of government-developed
Landview mapping software on the disc will offer researchers,
planners, and other users a new way of visualizing statistics.
     Included on USA Counties 1994 are data about age,
agriculture, ancestry, banking, business, construction, crime,
education, elections, federal government, local government,
Hispanic-origin, health, households, housing, labor force, and
employment.
     Other data detail land area, manufactures, personal income
and earnings, earnings by industry, population, poverty, retail
trade, service industries, social insurance and human services,
veterans, vital statistics, wholesale trade, and journey to work.
     Another feature of the product enables users to make
comparisons between 1980 and 1990 census data sets.  The data
span for population stretches from 1960 to 1992; for personal
income and earnings from 1969 to 1990.
     The long-awaited CD-ROM is a virtual electronic library of
statistical data for counties, and supplements such other
compendia products as the Statistical Abstract of the United
States and County and City Data Book, new editions of which are
scheduled for release on CD-ROM shortly.
     USA Counties costs $150, including shipping and handling.
The Census Bureau will include a free copy of Statistical
Abstract of the United States 1994 on CD-ROM when USA Counties
1994 is purchased together with County and City Data Book 1994 on
CD-ROM (total price:  $300).  Statistical Abstract of the United
States 1994, when purchased alone, costs $50.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 10, 1995 (FRIDAY)  all
orders should go to the Census Bureau's Customer Services Branch:
telephone:  301-763-INFO(4636); fax:  301-457-3842; or via the Census
Bureau's Gopher Internet node (gopher.census.gov).
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                AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES INCREASED, BUT
                  EMPLOYED FEWER WORKERS IN 1992 THAN IN 1987
      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 16, 1995 (THURSDAY) - The nation's
construction industries employed 4,674,407 in 1992, a drop of 6.8
percent from 1987, according to the 1992 Census of Construction
Industries, Preliminary U.S. Summary (CC92-I-27(P)), released
today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
      While employment fell, the number of construction
establishments increased by 7 percent to 573,274 over this same
period.  Payroll expenses and value of construction work done
also increased by 7 percent to $118 billion and $529 billion,
respectively.
      The construction sector is divided into three major groups:
general construction (major group 15), heavy construction (major
group 16), and special trade contractors (major group 17).
Within the major groups are 26 industries, at the four-digit
Standard Industrial Classification code level.
      Of these 26 industries, only six showed employment
increases from 1987 to 1992:
      SIC 1796    Installation or Erection of Building Equipment,
                  Not Elsewhere Classified (+19 percent)
      SIC 1799    Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere
                  Classified (+18 percent)
      SIC 1781    Water Well Drilling (+12 percent)
      SIC 1752    Floor Laying and Other Floor Work, Not
                  Elsewhere Classified (+10 percent)
      SIC 1629    Heavy Construction, Not Elsewhere Classified
                  (+2 percent)
      SIC 1521    General Contractors - Single Family Houses
                  (+2 percent)
      Industries showing the greatest decrease in employment from
1987 were SIC 1522, General Contractors--Residential Other than
Single Family (-39 percent); and SIC 1531, Operative Builders (-
33 percent).
      Note:  All dollar values are in current dollars and have
not been adjusted for inflation.
      These data are from the 1992 Census of Construction
Industries, Preliminary Industry Series, United States Summary
(CC92-I-27(P)).  This report provides national totals for
industry groups (four-digit industry data can be obtained from
the separate industry reports).  This information helps
government agencies and private interest groups assess the
performance of the economy and help private business monitor
their markets.  Copies of this report are available from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-1954 (price $2.25, stock
number 803-036-00055-1).
      Final Industry Series Reports, scheduled for release
beginning in 1995, will provide additional tabulations of
industry data at the national and state level.  The Geographic
Area Series Reports, with additional data for metropolitan areas,
are scheduled for release in late 1995.
                                      -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 16, 1995 (THURSDAY) -
data from the reports also will be available on CD-ROM.  Media
representatives may obtain copies of this report from the
bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-2794, fax:  301-
457-3670, or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders should go
to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636).
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MEMORANDUM FOR    Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:             LaVerne Vines Collins
                  Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:          Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                  Activities
UPCOMING
"Child Support for Custodial Mothers and Fathers:  1991"
(P60-187).  For release on May 13, 1995.  Release highlights
facts from the report that parents due child support in 1991
received only 67 percent of the $17.7 billion due them.
Contacts:  Lydia Scoon-Rogers and Gordon Lester, 301-763-8576.
(Press release FAX-on-Demand Document #1041.)
Statistical Facts About Nation's Mothers from the Census Bureau.
For release on May 14, 1995.  This topical fact sheet provides
some basic numbers on how many mothers there are, how many
children they're having, where they live, how long their children
are living with them, arrangements for caring for children of
working mothers, and the economic activity that results from
celebrating Mother's Day.  Contacts:  Martin O'Connell,
301-457-2416; Arlene Saluter, 301-457-2465; and Paul Zeisset,
301-457-4116.  (Document #1040)
RECENTLY RELEASED
"Sixty-Five Plus in the United States" (SB/95-8).  This
statistical brief, based on a report of the same name that is
scheduled for publication this summer, discusses the aging of the
population, particularly the expected rise in the number of the
"oldest old" during the early part of the next century.  That is
when the "Baby Boom" generation become elderly.  Contact:  Frank
Hobbs, 301-457-2378.  (Press Release Document #1038; Stat Brief
Document #1039)
"Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Asian or Pacific Islander
Households" (SB/95-6); "Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Black
Households" (SB/95-5); and "Housing in Metropolitan
Areas--Hispanic-Origin Households" (SB/95-4).  Three statistical
briefs find high median home values for Asian and Pacific
Islanders, low median home ownership for African Americans and
Hispanic-origin households, and crowded conditions in metro areas
for all three population groups.  Release CB95-82 of May 1, 1995.
(The Fax-on-Demand document numbers are:  SB/95-4, Document
#1033; SB/95-5, Document #1034; and SB/95-6, Document #1035.)
Agriculture Data by Zip Code on CD-ROM.  Data for various crop,
livestock, land use, and operator characteristics items by ZIP
Code from the 1992 Census of Agriculture, are now available on
Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), "Farms by ZIP Code (1992
Census)."
The computer disc contains technical documentation, and
easy-to-use "GO" and "EXTRACT" software so you can access the
data quickly and create your own customized data.  It also
includes the previously released "Farms by ZIP Code (1987
Census)."
To order the "Farms by ZIP Code (1992 Census)" on CD-ROM, call
the Census Bureau's Data User Services Division on 301-763-INFO(4636).
The cost is $150.  For more information about other CD and
electronic products, printed reports, or on-line access to data,
call the Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division's
Information Office on 1-800-523-3215.
NOTICE
The Census Bureau has added a fax-on-demand service that will
increase your accessibility to our information.  You can select
up to three press releases, statistical briefs, or selected
tables to be faxed to you in one phone call.  Remember this
number:  301-457-4178.  That's the Census Bureau's Public
Information 24-hour Fax Line.
When you call the Public Information Fax Line, you will have
three options:
1. An index of news releases
2. The latest demographic release, or the latest economic release
3. The NewsDesk - recent releases, statistical briefs, and
   selected tables
If you have questions or comments about this new system, please
contact the Public Information Office on 301-457-2794.
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                   EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MAY 13, 1995 (SATURDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-95
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Lydia Scoon-Rogers
Gordon Lester
301-763-8576
 CUSTODIAL MOTHERS AND FATHERS SHORT $5.8 BILLION IN 1991 CHILD
              SUPPORT PAYMENTS, CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MAY 13, 1995 (SATURDAY) - Parents due
child support in 1991 received only 67 percent, or $11.9 billion
of the $17.7 billion due them, the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau and the Department of Health and Human Services announced
today.
      These findings are from a soon-to-be-released report,
titled "Child Support for Custodial Mothers and Fathers:  1991"
(P60-187).  The data were collected as part of an April 1992
supplement to the Current Population Survey sponsored by the
Office of Child Support Enforcement, Department of Health and
Human Services.
      Of 11.5 million custodial parents in the United States in
spring 1992, 6.2 million had been awarded child support, with 5.3
million parents due to receive payments in 1991.  For the first
time, the report includes data for 1.6 million custodial fathers,
400,000 of whom were due payments in 1991.  Nearly 5 million
custodial mothers expected child support in 1991.
      Custodial mothers were awarded child support at a higher
rate (56 percent) than fathers (41 percent).  In 1991,
three-fourths of the women due child support (3.7 million)
actually received payments, compared with 63 percent of the men.
Approximately half of the parents due child support received full
payment; the remaining half of the parents were split evenly
between those receiving nothing and those receiving partial
payment.
      In 1991, the average yearly child support payment received
by custodial parents with payments was $3,011 for mothers,
approximately one-third more than the average amount received by
fathers ($2,292).  These full and partial payments made up 17
percent of the custodial mothers' total income and 7 percent of
the custodial fathers'.
      Custodial mothers were about two and one-half times as
likely to be in poverty than custodial fathers (35 percent versus
13 percent) and more than four times the rate for married
couples.  For custodial mothers without child support orders,
nearly half or 49 percent of the families were in poverty.
            Other findings:
      -     Custodial parent families comprised one-third of all
            families with their own, never-married children under
            21.
      -     Custodial fathers were older than custodial mothers
            (46 percent versus 25 percent were 40 years old or
            over).
      -     In 1992, custodial mothers were over two times more
            likely to be never-married (26 percent) than
            custodial fathers (8 percent).
      -     Reasons given by custodial mothers for not receiving
            child support were:  "did not pursue the award" (35
            percent); "unable to locate father" (21 percent); and
            the father financially was unable to pay (16
            percent).  The percentages of mothers giving the
            latter two responses were "not significantly
            different."
      -     One-third of custodial fathers who did not receive
            child support in 1991 stated that they did not want
            an award; one-third said they did not pursue it; and
            about one-fifth said the mother was unable to pay.
      -     Approximately 38 percent (3.8 million) of custodial
            mothers and 15 percent (200,000) of custodial fathers
            contacted a government agency for assistance in
            obtaining child support.
      As in all surveys, the data in the report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.  Differences
between the questions asked in the 1992 child support supplement
and earlier child support supplements prevent direct comparisons
between the results of this survey and the earlier supplements.
                             -X-
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representatives may obtain copies of the report from the bureau's
Public Information Office by telephone:  301-457-2794; fax:
301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
should be directed to the bureau's Customer Services Branch on
301-763-INFO(4636); fax:  301-457-3842.  To receive a copy of an
accompanying press release from the Department of Health & Human
Services, call PIO's FaxLine at 301-457-4178, and request
document #1041.
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             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MAY 22, 1995 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-97
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Paul T. Manka
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               STREET AND ADDRESS-RANGE INDEX HELPS
           VARIETY OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
     Last year, Gale Castro, controller at Seacoast Equities in
San Diego, Calif., and Karen Nixon, with the Regency Bank of
Fresno, Calif., had to pore over bulky loose-leaf binders to find
the information they needed to fill out their Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act (HMDA) report forms.
     This year, the job of "geocoding" addresses of residential
properties by census tract will be easier, thanks to a new CD-ROM
product from the Bureau of the Census.
     "We are very pleased with the Census Tract Street Index
(CTSI)," said Castro.  "It is extremely user-friendly."
     Nixon echoed these sentiments, saying that since her bank
purchased the CD-ROM for California in early April, the
employees responsible for coding the mortgage transactions have
found it "easy to use and easily accessible."
     "It is a lot better than paper maps--much faster and much
better," said Robert Kennard, in-house counsel for the Federal
Flood Certification Corporation in Dallas, Texas, another
purchaser of the CTSI, Version 2.
     Encompassing nearly 6 million records, the index is
organized by region and/or division, state and the District of
Columbia, and county.  It provides address-range coverage (no
individual addresses are shown because of confidentiality
considerations) for more than 74 million out of a total of
90 million city-style, residential addresses nationwide.
     Street information is available for 3,067 of the nation's
3,143 counties or county equivalents.  The CTSI provides
alphabetical lists of streets for a user-specified ZIP Code
(about 24,400 ZIP Codes have coverage), place, minor civil
division in 12 states, or county.  An added feature allows the
matching of addresses to congressional districts.
     Most purchasers of CTSI use it to fulfill legal obligations
aimed at preventing discrimination in home-mortgage lending.
However, anyone who needs to link an address to census geography
will find CTSI useful.  Here are some examples:
     -    The Association of American Medical Colleges has
          expressed interest in using it to geocode both the home
          addresses of students and the medical practice
          addresses of graduates of its 125 member schools.
          This helps them respond to a recent federal requirement
          for medical schools to provide information on the
          socio-economic background of their students and the
          populations their graduates serve.  The degree to which
          the graduates locate in medically underserved
          communities would affect the amount of federal funds
          the schools receive.
     -    The Health Care Financing Administration has various
          programs relating to Health Professional Shortage
          Areas.  For instance, doctors and other health
          providers receive a 10-percent Medicare bonus for
          providing services in under-served or low-income areas.
          The CTSI is becoming the tool of choice for identifying
          such areas.
     -    Epidemiologists can use the product to code patient
          addresses to census tracts to better understand the
          spatial distribution of a specific patient group
          afflicted by a sickness or disease, and then study how
          this distribution relates to possible environmental or
          socio-economic factors.
     -    Small businesses may use CTSI in conjunction with
          census tract block numbering area (BNA) maps and
          demographic data, available separately from the Census
          Bureau, to determine areas in which their clients live.
          The Federal Reserve purchases and reformats selected
          income data by census tract for the banks that file
          HMDA reports.
     Census tracts, averaging about 4,000 people each, are
relatively permanent statistical areas located mostly in
metropolitan counties.  BNAs are similar in concept and exist in
all other counties in the nation.  People within each census
tract or BNA generally have similar characteristics, economic
status, and living conditions.
     With most of the coverage concentrated in metropolitan
counties, average address coverage is about 40 percent per
county.  But future versions, with expanded address-range
coverage, 104th Congressional Districts, nine-digit ZIPs, and
corrections are being discussed.
     The six-disc CTSI-V2 set comes with both DOS- and Windows-
based search software, enabling a user to type in an address and
come up with the corresponding census tract number.  The product
is not designed for batch processing; addresses must be entered
one at a time.
     The CTSI CD-ROMs cost $90 apiece or $400 for the entire set.
The product also is available on computer tape and on paper as a
computer printout.
                               -X-
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representatives who would like a demonstration of the CTSI-V2,
should contact Paul Manka, assistant chief, Customer Services
Branch, on 301-457-1224.  Those wishing to purchase the product
may do so by calling Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636);
fax:  301-457-3842.
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Public Information Office                              CB95-H.01
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301-457-4067 (TDD)
Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
            CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF
      HOUSING CONDITIONS IN WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA METRO AREA
     In the Washington, DC-MD-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA), about 30 percent of householders rated their neighborhood
a perfect "10" (on a scale of one to 10), and 32 percent said
their home was the best place to live.  These findings are in the
report, "American Housing Survey for the Washington, DC-MD-VA
Metropolitan Statistical Area in 1993" (H170/93-18), released
today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
     Of the householders living in Washington metropolitan
neighborhoods, 11 percent reported problems with crime,
8 percent reported traffic problems, and 4 percent experienced
problems with litter or housing deterioration.
     The report is based on data collected in the 1993 American
Housing Survey (AHS) Metropolitan Sample.  The 20-year-old AHS is
sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau.  The
Washington MSA last participated in the survey in 1989.  The
1993 MSA included the District of Columbia; as well as Calvert,
Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties,
Md.; and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and
Stafford counties, and Alexandria city, Fairfax City, Falls
Church city, Manassas city, and Manassas Park city, Va.
     The following are additional facts about the Washington,
DC-MD-VA MSA:
     -    The area had 1,642,400 housing units in 1993, of which
          1,519,200 were occupied (62 percent by owners and
          38 percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 67 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in the District of Columbia was
          50 years, compared with 24 years for the remaining
          area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.8 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area,
          84 percent had central air conditioning, 92 percent had
          clothes dryers, and 79 percent had garbage disposals.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.3 persons per unit,
          with a median of 6.2 rooms per unit.
     -    Sixty-five percent of the single detached and mobile
          homes had at least 2,000 square feet of living area,
          with the median being 2,339 square feet.  About
          80 percent of these homes had at least 500 square feet
          per person, with the median being 849 square feet per
          person.
     -    Thirteen percent of the owner-occupied homes were
          located on an acre or more of land.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately
          85 percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 50 percent had
          a garage or carport; and 62 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 18 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had roofs replaced and
          11 percent had kitchens remodeled or added.
     -    Eleven percent of the homeowners spent $100 or more per
          month during the previous year on routine maintenance.
     -    Fifty-four percent of the owners and 16 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    Twenty-two percent of the households had incomes of
          less than $25,000.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $63,800, compared with $30,200 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 29 percent of their current income,
          compared with 21 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Forty-eight percent of the homeowners had a yearly real
          estate tax of $1,800 or more.
     -    Median value of homeowners' residences in 1993 was
          $167,100, down 9 percent from $182,700 in 1989 (in
          constant 1993 dollars).
     -    Ninety-one percent of the 74,600 owner-occupied homes
          built since the 1989 interview cost $100,000 or more;
          47 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash on hand for their down payment.
     -    Forty percent of the homeowners with a mortgage had a
          current interest rate on their mortgage loan of less
          than 8 percent in 1993.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
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301-763-INFO(4636); fax:  301-457-3842.
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May 26, 1995                                         TP95-08
MEMORANDUM FOR    Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:             LaVerne Vines Collins
                  Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:          Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                    Activities
UPCOMING
Voter Participation in the November 1994 Elections.  Data on the
nation's 18-year-old and older residents from the November 1994
Voting and Registration Supplement to the Current Population
Survey.  The data, which also will focus on the turnout of young
voters (18- to 24-year-olds), will be made available on Internet,
no printed report.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Census Bureau Statistical Facts on the Asian and Pacific Islander
Population.  This is a fact sheet that was issued on the occasion
of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month in May.
It contains the most recently published statistical information
about the nation's Asian and Pacific Islander population,
including recent estimates and projections of their numbers,
educational attainment, family size, family income, and poverty
rate.  Contact:  Claudette Bennett, 301-457-2402.  (Please call
301-457-4178 and request document #1044 for a copy of the
release.)
Population Estimates for Puerto Rico.  The Census Bureau has
issued a table titled "Estimates of the Resident Population of
Puerto Rico Municipios, July 1, 1993 and Components of Change
Since 1990," which contains 1990 census totals and population
estimates for the island's 78 municipios (active functioning
governments) as of July 1, 1993.  The table also shows percent
change and components of change (births, deaths, natural
increase, and residual change) for the period between April 1,
1990 and July 1, 1993.  The table is available on the Census
Bureau's Internet node (http:\\www.census.gov), as well as on
paper or diskette from Population Division's Statistical
Information Staff, 301-457-2422.  Contact:  Mike Batutis,
301-457-2380.  (Media can call the Public Information FaxLine at
301-457-4178, Document #1045, to get a copy of the table.)
"American Housing Survey for Washington, DC-MD-VA Metropolitan
Statistical Area in 1993" (H170/93-18).  Released on May 24,
1995. This is the first of seven reports on the housing stock in
sample metropolitan areas that were surveyed in 1993.  The
reports provide statistical data not only on the type, size, and
value of metro housing units, but also on the age and condition
of the units and the level of satisfaction of the people who live
in them.  Contact:  Ed Montfort, 301-763-8551.  (Press release
document #1043)
Census Tract Street Index, Version 2.  Released on May 22, 1995.
Users comment on Census Tract Street Index, Version 2, on CD-ROM,
with DOS- and Windows-based searching software.  This new product
helps banks and other financial institutions fulfill their
obligations under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the
Community Reinvestment Act.  It also is being looked at by health
professionals as an easy way to geocode the addresses of medical
school students, the medical practices of graduates, as well as
track the socio-economic conditions of neighborhoods where the
victims of sickness and disease live.  Many other uses.  Contact:
Paul Manka, 301-457-1224.
"Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics:  Report 1991-93."
Published by the Census Bureau and the National Institute of
Aging, this publication is the result of a collaborative effort
by the federal agencies that collect, analyze, develop, and
disseminate data on the aging population.  It describes data
products produced by these agencies between 1991 and 1993, as
well as selected items from the United Nations and Statistics
Canada.  The report also contains a bibliography of publications
dealing with various aging-related topics and current telephone
numbers of federal government experts on the older population.
Free copies available from Population Division Statistical
Information Staff, 301-457-2422.
"U.S. Commodity Exports and Imports as Related to Output:  1992
and 1991" (OEI/92).  Using this report, importers, exporters, and
researchers can compare United States agriculture, minerals, and
mining production data with corresponding exports and imports
commodity data.  For the first time, the report contains the
concordance between the 5-digit Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) system used by the federal government in
reporting production statistics and the 10-digit codes used by
exporters and importers to classify products.  Revised and
simplified charts and tables make the data easier to use.  The
data are now available electronically in dBaseIII+ format or
ASCII format on the Internet by contacting
rstites@info.census.gov.  Subscriptions to this annual report can
be obtained from Customer Services at 301-763-INFO(4636).
1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry Series.  Five new reports
are in from this series:
      Beverages - (MC92-I-20H)
      Industrial Organic Chemicals - (MC92-I-28F)
      Search and Navigation Equipment and Engineering, Measuring,
          Controlling, and Optical Instruments - (MC92-I-38A)
      Plastics Materials, Synthetic Rubber, and Manmade Fibers -
          (MC92-I-28B)
      Office Supplies, Costume Jewelry and Notions - (MC92-I-39C)
1992 Census of Mineral Industries, Industry Series.  Two new
reports are in from this series:
      Copper Ores, Lead and Zinc Ores, Gold Ores, and Silver
          Ores - (MIC92-I-10B)
      Oil and Gas Field Services - (MIC92-I-13C)
"Service Annual Survey:  1993" (BS/93).  This report presents the
results from the 1993 Service Annual Survey.  The survey provides
estimates of operating receipts of taxable firms and revenue and
expenses of firms exempt from federal income taxes for selected
service industries.  The statistics presented in this report are
summarized by kind-of-business classification.
"Child Support for Custodial Mothers and Fathers:  1991"
(P60-187).  Released on May 13, 1995.  Release highlights facts
from the report that parents due child support in 1991 received
only 67 percent of the $17.7 billion due them.  Contacts:  Lydia
Scoon-Rogers and Gordon Lester, 301-763-8576.  (Press release
Fax-on-Demand Document #1041.)
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increase your accessibility to our information.  You can select
up to three press releases, statistical briefs, or selected
tables to be faxed to you in one phone call. If the document is
available on the fax-on-demand system, it will have a document
number in parenthesis at the end of the item description.
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Public Information 24-hour FaxLine.
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             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 5, 1995 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-H.02
301-457-2794
301-457-4067 (TDD)
Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
        CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF HOUSING
          CONDITIONS IN BOSTON, MA-NH METROPOLITAN AREA
     In the Boston, MA-NH Metropolitan Area (MA), about
36 percent of householders rated their neighborhoods a perfect
"10" (on a scale of one to 10), and 39 percent said their home
was the best place to live.  These findings are in the report,
"American Housing Survey for the Boston, MA-NH Metropolitan Area
in 1993" (H170/93-3), released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD).
     Of the householders living in Boston metropolitan
neighborhoods, 6 percent reported problems with crime, 12 percent
reported traffic problems, and 3 percent experienced problems
with litter or housing deterioration.
     The report is based on data collected in the 1993 American
Housing Survey (AHS) Metropolitan Sample.  The 20-year-old AHS is
sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau.  The Boston
MA last participated in the survey in 1989.  The 1993 MA included
all or part of:   Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth,
Suffolk, and Worcester counties in Massachusetts and Hillsborough
and Rockingham counties in New Hampshire.
     The following are additional facts about the Boston, MA-NH
MA:
     -    The area had 1,684,000 housing units in 1993, of which
          1,536,000 were occupied (60 percent by owners and 40
          percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 56 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in Boston City was 61 years
          compared with 39 years for the remaining area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.6 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area, 15 percent
          had central air conditioning, 86 percent had clothes
          dryers, 72 percent had dishwashers, and 49 percent had
          garbage disposals.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.3 persons per unit
          and a median of 5.6 rooms per unit.
     -    Sixty-five percent of the single detached and mobile
          homes had at least 2,000 square feet of living area,
          with the median being 2,296 square feet.  About 81
          percent of these homes had at least 500 square feet per
          person, with the median being 812 square feet per
          person.
     -    Nineteen percent of the owner-occupied homes were
          located on an acre or more of land.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately 83
          percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 57 percent had a
          garage or carport; and 54 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 12 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had roofs replaced and 9
          percent had kitchens remodeled or added.
     -    Twelve percent of the homeowners spent $100 or more per
          month during the previous year on routine maintenance.
     -    Forty-two percent of the owners and 11 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    Thirty-one percent of the households had incomes of
          less than $25,000.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $55,407, compared with $25,372 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 31 percent of their current income,
          compared with 21 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Fifty-seven percent of the homeowners had a yearly real
          estate tax of $1,800 or more.
     -    Median value of homeowners' residences in 1993 was
          $157,089 down 25 percent from $210,598 in 1989 (in
          constant 1993 dollars).
     -    Ninety-one percent of the 34,200 owner-occupied homes
          built since the 1989 interview cost $100,000 or more;
          50 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash on hand for their down payment.
     -    Thirty-six percent of the homeowners with a mortgage
          had a current interest rate on their mortgage loan of
          less than 8 percent in 1993.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 6, 1995 (TUESDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB95-106
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Robert Bennefield
301-763-8578
          INTERRUPTIONS IN HEALTH INSURANCE WORSENING,
                       CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 6, 1995 (TUESDAY) - Interruptions in
Americans' health insurance coverage lasted significantly longer
in 1991-93 than in 1990-92, the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau reported today.
     The report, "The Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Health
Insurance, 1991 to 1993" (P70-43), says of persons uninsured at
least for one month during a 32-month period from February
1991 to September 1993, the median time spent without health
insurance was 7.1 months.  This is significantly longer than the
6-month median duration of non-coverage for the earlier period
from 1990 to 1992.
     Of persons questioned about their health insurance coverage
as part of the Survey of Income and Program Participation,
27 percent lacked insurance for at least one month during the
period.  That translates into 64 million people.
     An estimated 9 million persons were uninsured during the
entire 32 months of the survey.  Another 18 million were
uninsured for all 12 months of 1992, and 17 million were
uninsured during the entire year in 1991.
     Young adults between 18 and 24 years of age were the most
likely of any age group--about one in two--to lack insurance for
at least one month from 1991-93.
     Women were more likely than men to have continuous health
insurance coverage for the entire period.  Twenty-eight percent
of all men surveyed lacked health insurance for one or more
months; the comparable figure for women was 25 percent.
     One of the reasons given for this disparity between men and
women is age--more women than men are 65 years old and over, and
virtually everyone in this age group is covered by Medicare.
     Another reason is that women are more likely than men to
live in families with incomes below the poverty level and,
therefore, are more likely to participate in means-tested
assistance programs, such as Medicaid.
     Other findings:
     -    Education has a major impact on how long someone goes
          without health insurance.  For example, the median time
          spent without health insurance of 10.0 months for those
          without a high school diploma was much longer than the
          5.1 months for those with at least one year of college.
     -    Of those who were observed over the full 32-month
          period, 87 percent who worked full-time had continuous
          health insurance coverage; 73 percent of part-time
          workers had continuous coverage; and 60 percent of
          those with one or more job interruptions had continuous
          coverage.
     -    The proportions of persons who spent at least one month
          without health insurance were:  Whites (not of Hispanic
          origin)--22 percent; African Americans--36 percent; and
          persons of Hispanic origin--50 percent.
     -    Ninety-two percent of Whites (not of Hispanic origin)
          had at least one month of private insurance coverage,
          while 73 percent of African Americans and 70 percent of
          Hispanic-origin persons had at least one month of such
          coverage (73 percent and 70 percent are not
          statistically different).
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
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or fax 301-457-3842.
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 7, 1995 (WEDNESDAY)
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William Chapin
301-763-8553
             GAS AND ELECTRICITY HEAT MOST NEW HOMES
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 7, 1995 (WEDNESDAY) - In 1950, coal
or coke was the most commonly used heating fuel in the United
States; 40 years later, coal had almost vanished as a home
heating fuel, to be replaced by gas, electricity, and fuel
oil/kerosene, a statistical brief released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau says.
     The brief, titled "Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Home
Heating Fuel" (SB/95-7), looks at the range of fuels used as the
main heating source of housing units in 1990.  The data on fuels
were collected as part of the 1990 Census of Population and
Housing.
     The study says the majority of the nation's homes in
metropolitan areas (MAs) were heated by either utility or bottled
gas (59 percent).
     Other sources were electricity (26 percent) and fuel oil and
kerosene (12 percent), with 3 percent listed as other or no fuel
used.
     Homes built between 1985 and March 1990 were nearly
six times as likely as those built prior to 1940 to be heated by
electricity.  Conversely, older units were about five times as
likely as new units to use fuel oil or kerosene.
     Noting regional differences in the choice of home heating
fuels, the study says four of the five MAs where at least
90 percent of homes were heated by gas were located either in the
West:  Salt Lake City-Ogden and Provo-Orem, Utah; or in the
Midwest:  Detroit, Mich., and Davenport-Rock Island-Moline,
Iowa-Ill.  The fifth was Buffalo, N.Y.
     Florida is the nation's electricity capital, containing
10 of the top 11 MAs in the nation with homes most likely to be
heated by electricity.  Naples, Fla., where electricity heated
93 percent of homes, leads the nation.
     The Northeast is the location of every one of the 30 metro
areas where liquid fuels (including fuel oil and kerosene) are
most commonly used.  The two national leaders, Bangor and
Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, are the only two MAs in the country where
more than 70 percent of homes are heated with liquid fuels.
     Although nationally, coal or coke, and wood are uncommon
today as home heating sources, they are popular in specific metro
areas.  For example, the main source of heat for 16 percent of
the residences of Johnstown, Pa., was coal or coke.  Wood was
used to heat 28 percent of the homes in Redding, Calif., and
22 percent in Medford, Ore.
     Solar energy was most widely used in Santa Fe, N.M.
(2 percent), and in Honolulu, Hawaii (just over 1 percent).
     Also, residents of some metro areas did not have to use any
heating fuel.  Almost one-third of these were in Honolulu, where
53 percent of homes had no heat.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 7, 1995 (WEDNESDAY) -
media representatives may request a copy of the report from the
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fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders
should be directed to the bureau's Customer Services Branch on
301-763-INFO(4636) or fax 301-457-3842.  Fax-on-demand document number
for the statistical brief is #1050 (301-457-4178).
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 7, 1995 (WEDNESDAY)
Public Information Office                               CB95-H.03
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Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
        CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF HOUSING
             CONDITIONS IN DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA
     In the Detroit, MI Metropolitan Area (MA), about 33 percent
of householders rated their neighborhoods a perfect "10" (on a
scale of one to 10), and 38 percent said their home was the best
place to live.  These findings are in the report, "American
Housing Survey for the Detroit, MI Metropolitan Area in 1993"
(H170/93-5), released today by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
     Of the householders living in Detroit metropolitan
neighborhoods, 8 percent reported problems with crime, 8 percent
reported traffic problems, and 6 percent experienced problems
with litter or housing deterioration.
     The report is based on data collected in the 1993 American
Housing Survey (AHS) Metropolitan Sample.  The 20-year-old AHS is
sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau.  The Detroit
MA last participated in the survey in 1989.  The 1993 MA included
Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne
counties.
     The following are additional facts about the Detroit, MI MA:
     -    The area had 1,769,800 housing units in 1993, of which
          1,641,100 were occupied (74 percent by owners and 26
          percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 80 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in Detroit City was 52 years,
          compared with 31 years for the remaining area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.8 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area, 43 percent
          had central air conditioning, 93 percent had clothes
          dryers, 55 percent had dishwashers, and 60 percent had
          garbage disposals.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.3 persons per unit
          and a median of 5.6 rooms per unit.
     -    Fifty-one percent of the single detached and mobile
          homes had at least 2,000 square feet of living area,
          with the median being 2,019 square feet.  About 74
          percent of these homes had at least 500 square feet per
          person, with the median being 753 square feet per
          person.
     -    Sixteen percent of the owner-occupied homes were
          located on an acre or more of land.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately 89
          percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 81 percent had a
          garage or carport; and 43 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 17 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had roofs replaced and 11
          percent had kitchens remodeled or added.
     -    Seven percent of the homeowners spent $100 or more per
          month during the previous year on routine maintenance.
     -    Seventeen percent of the owners and 2 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    Thirty-five percent of the households had incomes of
          less than $25,000.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $43,491, compared with $19,944 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 30 percent of their current income,
          compared with 18 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Fifty-six percent of the homeowners had a yearly real
          estate tax of $1,800 or more.
     -    Median value of homeowners' residences in 1993 was
          $78,675, up 4 percent from $75,479 in 1989 (in constant
          1993 dollars).
     -    Sixty-nine percent of the 46,700 owner-occupied homes
          built since the 1989 interview cost $100,000 or more;
          32 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash on hand for their down payment.
     -    Thirty-eight percent of the homeowners with a mortgage
          had a current interest rate on their mortgage loan of
          less than 8 percent in 1993.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
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Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636); fax:  301-457-3842.
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 8, 1995 (THURSDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-105
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Lynne Casper
301-457-2445
       TURNOUT IN '94 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS--45 PERCENT;
             YOUNG VOTER PARTICIPATION SHOWS NO GAIN
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 8, 1995 (THURSDAY) - Forty-five
percent of those old enough to vote cast ballots in the November
1994 congressional elections and turnout by 18- to 24-year-olds
showed no change from a one-in-five turnout in 1990, the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau said today.
     The percentage of the resident population 18 years old and
over who said they voted in November 1994 (about 85 million
persons) was unchanged from 1990.  "Many people may be surprised
by these findings.  Because of the high turnover of elected
officials, some people expected a higher voter turnout.  Our data
show this was not the case," said Lynne Casper, a Census Bureau
demographer.
     The low turnout by 18- to 24-year-olds in 1994 contrasts
with a 7 percent increase in voter participation by this age
group between the 1988 and 1992 presidential elections (from
36 percent to 43 percent).  Presidential elections generally have
higher turnouts than congressional elections.
     Voter turnout for Whites was 47 percent, compared with
37 percent for African Americans and 19 percent for persons of
Hispanic origin.  Asians voted at levels similar to Hispanics,
about 18 percent.
     Historically, the Census Bureau has calculated voter rates
for the total resident population.  The 1994 survey included
detailed questions about place of birth and citizenship, allowing
the Census Bureau to eliminate those non-citizens ineligible to
vote from the data tabulation.
     Estimating the turnout rate for citizens only who meet the
age requirements boosts the rate for the nation as a whole from
45 percent to 48 percent.  Similarly, among citizens 18 years old
and over, the turnout rate increased significantly for Hispanics
(34 percent) and doubled for Asian and Pacific Islanders
(41 percent).
     There was no overall difference in voter turnout rates
between men and women in the 1994 elections.  Likewise, there was
no difference in the turnout rates between men and women in the
45- to 64-year-old age group (56 percent).  However, women 18 to
44 years old reported slightly higher turnout rates than did men
(36 percent versus 34 percent).  Men 65 years old and over, on
the other hand, continued to report higher participation than
women in that age group (66 percent versus 57 percent).  The
difference, however, is less than it was in the 1966 election,
the first congressional election year surveyed by the Census
Bureau, when the gap was 14 percentage points in favor of men.
     The voter turnout and accompanying registration data are
from the November 1994 Voting and Registration Supplement to the
Current Population Survey.  For the first time, these data will
not be published in a printed report; instead, primary
dissemination will be via Internet.
     As in all surveys, the data in this release are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.  The bureau also
noted that people tend to overreport their participation in
elections.  Estimates provided by Election Data Services indicate
that 75 million persons voted either in congressional or
gubernatorial elections in November 1994.
                               -X-
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representatives may access a copy of a statistical profile of the
voting age population, historical time-series, detailed socio-
economic, and state tables from the November 1994 Current
Population Survey on Internet.  The URL is:
HTTP://www.census.gov/org/pop.  Computer printouts may be
purchased from the Voting Statistics Staff in Population Division
on 301-457-2445; fax:  301-457-2481.
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Ed Byerly
301-457-2419
            NATION'S HOUSING UNITS TOP 106.8 MILLION;
        MOST RAPID GROWTH IN WEST, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 12, 1995 (MONDAY) - The nation's
total housing stock was 106.8 million units in 1994, an increase
of 4.5 percent since 1990, according to estimates released today
by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  More than
95.9 million households occupied nearly 90 percent of the housing
units.
     The West--the region with the fastest growing population
(7.7 percent)--also led the nation during this period in
percentage increase in housing units (6 percent) and households
(6.9 percent).  Nevada ranked number one among states in all
three categories, with population growing 21.2 percent; housing
units, 19.2 percent; and households, 20.1 percent.  The Northeast
showed the slowest growth in population (1.2 percent), housing
units (1.7 percent), and households (0.9 percent).
     Driven by the leading edge of the "Baby Boom" population,
households in the United States maintained by persons aged 45 to
54 years old grew by 19.2 percent during the four-year period.
As the "baby boomers" (those born between 1946 and 1964) age,
householders 45 to 54 will represent an increasingly larger share
of the nation's households.
     Nationally, households maintained by persons under age
35 declined since 1990, as persons born during the "Baby Bust"
(1965 to 1976) make up this age category.  Households maintained
by the youngest householders, those aged 15 to 24, declined by
2.2 percent at the national level.  An 8.6 percent decline in
California households maintained by the youngest householders
strongly contributed to the 1.5 percent drop in the West.  The
only region showing an increase in households maintained by
persons aged 15 to 24 was the South (0.9 percent).
     Households maintained by persons aged 25 to 34 dropped by
5.2 percent between 1990 and 1994.  All states except Nevada,
Georgia, and Utah showed declines in households maintained by
persons in this age group.
     Households maintained by householders aged 65 and over
increased by 5 percent between 1990 and 1994.  Every state in the
nation shared in the growth of householders in this age group
except the District of Columbia, which saw a 1.8 percent decline.
     The largest share (22.9 percent) of the nation's households
is maintained by persons in the 35- to 44-year-old age group.
Householders aged 65 years and older comprise the second largest
share (21.8 percent).  Among states, Florida (29 percent),
West Virginia and Pennsylvania (26.6 percent) were the top
three states with households maintained by the elderly.
     The national average number of persons per household was
2.64 in 1994.  Utah (3.13), Hawaii (2.99), and California (2.83)
ranked one-two-three in persons per household, while Iowa (2.52),
Florida (2.50), and the District of Columbia (2.24) ranked at the
low end of the scale.
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 12, 1995 (MONDAY) -
The accompanying tables will be available electronically
on the Census Bureau's Internet site.  HTTP address:
www.census.gov.org.pop.  Non-media requests for paper copies
of the tables should be directed to the Population Division's
Statistical Information Staff on 301-457-2422.
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Public Information Office                              CB95-H.04
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Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
  CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF HOUSING CONDITIONS
         IN MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN-WI METROPOLITAN AREA
     In the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Metropolitan Area (MA),
about 30 percent of householders rated their neighborhoods a
perfect "10" (on a scale of one to 10), and 30 percent said their
home was the best place to live.  These findings are in the
report, "American Housing Survey for the Minneapolis-St. Paul,
MN-WI Metropolitan Area in 1993" (H170/93-9), released today by
the Commerce Department's Census Bureau and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
     Of the householders living in Minneapolis-St.Paul
metropolitan neighborhoods, 9 percent reported problems with
crime, 9 percent reported traffic problems, and 4 percent
experienced problems with litter or housing deterioration.
     The report is based on data collected in the 1993 American
Housing Survey (AHS) Metropolitan Sample.  The 20-year-old AHS is
sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau.  The
Minneapolis-St. Paul MA last participated in the survey in 1989.
The 1993 MA included Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Isanti,
Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, and Wright counties, in
Minnesota and St. Croix County in Wisconsin.
     The following are additional facts about the Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN-WI MA:
     -    The area had 1,044,000 housing units in 1993, of which
          982,000 were occupied (72 percent by owners and 28
          percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 72 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in Minneapolis City was 56
          years, compared with 23 years for the remaining area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.6 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area, 64 percent
          had central air conditioning, 95 percent had clothes
          dryers, 70 percent had dishwashers, and 51 percent had
          garbage disposals.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.3 persons per unit
          and a median of 5.9 rooms per unit.
     -    Fifty-eight percent of the single detached and mobile
          homes had at least 2,000 square feet of living area,
          with the median being 2,150 square feet.  About 78
          percent of these homes had at least 500 square feet per
          person, with the median being 789 square feet per
          person.
     -    Nineteen percent of the owner-occupied homes were
          located on an acre or more of land.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately 77
          percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 93 percent had a
          garage or carport; and 46 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 10 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had roofs replaced and 10
          percent had kitchens remodeled or added.
     -    Five percent of the homeowners spent $100 or more per
          month during the previous year on routine maintenance.
     -    Twenty-five percent of the owners and 3 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    Twenty-eight percent of the households had incomes of
          less than $25,000.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $48,196, compared with $23,062 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 29 percent of their current income,
          compared with 20 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Twenty-five percent of the homeowners had a yearly real
          estate tax of $1,800 or more.
     -    Median value of homeowners' residences in 1993 was
          $93,748, down 7 percent from $100,466 in 1989 (in
          constant 1993 dollars).
     -    Sixty-one percent of the 53,100 owner-occupied homes
          built since the 1989 interview cost $100,000 or more;
          46 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash on hand for their down payment.
     -    Thirty-five percent of the homeowners with a mortgage
          had a current interest rate on their mortgage loan of
          less than 8 percent in 1993.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 19, 1995 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-111
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Sidney O. Marcus
301-457-2777
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       FIRST REPORT ON NATION'S FINANCIAL, INSURANCE, AND
         REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES ISSUED BY CENSUS BUREAU
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 19, 1995 (MONDAY) -  A comprehensive
statistical look at the $1.8 trillion financial, insurance, and
real estate sector of the economy is now available from the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     The publication, "1992 Census of Financial, Insurance, and
Real Estate Industries, Geographic Area Series--Summary"
(FC92-A-1), culminates a major initiative to expand the scope of
census data.  Economic, agriculture, and governments censuses now
cover 98 percent of all economic activity in the nation, up from
76 percent five years ago.
     Highlights of the report include:
Finance
     Depository institutions grossed $532 billion in 1992.
Commercial banks recorded the majority of this revenue, with
more than $318 billion in interest, net investment income, fees,
and other revenue.  Savings institutions, which include mutual
savings banks and savings and loan institutions, grossed over
$92 billion.
     Banks, savings institutions, and credit unions had nearly
100,000 locations (excluding ATMs) and on average each location
served 2,577 U.S. residents.  Texas had relatively few locations,
with one for every 3,833 residents, while the District of
Columbia had one location for every 1,516 residents.
     Securities brokers and dealers brought in revenues of
$88 billion.  Their activity was concentrated in New York, which
accounted for a majority of revenues nationwide.  Commodity
contracts brokers and dealers focused their activities in
Illinois, which accounted for nearly half of the $2.6 billion in
revenues nationwide, and in New York, which accounted for another
one-fifth.
     Employees in the securities industry led the group in
average annual per person payroll by a wide margin.  During 1992,
these employees averaged more than $87,000.  This is triple the
per person payroll in the banking industry, where employees
received an average of $27,000.  These averages include all paid
employees, from senior officers to part-timers.
Insurance
     Insurance carriers reported revenue of $796 billion in 1992.
Life insurance carriers, with $378 billion, recorded nearly half
of the revenue among insurers.  These revenues were from net
premiums earned, net investment income, annuity revenue, and
other sources.  Fire, marine, and casualty insurance carriers
followed with more than $258 billion, or 33 percent of insurance
revenue.  Health insurance carriers, which include accident and
health carriers and hospital and medical service plans, grossed
more than $148 billion in revenue.
     Over 1.5 million employees worked for insurance carriers in
1992.  Life insurance carriers employed over 609,000 people,
leading the insurance industry in number of employees.  Fire,
marine, and casualty insurance carriers followed closely, with
over 588,000 employees.
     The over 112,000 offices of independent and exclusive
insurance agents and brokers with paid employees took in nearly
$42 billion in revenue from commissions and other sources.  This
number does not include the sales offices operated by insurance
carriers, nor the many independent agents who did not have
employees.
Real Estate
     Real estate establishments grossed over $141 billion in
revenue during 1992.  Real estate operators had $74 billion in
revenue primarily from rents, fees, and investment income.
Offices of real estate agents and property managers took in over
$53 billion from fees, commissions, and other sources.
     There were over 229,000 real estate establishments with paid
employees in 1992.  Offices of real estate agents and brokers
were most numerous, with over 52,000 establishments (with paid
employees) operating in 1992.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 19, 1995 (MONDAY) -
Included in this report are the number of establishments,
revenue, payroll, and employment for all depository and
nondepository credit institutions; security and commodity
brokers, dealers, exchanges and services; insurance carriers and
agents; real estate; and holding and other investment offices.
Data are presented for establishments that had paid employees
during 1992, for the United States, the 50 states and the
District of Columbia, and metropolitan statistical areas.  Data
for establishments with no paid employees during 1992 will be
available in a separate report; nonemployers are particularly
numerous among insurance and real estate agents.
     Media representatives may request copies of the report from
the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
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Non-media orders and requests for the CD-ROM should be directed
to the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636) or fax
301-457-3842.  To obtain a copy of the three tables, call PIO's
Fax-on-Demand 24-hour fax line at 301-457-4178 (Document #2016).
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 21, 1995 (WEDNESDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-H.05
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Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
        CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF HOUSING
          CONDITIONS IN SAN JOSE, CA METROPOLITAN AREA
     In the San Jose, CA  Metropolitan Area (MA), about 24
percent of householders rated their neighborhoods a perfect "10"
(on a scale of one to 10), and 27 percent said their home was the
best place to live.  These findings are in the report, "American
Housing Survey for the San Jose, CA Metropolitan Area in 1993"
(H170/93-61), released today by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
     Of the householders living in San Jose, CA metropolitan
neighborhoods, 7 percent reported problems with crime, 12 percent
reported traffic problems, and 6 percent experienced problems
with litter or housing deterioration.
     The report is based on data collected in the 1993 American
Housing Survey (AHS) Metropolitan Sample.  The 20-year-old AHS is
sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau.  The San
Jose, CA MA last participated in the survey in 1988.  The 1993 MA
included all of Santa Clara County.
     The following are additional facts about the San Jose, CA
MA:
     -    The area had 556,700 housing units in 1993, of which
          534,700 were occupied (59 percent by owners and 41
          percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 70 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in San Jose City was 23 years,
          compared with 29 years for the remaining area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.8 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area, 22 percent
          had central air conditioning, 92 percent had clothes
          dryers, 84 percent had dishwashers, and 86 percent had
          garbage disposals.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.4 persons per unit
          and a median of 5.4 rooms per unit.
     -    Thirty-one percent of the single detached and mobile
          homes had at least 2,000 square feet of living area,
          with the median being 1,695 square feet.  About 64
          percent of these homes had at least 500 square feet per
          person, with the median being 627 square feet per
          person.
     -    Seven percent of the owner-occupied homes were located
          on an acre or more of land.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately 92
          percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 97 percent had a
          garage or carport; and 79 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 18 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had some or all of the roof
          replaced and 12 percent had kitchens remodeled or
          added.
     -    Thirteen percent of the homeowners spent $100 or more
          per month during the previous year on routine
          maintenance.
     -    Fifty-seven percent of the owners and 30 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    Twenty-one percent of the households had incomes of
          less than $25,000.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $63,631, compared with $36,549 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 30 percent of their current income,
          compared with 24 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Forty percent of the homeowners had a yearly real
          estate tax of $1,800 or more.
     -    Ninety-eight percent of the 8,200 owner-occupied homes
          built since the 1988 interview cost $100,000 or more;
          44 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash on hand for their down payment.
     -    Fifty-two percent of the homeowners with a mortgage had
          a current interest rate on their mortgage loan of less
          than 8 percent in 1993.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
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MEMORANDUM FOR    Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:             LaVerne Vines Collins
                  Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:          Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                  Activities
UPCOMING
"The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on Doctor and Hospital
Visits:  1990-92" (report and statistical brief)
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Program Participation, 1991-
1993" (report and statistical brief)
"Home Equity Lines of Credit:  A Look at People Who Use Them"
(statistical brief)
"Poverty Areas in the United States" (statistical brief)
"How Much We Earn:  Factors That Make a Difference" (statistical
brief)
"Population Profile of the United States:  1995" (report)
"Data Tabulations on the Hispanic-Origin Population from the 1994
Current Population Survey" (Internet and computer printouts--no
analysis)
RECENTLY RELEASED
Nation's Housing Units Top 106.8 Million; Most Rapid Growth in
West.  Released June 12, 1995.  This release and accompanying
tables, which are available on Internet but not published in a
printed report, show the total estimated number of housing units,
households, households maintained by householders of various age
groups, and percentage change between April 1, 1990 and July 1,
1994 for all of these variables.  The data are shown for the
United States, regions, divisions, and states, as well as the
District of Columbia.  Contact:  Ed Byerly, 301-457-2419.  (Press
release document #1052)
"American Housing Survey for the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
Metropolitan Statistical Area in 1993" (H170/93-9).  Released
June 14, 1995.  This is the fourth of seven reports on the
housing stock in sample metropolitan areas that were surveyed in
1993.  The reports provide statistical data not only on the type,
size, and value of metro housing units, but also on the age and
condition of the units and the level of satisfaction of the
people who live in them.  Contact:  Ed Montfort, 301-763-8551.
(Press release document #1053)
"1992 Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries,
Geographic Area Series--Summary" (FC92-A-1).  Released June 19,
1995.  This report gives a comprehensive look at the $1.8
trillion financial, insurance, and real estate sector of the
economy.  (Press release document #2016)
"American Housing Survey for the San Jose, CA Metropolitan
Statistical Area in 1993" (H170/93-61).  Released June 21, 1995.
This is the fifth of seven reports on the housing stock in sample
metropolitan areas that were surveyed in 1993.  Contact:  Ed
Montfort, 301-763-8551.  (Press release document #1054)
"American Housing Survey for the Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
Metropolitan Statistical Area in 1993" (H170/93-62).  For release
June 23, 1995.  This is the sixth of seven reports on the housing
stock in sample metropolitan areas that were surveyed in 1993.
Contact Ed Montfort, 301-763-8551.  (Press release document
#1055)
"American Housing Survey for the San Francisco-Oakland, CA
Metropolitan Statistical Area in 1993" (H170/93-39).  For release
June 23, 1995.  This is the last of seven reports on the housing
stock in sample metropolitan areas that were surveyed in 1993.
Contact Ed Montfort, 301-763-8551.  (Press release document
#1056)
1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry Series.  Fourteen new
reports from this series are available.  Contact the Public
Information Office on 301-457-2794 for a full listing.
Census of Construction Industries.  Five new reports from this
series are available.  Contact the Public Information Office on
301-457-2794 for a full listing.
CENSUS RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
Now in its third year, this service provides America's radio
stations with weekly, free programming about how the nation's
people, economy, and agriculture are changing.
Though based on statistics, these programs deal in trends, not
endless numbers.  The information is presented in an entertaining
and informative manner, especially packaged for the average
listener.
Each edition contains "Window on America," a 4:30-minute program
containing three segments:  one is a 90-second piece on the
latest Census Bureau findings about the people of America;
another of the same length deals with the latest developments
about U.S. businesses and industry; the third, shorter segment is
"Uncle Sam's Almanac," a wide-ranging statistical trivia piece.
These three segments are repeated separately for stand-alone use.
Every second week, a 5-minute Spanish-language version, "Galeria
Informativa," is an added feature.
Each week's edition also contains a 60-second feature on
agriculture, "Just a Minute," with the latest findings on this
vital part of the nation's economy.
The Census Radio Broadcast Service, produced on digital audio
equipment, is available several ways:
      By mail on audio cassettes (with verbatim transcripts)
      By satellite on Mondays, 11:15-11:45 a.m. (SATCOM C5,
            Transponder 19, Ch. 13-1)
      On North American Network's Newsline by calling
            1-800-934-DIAL
      Audio and verbatim scripts are on Internet at
            pio@census.gov
For more information or an audition copy, call Maury Cagle or
Rick Reed at the Census Bureau Public Information Office on 301-
457-2816, or fax 301-457-3670.
NOTICE
The Census Bureau has a fax-on-demand service for media
representatives that will increase your accessibility to our
information.  You can select up to three press releases,
statistical briefs, or selected tables to be faxed to you in one
phone call.  If the document is available on the fax-on-demand
system, it will have a document number in parentheses at the end
of the item description.  Remember this number:  301-457-4178.
That's the Census Bureau's Public Information 24-hour FaxLine.
If you have questions or comments about this system, please
contact the Public Information Office on 301-457-2794.
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Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
        CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF HOUSING
    CONDITIONS IN TAMPA-ST. PETERSBURG, FL METROPOLITAN AREA
     In the Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL Metropolitan Area (MA),
about 36 percent of householders rated their neighborhoods a
perfect "10" (on a scale of one to 10), and 41 percent said their
home was the best place to live.  These findings are in the
report, "American Housing Survey for the Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
Metropolitan Area in 1993" (H170/93-62), released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau and the Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD).
     Of the householders living in Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
metropolitan neighborhoods, 7 percent reported problems with
crime, 5 percent reported traffic problems, and 5 percent
experienced problems with litter or housing deterioration.
     The report is based on data collected in the 1993 American
Housing Survey (AHS) Metropolitan Sample.  The 20-year-old AHS is
sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau.  The Tampa-
St. Petersburg, FL MA last participated in the survey in 1989.
The 1993 MA included Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and  Pinellas
counties.
     The following are additional facts about the Tampa-St.
Petersburg, FL MA:
     -    The area had 1,076,700 housing units in 1993, of which
          869,300 were occupied (70 percent by owners and 30
          percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 77 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in Tampa City was 32 years,
          compared with 18 years for the remaining area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.4 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area, 84 percent
          had central air conditioning, 82 percent had clothes
          dryers, 62 percent had dishwashers, and 53 percent had
          garbage disposals.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.1 persons per unit
          and a median of 5.2 rooms per unit.
     -    Twenty-two percent of the single detached and mobile
          homes had at least 2,000 square feet of living area,
          with the median being 1,435 square feet.  About 68
          percent of these homes had at least 500 square feet per
          person, with the median being 667 square feet per
          person.
     -    Thirteen percent of the owner-occupied homes were
          located on an acre or more of land.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately 86
          percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 80 percent had a
          garage or carport; and 22 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 17 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had some or all of the roof
          replaced and 8 percent had kitchens remodeled or added.
     -    Seven percent of the homeowners spent $100 or more per
          month during the previous year on routine maintenance.
     -    Thirteen percent of the owners and 2 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    Forty-six percent of the households had incomes of less
          than $25,000.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $29,644, compared with $20,219 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 31 percent of their current income,
          compared with 19 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Thirteen percent of the homeowners had a yearly real
          estate tax of $1,800 or more.
     -    Median value of homeowners' residences in 1993 was
          $69,089, down 10 percent from a 1993 constant dollar
          figure of $76,385 for 1989.
     -    Fifty-four percent of the 37,900 owner-occupied homes
          built since the 1989 interview cost $100,000 or more;
          44 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash on hand for their down payment.
     -    Thirty-one percent of the homeowners with a mortgage
          had a current interest rate on their mortgage loan of
          less than 8 percent in 1993.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
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report from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-457-2794; fax: 301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Non-media orders should be directed to the bureau's Customer
Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636); fax:  301-457-3842.
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        CENSUS BUREAU ISSUES PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF HOUSING
    CONDITIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND, CA METROPOLITAN AREA
     In the San Francisco-Oakland, CA Metropolitan Area (MA),
about 26 percent of householders rated their neighborhoods a
perfect "10" (on a scale of one to 10), and 29 percent said their
home was the best place to live.  These findings are in the
report, "American Housing Survey for the San Francisco-Oakland,
CA Metropolitan Area in 1993" (H170/93-39), released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau and the Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD).
     Of the householders living in San Francisco-Oakland, CA
metropolitan neighborhoods, 13 percent reported problems with
crime, 13 percent reported traffic problems, and 5 percent
experienced problems with litter or housing deterioration.
     The report is based on data collected in the 1993 American
Housing Survey (AHS) Metropolitan Sample.  The 20-year-old AHS is
sponsored by HUD and conducted by the Census Bureau.  The San
Francisco-Oakland, CA MA last participated in the survey in 1989.
The 1993 MA included Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and San Mateo
counties.
     The following are additional facts about the San Francisco-
Oakland, CA MA:
     -    The area had 1,544,600 housing units in 1993, of which
          1,439,400 were occupied (54 percent by owners and 46
          percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 59 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in San Francisco City was 58
          years, compared with 31 years for the remaining area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.4 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area, 22 percent
          had central air conditioning, 88 percent had clothes
          dryers, 77 percent had dishwashers, and 77 percent had
          garbage disposals.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.2 persons per unit
          and a median of 5.2 rooms per unit.
     -    Thirty-two percent of the single detached and mobile
          homes had at least 2,000 square feet of living area,
          with the median being 1,687 square feet.  About 68
          percent of these homes had at least 500 square feet per
          person, with the median being 662 square feet per
          person.
     -    Five percent of the owner-occupied homes were located
          on an acre or more of land.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately 85
          percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 93 percent had a
          garage or carport; and 77 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 16 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had some or all of the roof
          replaced and 10 percent had kitchens remodeled or
          added.
     -    Fourteen percent of the homeowners spent $100 or more
          per month during the previous year on routine
          maintenance.
     -    Fifty-one percent of the owners and 19 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    Twenty-eight percent of the households had incomes of
          less than $25,000.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $57,977, compared with $28,787 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 32 percent of their current income,
          compared with 23 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Thirty-eight percent of the homeowners had a yearly
          real estate tax of $1,800 or more.
     -    Median value of homeowners' residences in 1993 was
          $256,258 down 15 percent from a 1993 constant dollar
          figure of $300,927 for 1989.
     -    Ninety-eight percent of the 29,500 owner-occupied homes
          built since the 1989 interview cost $100,000 or more;
          37 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash on hand for their down payment.
     -    Fifty-six percent of the homeowners with a mortgage had
          a current interest rate on their mortgage loan of less
          than 8 percent in 1993.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
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report from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
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Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636); fax:  301-457-3842.
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MEMORANDUM FOR    Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:             LaVerne Vines Collins
                  Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:          Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                  Activities
UPCOMING:
"The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on Doctor and Hospital
Visits:  1990-92" (report and statistical brief)
"Home Equity Lines of Credit:  A Look at People Who Use Them"
(statistical brief)
"Poverty Areas in the United States" (statistical brief)
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"Popularly Elected Officials in 1992" (GC92-1-2).  Census
releases the final report on "Popularly Elected Officials in
1992."  Preliminary statistics were released on January 30, 1995
(CB95-18).  The report contains statistics on the numbers and
types of state and local government officials elected by popular
vote.  Compiled from the 1992 Census of Governments, the report
covers officials of the 85,005 state and local government units.
Contact:  David Kellerman or Marshall Moore on 301-457-1582.
1992 Census of Agriculture Feature Stories:  The Census Bureau's
Agriculture and Financial Statistics staff are currently working
on a new series of feature stories based on the 1992 agriculture
statistics.  These stories will address subjects such as ginseng
production, aquaculture, farm characteristics, on-farm injuries
etc.  The first in this series of stories titled, "The 4th of
July Picnic" is now available.  (Press release document #2017)
1992 Census of Mineral Industries:
      Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas - (MIC92-I-13A)
      Sand and Gravel - (MIC92-I-14B)
      Clay, Ceramic, and Refractory Minerals - (MIC92-I-14C)
1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry Series:
      Aerospace Equipment, Including Parts - (MC92-I-37B)
      Household Appliances - (MC92-I-36B)
      General Industrial Machinery and Equipment - (MC92-I-35E)
      Household Furniture - (MC92-I-25A)
      Jewelry, Silverware, and Plated Ware - (MC92-I-39A)
      Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products - (MC92-I-23E)
      Knitting Mills - (MC92-I-22B)
      Preserved Fruits and Vegetables - (MC92-I-20C)
      Paperboard Containers and Boxes - (MC92-I-26B)
NOTICE:
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representatives that will increase your accessibility to our
information.  You can select up to three press releases,
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phone call.  If the document is available on the fax-on-demand
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August 4, 1995
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MEMORANDUM FOR          Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:                   LaVerne Vines Collins
                  Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:          Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
Activities
UPCOMING
Census Bureau Expands Electronic Data Dissemination.  The press
release covers the bureau's plans to put more of its data on
internet, the redesign of statistical reports and the
discontinuation of others.
The Foreign-Born Population 1994 (P20-486).  The report provides
information on the characteristics of foreign born persons
including location, year of entry, country of birth, fertility,
and educational status.
RECENTLY RELEASED
Census Bureau Product Advisory on Landview II.  The advisory
provides a description of Landview II, a new geographic
information system product developed jointly by the U.S. Census
Bureau, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Program Participation, 1991
to 1993 (P70-46).  Released July 24, 1995.  This report, based on
data collected in the Survey of Income and Program Participation,
finds that the proportion of long-term participants in major
means-tested public assistance programs was "substantially
higher" in 1991 and 1992 than in 1990 and 1991.  Contact:
Martina Shea, 301-763-8578.  (Document #1058)
The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on Doctors and Hospital
Visits: 1990-92 (P70-44).  Released July 25, 1995.  This report examines
data from the survey of Income and Program Participation for
persons 16 to 64 years of age and finds that health insurance
coverage, general health status, and disability status were
closely related to the frequency with which people take advantage
of health-care services.  A related statistical brief (SB/95-12),
Just What the Doctor Ordered, also is available.  (Press Release
Document #1059) (Statistical Brief Document #1068)
Home Equity Lines of Credit--A Look at the People Who Obtain Them
(SB/95-15).  Released July 26, 1995.  This statistical brief
profiles the 3.4 million single-family home owners who had home
equity lines of credit four years ago and compares them with the
26.5 million single-family home owners who had other types of
mortgages.  The data were collected in the 1991 Residential
Finance Survey.  Contact Howard Savage, 301-763-8165.  (Press
Release Document #1060, Statistical Brief Document #1061)
Census Bureau Product Advisory on Hispanic Tabulations.  The
advisory provides a description of the demographic tabulations on
the Hispanic population now available from the Bureau's March
1994 Current Population Survey.
Poverty Areas (SB/95-13).  Released July 31, 1995.  This
statistical brief focuses on the residents of what the Census
Bureau identifies as "poverty areas," i.e., census tracts or
block numbering areas where at least 20 percent of the residents
in 1990 were poor.  The 4-page brief looks at several
socio-economic indicators for residents of poverty areas and
compares them with those for non-poverty area residents.  The
brief draws from a new CD-ROM product titled Poverty Areas in the
United States, SSTF-17.  Contact Leatha Lamison-White, 301-763-
8578.
Population Profile of the United States:  1995 (P23-189).
Released August 1, 1995.  A compendium of concise, analytic
summaries of the Census Bureau's lengthier demographic reports,
this biennial publication also provides highlights and overviews
with graphs on the state of the nation's population.  Story ideas
abound on every page.  If you want to obtain an English-language
reference work and guide on the demographics of who we are,
rather than have to wade through reams of statistical tables,
this is the book for you.  Contact Janice Valdisera, 301-457-
2381.
Data Base News in Aging-Related Statistics.  Released August 4,
1995.  The U.S. Census Bureau and National Institute on Aging
announce the release of the July 1995 issue of the Data Base News
in Aging of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related
Statistics.  Federal agencies that produce and distribute aging-
related data products have contributed current information about
the electronic data files and hard copy data products and reports
available from their organizations, as of July 1995.  Included
are items addressing health, income, retirement, housing, and
other socio-economic issues.  The report provides a unique
resource for research on the older population.  The Data Base
News In Aging is published twice a year by the Census Bureau.  To
obtain a free copy of the report, please contact the Statistical
Information Staff of the Population Division at the U.S. Census
Bureau on 301-457-2422.
1992 Census of Economic Reports.  Ten new reports from this
series are available.  Contact the Public Information Office on
301-457-2794 for a full listing.
NOTICE
The Census Bureau has a fax-on-demand service for media
representatives that will increase your accessibility to our
information.  You can select up to three press releases,
statistical briefs, or selected tables to be faxed to you in one
phone call.  If the document is available on the fax-on-demand
system, it will have a document number in parentheses at the end
of the item description.  Remember this number:  301-457-4178.
That's the Census Bureau's Public Information 24-hour FaxLine.
This service is for media representatives only.  Non-media should
call 1-900-555-2FAX.
If you have questions or comments about this system, please
contact the Public Information Office on 301-457-2794.
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MEMORANDUM FOR    Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:             LaVerne Vines Collins
                  Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:          Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports and
                  Activities
Philip L. Sparks Appointed as New Director for Communications.
Philip L. Sparks brings nearly 25 years of public relations and
communications know-how to the Census Bureau.  During the past
seven years, Mr. Sparks was co-Director of the Communications
Consortium Media Center, a public interest media organization in
Washington, DC.  His varied career has included Director of
Public Affairs for the American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees; Associate Director for the President's
Commission on Pension Policy; Administrative Assistant for former
Congressman Thomas J. Downey; and Press Assistant for the United
Mine Workers of America.  The last time Mr. Sparks served the
Census Bureau was as an enumerator during the 1970 Census.
NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER:  On Tuesday, September 5, the Public
Information Office will inaugurate a new telephone system,
designed to better serve our media callers.  On that day, the
number for you to call for information will be
301-457-3030.  Our fax line telephone numbers will remain the
same (301-457-3670) to send a fax to us, and (301-457-4178) for
our 24 hour a day fax-on-demand service.
UPCOMING:
"Health Insurance Coverage--Who Had a Lapse Between 1991 and
1993?" (SB/95-X).  This statistical brief, based on the
previously released "Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Health
Insurance, 1991 to 1993," looks at the characteristics of those
most likely to have gone without health insurance during the 32-
month period of February 1991 to September 1993.  It also looks
at the median time spent without health insurance.
"Poverty's Revolving Door" (SB/95-X).  This statistical brief is
based on the report, "Dynamics of Economic Well-Being, Poverty,
1991 to 1993" (P70-45) which, in turn, uses data collected in the
Survey of Income and Program Participation.  The brief discusses
the characteristics of persons who were most likely to move out
of poverty in 1992, as well as the characteristics of the
chronically poor, i.e., those whose income was below the poverty
level during the entire 24 months of 1991-1992.
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"We asked...You told us:  Condominium Status and Farm Residence"
(CQC-29).  This bulletin is one of a series that shows the
questions asked in the 1990 census and the answers given.  The
bulletin discusses the density of condominiums in the regions,
states, and metropolitan areas, and the percentage of owner-
occupied units.  It also talks about the number of people living
on farms and the fact that the farm population in the U.S. has
shown a steady decrease in the last 50 years.  (Document #1073)
"Home Sweet Home:  America's Housing, 1973 to 1993" (SB/95-18).
This statistical brief traces the growth and changes in our
nation's housing stock during the first 20 years of the American
Housing Survey, conducted by the Census Bureau and sponsored by
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Among the
changes that have occurred during this period, according to the
brief, were:  single-family homes became less prevalent; housing
became less affordable; and households became less likely to be
maintained by married couples or include children, and more
likely to be maintained by elderly persons. (Document #1074)
"American Women:  A Profile" (SB/95-19).  This 2-page statistical
brief describes the status of women in the United States--their
total number and number by age, how their numbers compare to men,
their race and ethnicity, median age at marriage, increases in
the never-marrieds, live-alones, women maintaining households,
childless women, out-of-wedlock births, and working mothers.  The
brief also looks at women's earnings, education, child support,
and child care.  (Document #1075)
"Women in Poland."  This is the first in the series, "Profiles of
the World's Women."  These profiles present issues related to the
status of women in different countries of the world.  Funding for
this series is provided by the Office of Women in Development,
USAID.  (Document #1076)
"1992 Census of Governments--Employee-Retirement Systems of State
and Local Governments" (GC92(4)-6).  This annual report
highlights employee assets, benefit payments and retirement
systems memberships.
1992 Census of Economic Reports.  Eight new reports from this
series are available.  Contact the Public Information Office on
301-457-2794 for a full listing.
NOTICE
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phone call.  If the document is available on the fax-on-demand
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Public Information Office                         CB95-154
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      ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF FOOD STAMP MOTHERS NEVER MARRIED
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUG. 23, 1995 (WEDNESDAY) - In 1993, about
40 percent--2.1 million of the nation's 5.3 million mothers
receiving food stamps--had never been married, according to a
study released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     And these never-married mothers between the ages of 15 and
44 years old had an average of 2.3 children each, the bureau said
in a statistical brief titled "Mothers Who Receive Food Stamps --
Fertility and Socioeconomic Characteristics," SB/95-22.
     Overall, about 5.3 million mothers 15 to 44 years old
reported receiving food stamps.  On average, these women had
about 2.6 children each.  Mothers not on food stamps had an
average 2.1 children each.
     The Census Bureau's data were collected in the Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) between June and
September 1993.
     Other findings:
     -    The average age of mothers receiving food stamps was
          30 years old; those not in the program was 34.  About
          4 percent of mothers receiving food stamps were
          teenagers.
     -    The average age at first birth for mothers on food
          stamps was 20 years old compared with an average age of
          23 for mothers not receiving food stamps.
     -    Overall, 27 percent of mothers on food stamps had their
          first birth under age 18; for mothers not receiving
          food stamps, the figure was 15 percent.
     -    About one in three African American mothers of
          childbearing age were food stamp recipients
          (1.9 million) compared with one in nine for White
          mothers (3.2 million).
     -    One in four Hispanic-origin mothers (1.1 million)
          received food stamps compared to one in seven mothers
          not of Hispanic origin (4.2 million).
     -    About 13 percent of the nation's 4.2 million
          foreign-born mothers were on food stamps, and about
          three-quarters of all foreign-born mothers on food
          stamps were not U.S. citizens.
     -    Most (78 percent) of food stamp mothers were jobless,
          41 percent did not have a high-school diploma, and
          about two-thirds lived in families with monthly incomes
          of less than $1,000.
     -    About one-fifth of all food stamp mothers lived in
          one of the nine census divisions:  the East North
          Central Division, which consists of Ohio, Indiana,
          Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
     The brief is the second in a series of three on mothers who
participate in federal welfare programs.  The first dealt with
recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children.  The
third will focus on mothers taking part in the Women, Infants and
Children program.  It will be issued later this year.
     As with all surveys, the statistics are subject to sampling
variability, as well as other errors.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUG. 23, 1995 (WEDNESDAY) -
media representatives may request copies of the statistical brief
from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-457-2794; fax:  301-457-3670; fax-on-demand (document
no. 1071):  301-457-4178; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media
orders should be directed to the bureau's FastFax:
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          FOREIGN-BORN RESIDENTS HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF
    U.S. POPULATION SINCE WORLD WAR II, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUGUST 29, 1995 (TUESDAY) - Nearly one in
11 U.S. residents (8.7 percent) was foreign-born in 1994, the
highest percentage of foreign-born since World War II and nearly
double the 1970 level of 4.8 percent the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau reported today.
     Of the 22.6 million foreign-born persons living in the
United States in March 1994, one in five (4.5 million) arrived
here during the last five years.  During the decade of the 1980s,
8.3 million immigrated here, as did another 9.8 million in the
decades prior to 1980.  More than a quarter (1.3 million) of the
immigrants between 1990 and 1994 came from Mexico and
243,000 hailed from Russia.
     These are among the findings in a new Census Bureau study
titled "The Foreign-Born Population:  1994," P20-486.
     California led all states with 7.7 million foreign-born
persons--more than one-third of all immigrants to the United
States and nearly one-quarter of all California residents.
New York ranks second with 2.9 million and Florida had about
2.1 million foreign-born.  Texas, Illinois, and New Jersey each
had more than 1 million foreign-born residents.
     Other findings:
     -    Recent immigrants 25 years and over are more likely to
          have a bachelor's degree (21 percent) than either
          natives or earlier immigrants (both about 14 percent).
          On the other hand, immigrants 25 and over are also much
          more likely to not be high-school graduates
          (36 percent) than natives (17 percent).
     -    Immigrants who arrived in this country since 1990 are
          more likely to receive public assistance income than
          the native-born (5.7 percent and 2.9 percent,
          respectively), but less likely if they immigrated here
          before 1970 (1.4 percent).
     -    More than two-thirds of the foreign-born population are
          White, about one in five are Asian or Pacific Islander,
          and only 7 percent are African American.  Nearly half
          (46 percent) of all foreign-born persons are of
          Hispanic origin.
     -    Of the Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United
          States, 62 percent are foreign-born and most of the
          immigrants (92 percent) entered this country since
          1970.  Although 39 percent of the persons of Hispanic
          origin are foreign-born and most have lived in the
          United States long enough to qualify for
          naturalization, only 18 percent are naturalized
          citizens.
     -    Foreign-born women between the ages of 15 and 44 years
          old (about 6.2 million in June 1994) gave birth to
          1.5 children each compared with the 1.2 children of
          native-born women.  About 68 percent of these
          foreign-born women in childbearing ages immigrated to
          the United States after 1980.
     As with all surveys, the data in the report are subject to
sampling and other sources of error.  Data on Hispanic-origin
persons were collected in the 50 states and the District of
Columbia, but not in Puerto Rico.
                               -X-
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bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:  301-457-2794;
fax:  301-457-3670; fax-on-demand:  301-457-4178 (DOCUMENT #1078)
or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders should be directed
to the bureau's FastFax 1-900-555-2FAX (there is a nominal fee);
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MEMORANDUM FOR          Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:                   LaVerne Vines Collins
                        Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:                Tips on Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                        and Activities
NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER:  On Tuesday, September 5, the Public
Information Office will inaugurate a new telephone system,
designed to better serve our media callers.  On that day, the
number for you to call for information will be 301-457-3030.  Our
fax line telephone numbers will remain the same (301-457-3670) to
send a fax to us, and (301-457-4178) for our 24 hour a day
fax-on-demand service.
UPCOMING:
"1992 Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries
-- Establishment and Firm Size."  Scheduled to be available in
early September, this report provides an important, first-time
profile of these key segments of the economy.
RELEASED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1995:
"Health Insurance Coverage--Who Had a Lapse Between 1991 and
1993?" (SB/95-21).  This statistical brief, based on the
previously released "Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Health
Insurance, 1991 to 1993" (P70-43), looks at the characteristics
of those most likely to have gone without health insurance during
the 32-month period of February 1991 to September 1993.  It also
looks at the median time spent without health insurance.
(Document #1079)
"Poverty's Revolving Door" (SB/95-20).  This statistical brief is
based on the report, "Dynamics of Economic Well-Being, Poverty,
1991 to 1993" (P70-45) which, in turn, uses data collected in the
Survey of Income and Program Participation.  The brief discusses
the characteristics of persons who were most likely to move out
of poverty in 1992, as well as the characteristics of the
chronically poor, i.e., those whose income was below the poverty
level during the entire 24 months of 1991-1992.  (Document #1080)
"National and State Population Estimates:  1990 to 1994"
(P25-1127).  This report represents a synthesis of three
previously released separate series P25 reports:  an annual
State estimates report, with age-sex detail and components of
population change; an annual national level report with
age-race-sex-Hispanic origin detail; and a monthly national
"boilerplate" report showing monthly estimates for three
population universes.
"1993 Annual Survey of Manufactures, Value of Product Shipments"
(M93(AS)-2.  This report contains estimates of the 1993 value of
product shipments for approximately 1,750 classes of manufactured
products.  The 1993 product class estimates are based on reports
from a representative sample of about 55,000 manufacturing
establishments.
"1992 Census of Retail Trade, Merchandise Line Sales:  United
States" (RC92-S-3).  This report represents a recompilation of
establishment and sales data collected in the 1992 Census of
Retail Trade according to various categories of merchandise lines
sold by retail establishments.
"The Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the United States:
March 1994" (PPL-32).  The nine tables present March 1994 Current
Population Survey data on the demographic, social, and economic
characterisitcs of the Asian and Pacific Islander population in
the United States.  Topics covered include family income,
earnings, poverty status, educational attainment, and family
region.  The tables are available on paper, a disk, or from the
Internet http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/socdemo/race.
"U.S. Exports of Merchandise and U.S. Imports of Merchandise
on CD-ROM" (Product Profile No. 15).  This profile contains
monthly and year-to-date data for up to 16,000 commodities,
232 countries, and 45 U.S. customs districts.
CD-ROMs ON SALE:  While supplies last, we're slashing CD-ROM
prices from $150 to $50 for discs issued prior to September 1.
This includes:  Foreign Trade CD's issued up to December 1992,
the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Current Population
Survey, County Business Patterns, and Tiger/Line TM Files. Volume
discounts for multi-disc orders.  For more information or to
place an order, phone Customer Services on 301-763-INFO(4636).
1992 Truck Inventory and Use Survey Microdata Now on CD-ROM.
Recently released, the disc comes with QuickTab software so users
can generate custom tabulations or run frequency distributions
and cross-tabulations on detailed characteristics for more than
123,000 individual trucks.  Data files are in ASCII format.
Price:  $150.  To order, phone Customer Services on 301-763-INFO(4636).
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"Mothers Who Receive Food Stamps -- Fertility and Socioeconomic
Characteristics" (SB/95-22).  Released August 23, 1995.
According to this statistical brief, about 40 percent of the
nation's 5.3 million mothers between the ages of 15 and 44 who
were receiving food stamps in 1993 had never been married.  These
never-married mothers had an average of 2.3 children each, the
brief says.
"Characteristics of the Foreign-Born Population:  1994" (P20-
486).  Released August 29, 1995.  In a first for the Census
Bureau, this short report focuses on the increasingly important
foreign-born population of the United States.  The report, based
on data from the 1994 Current Population Survey, looks at the
countries of origin of foreign-born persons, the states where
most of them live, their age, sex and race/Hispanic origin
characteristics, 1993 income, education, poverty and labor force
status, and whether or not the foreign-born are long-term welfare
recipients.
NOTICE:
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representatives that will increase your accessibility to our
information.  You can select up to three press releases,
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phone call.  If the document is available on the fax-on-demand
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of the item description.  Remember this number:  301-457-4178.
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     PEOPLE NOT MOVING AS MUCH AS THEY DID IN THE MID-80s,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPT. 12, 1995 (TUESDAY) - Nearly
43 million U.S. residents moved between March 1993 and March
1994--26.6 million of them within the same county--but the
16.7 percent of the population 1 year old and over who moved was
well below the 20.2 percent who moved in 1984-85, the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau said today.
     Of the total number of movers in 1993-94, 8 million persons
moved between counties in the same state, nearly 7 million moved
to another state, and 1.2 million moved to the United States from
abroad, according to "Geographical Mobility:  March 1993 to March
1994" (P20-485).
     Annual mobility rates hovered around 20 percent during most
of the 1950s and 1960s.  With the exception of the short-term
spurt in moving in 1984-85, the percentage of movers has declined
gradually over the last quarter of a century.  In the previous
period from March 1992 to March 1993, 16.8 percent of the
population moved.
     Fueling the United States' still relatively high mobility
rate are the young.  More than one-third (35.6 percent) of
persons 20 to 24 years old and 30.7 percent of 25- to
29-year-olds changed residences during the 12-month period in
1993-94.
     Moving rates decline with age.  The least footloose of any
age group in 1993-94 were persons 75 to 84 years old, of whom
only 4.9 percent moved.  That rate is not significantly
different, however, from the 5.8 percent of persons 85 and over
who moved.
     Regionally, the Northeast had the lowest overall moving rate
(11.6 percent), well below the national rate of 16.7 percent.
The West and the South had overall mobility rates higher than the
national rate--20.2 percent and 18.1 percent, respectively.
     The Northeast experienced a net loss of 328,000 movers,
while the South showed a net gain of 376,000, the only
two statistically significant changes in regional migration
flows.
     Other findings in the report:
     -    Whites have lower overall rates of moving (16 percent)
          than either African Americans (19.6 percent) or persons
          of Hispanic origin (22.4 percent).
     -    Of the 1.2 million movers from abroad, about
          two-thirds of them were not U.S. citizens (e.g.,
          immigrants from foreign countries and temporary
          residents such as foreign college students).
     -    About one-third of persons living in renter-occupied
          housing units in March 1993 (32.6 percent) had moved in
          the previous year.  In contrast, fewer than one in
          10 persons in owner-occupied housing units
          (8.9 percent) had moved in the same period.
     As with all surveys, the data in the report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
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MEMORANDUM FOR          Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:                   LaVerne Vines Collins
                        Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:                Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau
                        Reports and Activities
NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER:  On Tuesday, September 5, the Public
Information Office inaugurated a new telephone system, designed
to better serve our media callers.  From now on, the number for
you to call for information is 301-457-3030.  Our fax line
telephone numbers remained the same (301-457-3670) to send a fax
to us, and (301-457-4178) for our 24 hour a day fax-on-demand
service.
UPCOMING:
1993 County Business Patterns State Reports.  These
state-by-state reports will be released on a flow basis
beginning in late September.
"Asset Ownership of Households:  1993" (P70-47).  The report
covers the differences between 1991 and 1993 in the median values
of such household assets as interest-earning assets at financial
institutions, rental property, and vehicles.
"Estimates of the Population of States by Age, Sex, and Hispanic
Origin:  1990 to 1992" (PE-29) and "Estimates of the Population
of Counties by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:  1990 to
1992" (PE-30).  These recently released diskettes and tape files
contain population estimates of states and counties by age, sex,
race and Hispanic origin from July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1992.
"How Much Does It Cost to Mind Our PreSchoolers?" (P70-52).  This
report explores the cost of child care arrangements and compares
this cost by income group (poor vs. non-poor) and race.
"Fertility of American Women:  June 1994" (P20-482).  This report
is the annual update of current fertility rates.
"America's Hispanic Population - 1994" (SB/95-25).  This
statistical brief provides a demographic profile of the Hispanic
population.
"American Housing Brief Housing Profile:  Washington, DC-MD-VA"
(AHB/93-1).  This brief, based on data from the American Housing
Survey (AHS), presents data for various demographic groups in
selected metropolitan areas.
"Market Absorption of Apartments 2nd Quarter 1995 Absorptions"
(1st Quarter Completions) (H130/95Q2).  This quarterly report
from the Current Housing Reports series is scheduled to be
available in late September.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Labor Force, 1991-1993."  This
report provides data on labor force participation and
characteristics.
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"1992 Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries
-- Establishment and Firm Size" (FC92-S-1).  This report provides
an important, first-time profile of these key segments of the
economy.
"Geographical Mobility:  March 1993 to March 1994" (P20-485).
Released September 12, 1995.  The percentage of movers in the
United States remains stable, about 16.7 percent.  That still is
well below the 20.2 percent, who said they moved in 1984-85.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Income, 1991-1992" (P70-49).
This report looks at five two-year periods over the past decade
to determine if there were gains in economic well-being from one
year to the next.  (Document #1083)
"Idaho State and Local Government Finances:  1993."  This report,
one in a series of state reports, summarizes state and local
revenues for Idaho State.  This product is only available on the
Internet at http://www.census.gov/Economy/Governments/State
Finance Data/1993 State Finance Data.  Contact:  Henry Wulf,
Governments Division, 301-457-1523 or via e-mail:
HWulf@census.gov.
Manufacturing Measures, Census Bureau Data for Manufacturing.
This booklet is designed to make users of manufacturing and
related data aware of the resources available from the Census
Bureau and how to use them.
NOTICE:
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representatives that will increase your accessibility to our
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of the item description.  Remember this number:  301-457-4178.
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Public Information Office                              CB95-166
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                 CENSUS BUREAU PRODUCT ADVISORY
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPTEMBER 20, 1995 (WEDNESDAY)  The
Commerce Department's Census Bureau today is releasing
information containing population estimates of states and
counties by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin from July 1, 1990
to July 1, 1992.  This information is only available on diskettes
or computer tapes.
     "Estimates of the Population of States by Age, Sex, Race and
Hispanic Origin:  1990 to 1992" (PE-29) and "Estimates of the
Population of Counties by Age, Sex and Race/Hispanic Origin:
1990 to 1992" (PE-30) provide estimates of the resident
population by age, gender, race (White; African American;
American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut; and Asian and Pacific
Islander) and Hispanic/non-Hispanic origin.
     The development of the population estimates by age, sex,
race, and Hispanic origin for states and counties is a long term
effort.  The estimates presented in this report are preliminary
and the bureau plans to further refine the methods and
reissue the entire series in the future.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPTEMBER 20, 1995 (WEDNESDAY)
Copies of the diskettes may be obtained from the bureau's
Population Division's Statistical Information Staff on
301-457-2422.
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Public Information Office                              CB95-170
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Agriculture and Financial
 Statistics Division
800-523-3215
               CENSUS BUREAU PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:    SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 (FRIDAY)  - Ginseng
began to be successfully cultivated in the United States in the
late 1880's and by 1992 had grown to a crop harvested on over
800 farms yielding over 1.7 million pounds.  This is just
one feature from a series of agricultural briefs based on the
1992 Census of Agriculture being released by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     These agricultural briefs, which will be written by staff
from the bureau's Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division,
will address subjects such as:  farmer characteristics,
aquaculture, farm-related injuries, high dollar value crops, and
more.  They offer new insights about a broad range of
agricultural issues and provide examples of how the census of
agriculture can be used.
     The first two agricultural briefs, "The 4th of July Picnic"
and "American Ginseng--Rooted in Wisconsin" are available in
print and via the Census Bureau's web site
(http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/econ/www/agrimenu.html).
                               -X-
Editor's note:  EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 (FRIDAY)  -
media representatives may obtain a copy of the agricultural
briefs from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov. Or,
via Fax-on-demand, 301-457-4178.  (Document #2019).
Non-media orders should be directed to the Agriculture and
Financial Statistics Division, Editorial and Information Office,
Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC  20200; by telephone:
1-800-523-3215; or e-mail:  agfs@census.gov.
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        MEDIAN VALUE OF INTEREST-EARNING ASSETS DOWN AND
           HOME EQUITY UP IN 1993 COMPARED WITH 1991
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  SEPT. 25, 1995 (MONDAY).  The median value
of interest-earning assets declined between 1991 and 1993 while
median home equity was increasing, the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau reported today.
     Interest-earning assets at financial institutions--savings
accounts, interest-earning checking accounts, money market
deposit accounts, and certificates of deposit--fell as a share of
measured net worth, from 14 percent in 1991 to 11 percent in
1993, the Census Bureau said.  The median amount of these
deposits decreased from $3,709 in 1991 (in constant 1993 dollars)
to $2,999 in 1993.
     Meanwhile, median home equity increased from $43,070 in 1991
(1993 dollars) to $46,669 in 1993.  Home equity remained the
largest share of a household's measured net worth at about 44
percent.
     The findings are in a report titled "Asset Ownership of
Households: 1993" (P70-47).  Based on data collected in the 1993
Survey of Income and Program Participation, the report looks at
the value of interest-earning assets, stocks and mutual fund
shares, real estate, mortgages held by sellers, and motor
vehicles, as well as the self-reported value of self-owned
businesses or professions, held by households in the United
States.  It does not cover equities in pension plans, cash
surrender value of life insurance policies, or the value of
jewelry and home furnishings.
     The report says the median measured net worth for households
in 1993 of $37,587 was "not significantly different" from the
1991 median of $38,500 (in 1993 dollars).
     Measured net worth is defined as the sum of measured assets
less measured liabilities, such as debts secured by assets,
credit card or store bills, bank loans, and other unsecured
debts.
     Other interest-earning assets, such as money-market funds
and municipal bonds, made up 4 percent of measured net worth in
1993, a slight decrease from 5 percent in 1991.  The median value
of holdings in other interest-earning assets decreased from
$16,058 in 1991 (1993 dollars) to $12,998 in 1993.
     The median values of rental property, vehicles, and self-
owned businesses or professions decreased; stocks and mutual fund
shares and U.S. savings bonds increased; and holdings in non-
interest-earning checking accounts, other real estate, IRA and
KEOGH accounts, and other financial investments did not change.
     Other findings:
     -    If home equity is excluded, median total net worth fell
          from $10,858 in 1991 (in 1993 dollars) to $9,505 in
          1993.  The decline applied in all householder age
          categories, except for those 34 or younger, 55 to 64,
          and 70 to 74 years old.
     -    In both 1991 and 1993, the most prevalent interest-
          earning asset at a financial institution was a savings
          account, but ownership of savings accounts dropped from
          62 percent of households in 1991 to 60 percent in 1993.
     -    Married-couple households had the largest median net
          worth:  $61,905 in 1993.  Both male and female-
          maintained households had a median measured net worth
          about one-fifth that of married-couple households in
          1993.
     -    Median net worth increased with the age of the
          householder, from $5,786 for the youngest households to
          $91,481 for households with householders in the
          55-to-64-year-old category, and then fell to $77,654
          for the oldest group (75 years and over).
     -    In 1993, households with White householders had median
          net worth of $45,470.  The median net worth of
          households with African American householders was
          $4,418 and that of households with Hispanic-origin
          householders was $4,656.  No significant difference
          existed between the latter two figures.
     As in all surveys, the data in the report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.  In addition,
asset accumulation tends to be under-reported in household
surveys.
                               -X-
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report from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Non-media orders should be directed to the bureau's FastFax:
1-900-555-2FAX (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services Branch
on 301-763-INFO(4636) or fax 301-457-3842.
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September 29, 1995                                    TP95-17
MEMORANDUM FOR          Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:                   LaVerne Vines Collins
                        Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:                Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau
                         Reports and Activities
NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER.  On Tuesday, September 5, the Public
Information Office inaugurated a new telephone system, designed
to better serve our media callers.  From now on, the number for
you to call for information is 301-457-3030.  Our fax line
telephone numbers remained the same (301-457-3670) to send a fax
to us, and (301-457-4178) for our 24 hour a day fax-on-demand
service.
UPCOMING
"1993 County Business Patterns State Reports."  These
state-by-state reports will be released on a low basis
beginning in late September.
"How Much Does It Cost to Mind Our PreSchoolers?" (P70-52).  This
report explores the cost of child care arrangements and compares
this cost by income group (poor vs. non-poor) and race.
"Fertility of American Women:  June 1994" (P20-482).  This report
is the annual update of current fertility rates.
"America's Hispanic Population - 1994" (SB/95-25).  This
statistical brief provides a demographic profile of the Hispanic
population.  The brief is being printed in both English and
Spanish.
"American Housing Brief Housing Profile:  Washington, DC-MD-VA"
(AHB/93-1).  This brief, based on data from the 1993 American
Housing Survey, presents housing information for various
demographic groups in selected metropolitan areas.
"Market Absorption of Apartments 2nd Quarter 1995 Absorptions
(1st Quarter Completions)" (H130/95Q2).  This quarterly report
from the Current Housing Reports series is scheduled to be
available in late September.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Labor Force, 1991-1993."  This
report provides data on labor force participation and
characteristics.  (Press Release Document No. 1085)
RECENTLY RELEASED
"Estimates of the Population of States by Age, Sex, and Hispanic
Origin:  1990 to 1992" (PE-29) and Estimates of the Population of
Counties by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:  1990 to 1992
(PE-30).  Released September 20, 1995.  These recently released
diskettes and tape files contain population estimates of states
and counties by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin from
July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1992.  Copies of the diskettes may be
obtained by calling 301-457-2422.  (Press Release Document
No. 1082)
"Asset Ownership of Households:  1993" (P70-47).  Released
September 25, 1995.  The report covers the differences between
1991 and 1993 in the median values of such household assets as
interest-earning assets at financial institutions, rental
property, and vehicles.  (Press Release Document No. 1084)
Statistical Brief:  "Selected Statistics from the 1992 Census of
Agriculture by Congressional Districts (104th Congress)".
Various data from the latest agriculture census are highlighted
in this brief.  The data include:  number of farms, percent of
farms with sales of less than $10,000, percent of farms with
sales of more than $100,000, and percent of farm operators age
65 and over.  (Document No. 2021; Appendix, Document No. 2022)
"Housing in Metropolitan Areas--Motor Vehicles Available"
(SB/95-23).  This brief discusses which metro areas and which
regions had the highest number of one-car, two-car, and three-car
households, and which led the nation in no-car households.
(Document No. 1090)
"Beyond Poverty - Extended Measures of Well-Being:  1992"
(P70-50). This report measures material well-being of all persons
in families, in families classified as poor, and in families who
report receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
(Document No. 1091)
1992 Economic Census Reports.  Two more reports in this series
are now available.  Contact the Public Information Office on
301-457-3030 for a full listing.
NOTICE
The Census Bureau has a fax-on-demand service for media
representatives that will increase your accessibility to our
information.  You can select up to three press releases,
statistical briefs, or selected tables to be faxed to you in one
phone call.  If the document is available on the fax-on-demand
system, it will have a document number in parentheses at the end
of the item description.  Remember this number:  301-457-4178.
That's the Census Bureau's Public Information 24-hour FaxLine.
This service is for media representatives only.  Non-media should
call 1-900-555-2FAX.
If you have questions or comments about any of the above
information, please call the Census Bureau's Public Information
Office on 301-457-3030.
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Public Information Office                              CB95-179
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Edwin Byerly (Cities)
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  NEVADA HOME TO FASTEST-GROWING METROPOLITAN AREA:  HENDERSON,
NEVADA FASTEST-GROWING LARGE CITY, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  OCT. 2, 1995 (MONDAY) -  The Las Vegas,
Nevada-Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was the
fastest-growing in the country, while Henderson, Nevada was the
fastest-growing large city between 1990 and 1994, according to
new population estimates released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     These new estimates provide population totals for the
nation's 271 metropolitan areas and over 36,000 cities, towns,
and places.
    Between April 1990 and July 1994, the Las Vegas metropolitan
area population increased by an astounding 26.2 percent, growing
from 852,646 to 1,076,267.  The only other metropolitan area with
1 million or more residents among the top 25 growth areas was the
Atlanta, Georgia MSA, which grew 12.6 percent to 3,330,997.  All
of the 25 fastest-growing metropolitan areas are located in
either the South or West.
             10 Fastest-Growing Metropolitan Areas:
                              1990-94
         Rank    Area                            Percent Change
            1    Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA                  26.2
            2    Laredo, TX MSA                        22.4
            3    McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA      20.2
            4    Yuma, AZ MSA                          19.4
            5    Boise City, ID MSA                    17.6
            6    Naples, FL MSA                        16.0
            7    Brownsville-Harlingen-
                  San Benito, TX MSA                   15.2
            8    Fayetteville-Springdale-
                  Rogers, AR MSA                       15.0
            9    Las Cruces, NM MSA                    14.7
           10    Richland-Kennewick-
                  Pasco, WA MSA                        14.6
     The nation's 271 metropolitan areas (MSAs and CMSAs)
increased their population by 9.6 million persons (4.9 percent)
between April 1990 and July 1994, and were home to nearly four
out of five (79.8 percent) Americans.  Population outside the
nation's metropolitan areas increased 2.0 million, a growth rate
of 3.9 percent.
     The population of metropolitan areas with 1 million or more
residents in 1994 increased 6.2 million, an overall growth rate
of 4.6 percent.  Over half of the nation's population
(54.5 percent) lived in these large metropolitan areas.  The
population of metropolitan areas with less than
1 million residents grew at the somewhat faster rate of
5.5 percent.
     The nation's two newest metropolitan areas, the Flagstaff,
Arizona-Utah MSA and Grand Junction, Colorado MSA, which
qualified to become metropolitan areas on June 30, 1995, both
experienced above-average growth during the 1990-94 period.
Flagstaff, AZ-UT MSA, with a 1994 population of 114,092, grew
12.1 percent (22nd fastest in the nation), and Grand Junction, CO
MSA, with a 1994 population of 103,633, grew 11.3 percent
(27th fastest).
     Of the nation's 271 metropolitan areas, 25 experienced no
growth, or lost population (less than 10 percent of all areas).
Most of these areas were smaller in population size (only the
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York; Providence-Fall River-Warwick,
Rhode Island-Massachusetts; and Hartford, Connecticut MSAs topped
1 million).  Most of the 25 are located in the Northeast (13),
followed by the Midwest (6), South (5), and West (1).
        HENDERSON, NEVADA THE FASTEST-GROWING LARGE CITY
     Nevada, in addition to being home to the nation's fastest
growing metropolitan area, was also home to Henderson, the
fastest-growing U.S. city with over 100,000 population in 1994.
Henderson expanded by
57 percent during the 1990-1994 period, which pushed the city's
1994 population past the 100,000 population mark to reach
101,997.
     Palmdale, California was the second-fastest growing city
over 100,000, increasing by 47.2 percent.  Chandler, Arizona was
third (32.7 percent), followed by Las Vegas, Nevada (27.0
percent), and Plano, Texas
(23.1 percent).
                10 Fastest-Growing U.S. Cities
           with 1994 Populations over 100,000: 1990-94
           Rank    City                 Percent Change
              1    Henderson, NV             57.0
              2    Palmdale, CA              47.2
              3    Chandler, AZ              32.7
              4    Las Vegas, NV             27.0
              5    Plano, TX                 23.1
              6    Lancaster, CA             22.5
              7    Laredo, TX                22.0
              8    Chesapeake, VA            18.8
              9    Fontana, CA               18.5
             10    Naperville, IL            17.9
     Fourteen cities grew beyond the 100,000 population threshold
during the April 1990 to July 1994 period to bring the total
number of U.S. cities with populations greater than 100,000 to
209.  Seven of the 14 cities were among the nation's 20 fastest-
growing cities with over 100,000 population.
     Fifty-nine (28 percent) of the 209 U.S. cities over 100,000
in 1994 lost population between 1990 and 1994.  Twenty-two of
those 59 cities (37 percent) are in the Midwest, 19 (32 percent)
are in the North, 12 (20 percent) are Southern cities, and six
cities (10 percent) are in the West.
     Five of the ten most rapidly declining cities over 100,000
were in New England.  Hartford, Connecticut experienced the most
rapid decline of any such city during the 1990-94 period (-11.1
percent), followed by New Haven, Connecticut (-8.3 percent),
Providence, Rhode Island (-6.3 percent), Bridgeport, Connecticut
(-6.2 percent), and Waterbury, Connecticut (-5.0 percent).
     Others of the 10 most rapidly declining cities were Newark,
New Jersey (-6.0 percent); two Midwestern cities, St. Louis,
Missouri (-7.2 percent), and Lansing, Michigan (-6.1 percent);
and two cities in the South, Norfolk, Virginia (-7.6 percent),
and Washington, DC (-6.6 percent).
     The nation's largest city, New York, had more than twice the
population (7,333,253) of second-largest Los Angeles (3,448,613)
in 1994.  New York registered a modest 10,689 (0.1 percent)
population gain between 1990 and 1994.  The population in Los
Angeles declined by 36,944 (-1.1 percent), and in Chicago, the
third-largest city, the population dropped by 51,983
(-1.9 percent).
                10 Most Populous U.S. Cities in 1994
                Rank    City                 Population
                  1    New York, NY          7,333,253
                  2    Los Angeles, CA       3,448,613
                  3    Chicago, IL           2,731,743
                  4    Houston, TX           1,702,086
                  5    Philadelphia, PA      1,524,249
                  6    San Diego, CA         1,151,977
                  7    Phoenix, AZ           1,048,949
                  8    Dallas, TX            1,022,830
                  9    San Antonio, TX         998,905
                 10    Detroit, MI             992,038
                               -X-
Editor's Note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
tables (PPL-27) that show metropolitan areas sorted by population
rank (Table 1), and alphabetically (Table 2), and cities over
100,000 by population rank (Table 3) from the Census Bureau's
Public Information Office on 301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or
e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Fax-on-demand document numbers are:
Table 1 #1087; Table 2 #1088;  Table 3 #1089.  For Fax-on-demand
call 301-457-4178.
Non-media orders for the PPL-27 tables, diskettes, and additional
paper listings should go to the Census Bureau's Population
Division Statistical Information Staff on 301-457-2422.
An annual series of population estimates for July 1990 to 1994
for metropolitan areas, all cities, and other units of government
or their equivalents is available on the Internet at:
(http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/).
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          EMBARGOED UNTIL:  OCTOBER 6, 1995 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB95-182
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Lynne Casper
301-457-2416
         CHILD CARE COSTS GREATER BURDEN FOR THE POOR,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  OCTOBER 6, 1995 (FRIDAY) - Poor families
who paid for child care for their preschool-age children spent
18 percent of their income on such care in 1993.  This share of
income was two and one-half times the portion of income spent on
child care reported by non-poor families (7 percent) according to
the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     About 4 in 10 (37 percent) poor families compared with
less than 6 in 10 (58 percent) non-poor families paid for child
care for their preschoolers in 1993.  However, poor families paid
about $25 a week less for child care than non-poor families
($50 versus $76).
     "Even though poor families pay less for child care, they
feel the biggest pinch in their budget because they spend a
larger portion of their income on child care than non-poor
families,"  according to Lynne Casper, author of the report,
"What Does it Cost to Mind Our Preschoolers?" (P70-52).
     About 15 percent of the 8.1 million families with employed
mothers with preschool-age children received either general
assistance, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC),
Foodstamps, or Women, Infant and Children (WIC) benefits.  Fewer
than half (46 percent) of these families made payments for child
care compared to 57 percent of families not receiving these
benefits.  Families who participated in at least one of these
programs spent an average of $50 per week on child care or about
13 percent of their monthly family income, while families who did
not participate spent an average of about $78 per week on child
care or 7 percent of their income.
     Other highlights include:
     -    There were 9.9 million children under five who were in
          need of child care while their mothers were at work.
          Family members (41 percent), organized child care
          facilities (30 percent), and family day care settings
          (17 percent) were among the principal child care
          arrangements used.
     -    In 1993, families with employed mothers who paid for
          child care spent an average of $74 per week or about
          8 percent of their monthly family income on child care
          for their preschool-age children.
     -    Families with two or more preschool-age children paid
          $110 per week for child care, amounting to 11 percent
          of their monthly family income.
     -    White children were more likely to be in paid
          arrangements (60 percent) than either African American
          or Hispanic children (about 55 percent each).  The
          average cost of child care for White children was about
          $62 per week, $10 more per week than for African
          American and Hispanic children.
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain a copy of the
report from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone:
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov; or
contact Fax-On-Demand at 301-457-4178, Document No. 1093.  Non-
media orders should be directed to the bureau's FastFax
1-900-555-2FAX (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services Branch
on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                     Monday, October 2, 1995
Public Information Office                              CB95-181
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                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
        CENSUS BUREAU TO HOLD ANNUAL PRESS CONFERENCE ON
   INCOME, POVERTY, VALUATION OF NONCASH BENEFITS, AND HEALTH
            INSURANCE COVERAGE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5
Washington, D.C.--The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will
hold its annual "Income and Poverty" press conference on
Thursday, October 5, 1995 at 10 a.m. in Room 4830 of the Commerce
Department.  Daniel Weinberg, chief of Housing and Household
Economic Statistics Division at the Census Bureau, will discuss
the findings in this year's report.
Thursday--October 5
10 a.m.             Press Conference on Income, Poverty,
                      Valuation of Noncash Benefits, and Health
                      Insurance Coverage
                    U.S. Department of Commerce
                    14th & Constitution Avenue, N.W.
                    Room 4830
                    Washington, D.C.  20230
                               -X-
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOV. 2, 1995 (THURSDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB95-200
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      CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES DATA ON NATION'S BABY BOOMERS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  NOV. 2, 1995 (THURSDAY) - The Commerce
Department's Census Bureau today released a listing of
five tables on the nation's baby boomers entitled "Selected
Characteristics of Baby Boomers 26 to 44 Years Old: 1990"
(CPH-L-160).  The tables provide national and state level data on
the characteristics of baby boomers from the 1990 census.
     A summary table for the United States shows the basic
population and housing characteristics such as gender, age, race,
and household and housing characteristics.
     Table 1 provides data on urban and rural residence,
educational attainment, disability, fertility, veteran status,
place of birth, language spoken at home, and ancestry.
     Table 2 shows labor force and commuting characteristics,
occupation, industry, and class of worker.
     Table 3 details the income and poverty status of baby
boomers, and Table 4 presents information on the housing
characteristics of baby boomers such as year structure built,
bedrooms, water source, sewage disposal, heating fuel, year moved
into unit, vehicles available, mortgage status, and gross rent.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
tables from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Non-media orders should be directed to the Population Division's
Statistical Information Staff on 301-457-2422.  In addition, the
tables will be available on the Internet at www.census.gov; look
for the announcement on the Census Bureau's home page.
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Rosalind Bruno
301-457-2464
        MONTHLY EARNINGS INFLUENCED BY FIELD OF TRAINING
          AND ATTAINMENT LEVELS, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  FEBRUARY 29, 1996 (THURSDAY) - A law
degree is associated with one of the highest average monthly
earnings ($4,353), while a home economic degree is associated
with the lowest ($1,165), according to a new Commerce Department
Census Bureau report, "What's It Worth? Field of Training and
Economic Status:  Spring 1993" (P70-51).
     The report's author, Rosalind Bruno, says, "The choice of a
major is one of the most difficult decisions for college
students.  Economic reward may be one of the motivating factors
in making that choice."  Bruno adds that, "No matter what the
major, the higher the attainment level, the higher the earnings
power."  For instance, according to the report, persons with a
degree beyond high school had average monthly earnings of $2,339.
This was substantially more than individuals with either a high
school diploma only ($1,080) or some college but with no degree
($1,303).  For persons who did not complete high school, the mean
monthly earnings was $508.
     Other highlights include:
     -    For persons with degrees beyond high school, the mean
          monthly earnings ranged from $1,375 for persons with
          vocational certificates to $5,067 for persons with
          professional degrees.
     -    While 15 percent of the highest earned degrees held by
          men were in the field of engineering, only 2 percent of
          highest degrees held by women were in this field.  And,
          while 19 percent of women reported their highest degree
          in education, only 6 percent of men reported that same
          field.
     -    Nearly one out of five individuals reporting
          post-secondary degrees specialized in the field of
          business/management.
     -    In 1993, more than one out of four adults 18 years and
          older had a degree of some type beyond high school, a
          substantial increase over the 21 percent reported in
          1984.  The proportion of the adult population without a
          high school diploma decreased from 26 percent in
          1984 to 19 percent in 1993.
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
                               -X-
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report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; fax-on-demand:  301-457-4178
(Document number 1126); or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Other orders
should be directed to the bureau's FastFax:
1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services
Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.
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MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
ATTENTION REPORTERS, EDITORS, AND NEWS DIRECTORS!  Please be sure
to contact the Public Information Office if your AREA CODE
changes.  REMEMBER--we depend on you to contact us with changes.
We want to ensure that you continue to receive information from
the Census Bureau--301-457-3030.
UPCOMING:
Black-Owned Businesses and Women-Owned Businesses reports based
on the 1992 Economic Census will be available soon.  Excerpts
from these reports were previously released in December (Press
Release Document No. 2092) and January (Press Release Document
No. 2096), respectively.
"Population Estimates by County:  July 1995."  Population
estimates for the Nation's counties from July 1, 1990 to July 1,
1995 and estimates of the components of change (births, deaths,
and migration) will be available soon on paper listings,
internet, and on diskettes.
"Population Projections of the United States by Age, Sex, Race,
and Hispanic Origin:  1995-2050" (P25-1130).  This report
provides projections of the Nation's population from 1995 to
2050.  Highlights include growth in the 50-59 year old population
and in the Hispanic and Asian and Pacific Islander populations.
"How We're Changing, Demographic State of the Nation:  1996"
(P23-191).  This report provides a profile of the nation's social
and economic status.  Topics covered give an update on trends and
issues facing America including poverty, immigration, and income.
Population.  January 1996 national population estimates for
single year of age--up to 100 years old--by gender, race, and
Hispanic origin will be available on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/pub/population/estimates/nation.  These
also are available in the population electronic (PE) diskette
series as PE-10.  The diskettes can be ordered from the
Population Statistical Information Staff on 301-457-2422.
NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Housing.  Data from the 1995 annual Housing Vacancy Survey report
including estimates of vacancy rates and homeownership rates for
the U.S., regions, states, and the 61 largest metropolitan areas
are now available on the Internet.  Estimates showing
characteristics of vacant-for-rent and vacant-for-sale-only units
also are provided.  The Internet address for this information:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/housing/hvs.
"1993 State Government Finances."  Available March 1, 1996.
Information on state government revenues and expenditures for
32 states and the District of Columbia now are available on the
Internet.  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pup/gov/www/state/html.  For further
information on this series, contact Donna Hirsch or Henry Wulf on
1-800-242-2184 or via e-mail at:  dhirsch@ccmail.census.gov.
"National Population Estimates."  Three files containing
January 1, 1996 national population estimates now are on the
Internet.  The data available include estimates for the resident
population, resident population plus Armed Forces overseas, and
civilian populations; estimates of the resident population by
five year age groups and gender; and estimates of the resident
population by gender, race and Hispanic origin.  Printed tables
containing data similar to the Internet files are available from
the Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The
Internet address for this information:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/nation1.html or
nation2.html or nation3.html.
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"American Housing Brief Housing Profile:  Tampa-St. Petersburg,
FL" (AHB/93-7).  Available March 1, 1996.  This brief, based on
data from the 1993 American Housing Survey, presents housing
information for various demographic groups in selected
metropolitan areas.  (Document No. 1127)
"County Government Finances:  1991-92" (GF92-8).  Available
March 1, 1996.  This annual report contains finance data on
county government as well as cities and counties with populations
over 100,000.  Comparison data from 1988-89 to 1991-92 also are
included in the report.  Contact John Kennedy on 301-457-1486.
"1992 Census of Construction Industries - United States Summary -
Establishments With and Without Payroll" (CC92-1-27).  Available
March 1, 1996.  General statistics, including value of
construction work, assets, capital expenditures, and
depreciation, by industry and industry group are included in this
report.
"Population Trends:  Philippines" (PPT/92-11RV2).  Available
March 1, 1996.  This profile summarizes demographic and
socioeconomic data for the Philippines.  (Document No. 1128)
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  The first five states in a
series of reports from the 1993 Commodity Flow Survey now are
available.  Data on the movement of goods, by major type of
commodity shipped, by mode(s) of transportation, are available
for Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Maine.  Copies of
these state reports may be obtained by contacting the Bureau's
Commodity Flow Branch on 301-457-2805 or 2114.
CD-ROM: "1992 Census of Governments (Preliminary)."  Available
March 1, 1996.  A new CD-ROM containing various data from the
1992 Census of Governments is now available.  For information
contact Donna Hirsch or Henry Wulf on 1-800-242-2184 or via
e-mail at:  dhirsch@ccmail.census.gov.  To order a copy contact
the Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636).
"What's It Worth?  Field of Training and Economic Status:  Spring
1993" (P70-51).  Released February 29, 1996.  The report presents
data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation on the
educational attainment and associated social, economic, and
demographic characteristics of the population.  (Press Release
Document No. 1125 and Document No. 1126)
If you have questions or comments about any of the above
information, please call the Census Bureau's Public Information
Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number is
301-457-4178.
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Valerie Strang
Eddie Salyers
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NEW YORK METRO AREA LEADS LIST FOR BLACK-OWNED FIRMS, LOS ANGELES
      TOPS IN WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 6, 1996 (WEDNESDAY) - The New York
metropolitan area had the largest number of African
American-owned firms in 1992, while the Los Angeles area had the
most women-owned firms, according to two new reports released
today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  The reports,
"1992 Survey of Minority-Owned Businesses, Black" (MB92-1) and
"1992 Women-Owned Businesses" (WB92-1) are part of the Census
Bureau's 1992 Economic Census.
     There were 39,404 African American-owned businesses in the
New York metropolitan area in 1992, with receipts of
$1.7 billion.  The Washington, DC metropolitan area had the
second largest number of African American-owned firms (37,988 and
receipts of $1.7 billion), followed by Los Angeles (32,645 and
receipts of $3.6 billion), Chicago (24,644 and receipts of
$1.6 billion), and Atlanta (23,488 and receipts of $1 billion).
     Nationwide there were 620,912 businesses owned by African
Americans in 1992, 196,747 more than in 1987.  These firms
generated $32.2 billion in receipts in 1992, 63 percent more than
the 1987 amount of $19.8 billion.
     The Los Angeles metropolitan area had the most women-owned
firms in 1992 at 232,723 and sales of $28.7 billion.  The New
York metropolitan area was second at 187,525 and $36.5 billion in
sales, followed by Chicago (163,883 and receipts of $26 billion),
Washington, DC (122,007 and receipts of $10.7 billion), and
Philadelphia (95,441 and receipts of $15.8 billion).
     The total number of individual proprietorships, partnerships
and subchapter S corporations owned by women nationwide reached
5.9 million in 1992, representing 34.1 percent of all domestic
firms.  These businesses generated $643 billion in revenues
and employed 6.3 million people.  These data exclude
517,000 women-owned "C" corporations for which metropolitan area,
city, and county data are not available.
     Each report provides information on the number of firms,
sales and receipts, and paid employees by industry group.  The
data are shown for the U.S., and selected metropolitan areas,
cities, and counties.
     The Census Bureau released excerpts from these reports in
December (African American-owned firms) and January (women-owned
firms).  The excerpts provided figures on businesses for the
nation as a whole and for states only.
     The data in these reports were collected as part of the
1992 Economic Census from a large sample of all non-farm
businesses filing tax forms as individual proprietorships,
partnerships, or subchapter S corporations with $500 or more in
receipts in 1992.  Subchapter S corporations have no more
than 35 shareholders and are not taxed as corporations.
     The information was collected from a sample survey, and is
therefore subject to sampling variability as well as reporting
and coverage errors.
                               -X-
           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 6, 1996 (WEDNESDAY)
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
reports from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Other requests should go to the bureau's Minority- and
Women-Owned Businesses Information Staff on 301-763-5726.  In
addition, selected tables will be available on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/agfs/www/smobe.html.
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Statistical Information Staff
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    CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES ANNUAL COUNTY POPULATION ESTIMATES
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 8, 1996 (FRIDAY)  The Commerce
Department's Census Bureau today is releasing population
estimates for July 1, 1995 for the nation's 3,143 counties.
Specific items in the data set include annual (1990 to 1995)
county level estimates of total population, population under age
65, population 65 years and older, births, deaths, net domestic
migration, net international migration, and population in group
quarters.
     Extracts of the county estimates are available in the
following population paper listings (PPLs).
-    PPL-35  Population Estimates for Counties and Components of
     Change:  July 1, 1995 (sorted alphabetically by county
     within each state)
-    PPL-36  Annual Population Estimates for Counties:
     July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1995 (sorted alphabetically by
     county within each state)
-    PPL-37  Population Estimates for Counties:  July 1, 1995
     (sorted by 1995 population size within the U.S.)
-    PPL-38  Population Estimates for Counties:  July 1, 1995
     (sorted by 1990-1995 percent population change within the
     U.S.)
-    PPL-39  Population Estimates for Counties:  July 1, 1995
     (sorted by 1995 population size within each state)
-    PPL-40  Population Estimates for Counties:  July 1, 1995
     (sorted by 1990-1995 percent population change within each
     state)
     The entire data set also will be available on the Census
Bureau Internet site and in the population electronic (PE)
diskette series as PE-34.  There are six diskettes in the series.
                               -X-
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Public Information Office on 301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670;
or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Other requests should go to the
Census Bureau's Population Statistical Information Staff on
301-457-2422.  Recent population estimates for each county, city,
state, and the nation will be available on the Internet Friday,
March 8, 1996 at:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/popest.html.
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Arlene Saluter
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        AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE AT RECORD HIGH, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 13, 1996 (WEDNESDAY) - The estimated median
age at first marriage in 1994 was 26.7 years for men and 24.5 years for
women--the highest levels since these data were first recorded more than a
hundred years ago in 1890, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said
today.
     In its annual report titled "Marital Status and Living Arrangements:
March 1994," P20-484, the bureau also said that between 1970 and 1994 the
number of never-married persons doubled from 21.4 million to 44.2 million
and the currently divorced quadrupled from 4.3 million to 17.4 million.
     Unmarried persons rose as a proportion of all adults aged 18 and over
during the 24-year period from 28 to 39 percent, while currently married
adults declined from 72 to 61 percent.
     "The delay in first marriages and rise in divorce among adults are two
of the major factors contributing to the growing proportion of children in
one-parent living situations," said Arlene Saluter, the report's author.
     Between 1970 and 1994, the proportion of children living with two
parents (biological, step, or adoptive) declined from 85 to 69 percent.
     "Children are considerably more likely to be living with only one
parent today than in 1970," Ms. Saluter said.  "In 1994, 27 percent of
children under 18 lived with one parent, up from 12 percent in 1970.  The
majority--88 percent--of these children lived with their mothers, but an
increasing proportion lived with their fathers (9 percent in 1970 vs
12 percent in 1994)."
     Other highlights:
     -    In 1994, 23.6 million adults--about 12 percent of persons
          15 years and over--lived alone.  Between 1970 and 1994, the
          number of women living alone rose from 7.3 million to
          14.2 million--a 94-percent increase, while the number of men
          living alone jumped from 3.5 million to 9.4 million--up
          167 percent.
     -    In 1994, a child in a one-parent situation was about as likely to
          be living with a never-married parent (36 percent) as with
          divorced parent (37 percent).  Another 23 percent lived with a
          parent who was separated from their spouse because of marital
          discord or some other reason.
     -    In 1994, there were 1.3 million interracial married couples,
          296,000 of whom were African American/White, 909,000 were
          White/Other (other than African American), and 78,000 were
          African American/Other (other than White).
     The report is based on results of the March 1994 Current Population
Survey.  As with all surveys, the data contained in the report are subject
to sampling and other sources of error.
                                    -X-
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the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030; fax:
301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders should be
directed to the bureau's Fastfax on 1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal
fee); Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636) or fax:  301-457-3842.
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Gregory Spencer
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THE NATION'S FIFTY-SOMETHING POPULATION PROJECTED TO GROW BY
50 PERCENT DURING NEXT DECADE, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 14, 1996 (THURSDAY)  As the first
members of the nation's baby boomers reach 50 years of age this
year, the number of persons living in the United States who are
50 to 59 years old is projected to increase by 50 percent between
1996 and 2006.  This is according to a new report entitled,
"Population Projections of the United States by Age, Sex, Race,
and Hispanic Origin:  1995-2050" (P25-1130), released today by
the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     In the next 10 years, America's 50-something population
is projected to expand by 12 million persons, rising from
25.3 million in 1996 to 37.7 million in 2006.  This growth would
represent more than half the nation's total population increase
during the decade.
     "During the next 10 to 15 years, the rate of population
growth of the 65 and over population is projected to be slower
than at any previous time this century," Census Bureau analyst
Gregory Spencer says.  However, in the following 20 years, this
population group is projected to grow by 76 percent (from
39.4 million in 2010 to 69.4 million in 2030) as baby boomers
move into the 65 and over age group.
     The nation's total population is projected to reach
275 million by 2000, a growth of 4.5 percent since 1995, making
it the slowest growth period since the 1930s.  Population growth
is anticipated to be stable, at a slightly lower level, from
2000 to 2025.  After 2025, the U.S. would grow more slowly than
ever before in its history.
     Other findings:
     -    Each year from 1997 to 2050 more than half of America's
          population growth will occur among the nation's
          Hispanic and Asian and Pacific Islander populations.
     -    After 2011, the number of births each year is projected
          to exceed the highest annual number of births ever
          achieved in the U.S. during the 20th century.
     -    Four of every 10 people added to the population
          through net immigration from 1995 to 2050 would be
          Hispanic, three in 10 would be Asian and Pacific
          Islander, two in 10 would be non-Hispanic White, and
          one in 10 would be African American.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain a copy of the
report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Other orders should be directed to the bureau's FastFax on
1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services Office
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From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
ATTENTION REPORTERS, EDITORS, AND NEWS DIRECTORS!  Please be sure
to contact the Public Information Office if your AREA CODE
changes.  REMEMBER--we depend on you to contact us with changes.
We want to ensure that you continue to receive information from
the Census Bureau--301-457-3030.
UPCOMING:
"U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic
Origin: 1990-1995" (PPL-41).  This listing provides annual
estimates of the resident population as well as births, deaths,
and migration across U.S. borders.  The data will be available on
the Internet at:
ftp://ftp.census.gov/pub/population/estimates/nation.
"Statistical Abstract of the United States" CD-ROM will soon be
available.  The disc, based on the popular reference book by the
same name, includes 1,500 tables on every imaginable topic, more
maps and charts, and more data for states, cities, and metro
areas.  Call Customer Services on 301-763-INFO(4636) to order the disc
which costs $50.
"1994 State Government Finances."  Available March 22, 1996.
Information on the revenue, expenditure, debt and assets for all
50 states will be available soon on the Internet.  The Internet
address is:  http://www/census/gov/ftp/pub/gov/www/state.html.
Contact Donna Hirsch or Henry Wulf on 1-800-242-2184 or via
e-mail at:  dhirsch@ccmail.census.gov.
"Transportation Annual Survey:  1994."  We will release selected
tables from the 1994 Transportation Annual Survey by March 31.
The tables show estimates of operating revenue and expense data
covering the motor freight transportation and warehousing
industries.  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/tas.html.
"Older Workers, Retirement, and Pensions."  This report is the
fifth in a series on the world's elderly population.  It provides
an overview of demographic and socioeconomic trends that affect
this group.
NEW ON THE NET:
"Survey of Census Needs of Non-Federal Data Users."  This survey
asked about the content requirements, specific uses, geographic
needs, and availability of alternative data sources for topics
that appeared on the 1990 census questionnaires.  The final
report is available on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/apsd/pop/rooosolc.pdf.
"The Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates
(FSCPE)."  The program now has its own home page on the Census
Bureau's Internet site at:  http://www.census.gov.  The new page
provides the latest subnational population estimates,
descriptions of estimates methods, and links to home pages of
state FSCPE agencies around the country.
"1993 State and Local Government Finances."  Available
March 15, 1996.  Information on revenues, expenditures, debt, and
assets for all state and local governments, including the
District of Columbia, by state areas now are available on the
Internet.  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/gov/www/estimate.html.  Contact
Donna Hirsch or Henry Wulf on 1-800-242-2184 or via e-mail at:
dhirsch@ccmail.census.gov.
"1994 Annual Survey of Communication Services."  Selected tables
from the 1994 survey are now available.  The tables show
estimates of operating revenue and expense data covering the
industries of telephone communications; radio and television
broadcasting; and cable and other pay television services.  The
Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/ascs.html.
"1992 State Government Employment."  Available March 22, 1996.
Contains information on state government October employment and
payrolls by governmental function for 50 states.  These data
previously were released in 1994 in the publication "Public
Employment:  1992."  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/gov/www/apes.html.
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"Population Projections of the United States by Age, Sex, Race,
and Hispanic Origin:  1995-2050" (P25-1130).  Released
March 14, 1996.  This report provides projections of the Nation's
population from 1995 to 2050.  Highlights include growth in the
50-59 year old population and in the Hispanic and Asian and
Pacific Islander populations.
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  Available March 15, 1996.
New Hampshire, Vermont, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island
are the latest state reports being released. The data cover
movement of goods, by major type of commodity shipped, and by
mode(s) of transportation.  Copies may be obtained by calling
301-457-2805 or 2114.
"Who Owns the Nation's Rental Properties?" (SB/96-01).  This
statistical brief provides data from the 1991 Residential Finance
Survey on characteristics of owners of the Nation's rental
property and method of financing rental properties.
(Document No. 1135)
"Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1994" (P20-484).
Released March 13, 1996.  Data contained in the report reflect
the impact of various factors or the behavior of men and women
regarding marriage, divorce, and living arrangements and effect
upon living arrangements of children.
The "Population Clock".  The clock provides population
projections of the resident population of the United States as of
8 a.m. each day.  The projections are updated every month.  The
Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/main/www/popclock.html.
"How We're Changing, Demographic State of the Nation:  1996"
(P23-191).  Released March 5, 1996.  This report provides a
profile of the Nation's social and economic status.  Topics
covered give an update on trends and issues facing America
including poverty, immigration, and income.  (Document No. 1130)
"Black-Owned Businesses and Women-Owned Businesses."  Released
March 6, 1996.  The reports are based on the 1992 Economic Census
and provide figures on number of firms, receipts, employees, and
payroll by geographic area, industry, firm size, and legal form
of organization.
"Population Estimates by County:  July 1995."  Released
March 8, 1996.  Population estimates for the Nation's counties
from July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1995 and estimates of the components
of change (births, deaths, and migration) are available on paper
listings, the Internet, and on diskettes.
"Supplement to the American Housing Survey for the United States
in 1993" (H151/93-1).  Available March 15, 1996.  This report
from the American Housing Survey provides supplemental data for
occupied housing units by family type on apartments; single
family homes; mobile homes; age, gender, race of householders;
income; housing and neighborhood quality; housing costs;
equipment and fuels; and size of the housing units.
"Supplement to the American Housing Survey for Selected
Metropolitan Areas in 1992" (H171/92).  Available March 15, 1996.
This report from the American Housing Survey Metropolitan Sample
presents supplemental data for occupied housing units on housing
and household characteristics by family type and neighborhood
quality.  The survey was conducted in 8 metropolitan areas.
"Building a Spanish Surname List for the 1990s--A New Approach to
an Old Problem."  Available March 15, 1996.  This paper describes
a direct and reproducible method for creating an inventory of
surnames and characteristics of the Hispanic origin population in
the United States.  An electronic file (diskette) of Spanish
surnames is available for $20.  Contact the Statistical
Information Office on 301-457-2422 or David Word on 301-457-2103.
If you have questions or comments about any of the above
information, please call the Census Bureau's Public Information
Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number is
301-457-4178.
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Public Information Office                         CB96-38
301-457-3030
301-457-4067 (TDD)
Lynn Casper
301-457-2416
         CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES VOTING AGE PROJECTIONS
EMBARGOED UNTIL:  March 19, 1996 (Tuesday)
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today is releasing
November 1, 1996 projections of the voting age population
(18 years and over) for the nation and individual states.
     The table provides projections of the voting age population
for each state, by gender and age groups, for Whites, African
Americans, Hispanics, and other races.  The Internet address for
this information is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/voting/html.
                         -X-
Editor's note:  media requests for copies of the table should be
directed to the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030.  Other requests should go to the Census Bureau's
Population Statistical Information Staff on 301-457-2422.
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                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Information Office                                   CB96-46
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Meredith DeHart
301-457-1525
               CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES INFORMATION ON FEDERAL
                      AND STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT
       State government employment and payroll data for October 1993, and
federal government employment and payroll data for October 1992 to 1994,
now are available on the Internet.  The data cover employment and payrolls by
governmental function for 50 states and the federal government.  Also
available are data for federal employment by state for December 31, 1990,
1992, and 1994.
       The internet address is:
             http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/govs/www/index.html.
Media representatives may obtain paper copies of the tables from the Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.  Others may contact Meredith DeHart or Henry Wulf on
1-800-242-2184, or e-mail:  mdehart@census.gov.
March 1996
				-X-
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          EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 27, 1996 (WEDNESDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB96-41
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Ken Kaplan
301-457-3920
               INFORMATION ON WILDLIFE RECREATION
                 TO BE UPDATED BY CENSUS BUREAU
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MARCH 27, 1996 (WEDNESDAY) - Over
108 million Americans enjoyed some form of wildlife-related
recreation, and spent $59 billion pursuing these activities in
1991.  These recreationists included 36 million anglers,
14 million hunters, and 76 million participants in wildlife
observation, photography, and feeding.  This information from the
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation is gathered every five years and will be updated
beginning in April by employees from the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.
     Martha Farnsworth Riche, director of the Census Bureau,
says, "It is important for surveyed households to participate
because data gathered in the survey have many important uses.
The data are used by state fish and wildlife agencies to estimate
demands for wildlife-related recreation and to spot trends in
participation and expenditures.  It gives federal and state fish
and wildlife agencies the information needed to do a better
wildlife conservation job."
     Data collection will be completed by February 28, 1997 and
preliminary survey findings will be available in the summer of
that year.  The final national report will be issued in the fall
of 1997, followed by a report for each state.
     Respondents will be interviewed primarily by telephone
throughout the survey year.  Local households will receive a
letter from Director Riche informing them of the survey.  All
individual information collected is kept strictly confidential
and only statistical totals are published.
                               -X-
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March 29, 1996                                    TP96-05
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
FAX-ON-DEMAND:  Have you tried it yet?  This fax-on-demand
service for media representatives increases your access to Census
Bureau information.  You can select up to three press releases,
statistical briefs, or selected tables to be faxed to you in one
phone call.  If the document is available on this system, it will
have a document number in parentheses at the end of the item
description.  Remember this number:  301-457-4178.  That's the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office 24-hour FaxLine.
UPCOMING:
"City Government Finances:  1991-92" (GF/92-4).  This report
contains city government finance data, including revenue,
expenditures, debt, and retirement systems.  Contact John Kennedy
on 301-457-1502 or jkennedy@ccmail.census.gov.
"Statistical Abstract of the United States" CD-ROM will soon be
available.  The disc, based on the popular reference book by the
same name, includes 1,500 tables on every imaginable topic, more
maps and charts, and more data for states, cities, and metro
areas.  Call Customer Services on 301-763-INFO(4636) to order the disc
which costs $50.
"Transportation Annual Survey:  1994."  We will release selected
tables from the 1994 Transportation Annual Survey by March 31.
The tables show estimates of operating revenue and expense data
covering the motor freight transportation and warehousing
industries.  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/tas.html.
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  Available April 9, 1996.
New York, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska will be the
next state reports released.  The data cover movement of goods,
by major type of commodity shipped, and by mode(s) of
transportation.  Copies may be obtained by calling 301-457-2805
or 2114
NEW ON THE NET:
"1994 State Government Finances."  Available March 22, 1996.
Information on the revenue, expenditure, debt and assets for all
50 states are available on the Internet.  The Internet address
is:  http://www/census/gov/ftp/pub/gov/www/state.html.  Contact
Donna Hirsch or Henry Wulf on 1-800-242-2184 or via e-mail at:
dhirsch@ccmail.census.gov.
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"1994 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey" (AC92-RS-1).  Available
March 29, 1996.  This publication provides data collected from a
sample of irrigated farm operations, and includes acres irrigated
by method of irrigation, acres and yields of irrigated acres, and
so on.  For more information contact the Agriculture and
Financial Statistics Information Office on 800-523-3215 or via e-
mail at:  agfs@census.gov.
"U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic
Origin:  1990-1995" (PPL-41).  Available March 27, 1996.  This
listing provides annual estimates of the resident population as
well as births, deaths, and migration across U.S. borders.  The
data will be available on the Internet at:
ftp://ftp.census.gov/pub/population/estimates/nation.
"Metropolitan Area Data" (PPL-42).  This new product presents
1995 total population estimates for metropolitan areas outside
New England and for New England County Metropolitan Areas
(NECMAs).  Table 1 shows 1990 census and July 1, 1995 estimated
populations for all MSAs, CMSAs, and PMSAs outside New England,
and the companion Table 2 shows the same data for NECMAs.  These
data, plus population estimates for the intervening years, will
be available on disk (PE-35) and on the Internet:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/popest.html.
"1992 State Government Employment."  Available March 22, 1996.
The report contains information on state government October
employment and payrolls by governmental function for 50 states.
These data previously were released in 1994 in the publication
"Public Employment:  1992."  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/gov/www/apes.html.
"Older Workers, Retirement, and Pensions" (IPC/95-2).  Available
March 29, 1996.  This report is the fifth in a series on the
world's elderly population.  It provides an overview of
demographic and socioeconomic trends that affect this group.
"1994 Annual Survey of Manufactures:  Value of Product Shipments"
(M94[AS]-2).  Available March 29, 1996.  This report provides
data on the 1994 value of product shipments of approximately
1,750 classes of manufactured products.  Comparative data from
the 1993 Annual Survey of Manufactures and the 1992 Census of
Manufactures also are included.  Contact Julius Smith on 301-457-
4741 or via e-mail at:  Julius.Smith.Jr@ccmail.census.gov.
"Government Finances:  1991-92" (GF92-5).  Available March 29,
1996.  This report contains federal, state, and local government
finance data, including revenue, expenditures, debt, and
retirement systems.  Contact John Kennedy on 301-457-1502 or via
e-mail at:  jkennedy@census.gov.
"Trade and Employment:  3rd Quarter 1995 and 1994" (TM/95-Q3).
Available March 29, 1996.  This report presents data for import
and export value of shipments by SIC code category and the
average percent change in value over the third quarters of 1993,
1994, and 1995.  The report also contains comparable employment
data on the same basis.  Contact Rob Stites on
301-457-2813 of via e-mail at Rstites@info.census.gov.
"National Population Estimates."  Three files containing February
1, 1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic Origin now are available on the Internet.  Printed
tables containing data similar to the Internet files are
available from the Public Information Office on
301-457-3030.  The Internet address for this information:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/nation1.html or
nation2.html or nation3.html.
If you have questions or comments about any of the above
information, please call the Census Bureau's Public Information
Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number is 301-
457-4178.
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April 29, 1996           **TIPSHEET**            TP96-06
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
NEW SERVICE FOR RADIO BROADCASTERS:  We are now carrying the
verbatim script for each week's edition of the Census Radio
Broadcast Service on our fax-on-demand menu.  Each week's edition
features a 90-second segment on America's people, another on its
business and industry.  There's also a 45-second statistical
trivia piece, "Uncle Sam's Almanac," and a 60-second agricultural
feature.  Every second week (soon to be weekly), there is a
separate program in Spanish, "Galeria Informativa."  Edition #203
for broadcast the week of April 1 (Document No. 4001) and edition
#204 for broadcast the week of April 8 (Document No. 4002) are
the first available.
This weekly audio service is available on cassettes through the
mail, by satellite every Monday from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. on
Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1, or features may be
recorded by calling 1-800-934-DIAL.  Please direct any questions
to Maury Cagle or Rick Reed at 301-457-3030.
UPCOMING:
"Consolidated Federal Funds Report."  Produced annually, this
report provides data on federal government expenditures by state,
county, and subcounty areas.
"A Brief Look at Postwar U.S. Income Inequality," P60-191.  Are
the rich getting richer and poor getting poorer?  Historical
Census Bureau statistics on income contained in this report can
shed light on that debate.
"Income, Poverty, and Noncash Benefits:  1994," P60-189.
Highlights released October 5, 1995.  The printed report will
provide detailed information on poverty and income for the U.S.
and states.  Information on health insurance coverage also will
be available.
"Projections of the Number of Households and Families in the
United States:  1995 to 2010," P25-1129.  Available
April 29, 1996.  This report contains projections of the number
of households and families in the United States, as well as the
growth of various types of households and families.
NEW ON THE NET:
For a complete listing of what we are now carrying on the
Internet, call our 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number, 301-457-4178,
and request document no. 3000.
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"Transportation Annual Survey:  1994."  Selected tables are
available on the Internet.  Call our Fax-on-Demand number for the
Internet address.
"Trends in Adolescent Fertility and Contraceptive Use in the
Developing World," IPC/95-1.  Available April 29, 1996.  This
report provides data on the number of births to adolescent
mothers and contraceptive use by adolescent women in the
developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.  (Press
Release Document No. 1141)
"National Population Estimates."  Three files containing
March 1, 1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race,
and Hispanic origin now are available on the Internet.  Printed
tables containing data similar to the Internet files will be
available from the Public Information Office on 301-457-3030.
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  Available April 29, 1996.
New York, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Indiana, and
Alaska are the latest state reports to be released.  The data
cover movement of goods, by major type of commodity shipped, and
by mode(s) of transportation.  Copies may be obtained by calling
301-457-2805 or 2114.
"Who's Minding Our Preschoolers?," P70-53.  Available
April 24, 1996.  This report provides information on who is
taking care of our Nation's preschoolers while their mothers are
at work.  The report examines recent changes in child care
arrangements of preschoolers including those cared for by
fathers, in family day care or in organized facilities.  (Press
Release Document No. 1140, Document No. 1139)
"City Government Finances:  1991-92," GF/92-4.  Available
April 15, 1996.  This annual report contains summary finance data
on city government as well as detailed information on individual
city governments with populations greater than 75,000.
Comparison data from 1988-89 to 1991-92 also are included in the
report.  Contact John Kennedy on 1-800-242-2184 or
jkennedy@ccmail.census.gov.
"Fertility Patterns of American Men" (Population Division Working
Paper No. 14).  Available April 29, 1996.  This working paper
examines fertility differences among men by age, race, Hispanic
origin, marital status, educational attainment, labor force
status, occupation, income, place of birth, and characteristics
of spouses in married-couple families.  Copies may be obtained by
calling 301-457-3030.
"1993 State and Local Government Finances."  Available
March 1, 1996.  This report provides information on state and
local government revenues, expenditures, debt and assets for all
state areas and the District of Columbia.  Call our Fax-on-Demand
number for the Internet address.
"1994 State Government Finances."  Available March 22, 1996.
Information on the revenue, expenditure, debt and assets for all
50 states.  Call our Fax-on-Demand number for the Internet
address.
"1994 Large Local Governments."  Available April 15, 1996.  This
report provides information on the revenue, expenditure, debt and
assets of the 25 large counties greater than 1,000,000 in
population and the 24 large cities greater than 500,000 in
population.  Call our Fax-on-Demand line for the Internet
addresses.
"Market Absorption of Apartments," H130-95Q4.  This report
examines the completion of apartment buildings, median rent, and
median price for condominiums.  Call our Fax-on-Demand line for
the Internet address.
Media representatives with questions or comments about any of the
above information should call the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number is 301-457-4178.  Other inquiries should be directed to
the bureau's FastFax:  1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee);
Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.
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             EMBARGOED UNTIL: MAY 3, 1996 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB96-73
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Gregory Spencer
301-457-2428
      HOUSEHOLD GROWTH PROJECTED TO SLOW IN NEXT 15 YEARS,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL: MAY 3, 1996 (FRIDAY)  The rate of growth in
the number of households between 1995 and 2010 is expected to be
slower than it has been in several decades, the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau said in a new report released today.
     According to the report, "Projections of the Number of
Households and Families in the United States:  1995 to 2010"
(P25-1129), the slow growth of households is due to slower
population growth and fewer people who are at the prime ages for
creating new households.
     The report points out that even though the household growth
rate is projected to slow in the coming years, the number of
households is expected to increase from 98 million in 1995 to 103
million by 2000, and 115 million by 2010.
     Other findings include:
-    The number of family households is projected to increase by
     15 percent between 1995 and 2010 adding more than half the
     growth of total households.
-    Currently, 52 percent of American families have no children
     under age 18 living at home.  By 2010, however, this
     proportion could increase to 59 percent as the number of
     families with no children under 18 grows from 36 million to
     46 million.
-    The number of married couples with no children under 18 at
     home is expected to grow by 7 million between 1995 and 2010,
     with all of the growth occurring in the 45 and over age
     groups which consist of aging, "empty-nest" baby boomers.
-    The proportion of the nation's households that are
     maintained by a person living alone is expected to increase
     slowly from 25 to 27 percent between 1995 and 2010.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain a copy of the
report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:  pio@census.gov.
Other orders should be directed to the bureau's FastFax on
1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services Office
on 301-763-INFO(4636) or fax:  301-457-3842.
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May 14, 1996             **TIPSHEET**            TP96-07
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
UPCOMING:
National Population Estimates.  Three files containing=20
April 1, 1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race,
and Hispanic origin soon will be available on the Internet.=20
Printed tables containing data similar to the Internet files will
be available from the Public Information Office on 301-457-3030.=20
"Consolidated Federal Funds Report."  Produced annually, this
report provides data on federal government expenditures by state,
county, and subcounty areas. =20
"A Brief Look at Postwar U.S. Income Inequality," P60-191.  Are
the rich getting richer and poor getting poorer?  Historical
Census Bureau statistics on income contained in this report can
shed light on that debate.
                                                      =20
"Tables on the Black Population in the U.S.:  March 1995,"=20
PPL-45.  These 15 tables on the Nation=FEs African American
population will provide social and economic data for African
American and White, not Hispanic populations.  No analysis will
be provided.
"1993/1994 Federal Finance."  Information for 1993 and 1994 on
revenue, expenditures, debt and assets for the federal government
soon will be available on the Internet.
"Population of States and Counties of the United States:  1790 to
1990."  This new report will provide the total population for
each of the Nation's 3,141 counties from 1990 back to the first
census in which the county appeared. [The report is for sale by
the National Technical Information Service at 703-487-4650 for
$35 plus handling (order number PB96-119060).]
"Population of States by Broad Age Groups and Sex:  1990 and
1995," PPL-44.  These six tables will provide population
estimates by age and gender for the 50 states and the District of
Columbia.  No analysis will be provided. =20
"U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services."  On May 17 at
8:30 a.m., highlights from this monthly report will be available.
The data include imports and exports, by country, and the trade
deficit.  The contacts will be the Public Information Office on
301-457-3030, and Richard Pruess, Foreign Trade Division, on=20
301-457-2311.
NEW ON THE NET:
"1995 Federal Government Data."  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/govs/index.html.
"1993 Estimates of State Area and Local Government Public  =20
Employment and Payrolls."  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/govs/index.html.
"Public Use Data Files."  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/govs/index.html.
For a complete listing of what we are now carrying on the
Internet, call our 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number, 301-457-4178,
and request Document No. 3000.=20
    =20
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"Income, Poverty, and Noncash Benefits:  1994," P60-189.=20
Available May 6, 1996.  Excerpts released October 5, 1995.  The
printed report provides detailed information on income and
poverty for the U.S. and states.  Information on health insurance
coverage also is shown.
"Projections of the Number of Households and Families in the
United States:  1995 to 2010," P25-1129.  Available=20
April 29, 1996.  This report contains projections of the number
of households and families in the United States, as well as the
growth of various types of households and families.  (Press
Release Document No. 1142)
"Election '96 - Counting the American Electorate," SB/96-2.
Available May 14, 1996.  This statistical brief provides
information about the number of Americans old enough to vote in
the November election and the characteristics of those voters.
(Document No. 1143)
"1990 Census of Population and Housing History, Part D,=20
1990," CPH-R-2D.  Available May 14, 1996.  This report is one of
a series that describes in detail most aspects of the 1990 census
from the early research and planning to the dissemination of
final results.
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  Available May 14, 1996.=20
Wyoming, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota, Michigan, and
South Dakota are the latest state reports being released.  The
data cover movement of goods, by major type of commodity shipped,
and by mode(s) of transportation.  Copies may be obtained by
calling 301-457-2805 or 2114.
"Trade and Employment:  4th Quarter 1995 and 1994," TM/95-Q4.=20
Available May 14, 1996.  This report, which is the final one of a
series, presents data for import and export value of shipments by
SIC code category and the average percent change in value over
the fourth quarters of 1993, 1994, and 1995.  Contact Rob Stites
on 301-457-2813 or via e-mail: Rstites@info.census.gov.
"1992 Census of Mineral Industries - Geographic Area Series - New
England, Middle Atlantic, and South Atlantic States," MIC92-A-1,
2, and 5.  Available May 14, 1996.  These reports contain data on
mining, costs of supplies, contract work, electric energy, and
other related data.  Contact Pat Horning on 301-457-4680 or via=20
e-mail:  Patricia.L.Horning@smtp-gw.census.gov.
"Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining, and Trade
Corporations:  Fourth Quarter 1995," QFR-95-4.  Available=20
May 14, 1996.  This report provides estimated statements of
income and retained earnings, balance sheets, and related
financial and operating ratios for all manufacturing corporations
and large mining and trade corporations.  The data are classified
by industry and asset size.  Contact Ronald Lee on 301-763-5435
or by e-mail:  ronald_h_lee@ccmail.census.gov.
"The History of the 1992 Economic Census," EC92-R-5.  Available=20
May 14, 1996.  This volume contains a step-by-step look at
preparations, types of data collected, and the public awareness
program for the most recent economic census.  Portions of the
report will be available on the Internet at a later date.=20
Media representatives with questions or comments about any of the
above information should call the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number is 301-457-4178.  Other inquiries should be directed to
the Bureau's FastFax:  1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee);
Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.=20
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                        IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                     WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1996
Public Information Office                              CB96-79
301-457-3030
301-457-4067 (TDD)
                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
           FINDINGS ON ELDERLY POPULATION ANNOUNCED BY
          CENSUS BUREAU AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
     Washington, D.C.--On Monday, May 20, the Department of
Commerce's Census Bureau joins the National Institute on Aging in
announcing findings on the social, economic, and health
characteristics of the elderly population in the United States.
The report, "65+ in the United States," provides information for
the nation, each state, and selected counties.
     Kevin Kinsella, chief of the aging studies branch,
International Programs at the Census Bureau; Richard Suzman,
Ph.D., head of the Office of Aging at the National Institute on
Aging; and Linda Waite, Ph.D., director of the center on aging at
the National Opinion Research Center at The University of
Chicago, will discuss findings from the report.  Nancy Gordon,
associate director for demographic programs at the Census Bureau,
will moderate the press conference.
Monday--May 20:
10 a.m.             Press Briefing on 65+ in the United States
                    National Press Club
                    14th & F Streets, N.W.
                    Zenger Room
                    Washington, D.C.  20045
                                    -X-
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                      FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1996
Public Information Office                              CB96-H.01
301-457-3030
301-457-4067 (TDD)
Ed Montfort
301-763-8551
              CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES INFORMATION
         ON HOUSING QUALITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS IN
        THE FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON, TEXAS METROPOLITAN AREA
     Approximately 26 percent of householders in the Ft. Worth-
Arlington, Texas Metropolitan Area rated their neighborhoods a
perfect "10", and 26 percent said their home was the best place
to live.  These findings are included in the report, "American
Housing Survey for the Ft. Worth-Arlington, Texas Metropolitan
Area in 1994," H170/94-6, released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD).
     Of the householders living in the Ft. Worth-Arlington, Texas
metropolitan neighborhoods, 11 percent reported problems with
crime, 6 percent reported traffic problems, and about the same
proportion experienced problems with litter or housing
deterioration.
     The following are additional facts about the Ft. Worth-
Arlington, Texas Metropolitan Area:
     -    The area had 555,400 housing units in 1994, of which
          501,400 were occupied (64 percent by owners and
          36 percent by renters).
     -    Single-family homes, at 76 percent of all occupied
          units, represented the predominant housing type in the
          area.
     -    The median age of homes in Ft. Worth city was 32 years,
          compared with 16 years for the remaining area.
     -    Homes in the area had a median of 2.7 bedrooms.
     -    Of owner-occupied housing units in the area, 84 percent
          had central air conditioning, 92 percent had clothes
          dryers, 78 percent had dishwashers, and 70 percent had
          garbage disposals.
     -    Occupied homes in the area had a median of 2.3 persons
          per unit and a median of 5.5 rooms per unit.
     -    Of all area owner-occupied units, approximately
          94 percent had a porch, deck, or patio; 86 percent had
          a garage or carport; and 63 percent had a usable
          fireplace.
     -    During the two years prior to the survey, 35 percent of
          the owner-occupied units had some or all of the roof
          replaced and 9 percent had kitchens remodeled or added.
     -    Twenty-two percent of the owners and 4 percent of the
          renters had monthly housing costs that were $1,000 or
          more.
     -    The 1993 median household income for area homeowners
          was $45,200, compared with $24,700 for renters.
     -    Renters had median monthly housing costs that
          represented 27 percent of their current income,
          compared with 19 percent for owners.  Monthly housing
          costs include mortgage payments or contract rent,
          utilities, fuels, insurance, real estate taxes (for
          owners), and other housing-related expenditures.
     -    Median value of homeowners' residences in 1994 was
          $70,800, down 15 percent from a 1994 constant dollar
          figure of $83,300 for 1989.
     -    Sixty-two percent of the 25,500 owner-occupied homes
          built during the last four years cost $100,000 or more;
          43 percent of the owners of new homes used savings or
          cash-on-hand for their down payment.
     -    Thirty-nine percent of the homeowners with a mortgage
          had a current interest rate on their mortgage loan of
          less than 8 percent in 1994.
     Data in the report are shown separately for units with
African American and Hispanic householders.  Since data in the
report are from a survey, they are subject to sampling
variability.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office by
telephone:  301-457-2794; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.  Non-media orders should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636); fax:
301-457-3842.
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                      TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1996
Public Information Office                              CB96-O.10
301-457-3030
301-457-4067 (TDD)
                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
                 PLANS UNVEILED  FOR CENSUS 2000
     Atlanta, GA -- On May 28, the Department of Commerce's
Census Bureau will announce plans for conducting a faster, less
costly, and more accurate Census 2000.  Commerce Department Under
Secretary Everett M. Ehrlich, Census Bureau Director Martha
Farnsworth Riche, and Assistant to the Deputy Director Peter
Bounpane will discuss the plans at the Georgia Power Company
Auditorium.  The meeting of business and local government leaders
and Georgia data users is co-sponsored by the Association of
Public Data Users, Georgia Power Company,  Morehouse College,
and several other groups and organizations.
                                          .
     Objectives to be discussed include:  using simple,
easy-to-read forms in an effort to count every resident of
Georgia and the United States;  implementing an open process that
diverse groups and interests can understand and support; building
partnerships with state and local governments and community
groups; eliminating the differential in the count of racial and
ethnic groups for cities like Atlanta; and producing a one number
census that is right the first time.
Tuesday--May 28
1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.       Census 2000 Meeting
                          GA Power Company Auditorium
                          333 Piedmont
                          Atlanta, GA  30308
For more information, contact Bea Piddock, Census Bureau Regional
Office, on 404-730-3832.
                              -X-
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MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
UPCOMING
"National Population Estimates."  Three files containing
April 1, 1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race,
and Hispanic origin soon will be available on the Internet.
Printed tables containing data similar to the Internet files will
be available from the Public Information Office on 301-457-3030.
"Tables on the Black Population in the U.S.:  March 1995,"
PPL-45.  These 15 tables on the Nation s African American
population will provide social and economic data for African
American and White, not Hispanic populations.  No analysis will
be provided.
"Population of States by Broad Age Groups and Sex:  1990 and
1995, PPL-44."  These six tables will provide population
estimates by age and gender for the 50 states and the District of
Columbia. No analysis will be provided.
"Population of States and Counties of the United States:  1790 to
1990."  This new report will provide the total population for
each of the Nation's 3,141 counties from 1990 back to the first
census in which the county appeared.
"Consolidated Federal Funds Report."  Produced annually, this
report will provide data on federal government expenditures by
state, county, and subcounty areas.
"1993/1994 Federal Finance."  Information for 1993 and 1994 on
revenue, expenditures, debt and assets for the federal government
soon will be available on the Internet.
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  The next series of reports
will be available May 31, 1996.  The data covers movement of
goods, by major type of commodity shipped, and by mode(s) of
transportation.
NEW ON THE NET
For a complete listing of what we are now carrying on the
Internet, call our 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number, 301-457-4178,
and request Document No. 3000.
RECENTLY RELEASED
"American Housing Survey for the Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
Metropolitan Area in 1994, H170/94-6."  Available May 17, 1996.
This report presents findings about the Ft. Worth-Arlington
Metropolitan Area including building and neighborhood conditions,
housing costs and values, utilities used in the home, and
selected characteristics of residents.  This information is
provided for both owners and renters.
"65+ in the United States, P23-190."  Available May 20, 1996.
This report looks at findings on the social, economic, and health
characteristics of the elderly population in the United States.
Information on the elderly population is provided for the Nation,
each state, and selected counties.
"Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries, M94[AS]-1."
Available May 24, 1996.  This report, part of the 1994 Annual
Survey of Manufactures, includes data on capital expenditures,
inventories, and supplemental labor, fuel, and electric energy
costs for manufacturing establishments.  Contact Michael Zampogna
on 301-457-4810.
"1992 Census of Service Industries:  Subject Series/Miscellaneous
Subjects, SC92-S-5."  Available May 24, 1996.  This report
contains statistics on service firms and includes gross billings,
receipts, and annual payroll.  Contact Kirk Degler on
301-457-2659.
"U.S. Trade with Puerto Rico and U.S. Possessions, FT895/95."
Available May 24, 1996.  This report highlights shipments to and
from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and method of
transportation for imports and exports.  Contact Reba Higbee on
301-457-2227.
"Combined Annual and Revised Monthly Retail Trade, BR/95-RV."
Available May 24, 1996.  The report provides a detailed summary
of retail sales and inventories from January 1986 to December
1995.  Contact Nancy Piesto on 301-457-2706.
"1992 Census of Construction Industries:  Geographic Area
Series" Middle Atlantic, Mountain, East North Central, and East
South Central States, CC92-A-2, 8, 3, 6.  Available May 24, 1996.
These reports contain statistics on construction establishments,
including value of construction work, assets, capital
expenditures, and value of inventories.  Contact Pat Horning on
301-457-4680 or via e-mail:  Patricia.L.Horning@smtgw.census.gov.
Media representatives with questions or comments about any of the
above information should call the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number is 301-457-4178.  Other inquiries should be directed to
the Bureau's FastFax:  1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee);
Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MAY 30, 1996 (THURSDAY)
Public Information Office                                 CB96-87
301-457-3030
301-457-4067 (TDD)
Thomas Zabelsky
301-457-2787
       CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES ANNUAL COMMUNICATIONS SURVEY
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released its
"Annual Survey of Communication Services:  1994"  report, which
features data on telephone communications, electronic mail,
facsimile transmission, telex services, the radio and television
broadcasting industries, cable, and other pay television
services.  Operating expenses (1990-1994) are included for these
industries.
      Selected tables from the report also are available on the
Internet.  The address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/ascs.html.
                               -X-
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should be directed to the Census Bureau's Public Information on
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on 301-457-2787.
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             EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MAY 31, 1996 (FRIDAY)
Public Information Office                             CB96-88
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Edwin Byerly
301-457-2419
               CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES ADDITIONAL
                1995 STATE POPULATION ESTIMATES
       EMBARGOED UNTIL:  MAY 31, 1996 (FRIDAY) - The Commerce
Department's Census Bureau today is releasing "Population of
States by Broad Age Groups and Sex:  1990 and 1995" (PPL-44).
Six tables are being released providing population totals by age
and gender for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.  No
analysis is provided with the tables.
       The table titles are:
     -    Table 1--Both Sexes Population by Broad Age Groups:
          April 1, 1990
     -    Table 2--Male Population by Broad Age Groups:  April 1,
          1990
     -    Table 3--Female Population by Broad Age Groups:
          April 1, 1990
     -    Table 4--Both Sexes Population by Broad Age Groups:
          July 1, 1995
     -    Table 5--Male Population by Broad Age Groups:  July 1,
          1995
     -    Table 6--Female Population by Broad Age Groups:
          July 1, 1995
       More extensive data files, including annual population
totals from 1990 to 1995 for each year of age by gender are
available on diskette (PE-38) and on the Internet.  These state
population estimates as well as other recent estimates for
counties, cities, and the nation can be found on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/popest.html.
                               -X-
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Public Information Office on 301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or
e-mail:  pio@census.gov.  Other requests for the paper listing
(PPL-44) and the diskette product (PE-38) should go to the
Population Division's Statistical Information Staff on
301-457-2422.
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June 7, 1996             **TIPSHEET**            TP96-09
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
UPCOMING:
"Consolidated Federal Funds Reports."  Produced annually, this
report will provide data on federal government expenditures by
state, county, and subcounty areas. =20
"Tables on the Black Population in the U.S.:  March 1995,"=20
PPL-45.  These 15 tables on the Nation=FEs African American
population will provide social and economic data for African
American and White, not Hispanic populations.  No analysis will
be provided.
                                                      =20
"Population of States and Counties of the United States:  1790 to
1990."  This new report will provide the total population for
each of the Nation's 3,141 counties from 1990 back to the first
census in which the county appeared.
"1992 Hispanic-Owned Businesses," MB92-2.  This report contains
number of firms, number of employees, sales, and receipts for
Hispanic-owned firms.  The report is one in a series on women-
and minority-owned businesses.
"1994 County Business Patterns."  This annual report series
provides business, employment and payroll data, by county for
each state and the U.S.
"Subject Index to Current Population Reports and Other Population
Report Series," P23-192.  This publication is an index, by
subject matter and series number, of the Census Bureau's Current
Population Reports and other products that provide information
about our Nation's population.
NEW ON THE NET:
"World POP Clock."  The Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/ipc-bin/popclockw.
"U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services."  The Internet
address for this information is:=20
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www/.
"Residential Vacancies and Homeownership."  The Internet address
for this information is:=20
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/.
         =20
"Market Absorption of Apartments," H130/96-Q1.  The Internet
address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/soma.html.
"1993/1994 Federal Finance."  The Internet address for this
information is:=20
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/govs/www/fedfin.html.
For a complete listing of what we are now carrying on the
Internet, call our 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number, 301-457-4178,
and request Document No. 3000.=20
    =20
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"National Population Estimates."  Available June 7, 1996.  Three
files containing April 1, 1996 national population estimates by
age, gender, race, and Hispanic origin now are available on the
Internet.  Printed tables containing data similar to the Internet
files are available from the Public Information Office on=20
301-457-3030; or by Fax-on-Demand at 301-457-4178.=20
(Document No. 1151)
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  Available June 7, 1996.=20
Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia are the latest state
reports being released.  The data covers movement of goods, by
major type of commodity shipped, and by mode(s) of
transportation.  Copies may be obtained by calling 301-457-2805
or 2114.=20
"1992 Census of Construction Industries:  Geographic Area
Series/West South Central States," CC92-A-7.  Available=20
June 7, 1996.  The report contains statistics on construction
establishments, including value of construction work, assets,
capital expenditures, and value of inventories.  Contact=20
Pat Horning on 301-457-4680 or via e-mail:=20
Patricia.L.Horning@smtgw.census.gov.
"Population of States by Broad Age Groups and Sex:  1990 and
1995," PPL-44.  Released May 31, 1996.  These six tables provide
population estimates by age and gender for the 50 states and the
District of Columbia.  No analysis is provided.  (Press Release
Document No. 1148) (Document No. 1149) =20
"Annual Survey of Communication Services:  1994," BC/94.=20
Released May 30, 1996.  This report features data on telephone
communications, electronic mail, facsimile transmissions, telex
services, the radio and television broadcasting industries,
cable, and other pay television services.  Contact Thomas
Zabelsky on 301-457-2787 for more information.  (Press Release
Document No. 2106)
Media representatives with questions or comments about any of the
above information should call the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number is 301-457-4178.  Other inquiries should be directed to
the Bureau's FastFax:  1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee);
Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.=20
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 11, 1996 (TUESDAY)
Public Information Office                               CB96-90
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Claudette Bennett/Barbara Martin
301-457-2402
        UPDATED INFORMATION ON NATION'S AFRICAN AMERICAN
              POPULATION RELEASED BY CENSUS BUREAU
      The Commerce Department's Census Bureau is releasing 15
tables on the nation's African American population from the March
1995 Current Population Survey.  The tables provide social and
economic data for African American  persons, families, and
households, and show comparisons with non-Hispanic Whites.  No
analysis of the data is provided.
      The tables provide information such as:
      -   Almost three-quarters of African Americans aged 25 and
          over were high school graduates in 1995.
      -   In 1995, 13 percent of adult African Americans had a
          bachelor's degree.
      -   African American men working year-round, full-time
          earned a median income of $25,350 in 1994, 72 percent
          of the income of non-Hispanic White men.
      -   African American females earned $20,610 in 1994, 85
          percent of the income of non-Hispanic White women.
      The tables also cover the following characteristics:
marital status,  labor force status, occupation, and  poverty
status.  The data are frequently shown by gender and region of
residence.
      The Census Bureau also is developing tabulations from the
March 1995 Current Population Survey (CPS) for the Asian and
Pacific Islander population and the Hispanic origin population.
We expect these data to become available on the Internet this
year.  The CPS is not sufficiently large to provide reliable
estimates for the American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
      Independent estimates and projections for racial groups,
including American Indians and Alaska Natives, and for Hispanic
origin are available in the Bureau of the Census, Current
Population Report Series, P-25, on the Internet, and on diskette
upon request.
                               -X-
Editor's note:  media requests for copies of the tables should be
directed to the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030; fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail: pio@census.gov.
Other requests should go to the Population Statistical
Information Staff on 301-457-2422.  The data also are available
on Population Paper Listing, PPL-45, on Population Electronic
diskette series PE-41, and on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/race.html
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:   JUNE 14, 1996 (FRIDAY)
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Richard Forstall/Campbell Gibson
301-457-2442
       CENSUS DATA TELL HISTORY OF OUR NATION'S  COUNTIES
      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 14, 1996 (FRIDAY) - The Commerce
Department's Census Bureau and its National Technical Information
Service today are releasing "Population of States and Counties of
the United States: 1790 to 1990."
      The report provides the total population for each of the
nation's 3,141 counties from 1990 back to the first census in
which the county appeared.  Notes about changes in state
boundaries, changes in names of counties, and how each county was
formed are included in the report.  Also, the report specifies
the earliest census in which the county had its 1990 boundaries
so users can compare population size and change for previous
years.
      The 236-page report is for sale by the National Technical
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA
22161; 703-487-4650.  The cost is $35 plus handling.  Refer to
order number PB96-119060.  An electronic version also is
available on diskette as an ASCII text file for $35 plus
handling.  Refer to order number PB96-500525.
                               -X-
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state tables from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office
on 301-457-3030;  fax:  301-457-3670; or e-mail: pio@census.gov.
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           EMBARGOED UNTIL:   JUNE 18, 1996 (TUESDAY)
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Robert McArthur
301-457-1565
   FEDERAL AID SURPASSES $5,000 PER PERSON IN FISCAL YEAR 1995
      EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 18, 1996 (TUESDAY) - The federal
government provided $1.4 trillion in domestic grants, benefits,
subsidies, salaries, and goods and services purchased in FY 1995,
according to two reports issued today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.  That amounts to $5,161 for every
person in the U.S.
      "These reports provide the most comprehensive information
on the geographic distribution of federal funds," said Robert
McArthur, chief of the Governments Division's Federal Programs
Branch.  The reports, "Federal Expenditures by State for Fiscal
Year 1995" (FES/95) and "Consolidated Federal Funds Report,
Fiscal Year 1995, County Areas" (CFFR/95) exclude interest on
federal debt and other federal payments, such as coverage for
failed savings and loans, that could not be allocated
geographically.
      California received the most federal funds of any state
area, followed by New York and Texas.  New York City received
more than any other county or county equivalent area in the
U.S. or its territories.  New York City and Los Angeles County
each received more federal money than did 43 states.  However, on
a per capita basis, New York City would rank 490th and Los
Angeles County would rank 1,209th among the 3,137 counties and
county equivalent areas in the U.S., in terms of  Federal funds
received.
      Nationally, federal domestic assistance in 1995 increased
3.3 percent over 1994.  The main components of the increase were
grants and direct payments to individuals.
      According to the reports, federal government payroll
expenditures totaled $168 billion, virtually unchanged from 1994.
Federal government procurement contract obligations totaled $202
billion in 1995, a 2 percent increase from 1994.
      The top five states in federal spending per capita were:
      Rank         State               Amount Per Capita
        1          Virginia                   $7,830
        2          Maryland                   $7,361
        3          New Mexico                 $7,130
        4          Alaska                     $6,927
        5          Hawaii                     $6,386
      The county report shows the top five recipient county areas
were:
      Rank         County/County Equivalent         Amount
        1          New York City, NY                $40.6 billion
        2          Los Angeles County, CA           $40.2 billion
        3          Cook County, IL                  $23.0 billion
        4          San Diego County, CA             $16.5 billion
        5          Philadelphia County, PA          $12.2 billion
      Direct payments for individuals was the largest federal
spending category in each of those top five counties.
      Defense spending, which includes payroll, defense contracts
and grants, and military pensions, totaled $228 billion in 1995.
The top five recipient counties of federal defense spending were:
      Rank         County                     Amount
        1          Los Angeles County, CA     $7.9 billion
        2          San Diego County, CA       $7.4 billion
        3          St. Louis City, MO         $5.7 billion
        4          Newport News City, VA      $4.2 billion
        5          Fairfax County, VA         $4.2 billion
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030, fax:  301-457-3670, or e-mail; pio@census.gov.
Other orders should be directed to the bureau's Fastfax:
1-900-555-2FAX (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services Branch
on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax: 301-457-3842.
                               -X-
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 24, 1996 (MONDAY)
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Robert Bennefield
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   NEARLY THREE IN TEN AMERICANS HAVE INTERRUPTION IN HEALTH=20
            INSURANCE COVERAGE, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE  24, 1996 (MONDAY) - Approximately 27
percent of the population (66.6 million people) lacked health
insurance for at least one month in a 28-month period starting in
early 1992;  about 11.9 million people  (4.8 percent) were
uninsured during that entire period.  These findings are
contained in a report, "Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Health
Insurance, 1992 to 1993," released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.  The information was collected in the
bureau=FEs Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).  The
SIPP, which surveys approximately 20,000 households across the
country, is designed to collect information on the economic
well-being of persons, families and households. =20
     This latest report provides a comprehensive look at those
who do and do not have health insurance, the types of insurance
coverage used (including employer or union plans, other privately
purchased plans, Medicare, medicaid, and military health care),
and the characteristics of people who are or are not covered by
health insurance.  It also provides information on how long
people go without health insurance.
     According to the report, work experience has a significant
effect on health insurance coverage:  87 percent of persons who
worked full-time during the survey's time frame were covered
continuously by health insurance, compared with 74 percent for
part-time workers, and 58 percent for workers with one or more
job interruptions.
     "Health insurance coverage is commonly associated with other
life circumstances, such as employment, retirement, and
government program participation.  The data indicate there is a
strong likelihood some segments of the population will change
health insurance status over time," says the report's author Bob
Bennefield.
     Some other findings over the 28-month survey period are:
     -    Young adults--between 18 and 24 years old--were the
          most likely age group to lack insurance for at least
          one month.
     -    The percentages of people who spent at least one month
          without health insurance were:  23 percent for Whites
          (not of Hispanic origin), 36 percent for African
          Americans, and 49 percent for persons of Hispanic
          origin.
     -    People who lived in the South and West were more likely
          to experience one or more months without health
          insurance coverage than those living in the      =20
          Northeast or Midwest.  The percentages of people with
          one or more months without health insurance coverage
          were:  31 percent in both the South and West, 23
          percent in the Midwest, and 22 percent in the
          Northeast.
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
     The attached chart shows the percent of persons covered by
health insurance (1992-1994), by length of coverage.
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report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030;  fax: 301-457-3670, or e-mail:  pio.@census.gov.=20
Other orders should be directed to the bureau's FastFax:
1-900-555-2FAX (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services Branch
on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax: 301-457-3842.
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June 21, 1996                 **TIPSHEET**              TP96-10
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports  =20
                    and Activities
UPCOMING:
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Health Insurance, 1992 to
1993," P70-54.  This report, which is from the Survey of Income
and Program Participation, contains information on the extent to
which people experienced lapses in health insurance and the
characteristics of those covered by different types of insurance.
"1992 Hispanic-Owned Businesses," MB92-2.  This report contains
the number of firms, the number of employees, sales, and receipts
for Hispanic-owned firms.  The report is one in a series on
women- and minority-owned businesses.
National Population Estimates.  Three files containing May 1,
1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic origin soon will be available on the Internet.=20
Printed tables containing data similar to the Internet files will
be available from the Public Information Office on 301-457-3030;
or by Fax-on-Demand at 301-457-4178.=20
1994 County Business Patterns.  This annual report series
provides business, employment, and payroll data by county for
each state and the U.S.
"Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey:  1994,
BT/94.  This report, also known as the Transportation Annual
Survey, features data on motor freight transportation
and warehousing services, trucking and courier services, and
operating revenue and expenses.
1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports.  The next series of reports
will be available June 26, 1996.  The data covers movement of
goods, by major type of commodity shipped, and by mode(s) of
transportation.
"1994 Government Employment."  October employment and payroll
data are provided at the U.S., state, county, and city levels. =20
"1993 Government Employment."  October employment and payroll
data are provided at the U.S., state, county, and city levels. =20
NEW ON THE NET:
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features, including "Current Economic Indicators."  Visit
it at:  http://www.census.gov
For a complete listing of what we now are carrying on the
Internet, call our 24-hour Fax-on-Demand number, 301-457-4178,
and request Document No. 3000.=20
    =20
RECENTLY RELEASED:
"Subject Index to Current Population Reports and Other Population
Report Series," P23-192.  Available June 7, 1996.  This
publication is an index, by subject matter and series number,
of the Census Bureau's Current Population Reports and other
products that provide information about our Nation's population.=20
"Tables on the Black Population in the U.S.:  March 1995,"=20
PPL-45.  Available June 11, 1996.  These 15 tables on the
nation=FEs African American population provide social and economic
data for African American and non-Hispanic White populations.  No
analysis is provided.  (Press Release Document No. 1150)
"Population of States and Counties of the United States:  1790 to
1990."  Available June 14, 1996.  This new report provides the
total population for each of the nation's 3,141 counties from=20
1990 back to the first census in which the county appeared.=20
(Press Release Document No. 1152)
"Consolidated Federal Funds Report," CFFR/95.  Available June 18,
1996.  Published annually, this report presents federal
expenditures at state, county, and subcounty areas, including
U.S. territories.  Payments are differentiated according to
program categories (e.g. grants, salaries, direct payments,
procurements, loans, and insurance).  The data will be
available electronically and in publication.  Call Robert
McArthur on 301-457-1656 or via e-mail at:
rmcarthu@census.gov.  (Press Release Document No. 2107)
"Federal Expenditures by State for Fiscal Year 1995," (FES/95).=20
Available June 18, 1996.  Published annually, this report details
federal payments to states and territories through grants,
salaries, procurements, direct payments, and other programs.=20
Payments are separated by program area or federal agency where
possible.  Historical data and per capita breakdowns are
provided.  Data will be available electronically and in
publication.  Call Robert McArthur on 301-457-1656 or via e-mail
at:  rmcarthu@census.gov.   (Press Release Document No. 2107)
"A Brief Look at Postwar U.S. Income Inequality," P60-191.=20
Available June 20, 1996.  Are the rich getting richer and poor
getting poorer?  Historical Census Bureau statistics on income
contained in the report can shed light on that debate.  (Press
Release Document No. 1153; Report Document No. 1154)
Internet Subscription Service.  Available June 20, 1996.  The
release discusses the new Internet subscription service called
"CenStats" which will supplement the large amount of information
that is and will continue to be available for free on the
Bureau's site:  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/
"1992 Census of Construction Industries:  Geographic Area
Series/New England States," CC92-A-1.  Available June 21, 1996.=20
The report contains statistics on construction establishments,
including value of construction work, assets, capital
expenditures, and value of inventories.  Contact Pat Horning on
301-457-4680 or via e-mail at:=20
Patricia.L.Horning@smtgw.census.gov
"1992 Census of Mineral Industries:  Geographic Area Series/East
South Central States, Middle Atlantic States, New England States,
and South Atlantic States," MIC92-A-6, 2, 1, 5.  Available=20
June 21, 1996.  These are four geographic division reports in a
series of nine, providing statistics for individual states within
a defined geographic area.  They cover all establishments with
one paid employee or more primarily engaged in mining.  Contact
Pat Horning on 301-457-4680 or via e-mail at:=20
Patricia.L.Horning@smtgw.census.gov
"Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures:  1994," MA200(94)-1.=20
Available June 21, 1996.  This report covers companies classified
in mining, petroleum, and electric utility industries and
includes all operations of the companies.  Contact Elinor
Champion on 301-457-4701.  =20
Media representatives with questions or comments about any of the
above information should call the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number is 301-457-4178.  Other inquiries should be directed to
the Bureau's FastFax:  1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee);
Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842. =20
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL:  JUNE 25, 1996 (TUESDAY)
Public Information Office                         CB96-103
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James Warden
301-457-2787
  CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING SURVEY
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released its
Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey:  1994
(BT/94).  The report features data on motor freight
transportation and warehousing services, trucking and courier
services, motor carrier revenue, and destination of shipments.
Operating revenue and expenses, by kind of business (1985-1994)
also are included.
     Selected tables from the report, "Motor Freight
Transportation and Warehousing Survey:  1994," also are available
on the Internet.  The address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/tas.html
                               -X-
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July 5, 1996           **TIP SHEET**                 TP96-11
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Tip Sheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                      and Activities
                           UPCOMING
Demographic
July 1, 1995 population estimates for Puerto Rico and its
municipios as well as annual population totals for
1990 to 1995 are being prepared.
Economic
"1992 Hispanic-Owned Businesses."  This report contains the
number of firms, the number of employees, sales, and receipts for
Hispanic-owned firms, for the nation and local areas.
"1994 County Business Patterns."  This annual report series
provides business, employment, and payroll data by county for
each state and the U.S.
"1992 Finances of Municipal and Township Governments."  This
report contains historical information on revenue and
expenditures by source and state.
"1992 Large Farms Are Thriving in the United States."  This
agricultural brief profiles the characteristics of America's
large and small farms, including acreage, assets, products, and
returns.
                     NEW ON THE NET
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features, including "Current Economic Indicators."  Visit it at
http://www.census.gov.  A few examples of data now available on
the Census Website are:
"1993, 1994, and 1995 Federal, State and Local Government
Employment."  The Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/govs/www.
"National Population Estimates."  The files containing May 1,
1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic origin now are available on the Internet
(http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/nation).
For a complete listing of what the Public Information Office now
is carrying on the Internet, call our 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number on 301-457-4178 and request Document No. 3000.
                  RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"American Housing Survey for the Buffalo, NY, Anaheim-Santa Ana,
CA, San Diego, CA, Dallas, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Milwaukee, WI, and
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metrpolitan Areas in 1994,"
H170/94-44, 2, 38, 4, 12, 29, 3.  Available July 5, 1996.  These
reports present findings about these areas including building and
neighborhood conditions, housing costs and values, utilities used
in the home, and selected characteristics of residents, for both
owners and renters.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Health Insurance, 1992 to
1993," P70-54.  Available June 24, 1996.  This report contains
information on persons who have experienced lapses in health
insurance and the characteristics of those covered by different
types of insurance. (Press Release Document No. 1156;
Document No. 1157)
Economic
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  Available July 5, 1996.
Kentucky and Mississippi are the latest state reports to be
released.  The data cover movement of goods, by major type of
commodity shipped, and by mode(s) of transportation.
"1992 Census of Construction Industries:  Geographic Area
Series." Reports for West North Central States, South Atlantic
States, and Pacific States.  Available July 5, 1996.  These
reports contain statistics on construction establishments,
including value of construction work, assets, capital
expenditures, and value of inventories.  Contact Pat Horning on
301-457-4680 or via e-mail at:
Patricia.L.Horning@smtgw.census.gov.
"1992 Census of Mineral Industries:  Geographic Area Series."
Report for West South Central States and Pacific States.
Available July 5, 1996.  These reports provide statistics for
individual states.  They cover all establishments with one paid
employee or more primarily engaged in mining.  Contact Pat
Horning on 301-457-4680 or via e-mail at:
Patricia.L.Horning@smtgw.census.gov.
"Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey:  1994,"
BT/94.  Available June 25, 1996.  This report features data on
motor freight transportation and warehousing services, trucking
and courier services, and operating revenue and expenses.  (Press
Release Document No. 2108)
Media representatives with questions or comments about any of the
above information should call the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number is 301-457-4178.  Other inquiries should be directed to
the Bureau's FastFax:  1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee);
Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.
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                   IMMEDIATE RELEASE  MONDAY, JULY 8, 1996
Public Information Office                              CB96-113
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                 **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
             JULY 10 PRESS CONFERENCE WILL RELEASE NEW           =20
                 HISPANIC-OWNED BUSINESSINFORMATION
      Washington, D.C.-- A press conference will be held on July
10 at the National Press Club to announce new findings on
Hispanic-owned businesses.  The Department of Commerce's Census
Bureau and Minority Business Development Agency will be joined by
the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the press
conference in announcing new findings on Hispanic-owned
businesses based on the newly published 1992 Survey of
Minority-Owned Business Enterprises:  Hispanic (MB92-2).  The
report provides national, state, metropolitan area, county,  and
city data on Hispanic-owned businesses employment, payroll, and
receipts.  Information on businesses owned by Hispanic subgroups
also is available.  The report will document a dramatic jump in
the number of Hispanic-owned businesses since the last Census
Bureau survey in 1987, especially in California, Florida, and
Texas.
       Jose F. Nino, President of the United States Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce; Elio Muller, Deputy Director of the Minority
Business Development Agency, and Eddie Salyers,
Chief of the Census Bureau's Company Statistics Branch will
discuss the findings.  Ruth Runyan, Assistant Chief of the Census
Bureau=FEs Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division will
moderate.   Details regarding the press conference are as
follows:
Wednesday, July 10
1:30 p.m.          News Conference on 1992 Hispanic-Owned        =20
                     Businesses
                   National Press Club, First Amendment Room
                   14th and F Streets,  N.W.
                   Washington, D.C.  20045
                                -X-
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            EMBARGOED UNTIL: 2:30 P.M., JULY 10, 1996 (WEDNESDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB96-110
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Eddie Salyers
Valerie Strang
301-763-5726
          NUMBER OF HISPANIC BUSINESSES UP 76 PERCENT IN FIVE
                   YEARS, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
   EMBARGOED UNTIL: 2:30 P.M., JULY 10, 1996 (WEDNESDAY) -  The
number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States
increased 76 percent from 489,973 to 862,605 between 1987 and
1992, according to a report released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau entitled 1992 Survey of Minority-Owned
Business Enterprises, Hispanic (MB92-2).  This compares to a rate
increase of 26 percent for all U.S. firms, from 13.7 million in
1987 to 17.3 million in 1992.
   Receipts for Hispanic-owned firms increased by 134 percent
during the five-year span, from $32.8 billion to $76.8 billion.
In comparison, receipts for all U.S. firms grew by 67 percent,
from $2 trillion to $3.3 trillion.
        The report does not include C corporations, which are
legally incorporated businesses with no limits on their number of
shareholders.
        The following statistics cover 771,708 of these
Hispanic-owned firms for which detailed geographic and industry
estimates are available.
        Receipts per firm averaged $94,000 for Hispanic-owned
firms, compared with $193,000 for all U.S. firms.  Forty-seven
percent or 359,588 of Hispanic businesses had receipts under
$10,000, while approximately 9,200 had sales of $1 million or
more.
        The survey also shows that the 15 percent of
Hispanic-owned firms with paid employees accounted for 79 percent
of gross receipts of Hispanic-businesses.  Of these firms,
676 had 100 or more employees and accounted for $10.7 billion in
receipts.
        Forty-five percent of Hispanic-owned firms were in the
service industry and accounted for 23 percent of gross receipts.
While Hispanic retailers accounted for 14 percent of total
Hispanic-owned firms, they had 24 percent of gross receipts.
        Approximately 89 percent of Hispanic-owned firms were
sole proprietorships in 1992.  Partnerships and subchapter S
corporations comprised 4 and 7 percent, respectively.  (A sole
proprietorship is an unincorporated business owned by an
individual; a partnership is an unincorporated business owned by
two or more persons; and a subchapter S corporation is an
unincorporated business with 35 or fewer shareholders.)
        Three states--California, Texas, and Florida--accounted
for 68 percent of the firms owned by Hispanics and 61 percent of
the Hispanic population resides in those three states.
        New Mexico had the highest percentage of firms owned by
Hispanics at 20.1 percent; 12.6 percent of the receipts in the
state were from Hispanic-owned businesses.  Texas ranked
second with 12.4 percent of all firms and 5.1 percent of all
receipts.  Florida was third with 11.8 percent of all firms and
9.3 percent of all receipts.
        The report contains information on the number of firms,
receipts, number of paid employees, and annual payroll.  These
data are presented by geographic area (the nation, states, and
selected metropolitan areas, counties, and cities), industry,
size of firm, and legal form of organization with comparative
1992 data for all U.S. firms.
        The data in this report were collected as part of the
1992 Economic Census from a large sample of all non-farm
businesses filing tax forms as sole proprietorships,
partnerships, or subchapter S corporations (corporations other
than subchapter S were excluded), and with receipts of $500 or
more in 1992.
        The information was collected from a sample survey, and
is therefore subject to sampling variability as well as reporting
and coverage errors.  Comparisons to 1987 should be done with
extreme caution because changes in tax laws caused
inconsistencies between the 1987 and 1992 data.  Changes in
survey methodology also may contribute to the differences.
                          -X-
Editor's note:  media representatives may obtain copies of the
report, 1992 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises,
Hispanic (MB92-2), from the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030; fax: 301-457-3670; or e-mail:
pio@census.gov.   Other orders should go to the bureau's
Minority- and Women-Owned Business Information Staff on
301-763-5726.  In addition, selected tables will be available on
the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/agfs/www/smobe.html
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                     THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1996
Public Information Office                            CB96-O.14
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                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
       PLANS FOR CENSUS 2000 TO BE  UNVEILED IN DETROIT
      Detroit, MI-- On July 15, the Department of Commerce's
Census Bureau will announce its plans for conducting a faster,
less costly, and more accurate Census 2000.  Commerce Department
Under Secretary Everett M. Ehrlich, Census Bureau Director Martha
Farnsworth Riche, and Special Assistant to the Deputy Director
Peter Bounpane will discuss the plans at a meeting at the Greater
Detroit Chamber of Commerce.  The meeting of business and local
government leaders and Michigan data users is co-sponsored by the
Association of Public Data Users, the SE Michigan Council of
Governments, the SE Michigan Census Council, and several other
groups and organizations.
      Objectives to be discussed include:  using simple,
easy-to-read forms in an effort to count every resident of
Michigan and the United States; implementing an open process that
diverse groups and interests can understand and support; building
partnerships with state and local governments and community
groups at every stage of the process; eliminating the
differential in the count of racial and ethnic groups for cities
like Detroit; and producing a one number census that is right the
first time.
Monday--July 15
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.     Census 2000 Meeting
                          Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce
                          600 W. Lafayette
                          Detroit, MI  48226
      For more information, contact Vincent Kountz, Census Bureau
Regional Office, on 313-259-0056.
                               -X-
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July 19, 1996              **TIPSHEET**                TP96-12
MEMORANDUM FOR  Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:           LaVerne Vines Collins
                Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:        TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                and Activities
                 **NEW POLICY ON PRESS RELEASES**
An embargoed release time--generally 10 a.m. EDT--is now in place
for the majority of news releases issued by the bureau's Public
Information Office.  After 10 a.m. EDT, print and electronic
media are cleared to release the report findings to the public on
the day specified.  Some exceptions to this policy include
selected economic indicators, reports issued at formal press
conferences, and immediate releases.  Please inform others on
your staff who may be impacted by this new policy.
                             UPCOMING
Demographic
"National Population Estimates."  Three files containing June 1,
1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic origin soon will be available on the Internet.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Poverty, 1992-1993, Who Stays
Poor?  Who Doesn't?"  This report provides data on people's
movements into and out of poverty and the length of time people
remain poor.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Income, 1992-1993, Moving Up
and Down the Income Ladder."  This report provides data on
people's economic status and the factors in their personal life
that affect their economic status, such as marriage and the
presence of children.
Economic
"1992 Census of Governments - Finances of County Governments."
This report provides national statistics on revenue, expenditure,
debt, and financial assets of county governments in fiscal year
1992.
"1992 Census of Governments - Employment of Major Local
Governments."  This report provides statistics on employment and
payrolls for local governments.
"1992 Finances of Municipal and Township Governments."  This
report contains historical information on revenue and
expenditures by source and state.
"1992 Large Farms Are Thriving in the United States."  This
agricultural brief profiles the characteristics of America's
large and small farms, including acreage, assets, products, and
returns.
For Broadcasters:
Here's the latest from the Census Radio Broadcast Service (CRBS):
-    Edition #219, for air beginning July 22, will have
     interviews on male fertility and how many of us enjoy
     recreation in wildlife areas.  "Uncle Sam's Almanac" will
     tell us about our favorite sports activity, and the
     agricuultural feature is about the longer season for
     peaches.
-    Edition #220, for air beginning July 29, has interviews on
     growing Hispanic businesses and income inequality.  "Uncle
     Sam's Almanac" talks about the exploding telephone industry,
     and the agricultural feature is about the reduced number of
     honey bees.
-    The Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa" now is
     being produced weekly, and will be contained in each week's
     edition of CRBS.
CRBS is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  Features also
are available on North American Network's Newsline telephone
service at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on our Internet Home Page at:
http://www//.census.gov.  Verbatim transcripts of each segment
are available 24 hours a day on our Fax-on-Demand line at
301-457-4178.  Mail distribution by cassette also is available.
If you have any questions, please contact Maury Cagle or Rick
Reed on 301-457-3030.
                         NEW ON THE NET
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features.  Visit it at http://www.census.gov.  A few examples of
data now available on the Census Website are:
"1st Quarter Absorptions," H130/95-1.  The Internet address for
this report is: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/soma.html
"Historical Tables on Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type
of Coverage by Sex and Race" 1987-1994, HI-1.  The Internet
address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/hlthins/historic/index.html
"1993 State and Local Government Employment; 1994 State
Government Employment; and 1995 Federal Government Employment."
The Internet address for all of this information is:
http://www.census.gov/govs/www and look for Annual Public
Employment and Payroll.
"Census of Housing, Units in Structure 1940-1990."  The Internet
address for this information is:
www.census.gov/hhes/www/cenhsg.html
For a complete listing of what the Public Information Office now
is carrying on the Internet, call our 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number on 301-457-4178 and request Document No. 3000.
                          RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"Market Absorption of Apartments, Annual 1995 Absorptions,"
H130-95-A.  This annual report provides information about the
number of apartments completed and rented and the characteristics
of those apartments.
"1994 American Housing Survey Reports for the Buffalo, Anaheim,
San Diego, Dallas, Phoenix, Milwaukee, and Riverside Metropolitan
Areas" are now available.  These reports present findings on
building and neighborhood conditions, housing costs and values,
and so on.  This information is provided for both owners and
renters.
Economic
"1992 Hispanic-Owned Businesses."  The report provides national,
state, metropolitan area, county, and city data on Hispanic-owned
businesses, employment, payroll, and receipts. Information on
businesses owned by Hispanic subgroups also is available.  (Press
release document number 2110)
"1994 Service Annual Survey."  Portions of data from the 1994
Service Annual Survey (SAS) are on the Internet, and now the
remaining tables are available by contacting the Current
Services Branch on 301-457-2766.  SAS provides financial data for
receipts (taxable firms); revenue and expenses (tax exempt
firms); and detailed financial data for selected service
industries.
"1993 Commodity Flow Survey Reports."  The final group of reports
became available July 12, 1996.  The states released were:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin.  The data cover
movement of goods, by major type of commodity shipped,
and by mode(s) of transportation.  Copies of these reports may be
obtained by contacting the Commodity Flow Survey Branch on
301-457-2805 or 2114.  The reports also are available in
PDF format on the Internet at:  www.bts.gov
"1992 Census of Mineral Industries:  Geographic Area Series/East
North Central States/Mountain States/West North Central States."
Available July 19, 1996.  These reports provide statistics for
individual states.  They cover all establishments with one paid
employee or more primarily engaged in mining.  Contact Pat
Horning on 301-457-4680 or via e-mail at:
Patricia.L.Horning@smtgw.census.gov
Media representatives with questions or comments about any of the
above information should call the Census Bureau's Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030.  The 24-hour Fax-on-Demand
number is 301-457-4178.  Other inquiries should be directed to
the Bureau's FastFax:  1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee);
Customer Services Branch on 301-763-INFO(4636); or fax:  301-457-3842.
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     CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS ON AMERICAN=FES ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
     EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, JULY 23, 1996 (TUESDAY)  About
three quarters (78 percent) of Americans had their economic
well-being increase or decrease by five percent or more between
1992 and 1993, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said in a
report released today based on results from the Survey of Income
and Program Participation (SIPP).  Economic well-being is defined
as a family's income relative to its poverty threshold.
     According to the report, "Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:=20
Income, 1992-1993, Moving Up and Down the Income Ladder"
(P70-56), levels of economic well-being increased by 5 percent or
more between 1992 and 1993 for 39 percent of Americans, declined
by 5 percent or more for 39 percent of Americans, and remained
stable for 22 percent of Americans.
     The report's author, Wilfred Masumura, says, "Changes in
personal life, as well as economic conditions, determine how a
person's economic well-being changes."
     The report mentions some circumstances that significantly
improve a person's economic well-being such as:
     -   beginning year-round, full-time work
     -   gaining a worker in the household
     -   marrying, or becoming part of a married-couple family
     -   adding an adult to the household
     -   having a child leave the household
     This information was collected from a sample survey, and is
therefore subject to sampling variability as well as reporting
and coverage errors.
                               -X-
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report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030; fax: 301-457-3670; e-mail:  pio@census.gov;=20
or by calling PIO's 24-hour Fax-on-Demand line on 301-457-4178,
and request document number 1167.  Other orders should be
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301-763-INFO(4636); or fax: 301-457-3842.
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CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES 1995 POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR PUERTO RICO
     The population of Puerto Rico as of July 1, 1995 was
3,755,127, an increase of 6.6 percent since April 1, 1990,
according to estimates released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     The estimates show that San Juan was the largest municipio
in 1995 with a population of 438,078, and Culebra was the
smallest with 1,598 people.  The table released today
provides population totals in 1990 and 1995 for all municipios,
the percent change in their populations between 1990 and 1995, as
well as the number of births and deaths from 1990 to 1995.
     The table and a more extensive data set that features annual
time-series data also are available on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/popest.html
                               -X-
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directed to the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
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                        IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                      MONDAY, JULY 29, 1996
Public Information Office                         CB96-O.15
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A. Edward Pike III
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       CA, WI, SC SELECTED FOR CENSUS 2000 DRESS REHEARSAL
     In 1998 three sites will serve as the final testing ground
for the one event that will touch every person residing in
America--Census 2000.  The sites are:  Sacramento, Calif.;
11 counties in the Columbia, South Carolina area; and the
Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin.  The Census Bureau
anticipates formal approval of the Menominee site by the
Menominee Tribal Council later this month.
     Census Bureau Director Martha Farnsworth Riche said, "This
is a unique opportunity for the residents of these sites to
participate in and have influence on Census 2000--the
census that will take us into the next millennium.  The residents
of these areas will help define and shape a census that is
faster, less costly and more accurate."
     The key to any dress rehearsal is making it as much like the
real thing as possible.  Sacramento, Calif., Columbia, S.C., and
the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin were chosen for just that
reason.  These sites will allow for a thorough testing of our
procedures for Census 2000.
     New procedures being considered for Census 2000 such as
user-friendly forms easily available in many locations, multiple
contacts with each household, digital capture of forms, and
sampling and statistical estimation techniques have all been
tested individually.  The 1998 Dress Rehearsal will provide a
census-like environment to simultaneously test those
procedures planned for use in Census 2000.
     The Census Bureau also plans to have an unprecedented
partnership effort for Census 2000.  The Bureau plans to work
closely with state, local and tribal governments, community
organizations, and others to conduct a wide range of census
activities.  For example, for the first time, the Census Bureau
will ask local and tribal governments to review the census
address list to ensure its completeness and accuracy.  Census
also will work in partnership with local and tribal governments
in implementing its promotion and outreach program, and to
facilitate the availability of census questionnaires.  The Census
2000 Dress Rehearsal communities will work with the Bureau as
exclusive partners in the final evaluation of Census 2000
operations.
     The dress rehearsal also will bring temporary jobs, valuable
data, and an updated population count for each test site.
     While the dress rehearsal in 1998 is an important step in
the overall planning of Census 2000, it is contingent upon
adequate funding.
                               -X-
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Public Information Office                    CB96-131
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 Statistics Division
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            NUMBER OF NATION'S LARGE FARMS INCREASE WHILE
             OVERALL FARM TOTAL DECLINES IN LAST QUARTER
                    CENTURY, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
      The number of America's large farms--those with sales of
$100,000 or more--grew sixfold in the past 25 years, increasing
from 51,995 in 1969 to 333,865 in 1992, according to an
Agricultural Brief, Large Farms Are Thriving in the United
States, AB/96-1, released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.  During this same time span, the total number of
farms declined from 2.7 million in 1969 to 1.9 million in 1992.
      "Large farms are more likely than small farms to be
operated by full-time farmers, receive government payments, be
organized as corporations, and generate large returns," said
Jeff Kissel, a Census Bureau analyst.
      In 1992, large farms comprised less than 20 percent of all
the nation's farms. However, they operated 54 percent of the
total land in farm use and produced approximately 83 percent of
all farm products sold.
                              -X-
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August 7, 1996             **TIPSHEET**                   TP96-13
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collin,
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                      and Activities
                     **NEW POLICY ON PRESS RELEASES**
An embargoed release time--generally 10 a.m. EDT--is now in place
for the majority of news releases issued by the bureau's Public
Information Office.  After 10 a.m. EDT, print and electronic
media are cleared to release the report findings to the public on
the day specified.  Some exceptions to this policy include
selected economic indicators, reports issued at formal press
conferences, and immediate releases.  Please inform others on
your staff who may be impacted by this new policy.
                                UPCOMING
Demographic
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Poverty, 1992-1993, Who Stays
Poor? Who Doesn't?"  This report provides data on people's
movements into and out of poverty and the length of time people
remain poor.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Program Participation,
1992-1993, Who Gets Assistance?"  This report examines who
receives assistance from the major means-tested government
assistance programs.
"World Population Profile: 1996."  This report provides data on
population growth, trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and
so on for the various nations of the world.
"Characteristics of Apartments Completed, 1995."  This report
provides preliminary data on the number of apartments completed
in 1995 and the characteristics of those apartments.
**New**  Facts for the Media from the Census Bureau--These
one-pagers provide interesting tidbits from the Bureau's
demographic and economic subject areas that are found in
statistical tables available only  on the Internet.  The first
two--"Doctors, Lawyers, and the Movies" and "State-Run Lotteries
in 1994"--will present facts from the 1994 Service Annual Survey
and the 1994 Annual Survey of State and Local Government
Finances.
Economic
"1992 Census of Governments - Finances of County Governments."
This report provides national statistics on revenue, expenditure,
debt, and financial assets of county governments in fiscal year
1992.
"1992 Census of Governments - Employment of Major Local
Governments."  This report provides statistics on employment and
payrolls for local governments.
"1994 County Business Patterns."  The release of these data will
be on the Census Bureau's Internet site.  The tables will
provide, for each state and their counties, data by detailed
industry in nine major economic areas such as construction,
manufacturing, retail trade, and the like.
"Economic Data by ZIP Codes."  For the first time, economic data
for over 32,000 ZIP codes will soon be available on CD-ROM.  The
data are for 1994 and provide information on number and size of
businesses, number of employees, and payroll amounts.
"1992 Finances of Municipal and Township Governments."  This
report contains historical information on revenue and
expenditures by source and state.
"1995 State Tax Collection Survey."  This report provides
national and state information on tax collections of state
governments by type of tax.
"1992 Manufacturers' Shipments to Federal Government Agencies."
This report provides estimates of the value of shipments by
private manufacturing firms to federal agencies in 108 selected
federal government oriented industries.
                         For Broadcasters
Here's the latest from the Census Radio Broadcast Service (CRBS):
-    Edition #221 began airing August 5, and looks at how the
     census for the year 2000 is shaping up, and the close tie
     between rising gasoline prices and U.S. import figures.
     "Uncle Sam's Almanac" looks at expected growth industries
     into the next century, and the  agriculture feature "Just a
     Minute" notes that a small proportion of America's farms
     produce half of all farm products.
-    Edition #222, for air beginning August 12, will profile this
     election year's voting age population and look at strong new
     home sales.  "Uncle Sam's Almanac" examines the
     list of endangered species, while the agriculture feature
     "Just a Minute" notes that greenhouses and nurseries are a
     job growth area.
-    The  5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     will be contained in each week's edition of CRBS.
CRBS is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  Features also
are available on North American Network's Newsline telephone
service at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on our Internet Home Page at:
http://www//.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.
                         NEW ON THE NET
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features.  Visit it at http://www.census.gov.  A few examples
of data now available on the Census Website are:
"National Population Estimates."  The files containing June 1,
1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic origin now are available on the Internet:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/nation.
"Census of Housing, Sewage Disposal."  The Internet address for
this information is: www.census.gov/hhes/www/censhsg.html.
"Census of Housing, Housing Getaways."  The Internet address for
this information is: www.census.gov/hhes/www/censhsg.html.
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Income, 1992-1993, Moving Up
and Down the Income Ladder," P70-56.  Available July 23, 1996.
This report provides data on people's economic status and the
factors in their personal life that affect their economic status,
such as marriage and the presence of children.  (Press Release
Document No. 1166; Report Document No. 1167.)
"1995 Population Estimates for Puerto Rico."  Available July 25,
1996.  This table provides population totals in 1990 and 1995 for
all municipios, the percent change in their populations
between 1990 and 1995, as well as the number of births and deaths
from 1990 to 1995.  (Press Release Document No. 1168.)
"Census Catalog and Guide:  1996."  The 50th edition of the
publication provides listings of products issued by the Bureau
from mid-1993 through 1995, an extensive list of sources of
assistance and so on.
"Population Trends:  Ghana," IB/96-1.  Available August 2, 1996.
This profile summarizes demographic and socioeconomic data for
Ghana.  (Report Document No. 1170)
Economic
"1992 Large Farms Are Thriving in the United States."  This
agricultural brief profiles the characteristics of America's
large and small farms, including acreage, assets, products, and
returns.  (Press Release Document No. 2114/Report Document No.
2115)
"U.S. Exports of Merchandise and U.S. Imports of Merchandise on
CD-ROM."  The Census Bureau's entire foreign trade data base now
is available on CD-ROM.  (Report Document No. 2113)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030 or
faxed to 301-457-3670.
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                                  IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                             WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1996
Facts for Media from the Census Bureau             CB96-FS.01
Contacts
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e-mail:  pio@census.gov)
Thomas Zabelsky (301-457-2766)
                     Doctors, Lawyers, and the Movies
               Highlights from the 1994 Service Annual Survey
          Revenue for the nation's health services industries
totaled $717 billion in 1994, up 5 percent from 1993.  Nearly
every type of health service industry posted an increase; kidney
dialysis centers, with a 17 percent gain, led the way.  Hospitals
accounted for nearly half of all health services industry revenue
in 1994--$339 billion.
          Taxable legal services firms earned $114 billion in
1994.  Alternatively, tax-exempt legal services firms, such as
legal aid societies, generated $1.0 billion.
          The following estimates exclude tax-exempt firms:
          Personnel supply services firms (employer firms only)
generated receipts of $38 billion in 1994 from supplying
temporary help.  A declining share of these receipts is coming
from supplying office support personnel, such as secretaries and
clerks (28 percent in 1994, down from 40 percent in 1990) and an
increasing share is coming from supplying laborers (24 percent in
1994, up from 16 percent in 1990).  Another large share of
receipts (26 percent) came from supplying technical and
professional personnel, such as engineers, programmers, and sales
and marketing staff.
          In 1994, receipts were about the same for video tape
rental establishments and motion picture theaters ($6.7 billion
and $6.5 billion, respectively).  Just three years earlier,
motion picture theaters had considerably higher receipts than
video tape rental businesses ($6.2 billion compared to
$5.0 billion).
          Public golf courses showed rapid growth:  their
receipts stood at $3.2 billion in 1994, an 11 percent increase
from 1993.
          Source:  The 1994 Service Annual Survey provides
financial data for receipts, revenue and expenses, and detailed
financial data for selected service industries, such as travel
and lodging, automotive repair, computer programming, and
management and public relations.
          Selected tables from the 1994 Service Annual Survey are
available on our Web site
(www.census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/sas.html).
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                   WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1996
Facts for Media from the Census Bureau           CB96-FS.02
Contacts
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e-mail:  pio@census.gov)
Henry Wulf (phone:  301-457-1523) or e-mail:  hwulf@census.gov)
                   State-Run Lotteries in 1994
     State lotteries took in $26.6 billion in income and
dispensed $15.3 billion in prizes.
     Administrative costs ran to $1.5 billion, leaving states
with proceeds of $9.7 billion from ticket sales.
     New York realized higher proceeds from ticket sales than any
other state ($1.0 billion).
     All but 14 states had lotteries.
     Of those states with lotteries, Massachusetts distributed
the most prize money ($1.7 billion) and Texas placed second
($1.5 billion).
Source:  The 1994 Annual Survey of State and Local Government
Finances, which gathers statistics on revenues, expenditures,
debts, and assets from these governments.
State figures are in the table on the back.  This table also can
be found on our Internet site
(http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/govs/state/94stlott.txt).
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          EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, AUGUST 19, 1996 (MONDAY)
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Public Information Office                           CB96-135
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T. J. Eller
Kathleen Short
301-763-8579
            ALMOST ONE-HALF OF THE NATION'S CHRONICALLY POOR ARE =20
                   CHILDREN, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
      Children made up almost half (48 percent) of the
chronically poor during 1992 and 1993, the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau said today.  Over the same period, the
elderly accounted for 11 percent of the chronically poor.=20
Chronic (or long-term) poverty refers to a situation in which
families stayed below the poverty cutoff every month during
1992 and 1993.
      Poverty in the U.S. is based on a family=FEs income compared
to the family=FEs poverty threshold, that is determined by the size
of the family, the number of children, and the age of the
householder.  For example, the average poverty threshold in 1993
for a family of four was $14,763. =20
      These findings were published in Dynamics of Economic
Well-Being:  Poverty, 1992-1993, Who Stays Poor?  Who Doesn=FEt?,
P70-55, a report based on the Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP).  The SIPP is a continuing monthly survey of
approximately 20,000 households across the country.  The survey
makes it possible to measure movement into and out of poverty and
to distinguish between short-term and long-term poverty.  The
SIPP also measures participation in government-assistance
programs, as well as economic well-being.   =20
      The report shows that children (persons under 18) were more
likely than non-elderly  adults (persons 18 to 64) to remain poor
over a two-year period.  According to author T. J. Eller, The
differences in chronic poverty are striking.  Eight percent of
children versus 3 percent of non-elderly adults were poor in all
24 months of 1992 and 1993.  About 5 percent of the elderly
population (persons 65 and over) were chronically poor during the
same period.=20
      Other findings from the report include:=20
    =20
     -    About 5 percent of the nation=FEs population, or 12
          million people, were chronically poor in 1992 and 1993.
      -   Based on annual estimates, about 22 percent of people
          who were poor in 1992 were not poor in 1993.  People in
          married-couple families were more likely to exit
          poverty (29 percent) than people in other types of
          families (12 percent).
         =20
      -   Half of poverty spells lasted 4.9 months or longer.=20
          (Poverty spells are defined as two or more consecutive
          months below the poverty line.)
      -   Half of poverty spells experienced by African Americans
          lasted 6.2 months or longer, compared to 4.6 months or
          longer for Whites.
      The data presented here were collected in a sample survey,
and are therefore subject to sampling variability as well as
reporting and coverage errors.
                         -X-
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Public Information Office                           CB96-135
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Kathleen Short
301-763-8579
            ALMOST ONE-HALF OF THE NATION'S CHRONICALLY POOR ARE =20
                   CHILDREN, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
      Children made up almost half (48 percent) of the
chronically poor during 1992 and 1993, the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau said today.  Over the same period, the
elderly accounted for 11 percent of the chronically poor.=20
Chronic (or long-term) poverty refers to a situation in which
families stayed below the poverty cutoff every month during
1992 and 1993.
      Poverty in the U.S. is based on a family=FEs income compared
to the family=FEs poverty threshold, that is determined by the size
of the family, the number of children, and the age of the
householder.  For example, the average poverty threshold in 1993
for a family of four was $14,763. =20
      These findings were published in Dynamics of Economic
Well-Being:  Poverty, 1992-1993, Who Stays Poor?  Who Doesn=FEt?,
P70-55, a report based on the Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP).  The SIPP is a continuing monthly survey of
approximately 20,000 households across the country.  The survey
makes it possible to measure movement into and out of poverty and
to distinguish between short-term and long-term poverty.  The
SIPP also measures participation in government-assistance
programs, as well as economic well-being.   =20
      The report shows that children (persons under 18) were more
likely than non-elderly  adults (persons 18 to 64) to remain poor
over a two-year period.  According to author T. J. Eller, The
differences in chronic poverty are striking.  Eight percent of
children versus 3 percent of non-elderly adults were poor in all
24 months of 1992 and 1993.  About 5 percent of the elderly
population (persons 65 and over) were chronically poor during the
same period.=20
      Other findings from the report include:=20
    =20
     -    About 5 percent of the nation=FEs population, or 12
          million people, were chronically poor in 1992 and 1993.
      -   Based on annual estimates, about 22 percent of people
          who were poor in 1992 were not poor in 1993.  People in
          married-couple families were more likely to exit
          poverty (29 percent) than people in other types of
          families (12 percent).
         =20
      -   Half of poverty spells lasted 4.9 months or longer.=20
          (Poverty spells are defined as two or more consecutive
          months below the poverty line.)
      -   Half of poverty spells experienced by African Americans
          lasted 6.2 months or longer, compared to 4.6 months or
          longer for Whites.
      The data presented here were collected in a sample survey,
and are therefore subject to sampling variability as well as
reporting and coverage errors.
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August 16, 1996           **TIPSHEET**                  TP96-14
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports   =20
                    and Activities
                   **NEW POLICY ON PRESS RELEASES**
An embargoed release time--generally 10 a.m. EDT--is now in place
for the majority of news releases issued by the bureau's Public
Information Office.  After 10 a.m. EDT, print and electronic
media are cleared to release the report findings to the public on
the day specified.  Some exceptions to this policy include
selected economic indicators, reports issued at formal press
conferences, and immediate releases.  Please inform
others on your staff who may be impacted by this new policy.
                            UPCOMING
Demographic
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Poverty, 1992-1993, Who Stays
Poor?  Who Doesn't?" This report provides data on people's
movements into and out of poverty and the length of time people
remain poor. =20
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Program Participation,
1992-1993, Who Gets Assistance?"  This report examines who
receives assistance from the major means-tested government
assistance programs.=20
"World Population Profile: 1996."  This report provides data on
population growth, trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and
so on for the various nations of the world. =20
"Characteristics of Apartments Completed, 1995."  This report
provides preliminary data on the number of apartments completed
in 1995 and the characteristics of those apartments.  =20
"Educational Attainment in the United States:  March 1995."  This
report provides data on school completion rates for the total
population as well as by age, race and Hispanic origin, and
gender. =20
National Population Estimates.  The files containing July 1, 1996
national population estimates by age, gender, race, and Hispanic
origin soon will be available on the Internet.
Economic
"1992 Census of Governments - Finances of County Governments."=20
This report provides national statistics on revenue, expenditure,
debt, and financial assets of county governments in fiscal year
1992.  This report will be in both printed form and on the
Internet.
"1992 Census of Governments - Employment of Major Local
Governments."  Provides statistics on employment and payroll for
local governments.  This report will be in both printed form and
on the Internet.
"1994 County Business Patterns."  The release of these data will
be on the Census Bureau's Internet site.  The tables will
provide, for each state and their counties, data by detailed
industry in nine major economic areas such as construction,
manufacturing, retail trade, and the like. =20
Economic Data by ZIP Codes.  For the first time, economic data
for over 32,000 ZIP codes soon will  be available on CD-ROM.  The
data are for 1994 and provide information on number and size of
businesses, number of employees, and payroll amounts.
"1992 Census of Governments - Finances of Municipal and Township
Governments."  This report contains historical information on
revenue and expenditures by source and state.  This report will
be in both printed form and on the Internet.
"1995 State Tax Collection Survey."  Provides national and state
information on tax collections of state governments by type of
tax.  This report will be only on the Internet.
"1992 Manufacturers' Shipments to Federal Government Agencies."=20
This report provides estimates of the value of shipments by
private manufacturing firms to federal agencies in=20
108 selected federal government oriented industries.  This report
will be in both printed form and on the Internet.
For Broadcasters
Here's the latest from the Census Radio Broadcast Service (CRBS):
Edition #223 for air beginning August 19, reports that more new
apartments are being built, and that the bounty of summer fruit
is being led by our favorites--apples, grapes and peaches.=20
"Uncle Sam=FEs Almanac" looks at the growth of cellular phones, and
the agriculture feature notes that recent Olympic host Georgia
gets a gold medal for peanut production.
Edition #224 for air beginning August 26, notes that America
ranks in the middle of the world's nations for workers covered by
pension plans, and that one of the fastest growing industries is
self storage warehousing.  "Uncle Sam's Almanac" reports that
barbers and farmers stay on the job longer than most workers, and
the "Just a Minute" agriculture feature looks at harvest of
summer fruit.
Each edition also contains the 5-minute Spanish language program
"Galeria Informativa."
CRBS is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  Features also
are available on North American Network's Newsline telephone
service at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on our Internet Home Page at:=20
http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.
                         NEW ON THE NET
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features.  Visit it at http://www.census.gov.=20
None to report.
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"American Housing Brief--1994 Housing Profile:  Fort
Worth-Arlington, Texas, AHB/94-1." This is the first in a series
of housing profiles presenting data for various demographic
groups in selected metropolitan areas in 1994.  The data are
drawn from the American Housing Survey, a highly detailed,
comprehensive set of data collected each year for a different
group of metropolitan areas.  (Report Document No. 1174)
Economic
New--Facts for the Media from the Census Bureau--These one-pagers
provide interesting tidbits from the Bureau's demographic and
economic subject areas that are found in statistical tables
available only  on the Internet.  The first two--"Doctors,
Lawyers, and the Movies" and  "State-Run Lotteries in 1994"
--present facts from the 1994 Service Annual Survey and the=20
1994 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances.=20
(Factsheet Document Nos. 2116, and 2117)
tatistical Brief--"Black-Owned Businesses:  Strongest in
Services, SB/96-3."  This statistical brief is based on the
report 1992 Black-Owned Businesses.  The brief condenses the most
pertinent areas of the report and puts them in the easy-to-read,
2-page format of a statistical brief.  (Report Document No. 2118)=20
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
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Public Information Office                            CB96-138
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Jan Tin                                       =20
301-763-8376                                  =20
                  NEARLY ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN RECEIVE GOVERNMENT
                        ASSISTANCE, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
       EMBARGOED UNTIL:  AUGUST 22, 1996 (THURSDAY) - Nearly
one-quarter of the nation's children under age 18 received some
type of means-tested government assistance in an average month
during 1993, compared with 10 percent of persons aged 18 to 64
and 12 percent of persons 65 and over.  In addition,
approximately one in seven children received means-tested
assistance in every month of the 1992-93 period.  This is
according to a report released today by the Commerce Department=FEs
Census Bureau entitled Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Program
Participation, 1992-1993, Who Gets Assistance?, P70-58.
       The report is based on the Census Bureau's Survey of
Income and Program Participation (SIPP), a continuing monthly
survey of approximately 20,000 households across the country that
collects information on people's economic well-being and
participation in major government assistance programs.  Examples
of means-tested programs include Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC), General Assistance, food stamps, Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), Medicaid, and housing assistance.  A means
test looks at one's financial state to determine
eligibility for assistance.
       A substantial proportion of recipients in means-tested
programs participated in major government programs only on a
short-term basis.  Long-term recipients were likely to be
children or the elderly, says Jan Tin, the report's author.=20
                                              =20
Other findings from the report include:
      =20
       -      The median length of time participants received
benefits from means-tested programs was 7.7 months during the
1992-93 period, compared to 7.9 month in the 1990-92 period.    =20
       -      Approximately 11 percent of Whites and 36 percent
of African Americans participated in major means-tested
assistance programs in an average month in 1993.  The proportion
of Hispanics receiving this assistance was 29 percent.
       -      Eight percent of persons in married-couple
families--compared with 43 percent in families where women
maintained households--participated in major means-tested
programs in an average month in 1993.
       This information was collected from a sample survey and is
therefore subject to sampling variability as well as reporting
and coverage errors.
                             =20
                                -X-
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August 30, 1996             **TIPSHEET**           TP96-15
MEMORANDUM FOR          Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:                   LaVerne Vines Collins
                        Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:                TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports=20
                        and Activities
                **NEW POLICY ON PRESS RELEASES**
An embargoed release time--generally 10 a.m. EDT--is now in place
for the majority of news releases issued by the Census Bureau's
Public Information Office.  After 10 a.m. EDT, print and
electronic media are cleared to release the report findings to
the public on the day specified.  Some exceptions to this policy
include selected economic indicators, reports issued at formal
press conferences, and immediate releases.  Please inform others
on your staff who may be affected by this new policy.
                            UPCOMING:
Demographic
"World Population Profile: 1996."  This report provides data on
population growth, trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and
so on for the various nations of the world. =20
"Educational Attainment in the United States:  March 1995."  This
report provides data on school completion rates for the total
population as well as by age, race and Hispanic origin, and
gender. =20
Economic
"1992 Census of Governments - Finances of County Governments."=20
This report provides national statistics on revenue, expenditure,
debt, and financial assets of county governments in fiscal year.
"1992 Census of Governments - Employment of Major Local
Governments."  Provides statistics on employment and payroll for
local governments.
"Business/Economic Data by ZIP Codes."  The CD-ROM will contain
business/economic data for over 32,000 ZIP codes and is a useful
tool for anyone who markets to businesses or analyzes local
economies.
"1992 Finances of Municipal and Township Governments."  This
report contains historical information on revenue and
expenditures by source and state.=20
"1995 State Tax Collection Survey."  Provides national and state
information on tax collections of state governments by type of
tax.
"1992 Manufacturers' Shipments to Federal Government Agencies."=20
This report provides estimates of the value of shipments by
private manufacturing firms to federal agencies in 108 selected
federal government oriented industries.
For Broadcasters:
Here's the latest from the Census Radio Broadcast Service (CRBS):
-    Edition #225 for air beginning September 2, reports that
     while some counties have had explosive growth over the
     years, some peaked in population in 1790; almost
     three-fourths of all workers drive to their jobs alone;
     "Uncle Sam's Almanac" notes that only 3 percent of workers
     have paid maternity leave; and the agriculture feature
     reports that the increasing popularity of
     South-of-the-border cuisine has boosted production of hot
     peppers.=20
-    Edition #226 for air beginning September 9, looks at the
     rise in businesses owned by Asians, Pacific Islanders, and
     Indians; Americans spend just as much now on video
     rentals as they do at movie theaters; "Uncle Sam's Almanac"
     examines industries that are growing or declining the most;
     and the agriculture feature gives a farm profile of the
     presidential candidates=FE home states.
CRBS on the Internet is now available in RealAudio format!  To
reach this page, go to the "News" section of our home page:
http://www.census.gov. =20
CRBS is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  Features also
are available on North American Network's Newsline telephone
service at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on our Internet Home Page at:=20
http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.
                         NEW ON THE NET:
"National Population Estimates."  The files containing July 1,
1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic origin soon will be available on the Internet.
Language and English proficiency tables.  The Internet address
for this information is:  http://www.census.gov, select "Subjects
A-Z" and "Language Use."
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features.  Visit it at http://www.census.gov=20
                       RECENTLY RELEASED:
Demographic
"Characteristics of Apartments Completed, 1995."  Available
August 20, 1996.  This report provides preliminary data on the
number of apartments completed in 1995 and the characteristics of
those apartments.  =20
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Poverty, 1992-1993, Who Stays
Poor?  Who Doesn't?"  Available August 19, 1996.  This report
provides data on people's movements into and out of poverty and
the length of time people remain poor.  (Report Document No.
1172) =20
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:  Program Participation,
1992-1993, Who Gets Assistance?"  Available August 22, 1996.=20
This report examines who receives assistance from the major
means-tested government assistance programs.  (Report Document
No. 1176)
Economic
"1994 County Business Patterns."  The release of these data will
be on the Census Bureau's Internet site.  The tables will
provide, for each state and their counties, data by detailed
industry in nine major economic areas such as construction,
manufacturing, retail trade, and the like.  The following states
are now available: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,
Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming.  Printed reports and
CD-Roms will be available later this fall.
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030 or
faxed to 301-457-3670.
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Gloria Cable
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           CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS SHIPMENTS TO FEDERAL
             GOVERNMENT REACHED $144 BILLION IN 1992
     The total value of shipments to the federal government by
private manufacturers in 1992 was $143.9 billion or 10 percent of
their total shipments of $1.4 trillion.  This represents products
classified in the 108 industry categories identified as most
likely to ship to government agencies, according to a report
entitled, "Manufacturers' Shipments to Federal Government
Agencies," MC92-S-3, released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.
     The federal agency with the largest dollar volume of
procurement during 1992 was the Department of Defense with $114.3
billion.  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
received $6.8 billion and the Department of Energy $2.9 billion.
Of the $143.9 billion of manufactured products shipped to the
federal government, $107.8 billion represented shipments of prime
contracts, and $36.1 billion were done on indirect or
subcontracts.
     The tables from this report are available on the Internet
at:  http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html
                               -X-
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Jennifer Day
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 HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES FOR YOUNG ADULT AFRICAN AMERICANS,
            WHITES ARE SIMILAR, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     The proportion of Whites aged 25 to 29 who had completed
high school remained statistically unchanged--at about 87
percent--between 1985 and 1995, while the share of young adult
African Americans in the same age group with a high school degree
improved significantly--from 81 percent in 1985 to 87 percent in
1995, according to a report released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
     "School completion is one of the most important influences
on economic well-being.  Higher educational attainment tends to
be reflected in greater socio-economic success for individuals
and the nation," says Jennifer Day, author of the report,
"Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1995"
(P20-489).
      The report points out that overall educational attainment
levels for the total population ages 25 and above, continued to
increase and reached an all time high in 1995, as a younger, more
educated population continued to replace an older, less educated
one.
     Other highlights from the report include:
     -    Alaska had the highest rate of high school completion
          in 1995.  However, the completion rate was not
          statistically different from Washington, Colorado, and
          Utah.
     -    Washington, D.C.'s population ranked first in the
          nation in bachelor's degree completions at 38 percent.
          At the bottom of the list, West Virginia had the
          smallest percent of bachelor's degree completions at
          12.7 percent.  This percentage was not statistically
          different from Arkansas.
     -    People's earnings were higher at each higher level of
          education in 1995.  For example, the earnings of
          someone who had not completed high school were
          nearly $24,000 below those of college graduates with a
          bachelor's degree ($13,697 versus $37,224).
     The data presented here were collected in a sample survey,
and are therefore subject to sampling variability as well as
reporting and coverage errors.
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Kirk Degler
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    RECEIPTS FROM LODGING INDUSTRY SURPASS $69 BILLION MARK,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     There were 48,619 hotels, motels, and other lodging places
(such as rooming houses and camping facilities) in the United
States in 1992.  Receipts from these businesses totaled
$69.2 billion, according to a report released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau entitled, "Hotels, Motels,
and Other Lodging Places" (SC92-S-3).
     Nevada had the highest lodging receipts of any state at $9.0
billion, followed by California ($8.0 billion), and Florida ($6.2
billion).
     The report also contains figures on annual and first quarter
1992 payroll and employment in the industry.  These data are
available for the nation, each state, and selected metropolitan
areas.  Data from the report can benefit state and local business
planners, tourism and convention planners, and those seeking
employment in the hotel/motel industry.
     Also included are statistics on sources of receipts (from
room rentals, food and beverage sales, etc.); number of
guestrooms; and other specialized data for the lodging industry.
     The report's data source is the 1992 Economic Census.  Other
economic census reports include information on retail and
wholesale trade; financial, insurance, real estate;
transportation, communications, utilities; other services; and
construction, manufactures and mineral industries.
     The report also is available on the Internet.  The address
for this information is:
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September 13, 1996        **TIPSHEET**                  TP96-16
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
                **NEW POLICY ON PRESS RELEASES**
An embargoed release time--generally 10 a.m. EDT--is now in place
for the majority of news releases issued by the Census Bureau's
Public Information Office.  After 10 a.m. EDT, print and
electronic media are cleared to release the report findings to
the public on the day specified.  Some exceptions to this policy
include selected economic indicators, reports issued at formal
press conferences, and immediate releases.  Please inform others
on your staff who may be affected by this new policy.
                            UPCOMING
Demographic
"World Population Profile: 1996."  This report provides data on
population growth, trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and
so on for the various nations of the world.
"National Population Estimates."  The files containing August 1,
1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic origin soon will be available on the Internet.
The March 1996 Current Population Survey Microdata File on
individuals, families, and households provides information on
topics such as labor force, work experience, income, noncash
benefits, migration, and household and family relationships.
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:   Labor Force, 1992-93."  This
report provides a comprehensive look at low-wage employment and
how many workers held low-wage jobs over a 28-month period
occurring primarily in 1992 and 1993.
Economic
"Business/Economic Data by ZIP Codes."  The CD-ROM will contain
business/economic data for over 32,000 ZIP codes and is a useful
tool for anyone who markets to businesses or analyzes local
economies.
Here's the latest from the Census Radio Broadcast Service (CRBS)
-    Edition #227 (for air week of 9-16) looks at the U.S. trade
     picture and the changes in the ups and downs of peoples'
     incomes, as well as crime statistics by gender.  The
     farm feature is on how crops reflect the changes in
     Americans' food tastes.
-    Edition #228 (for air week of 9-23) notes how temporary
     agencies are called on for fewer secretaries, the big rise
     in spending on advertising by competing phone companies, and
     how Americans are not the world's top beef eaters.  The farm
     feature looks at our favorite fruits.
-    The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     will be contained in each week's edition of CRBS.
CRBS is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1. It also is
available by telephone at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on Internet at:
http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24 hours a day on our
fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features.  Visit it at http://www.census.gov.
"Census of Housing, Homeownership."  The Internet address for
this information is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/hvs.html
"Market Absorption of Apartments, H130/96-Q2."  The Internet
address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/soma.html
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"Educational Attainment in the United States:  March 1995,"
P20-489.  This report provides data on school completion rates
for the total population as well as by age, race, and Hispanic
origin, and gender.  (Press Release Document No.  1177)
"Subject Index to Current Population Reports and Other Population
Report Series," P23-192.  This publication is an index, by
subject matter and series number, of the Census Bureau's Current
Population Reports and other products that provide information
about our Nation's population.
Economic
"1992 Manufacturers' Shipments to Federal Government Agencies,"
MC92-S-3.  This report provides estimates of the value of
shipments by private manufacturing firms to federal agencies in
108 selected federal government oriented industries.  (Press
Release Document No.  2119)
"1994 Annual Survey of Manufactures, Geographic Area Series,"
M94(AS)-3.  This report provides U.S. and state estimates of
establishments with paid employees in the manufacturing sector.
A few items in the report's tables include 1993 and 1994 data on
employment, plant hours, and payrolls.
"1994 County Business Patterns."  The release of these data will
be on the Census Bureau's Internet site.  The tables will
provide, for each state and their counties, data by detailed
industry in nine major economic areas such as construction,
manufacturing, retail trade, and the like.  The following states
now are available:  Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and
South Dakota.  Printed reports and CD-ROMS will be available
later this fall.
"1992 Census of Service Industries--Hotels, Motels, and Other
Lodging Places," C92-S-3.  This report provides information on
the number of establishments, receipts, and number of guest rooms
for hotels, motels, and motor hotels for the nation, states, and
selected metropolitan areas.  (Press Release Document No.  2120)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030 or
faxed to 301-457-3670.
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                **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
          CENSUS BUREAU TO HOLD ANNUAL NEWS CONFERENCE ON
          INCOME, POVERTY, VALUATION OF NONCASH BENEFITS,
                  AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
Washington, D.C.--The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will
hold its annual "Income and Poverty" news conference on September
26 at the National Press Club.  Daniel Weinberg, chief of Housing
and Household Economic Statistics Division at the Census Bureau,
will discuss the findings in this year's reports.  Included in
his remarks will be information on income, poverty status, and
health care coverage for the nation and states.  Findings
discussed at this year's news conference are from the March 1996
Current Population Survey.  Details regarding the news conference
are as follows:
Thursday, September 26
10 a.m.        News Conference on Income, Poverty, Valuation of
                  Noncash Benefits, and Health Insurance Coverage
               National Press Club, First Amendment Room
               14th and F Streets, N.W.
               Washington, D.C. 20045
Audio coverage of the news conference will be carried live on a
1-800 telephone circuit.  A limited number of lines will be
available for this coverage.  Media representatives interested in
receiving the audio feed should call the Census Bureau's Press
Office at 301-457-3030 for details.
                               -X-
September 23, 1996
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       EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LINKED TO LOW-WAGE WORKERS,
                      CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     Among the nation's adult male population with 4 years of
college or more, 9 percent held jobs that paid less than $5.70
per hour for at least one month during a 28-month period
overlapping 1992 and 1993, compared to 30 percent for adult men
with a high school education or less.  The comparable rates for
women aged 25-54 were, 17 percent and 42 percent, respectively.
These findings are contained in a report released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau entitled "Dynamics of
Economic Well-Being: Labor Force, 1992-93," P70-57.
     "The data tend to confirm the fact that educational
attainment plays a pivotal role in the incidence and duration of
low-wage employment.  Between 1983-85 and 1992-93, such
employment increased among workers with a high school education
or less, and also among the college-educated, but the incidence
and frequency of low-wage employment was far lower for college
graduates than for those who had not attended college," Census
Bureau analyst Enrique Lamas says.
     The report provides a comprehensive look at low-wage
employment and how many workers held low-wage jobs over the
28-months occurring primarily in 1992 and 1993.  The information
was collected in the bureau's Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP), which surveys approximately 20,000
households nationwide.  Because SIPP follows the same persons
over nearly two and one-half years, it provides a panoramic view
of individuals' earnings experiences across time.
     The report shows an increase in the rate of low-wage
employment among adult men aged 25 to 54--from 17.1 percent in
the 1983-85 period to 20.2 percent in the 1992-93 period.  And a
significant increase occurred for women aged 25-54 with low-wage
employment of 13 months or more--5.8 percent to 7.1 percent.
(The increases in the incidence were not significantly different
between men and women 25-54 years of age.)
     Other highlights from the 28-month survey period include:
     -    About six in 10 persons earning less than $5.70 per
          hour for at least one month were in low-paying jobs one
          to six months, while two in 10 were in low-wage jobs
          for 13 months or more during the 1992-93 period.
     -    Among adult women, 31 percent were in low-paying jobs
          for a month or more, and of these women, 23 percent had
          a job paying less than $5.70 per hour for over a year.
          While 20 percent of adult men had a month or more in a
          low-wage job, 18 percent of these men did so for over
          one year.
     As in all surveys, the data in this report are subject to
sampling variability and other sources of error.
     A fax copy of the report may be obtained by calling the
Public Information Office's 24-hour Fax-On-Demand line
(301-457-4178) and requesting document number 1180.
                             -X-
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relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the
United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau
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businesses, industries, and industries.
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance
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        INCOME AND POVERTY STATUS OF AMERICANS IMPROVE,
               HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE STABLE,
                     CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     Between 1994 and 1995, for the first time in six years,
households in the United States experienced an annual increase in
median income after adjusting for inflation, and the number of
Americans living below the poverty level dropped for the second
straight year.  This is according to three reports released today
by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  State data on
income, poverty, and health insurance also are included in the
reports entitled, "Money Income in the United States: 1995,"
"Poverty in the United States: 1995," and "Health Insurance
Coverage: 1995."  The Internet address for these products is:
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html.
     "In 1995, there were 36.4 million poor people living in the
United States, 1.6 million fewer than recorded in 1994.  Also,
13.8 percent of the nation's population were living below the
poverty level in 1995, a rate lower than the 14.5 percent noted
for the previous year," according to Daniel Weinberg, chief of
the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic Statistics
Division.
     The  median income of households in 1995 was $34,076 or 2.7
percent higher than the 1994 inflation-adjusted amount of
$33,178.  Even though overall household income has not yet
recovered to its 1989 pre-recessionary peak of $35,421 (in 1995
dollars), the gap has narrowed.  In fact, selected
groups--households in the Midwest, African American households,
family households maintained by women with no husband present,
and households maintained by people aged 55 to 64--all had
incomes in 1995 comparable to their 1989 incomes (in 1995
dollars).
     "The increase in real income between 1994 and 1995 was
pretty broad-based, covering both family and nonfamily
households.  This is the first time since these distinctions
were made in 1980 that an increase in median income has occurred
for all types of households," Weinberg adds.
     This is the first year the Census Bureau is presenting
poverty and income estimates for immigrants.  The poverty rate of
the native-born population declined from 13.8 percent in
1994 to 13.0 percent in 1995, while the rate among foreign-born
individuals remained unchanged at 22.2 percent.
       The real median income of households maintained by a
person born in the U.S. rose by 3.1 percent, to $34,784, between
1994 and 1995.  In comparison, the median income of foreign-born
households was unchanged at  $28,352.
     On the health care front, the number of people without
health insurance in 1995 was 40.6 million, or 15.4 percent of the
country's population, unchanged from 1994.  The proportion of
poor people without health insurance was 30.2 percent, not
different from 1994 and double the rate for all persons.
     Other highlights on poverty, income, and health insurance
follow:
Poverty
     -    Both the number and rate of poor children under 18 in
          the country dropped between 1994 and 1995, from 15.3
          million to 14.7 million and from 21.8 percent to 20.8
          percent.  Also, people in the age groups between 35 to
          44 and 60 years and over had decreases in their number
          and proportion who were poor.
     -    About one-half (49 percent) of the nation's poor in
          1995 were either under 18 years of age or 65 and over.
     -    There was a decline in both the rate (from 11.6 percent
          to 10.8 percent) and the number (from 8.1 million to
          7.5 million) of poor families between 1994 and 1995.
     -    The poverty rates for married-couples (5.6 percent),
          male householder families (14.0 percent), and families
          with a female householder, no spouse present (32.4
          percent) all declined from 1994 to 1995.
     -    Between 1994 and 1995, the poverty rate decreased for
          both Whites and African Americans, while there was no
          change for people of Hispanic origin or Asians and
          Pacific Islanders.  The majority of poor people in 1995
          were White (67 percent) and 45 percent of the poor were
          non-Hispanic White.
     -    The Midwest was the only region to experience a change
          in its poverty rate, which fell from 13.0 percent in
          1994 to 11.0 percent in 1995.
     -    Based on a three-year average covering 1993 to 1995,
          state poverty rates ranged from 7.6 percent in New
          Hampshire to 23.9 percent in Louisiana.
     -    Using two-year moving averages comparing 1993-94 with
          1994-95, nine states-- Ark., Ky., La., Mich., Mo.,
          N.H., N.J., W.Va., and Wis.--had drops in their poverty
          rates, while New Mexico showed an increase.
     -    In addition to the official income and poverty data
          released today, the Census Bureau also released income
          and poverty estimates based on 17 other definitions of
          income.
Income
     -    The Midwest region was the only region to experience a
          change in real median household income between 1994 and
          1995, increasing 7.2 percent from $33,426 to $35,839.
          This is the first annual increase in median household
          income experienced by the Midwest since 1988.
     -    Based on comparisons of two-year moving averages, real
          median household income increased for 11 states (Colo.,
          Ill., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Miss., Mo., Pa., Tenn., Texas,
          Wis.), while the remaining 39 states and the District
          of Columbia showed no change.
     -    A comparison of income among the states using the
          three-year average of 1993-95 shows that median
          household income for Alaska, although not different
          from that of Hawaii, was higher than that of the
          remaining 48 states and the District of Columbia.  West
          Virginia's income, although not different from
          that of Mississippi or Arkansas, was lower than that of
          the remaining 47 states and the District of Columbia.
     -    Between 1994 and 1995, the median income of White
          households increased in real terms by 2.2 percent to
          $35,766, while the median income of African
          American households rose by 3.6 percent to $22,393.
          (The difference between these percentage changes was
          not statistically significant.)  Also, during this
          period, the median income of Hispanic households
          declined by 5.1 percent to $22,860.  (The income level
          of African American households was not
          significantly different from that for Hispanic
          households.)  The income of Asian and Pacific Islander
          households was unchanged at $40,614; the small
          sample sizes for the Asian and Pacific Islander
          population do not allow us to determine that there are
          any differences in their income changes from those for
          other racial or ethnic groups.
     -    The 1995 annual real median earnings of women working
          year round, full time was $22,497, while the real
          median earnings for men was $31,496.  The ratio
          of female-to-male earnings remains unchanged, at 71
          percent.
     -    There was no change in overall income inequality
          between 1994 and 1995, nor was there a change in real
          per capita income.
Health Insurance
     -    Most people (84.6 percent) had some health insurance in
          1995, and many people were covered by more than one
          type of insurance.  The proportion of people with
          private health coverage was 70.3 percent.  The
          proportion of people with some kind of government
          coverage was 26.4 percent--13.1 percent had Medicare,
          12.1 percent had Medicaid, and 3.5 percent had military
          coverage.
     -    30.2 percent of the poor (11.0 million) had no health
          insurance of any kind in 1995, unchanged from the
          previous year and about double the rate for all
          people.  Poor people comprised 27.1 percent of all the
          uninsured.
     -    Medicaid was the most widespread type of coverage among
          the poor.  About 46.4 percent of all poor people were
          covered by Medicaid at some time during the year.
     -    Young adults aged 18 to 24 were more likely  than other
          age groups to lack coverage (28.2 percent), while the
          elderly were at the other extreme (only 0.9 percent
          lacked coverage).
     -    Part-time workers (less than 35 hours per week) had a
          non-coverage rate of 22.4 percent, while the rate for
          full-time workers was 16.4 percent.
     -    In 1995, a higher proportion of the foreign-born
          population in the U.S. was without health insurance
          (32.5 percent), compared with the native-born
          population (13.6 percent).
     -    Percentages of people  without health insurance ranged
          from 7.3 percent in Wisconsin to 25.6 percent in New
          Mexico.
     The information presented above is from the March 1996
Current Population Survey.  As in all surveys, the data are
subject to sampling variability and other sources of error.
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September 27, 1996        **TIPSHEET**                  TP96-17
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
                **NEW POLICY ON PRESS RELEASES**
An embargoed release time--generally 10 a.m. EDT--is now in place
for the majority of news releases issued by the Census Bureau's
Public Information Office.  After 10 a.m. EDT, print and
electronic media are cleared to release the report findings to
the public on the day specified.  Some exceptions to this policy
include selected economic indicators, reports issued at formal
press conferences, and immediate releases.  Please inform others
on your staff who may be affected by this new policy.
                            UPCOMING
Demographic
"World Population Profile: 1996."  This report provides data on
population growth, trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and
so on for the various nations of the world.
The March 1996 Current Population Survey Microdata File on
individuals, families, and households provides information on
topics such as labor force, work experience, income, noncash
benefits, migration, and household and family relationships.
Economic
1994 State and Local Government Employment.  This Internet report
will provide estimates of state and local government October
employment and payroll by governmental function for each of the
50 states, for District of Columbia, and for the total U.S.
1994 Large Local Government Employment.  This Internet report
will provide estimates of local government October employment and
payroll by governmental function for the 25 largest counties with
1,000,000 or more in population and the 24 largest cities with
greater than 500,000 in population.
1995 State Government Employment.  This Internet report will
provide information on state government October employment and
payroll by governmental function for each of the 50 states.
The U.S. Customs Service will hold a briefing Tuesday, October 1
at 2 p.m. on the testing of the new Automated Export System.  The
briefing will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Census Bureau analysts will participate in the conference.
"1992 Census of Agriculture, Volume 2, Subject Series, Part 4,
History," AC92-S-4.  This report will provide a 5-year cycle of
the procedures and history of the census of agriculture starting
with the preliminary planning phase to the forms mailed to
farmers and ranchers.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters
-  Edition #229 of the Census Radio Broadcast Service (for air
week of 9-30) notes that African Americans have closed the gap
with Whites on high school diplomas; that the country has 3.4
million parking places in pay lots and garages; and that state
gasoline taxes vary from 8 cent to 31 cents a gallon.  The farm
feature looks at tobacco farmers.
-  Edition #230 (for air week of 10-7) reports on a new
electronic system that will eliminate mountains of paperwork for
American exporters; looks at what separates a luxury home from
the average house; and tracks the percentage of eligible voters
who have gone to the polls in recent elections.  The farm feature
notes the rise in larger farms across the country.
-  The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa" is
contained in each week's edition of CRBS.
NOTE: Beginning with edition #230, the name of the radio service
is changing to Profile America.  Each week's edition will contain
the same line-up of segments.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1. It
also is available by telephone at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on
Internet at:  http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by
cassette also is available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24
hours a day on our fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
The Census Bureau has unveiled a new home page that makes our
information easier than ever to access and adds some new
features.  Visit it at http://www.census.gov.
National Population Estimates.  The files containing August 1,
1996 national population estimates by age, gender, race, and
Hispanic origin are now available on the Internet:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/population/www/nation.
Federal Assistance Award Data System File.  Provides data on
funds obligated for domestic financial assistance programs.  The
Internet address for this report is:
http://www.census.gov/govs/www and look for federal government
data.
1995 State Tax Collection Survey.  This report provides national
and state information on tax collections of state governments by
type of tax.  Includes detailed breakdowns of major tax
categories.  For further information on this series contact Henry
Wulf on 1-800-242-2184 or via e-mail at hwulf@census.gov.  The
Internet address is: http://www.census.gov/govs/www and look for
State Tax Collections by State.
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:   Labor Force, 1992-93,"
P70-57.  This report provides a comprehensive look at low-wage
employment and how many workers held low-wage jobs over a
28-month period occurring primarily in 1992 and 1993.  (Press
Release Document No. 1179, Report Document No. 1180)
"Money Income in the United States: 1995," P60-193; "Poverty in
the United States: 1995," P60-194; and "Health Insurance
Coverage: 1995," P60-195.  Released September 26 at the annual
press conference were three reports, one each on income, poverty
and health insurance.  In addition to providing comparisons to
1994 data, the reports provide regional and state data.
(Press Release Document No.  1182)
Economic
"Federal Expenditures by State for Fiscal Year 1995," FES/95-RV.
This report has been revised since its release in June.  For a
revised copy, call the Public Information Office on 301-457-3030.
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030
or faxed to 301-457-3670.
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Public Information Office                              CB96-165
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         INFORMATION ON THE NATION'S MINERAL INDUSTRIES
                  RELEASED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU
     There were 30,787 establishments in the mineral industries
employing 638,000 people in the U.S. in 1992, according to a
report released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
The total value of shipments and receipts of these establishments
was $162.1 billion in 1992.  Value added by mining was $113.6
billion.
     The report, from the 1992 Economic Census, entitled "1992
Census of Mineral Industries, Subject Series, General Summary,"
MIC92-S-1, provides data on the four major mining groups--metal
mining, coal mining, oil and gas extraction, and  nonmetallic
minerals (except fuels).
     Data from the report can be used to assist businesses in
locating potential markets, while state and local governments can
use the information to assess business activities and tax bases
in their jurisdictions, and to develop programs to attract
business.
     Oil and gas extraction establishments comprised the largest
share of the value added by mining at 70 percent, with 20,891
establishments employing 345,000 people.  Coal mining followed
with 15 percent of the mining value added  (3,069 establishments
with 135,000 employees), nonmetallic minerals (except fuels)
mining ranked third at 8 percent (5,804 establishments with
106,000  employees), and the industry with the smallest share of
value added was metal mining with 6 percent (1,023 establishments
with 53,000 employees).
     Texas accounted for the largest share of value added by
mining with $26.2 billion (23.1 percent), followed by Louisiana
with $14.8 billion (13.1 percent), and Alaska ranked third with
$8.5 billion (7.5 percent).
     The report includes data on employment; payroll;
production-worker employment, hours worked, and wages; cost of
supplies; value of shipments and receipts; capital expenditures;
and value added by mining.  Data are aggregated by industry
groups and industries, area, employment size, type of operation
and ownership.  The data are available for states.
     The report also is available on the Internet.  The address
for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html.
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
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industries, and institutions.
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               =20
Public Information Office                              CB96-164
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$164 BILLION PAID TO POLICY HOLDERS BY LIFE INSURANCE CARRIERS,=20
                     CENSUS BUREAU SAYS   =20
                                    =20
     The nation=FEs 13,424 establishments of life insurance
carriers paid out more than $164 billion in benefits to heir
policyholders in 1992.  In addition, banking institutions--such
as commercial banks, saving institutions, and credit unions--had
revenues of $532 billion, while real estate businesses had
receipts exceeding $141 billion in 1992.  This is according to a
new report, based on the 1992 Economic Census, released today by
the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     The report is entitled "The Census of Financial, Insurance,
and Real Estate Industries, Miscellaneous Subjects," FC92-S-3.=20
Data from the report can benefit businesses that buy from and
sell to these establishments, state and local program planners,
as well as persons seeking employment in service occupations. =20
     California had the most establishments of life insurance
carriers of any state at 1,062 followed by Texas at 1,047 and New
York at 798.
     On the financial side, the Census Bureau report provides
selected information on depository institutions, nondepository=20
institutions, and security and commodity brokers, dealers,
exchanges, and services.  In addition, statistics are presented
on insurance carriers, insurance agents, brokers, and service, as
well as real estate, and holding offices.
    =20
     Data from the report cover the U.S, each state and the
District of Columbia, and selected metropolitan  areas.
                                    =20
     The report also is available on the Internet.  The address
for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/prod/1/fire/fc92-s-3.pdf.
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industries, and institutions.
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            NEVADA'S HOUSING UNITS AND HOUSEHOLDS ARE
             FASTEST GROWING, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     Nevada led the nation in the growth of housing units and
households between 1990 and 1995.  During this period, the number
of housing units in Nevada grew 25 percent and the number of
households grew 26 percent.  This is according to tabulations
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
     Idaho, with 12 percent growth in housing units and 15
percent in households, ranked second among the states on both
measures.
     Sam Davis, a Census Bureau analyst, stated, "While Nevada
and Idaho led the nation in these trends, Mountain states in
general have experienced rapid expansion in the number of
households.  Growth in the number of households elsewhere in the
country was led by Georgia, Texas, and three Pacific
states--Alaska, Oregon, and Washington."
     The tabulations show the nation's housing units reached 108
million in 1995, an increase of 6 percent during the first half
of the decade from 102 million.  The South and the West led the
way in housing units, both with increases of 7 percent.
     The number of households, also up 6 percent for the nation,
grew by 9 percent in the West and 8 percent in the South.  By
comparison, household growth was 4 percent in the Midwest and 1
percent in the Northeast.
     A housing unit is a house, apartment, flat, mobile home, or
group of rooms occupied or intended for occupancy as separate
living quarters.  A household consists of all the persons who
occupy a housing unit.
     A more extensive file that presents annual data, 1990
through 1995, is available on diskette (PE-49) which can be
obtained by calling 301-763-INFO(4636) and on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/housing.html.
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           CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES SOURCES OF REVENUE
      FOR FINANCIAL, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES
      The 585,580 establishments with paid employees in the
financial, insurance, and real estate industries portion of the
1992 Economic Census had a total revenue of $1.8 trillion in
1992, according to a report released today by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
      The report entitled, "1992 Census of Financial, Insurance,
and Real Estate Industries, Subject Series, Sources of Revenue,"
FC92-S-2, covers 61 broad sources of revenue at the national
level.
      The report's tables present the sources of revenue data in
two ways--major sources of revenue for each industry, and revenue
reported for various industries for each major source.
For example, table 1 in the report shows that commercial banks
had income of $318 billion, of which $186 billion was from
interest, and $70 billion was from net investment income.  Table
2 shows that together, all the financial industries had a total
interest income of $434 billion, with commercial banks at $186
billion, and non-depository credit institutions had $86 billion.
      Finance includes depository and nondepository credit
institutions, holding and investment companies, brokers and
dealers in securities and commodity contracts, and security
and commodity exchanges.
      Insurance covers insurance carriers, agents, and brokers;
and real estate includes lessors, agents, and managers of real
estate.
      The data also include gross rents from real property,
property management fees, real estate brokerage fees, and
condominium and cooperative owners' fees and assessments.
      The report also is available on the Internet.  The address
for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/prod/1/fire/fc92-s-2.pdf
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         WORLD POPULATION KEEPS RISING EVEN AS RATE OF
        POPULATION GROWTH DECLINES, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     The world population is projected to reach 6.1 billion at
the turn of the century, with developing countries in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America accounting for 95 percent of overall
growth, according to a new report, "World Population Profile:
1996," WP/96, issued today by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau.  The United States is projected to account for 3.2
percent of world population growth.  Even though the world's
population is increasing, the rate of population growth around
the globe will slow from its present level of 1.5 percent to
below 1 percent by the year 2025.
     "Problems exacerbated by a rapidly growing world
population--including caring for a growing elderly population,
the continuing worldwide AIDS epidemic, and unmet reproductive
health needs of adolescent women--are among the issues that
confront world leaders," says the report's author, Tom McDevitt.
     The report also points out that the world is adding people,
by the billions, at a far quicker pace than ever before.  For
example, it took thousands of  years for world population to
reach the level of 2.6 billion in 1950.  But only 50 years later,
another 3.5 billion will have been added.
     Other highlights from the report include:
     -    Africa's rate of growth is projected to be the highest
          of all major world regions during the next 25 years, in
          spite of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
     -    In the developing countries that have a substantial
          AIDS-related mortality, AIDS is expected to cause 50
          million deaths by the year 2010.
     -    Persons 65 and over are projected to be the fastest
          growing segment of the population in both less
          developed and more developed countries.
     A special section in this report focuses on adolescent
fertility in developing countries.  It estimates that in the next
25 years over 300 million births will occur to women 15 to 19
years old.
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October 11, 1996          **TIPSHEET**                  TP96-18
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                            UPCOMING
Demographic
"School Enrollment--Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students:  October 1994," P20-487.  This report provides school
enrollment information by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin,
marital status, family status, and family income.  The
information will be available at the national level only.
"Household and Family Characteristics:  March 1995."  This report
provides a detailed look at the changing structure of American
households during the 25-year period, 1970-1995.  The information
will be available at the national level only.
"Children Ever Born by Parity, Race, Age, Marital Status and
Nativity of Women: April 1990."  This report provides some
findings on the fertility of American women not available
from any other printed publications from the 1990 census.  The
information will be available at the national level only.
"Population Projections for States by Age, Sex, Race, and
Hispanic Origin: 1995 to 2025."  This report shows population
projections for the states by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin
from 1995 to 2025.
"The Number of Persons in States and Counties with Specific
Disabilities."  New 1990 census tables providing information on
the characteristics of persons with disabilities in the nation,
states, counties, and metro areas.
Economic
"Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises--Summary."  This
report contains the number of firms, and receipts for
minority-owned (including Hispanic, African American, Asian,
Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native) firms, for
the nation and local areas.
"1994 County Business Patterns - U.S. Summary."  This report
summarizes the findings from the state reports issued previously.
It presents data on business establishments, including payroll
and number of employees.
"1994 State and Local Government Employment."  This Internet
report will provide estimates of state and local government
October employment and payroll by governmental function for
each of the 50 states, for District of Columbia, and for the
total U.S.
"1994 Large Local Government Employment."  This Internet report
will provide information on local government October employment
and payroll by governmental function for the country's 25 largest
counties and the 24 largest cities.
"1995 State Government Employment."  This Internet report will
provide information on state government October employment and
payroll by governmental function for each of the 50 states.
"1992 Census of Agriculture, Volume 2, Subject Series, Part 4,
History," AC92-S-4.  This report will provide a 5-year cycle of
the procedures and history of the census of agriculture
starting with the preliminary planning phase to the forms mailed
to farmers and ranchers.
"1992 Census of Agriculture Thematic Maps."  These maps--to be
available on the Internet--will provide data on topics such as
the average age of farm operators and the percent change in
number of farms between 1987 and 1992.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters
     Edition #231 of Profile America (for air week of 10-14)
     notes that the median income of U.S. households rose for the
     first time in six years in 1995; we're eating so much
     pumpkin pie and making so many jack-o-lanterns that pumpkin
     production has seen a rapid increase; and the number of
     lawyers in the U.S. far outnumbers soldiers in the U.S.
     Army.  The agriculture feature notes the rise in the number
     of farmers growing pumpkins.
     Edition #232 looks at which states will have the greatest
     increase in the elderly population in the next 25 years;
     that 36 states have lotteries, which take in more than
     $26 billion a year, while giving out more than $15 billion
     in prizes; and that one in 25 Americans has a cellular
     phone.  The farm feature looks at mink production.
     The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     is contained in each week's edition of Profile America.
NOTE:  Beginning with edition #230, the name of the radio service
is changing to Profile America.  Each week's edition will contain
the same line-up of segments.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1. It
also is available by telephone at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on
Internet at:  http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by
cassette also is available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24
hours a day on our fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
"Persons Aged 15 and Over by Educational Attainment:  March
1996."  This is a one-page table and the Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html.
"Persons Aged 15 and Over by Marital Status:  March 1996."  This
is a one-page table and the Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/ms-la.html.
"Population by Country of Birth, Citizenship, and Year of Entry:
March 1996."  This is a one-page table and the Internet address
is:  http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign.html.
"Technical Paper #15:  Comparisons of Selected Social and
Economic Characteristics Between Asians, Hawaiians, Pacific
Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaskan Natives)."
The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/techpap.html.
"Market Absorption of Apartments," H130/96-Q2.  The Internet
address for the report is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/soma.html.
"1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities,
1993 Commodity Flow Survey, United States," TC92-CF-52.  This
final report provides summary data on the movement of goods by
major type of commodity shipped and mode(s) of transportation
used for the nation.  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/prod/1/trans/93comflo/.
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"Estimates of Housing Units, Households, and Persons per
Household: July 1, 1995."  These tabulations present data on the
growth of the nation's housing units and households between
1990 and 1995.  A more extensive file that presents annual data
from 1990 through 1995 is available on diskette (call
301-763-INFO(4636)) and the Internet:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/housing.html.
(Press Release Document No. 1185)
"World Population Profile: 1996," WP/96.  This report provides
data on population growth, trends in fertility, mortality,
migration, and so on for the various nations of the world.  The
Internet address is: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/wp96.html.
(Press Release Document No. 1186)
"Components of Change: 1980-1993," H151/93-2.  This report
provides information on the changes in the number and
characteristics of the housing inventory between 1980 and 1993
due to events including construction, demolition, and disaster.
The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html.
Economic
"1992 Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries,
Subject Series, Sources of Revenue," FC92-S-2.  This report
provides U.S. establishment and major sources of revenue
by kind of business for seven standard industrial classifications
included in the industry.  (Press Release Document No. 2123)
"1992 Census of Mineral Industries, Subject Series, General
Summary," MIC92-S-1.  This report provides summary data on the
mineral industry portion of the 1992 Economic Census.
State and some county statistics are covered on four main
industry categories--metal mining, coal mining, oil and gas
extraction, and nonmetallic minerals, except fuels.  (Press
Release Document No. 2122)
"1992 Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries,
Miscellaneous Subjects," FC92-S-3.  This report provides data on
commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions;
security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services;
real estate and holding offices; and insurance carriers, agents,
and brokers.  (Press Release Document No. 2121)
"1994 County Business Patterns."  The release of these data will
be on the Census Bureau's Internet site.  The tables will
provide, for each state and their counties, data by detailed
industry in nine major economic areas such as construction,
manufacturing, retail trade, and the like.  The following states
now are available:  Alaska, Arkansas, California, Hawaii,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.  Printed
reports and CD-ROMs will be available later this fall.
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030
or faxed to 301-457-3670.
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     EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, OCTOBER 21, 1996 (MONDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB96-175
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Thomas Bell
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      MARICOPA (ARIZ.), CLARK (NEV.), AND OAKLAND (MICH.)
             COUNTIES LEAD NATION IN MOST JOB GAINS
          BETWEEN 1993 AND 1994, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     Maricopa County, Ariz. had a net gain of 61,029 employees
between 1993 and 1994, the most of any county in the country.
Clark County, Nev. had an increase of 35,974 jobs during this
same period,  the second highest, followed by Oakland County,
Mich. at 25,924.  This is according to 1994 county business
patterns data released today on the Internet by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau. This U.S. summary totals
state-by-state data which were released earlier.
     Census Bureau analyst Paul Hanczaryk says, "These are the
most recent business data for the nation's 3,200 counties.  The
data are useful to state and local planners and private
businesses  for charting growth.  Even those looking for
employment opportunities can benefit from these data!"
     County Business Patterns data provide information on
business establishments, employment, and payroll, by detailed
industry in nine major economic divisions:  agriculture
services, forestry, and fishing; mining; construction;
manufacturing; transportation and public utilities; wholesale
trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and
services.  Data are not provided for self-employed persons,
agricultural production workers, domestic service workers,
railroad employees, and most government employees.
     The Internet address for the tabulations is
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html.  Reports and
CD-ROMs on these data files will be available to the public in
early November.
          TOP 10 COUNTIES WITH JOB GAINS: 1993 TO 1994
                         1994         1993         Gain
   Name               Employment   Employment  Number/Percent
  1.  Maricopa, Ariz.   959,158      898,129   61,029  6.80%
  2.  Clark, Nev.       413,087      377,113   35,974  9.54%
  3.  Oakland, Mich.    641,007      615,083   25,924  4.21%
  4.  Broward, Fla.     505,004      480,395   24,609  5.12%
  5.  Palm Beach, Fla.  366,020      341,668   24,352  7.13%
  6.  Dallas, Texas   1,182,929    1,160,055   22,874  1.97%
  7.  Multnomah, Ore.   357,737      336,661   21,076  6.26%
  8.  Franklin, Ohio    521,412      500,400   21,012  4.20%
  9.  Du Page, Ill.     484,237      463,498   20,739  4.47%
 10.  Harris, Texas   1,385,913    1,366,579   19,334  1.41%
          TOP 10 COUNTIES WITH JOB LOSSES: 1993 TO 1994
                            1994        1993         Loss
   Name                  Employment  Employment  Number/Percent
  1.  Los Angeles, Calif. 3,391,482  3,495,246   103,764 -2.97%
  2.  Santa Clara, Calif.   767,525    777,418     9,893 -1.27%
  3.  Fairfield, Conn.      392,359    401,700     9,341 -2.33%
  4.  San Francisco, Calif. 479,155    487,834     8,679 -1.78%
  5.  Orange, Calif.      1,116,840  1,125,311     8,471 -0.75%
  6.  Hartford, Conn.       438,035    445,591     7,556 -1.70%
  7.  Honolulu, Hawaii      322,378    329,567     7,189 -2.18%
  8.  San Mateo, Calif.     284,853    291,869     7,016 -2.40%
  9.  Westchester, N.Y.     350,473    356,364     5,891 -1.65%
 10.  Bergen, N.J.          409,919    415,545     5,626 -1.35%
                               -X-
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
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industries, and institutions.
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    EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, OCTOBER 22, 1996 (TUESDAY)
Public Information Office                                CB96-176
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Paul Campbell
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              TEXAS, FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA, GEORGIA,
          AND NORTH CAROLINA ARE TOP POPULATION GAINERS
               BY YEAR 2000, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     The state of Texas is projected to have a net population
gain of 1.4 million people between 1995 and 2000, more than any
other state, according to tabulations released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  Florida (+1.1 million),
California (+932,000), Georgia (+674,000), and North Carolina
(+582,000) round out the top five gaining states.
     Paul Campbell, the author of the tabulations, "Population
Projections for States by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:
1995 to 2025," PPL-47, says, "Some states, particularly those
expected to gain large numbers of people, will need to plan for
adjustments in facilities and services--including schools and
roads--to accommodate the increased population."
     During the 1995 to 2000 period, 25 states are projected to
have their population increase by 5 percent or more.  However,
during the 2020 to 2025 time period, only six states' populations
are expected to increase this fast.
     The data tables also show that, between 1995 and 2025, most
states are expected to show a decline in the proportion of their
population that is under age 20.  The exceptions are projected to
be California, Hawaii, New York, Rhode Island, and the District
of Columbia.
     The number of elderly people is projected to increase in all
states over the next 30 years.  During this period, California
and Florida would continue to rank first and second,
respectively, with the largest number of elderly.  While New York
and Pennsylvania ranked third and fourth in 1995, they are
expected to drop to fourth and fifth place by the year 2025.
Texas would move from fifth place in 1995 to third place by the
year 2025.
     Other highlights from the tabulations include:
     -    The Hispanic origin population is projected to comprise
          a substantially larger share of the total population in
          all regions by 2025.  California's Hispanic origin
          population is expected to double between 1995 and 2025
          and account for one-third of the nation's total
          Hispanic population.
     -    Between 1995 and 2025, Texas and Florida are projected
          to have large gains (15 and 22 percent, respectively)
          among the five most populous states for the
          non-Hispanic White population.  California would show
          no gain; New York (-12 percent) and Pennsylvania (-3
          percent) are expected to decline.
     -    By 2025, Texas (8 percent), Georgia (8 percent), and
          Florida (7 percent) are expected to equal or surpass
          New York (7 percent) with the largest shares of
          the nation's non-Hispanic African American population.
     -    California will have the largest share of the
          non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander population (41
          percent) in 2025, followed by New York (9 percent),
          Hawaii (6 percent), New Jersey (5 percent), and Texas
          (4 percent).
     For the first time, the tabulations provide state population
projection figures for non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic African
American, and non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander
populations.  For example, by the year 2000, the non-Hispanic
White population in California is projected to comprise only 48
percent of the state's total.  Non-Hispanic Asians and Pacific
Islanders could make up 12 percent, non-Hispanic African
Americans 7 percent, non-Hispanic American Indians, Eskimos, and
Aleuts 0.5 percent, and Hispanics 33 percent.
       The Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/popproj.html
                               -X-
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau
provides information about America's people, businesses,
industries, and institutions.
Net Population Increase in Rank Order By State, 1995 to 2000 and
1995 to 2025
                1995-2000                          1995-2025
State          Net Increase        State          Net Increase
Texas          1,395,000  1st      California     17,696,000  1st
Florida        1,068,000  2nd      Texas          8,459,000   2nd
California       932,000  3nd      Florida        6,544,000   3rd
Georgia          674,000  4th      Georgia        2,669,000   4th
North Carolina   582,000  5th      Washington     2,377,000   5th
Arizona          580,000  6th      Arizona        2,195,000   6th
Washington       427,000  7th      North Carolina 2,154,000   7th
Colorado         422,000  8th      Virginia       1,848,000   8th
Tennessee        401,000  9th      New York       1,694,000   9th
Virginia         379,000  10th     New Jersey     1,613,000  10th
Nevada           341,000  11th     Illinois       1,610,000  11th
Oregon           257,000  12th     Colorado       1,442,000  12th
Utah             256,000  13th     Tennessee      1,409,000  13th
Indiana          241,000  14th     Maryland       1,232,000  14th
New Jersey       232,000  15th     Oregon         1,209,000  15th
Maryland         232,000  16th     South Carolina   972,000  16th
Illinois         221,000  17th     Alabama          971,000  17th
Minnesota        220,000  18th     Utah             931,000  18th
Missouri         217,000  19th     Missouri         927,000  19th
Wisconsin        203,000  20th     New Mexico       927,000  20th
Alabama          198,000  21st     Minnesota        900,000  21st
South Carolina   185,000  22nd     Massachusetts    828,000  22nd
Idaho            183,000  23rd     Louisiana        790,000  23rd
New Mexico       175,000  24th     Nevada           782,000  24th
Ohio             168,000  25th     Oklahoma         779,000  25th
Arkansas         148,000  26th     Wisconsin        744,000  26th
Kentucky         134,000  27th     Indiana          742,000  27th
Pennsylvania     130,000  28th     Hawaii           625,000  28th
Michigan         130,000  29th     Pennsylvania     611,000  29th
Massachusetts    125,000  30th     Ohio             594,000  30th
Mississippi      118,000  31st     Idaho            576,000  31st
Kansas           103,000  32nd     Arkansas         572,000  32nd
Oklahoma          95,000  33rd     Kansas           543,000  33rd
Louisiana         82,000  34th     Michigan         528,000  34th
Montana           79,000  35th     Connecticut      464,000  35th
New Hampshire     76,000  36th     Kentucky         454,000  36th
Hawaii            71,000  37th     Mississippi      445,000  37th
Nebraska          68,000  38th     Nebraska         293,000  38th
Iowa              58,000  39th     New Hampshire    291,000  39th
Delaware          50,000  40th     Alaska           281,000  40th
Alaska            50,000  41st     Montana          251,000  41st
South Dakota      48,000  42nd     Wyoming          214,000  42nd
Wyoming           45,000  43rd     Iowa             198,000  43rd
Vermont           32,000  44th     Maine            181,000  44th
North Dakota      20,000  45th     Rhode Island     151,000  45th
Maine             18,000  46th     Delaware         144,000  46th
West Virginia     13,000  47th     South Dakota     137,000  47th
New York          10,000  48th     Dist. of Columbia 101,000 48th
Connecticut        9,000  49th     Vermont           94,000  49th
Rhode Island       8,000  50th     North Dakota      88,000  50th
Dist. of Columbia -31,000 51st     West Virginia     17,000  51st
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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   EMBARGOED UNTIL:  10 A.M. EDT, OCTOBER 24, 1996 (THURSDAY)
Public Information Office                              CB96-179
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Rosalind Bruno
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      NATION'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT GROWING RAPIDLY
     Almost 31.5 million students were enrolled in elementary
school (grades 1-8) in the fall of 1994, according to a report
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  These
elementary school students represent about 46 percent of the 69.3
million students enrolled in all levels--nursery to college.
      The report, entitled "School Enrollment--Social and
Economic Characteristics of Students:  October 1994," P20-487,
shows that there will be at least one million more elementary
students in the nation's school system by the year 2000, if the
enrollment rates for persons ages six to 13 remain stable.
      Report author Rosalind Bruno says, "Elementary enrollment
peaked during the 1968 to 1970 time period and then declined as
the baby boom generation moved through school.  In the late
1980s, the number of elementary students began to grow again, as
the "echo-boom" generation entered school."
     Others findings from the report include:
     -    About 14.6 million students were enrolled in high
          school in 1994.  High school drop out rates for White
          and African American students were not significantly
          different in 1994, at around 5 percent.  However, the
          rate for Hispanic students was higher at 9 percent,
          which is significantly different from White
          students, but not from African American students.
     -    Of the 15 million college students in 1994, nearly one
          in five were age 35 or older, compared with one in 10
          in 1974.
     -    In 1994, 34 percent of all elementary and high school
          students were minority, compared with 22 percent in
          1974.  About 13 percent of elementary and high
          school enrollment was composed of Hispanic students in
          1994, double the proportion (6 percent) in 1974.
                               -X-
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industries, and institutions.
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October 25, 1996          **TIPSHEET**                  TP96-19
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports   =20
                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Demographic
"1996 Statistical Abstract of the United States."  This edition
carries some 1,468 tables on a smorgasbord of subjects such as
population, health, income, recreation, labor force,
communications, manufacturing, and business.  Since 1878, the
Abstract has been America's national data book.
"Household and Family Characteristics:  March 1995."  This report
provides a detailed look at the changing structure of American
households during the 25-year period, 1970-1995.  The
information will be available at the national level only.
"Children Ever Born by Parity, Race, Age, Marital Status and
Nativity of Women: April 1990."  This report provides some
findings on the fertility of American women not available
from any other printed publications from the 1990 census.  The
information will be available at the national level only.
"The Number of Persons in States and Counties with Specific
Disabilities."  New 1990 census tables providing information on
the characteristics of persons with disabilities in the nation,
states, counties, and metro areas.
Economic
"Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises--Summary."  This
report contains the number of firms, and receipts for
minority-owned (including Hispanic, African American, Asian,
Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native) firms, for
the nation and local areas.
"1994 State and Local Government Employment."  This Internet
report will provide estimates of state and local government
October employment and payroll by governmental function for
each of the 50 states, for District of Columbia, and for the
total U.S.
"1994 Large Local Government Employment."  This Internet report
will provide information on local government October employment
and payroll by governmental function for the country's 25 largest
counties and the 24 largest cities.
"1995 State Government Employment."  This Internet report will
provide information on state government October employment and
payroll by governmental function for each of the 50 states.
"1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey."  Three separate reports
covering merchant wholesale and retail trades and service
industries present data for the U.S. on capital expenditures,
depreciable assets, and operating expenses, as well as measures
of value produced (e.g., value added) for merchant wholesale and
retail trades.
"1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities,
Subject Series, Miscellaneous Subjects," UC92-S-2.  This report
provides information on sources of revenues for highway
passenger motor freight, water and air transportation, as well as
pipelines, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services
for the nation, states and some metropolitan areas.
"1992 Census of Agriculture Thematic Maps."  These maps--to be
available on the Internet--will provide data on topics such as
the average age of farm operators and the percent change in
number of farms between 1987 and 1992.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters
     Edition #233 of Profile America (for air the week of 10/28)
     notes that children make up a disproportionate share of
     those living in poverty; that there are three million
     seasonal homes in the nation; and the causes of homicides.
     The agriculture feature looks at the major potato producing
     states.=20
     Edition #234 (for air the week of 11/4), looks at the boom
     in minority-owned businesses; the rising popularity of brick
     homes; and a brief history of the national debt.  The
     agriculture feature looks at the major states in farm
     production.
     The 5-minute Spanish-language program =FEGaleria Informativa=FE
     is contained in each week's edition of Profile America.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EDT on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1. It
also is available by telephone at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on=20
Internet at:  http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by
cassette also is available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24
hours a day on our fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
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Demographic
"School Enrollment--Social and Economic Characteristics of
Students:  October 1994," P20-487.  This report provides school
enrollment information by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin,
marital status, family status, and family income.  The
information will be available at the national level only.  The
Internet address is:=20
http://www.census.gov/Press-Releases/cb96-179.html (Press Release
Document No. 1188)
"Population Projections for States by Age, Sex, Race, and
Hispanic Origin: 1995 to 2025," PPL-47.  This report shows
population projections for the states by age, sex, race, and
Hispanic origin from 1995 to 2025.  The Internet address is:=20
http://www.census.gov/Press-Releases/cb96-176.html  (Press
Release Document No. 1187)
Economic
"1994 County Business Patterns - U.S. Summary."  This report
summarizes the findings from the state reports issued previously.=20
It presents data on business establishments, including
payroll and number of employees.
"1992 Census of Agriculture, Volume 2, Subject Series, Part 4,
History," AC92-S-4.  This report provides a 5-year cycle of the
procedures and history of the census of agriculture starting with
the preliminary planning phase to the forms mailed to farmers and
ranchers.
"Statistical Brief--Hispanic-Owned Businesses: Reaching New
Heights," SB/96-4.  This statistical brief is based on the report
1992 Hispanic-Owned Businesses.  The brief condenses the most
pertinent areas of the report and puts them in the easy-to-read,
2-page format of a statistical brief.  A Spanish version also is
available (SB/96-4SP).  (English Report Document No. 2125;
Spanish Report Document No. 2126) =20
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030
or faxed to 301-457-3670.
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                NEW CENSUS BUREAU REPORT PROVIDES
             ANALYSIS OF FERTILITY OF AMERICAN WOMEN
     A report entitled, "Children Ever Born by Parity, Race, Age,
Marital Status and Nativity of Women:  April 1990" (CPH-L-194),
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau,
provides some findings from the 1990 census on the fertility of
American women.
     The findings include:
     -    The average number of children born to women 15 years
          and over in 1990 was 1.8 children per woman, compared
          with 1.9 children in 1980.  These data show  that the
          first decade of women born in the postwar baby boom
          years (1946 - 1964) will complete their childbearing
          years with below-replacement fertility levels.  The
          replacement level is considered to be when women, on
          average, bear two children.
     -    In 1990, the average number of children born to White
          women was about 1.8 children compared with 2.1 children
          for African American women, 2.3 children for American
          Indian or Aleut women, and 2.7 children for Eskimo
          women.
     -    Overall, foreign-born women had higher fertility (2.0
          children) than native-born women (1.8 children).
     -    In 1990, there were 101 million women aged 15 and over.
          About 7 in 10 or 70 million of these women were
          mothers.
     The fertility data used to produce the report's 22-page
table are from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Subject
Summary Tape File (SSTF-16).  The data are presented for 21 race
groups and four age categories, crossed by nativity, marital
status, and the number of children born.  The figures are shown
at the national level only.
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          TRAVEL AGENCY SALES REACH $61 BILLION IN 1992
      The nation's travel agencies had gross sales of $61 billion
in 1992 with revenues of $7 billion, according to a report
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
California's travel agencies generated the nation's highest gross
sales of $9 billion with revenues over $1 billion.  New York
ranked second with gross sales of $7 billion and revenues of
$758 million and Florida was third at $4 billion and revenues of
$501 million.
      The report entitled,  "1992 Census of Transportation,
Communications, and Utilities, Subject Series, Miscellaneous
Subjects" (UC92-S-2), also has information on highway passenger,
motor freight, water and air transportation industries, as well
as pipelines, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services.   The figures are available for the nation, states and
some metropolitan areas.
      The report details specific aspects of these
industries--for example, in the passenger transportation group,
the 3,337 taxicab establishments in the United States used the
following equipment to generate revenue: 38,700 taxicabs, 1,364
vans, 333 small buses, 374 limousines, and 411 other vehicles.
Of the taxicab industry, New York had the highest revenue at
$172 million, followed by California with $113 million, and
Nevada with $83 million.
      The 4,468 cable television establishments--with revenues of
$27.5 billion in 1992--collected $14.6 billion from subscription
fees for basic service.  At $9 billion, sale of advertising time
was the major source of revenue for television and radio
broadcasting establishments, accounting for nearly one-third of
all revenues.
      The report also is available on the Internet.  The address
for this information is:  http://www.census.gov/prod/1/trans/
                               -X-
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decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau
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industries, and institutions.
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From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports   =20
                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Demographic
"1996 Statistical Abstract of the United States."  This edition
carries some 1,468 tables on a smorgasbord of subjects such as
population, health, income, recreation, labor force,
communications, manufacturing, and business.  Since 1878, the
Abstract has been America's national data book.
"Historical Housing Tables."  Two new sets of historical housing
tables will be available on our Internet site.  One set provides
state data for owners and renters who moved 15 months prior to
each decennial census from 1940 to 1990 (recent movers).  The
other set shows state data for one-person households (both owners
and renters) for census years 1960 to 1990.
Economic
"1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey."  Three separate reports
covering merchant wholesale and retail trades and service
industries present data for the U.S. on capital expenditures,
depreciable assets, and operating expenses, as well as measures
of value produced (e.g., value added) for merchant wholesale and
retail trades.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters
-    Edition #235 of Profile America (for air the week of 11/11)
     contains features on the slowing growth of the world's
     population, the increasing popularity of turkey on
     America's dinner tables, and a look at union membership.=20
     The agriculture feature is on pistachios.
-    Edition #236 (for air the week of 11/18) notes rising school
     enrollment, the kinds of houses first-time homeowners buy,
     and a look at what's up and what's down in the cost of
     living.  The agriculture feature is on the increase in
     turkey production.
-    The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     is contained in each week's edition of Profile America.
             =20
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EST on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  It
also is available by telephone at 1-800-934-DIAL, and on=20
Internet at:  http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by
cassette also is available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24
hours a day on our fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
NEW ON THE NET
"1993 Elementary/Secondary School District Finances."  Provides
FY 1993 financial statistics for public elementary/secondary
school districts.  Presents financial detail for a sample of
school districts and  summary data for selected items.  The
Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/govs/www and look for School Finance Data
(individual unit data).
"1995 State Government Employment."  This Internet report will
provide information on state government October employment and
payroll by governmental function for each of the 50 states.
The Internet address is: http://www.census.gov/govs/www and look
for Annual Public Employment and Payroll.
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic
"Children Ever Born by Parity, Race, Age, Marital Status and
Nativity of Women:  April 1990," CPH-L-194.  This report provides
some findings on the fertility of American women not available
from any other printed publications from the 1990 census. =20
(Press Release Document No. 1189)
"World Population at a Glance:  1996 and Beyond," IB/96-3.  Based
upon the Census Bureau's report, "World Population Profile:=20
1996," this international brief summarizes in text and
charts, the most serious worldwide issues--such as teenage
births, unmet needs for the family, AIDS, and increasing numbers
of elderly--that confront a growing global population of some 6
billion people.  (Report Document No. 1191)
Economic
"1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities,
Subject Series, Miscellaneous Subjects," UC92-S-2.  This report
provides information on sources of revenues for highway passenger
motor freight, water and air transportation, as well as
pipelines, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services
for the nation, states, and some metropolitan areas.
(Press Release Document No. 2127)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what=FEs on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030
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Valerie Strang
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   NUMBER OF MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES AND REVENUES INCREASE
   SUBSTANTIALLY BETWEEN 1987 AND 1992, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     The number of businesses owned by minorities in the United
States increased 60 percent from 1,343,910 to 2,149,184 between
1987 and 1992, according to a report released by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.  This compares to an increase of 26
percent for all U.S. firms, from 13.7 million in 1987 to 17.3
million in 1992.  Receipts for these minority-owned businesses
increased by 128 percent during this five-year span, from $92.1
to $210.0 billion.  In comparison, receipts for all U.S. firms
grew 67 percent, from $2.0 to $3.3 trillion.  State-by-state data
also were released by the Census Bureau.
     Receipts for minority-owned firms averaged $98,000, compared
to an average of $193,000 for all U.S. firms.
     Minority businesses are those owned by African Americans,
Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and
Alaska Natives.
     Due to sampling methodology, detailed (geographic, size, and
legal form of organization) estimates are not available for all
the minority-owned firms in the survey.  Therefore, the following
highlights cover 1,965,565 of the total number of minority
businesses (2,149,184) reported in the survey.
     Other highlights from the report entitled, "1992 Survey of
Minority-Owned Business Enterprises--Summary" (MB92-4), include:
     -    African American women owned the largest share (39
          percent or 277,246) of firms owned by minority women,
          while Hispanic men owned the largest share (42 percent
          or 525,330) of firms owned by minority men.
     -    Among minority firms, Hispanic businesses showed the
          largest numeric increase at 349,335 between 1987 and
          1992, followed by Asian, Pacific Islander, American
          Indian, and Alaska Native firms (229,715), and African
          American businesses (196,747).
     -    Forty-six percent (904,226) of minority-owned
          businesses had receipts under $10,000, while 24,380
          (1.2 percent) of these firms had sales of $1.0 million
          or more.
     -    Firms owned by non-Hispanic White men had the highest
          average receipts with $250,000.  Asian, Pacific
          Islander, American Indian, and Alaska Native men
          and women firms had average receipts of $188,000 and
          $119,000, respectively.  These groups were followed by
          non-Hispanic White women-owned firms with $115,000,
          Hispanic men with $106,000, Hispanic women with
          $70,000, African American men with $69,000, and African
          American women with $31,000.
     -    Three states--California, Texas, and Florida--accounted
          for 49 percent of the total number of minority-owned
          firms.  Hawaii had the highest percentage of firms
          owned by minorities at 52 percent and the District of
          Columbia ranked second with 36 percent of all firms.
     The data in this report were collected as part of the 1992
Economic Census from a large sample of all nonfarm businesses
filing tax forms as sole proprietorships, partnerships, or
subchapter S corporations (corporations other than subchapter S
were excluded), and with receipts of $500 or more in 1992.  The
report does not include C corporations, which are legally
incorporated businesses with no limits on their number of
shareholders.
     The information was collected from a sample survey and is
therefore subject to sampling variability as well as reporting
and coverage errors.  Comparisons to 1987 should be done with
extreme caution because changes in tax laws cause inconsistencies
between the 1987 and 1992 data.  Changes in survey methodology
also may contribute to the differences.
     Selected tables will be available on the embargo date on the
Internet at: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/agfs/www/smobe.html
                              -X-
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  A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AMERICA PROFILED IN THE CENSUS BUREAU'S
                    1996 STATISTICAL ABSTRACT
     The daily news, plentiful though it is, does not begin to
cover everything that is happening in America.  The 116th edition
of "The Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996,"
released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau,
provides a wealth of data on many of the daily events in the life
of America.
     "All that goes on in a single day, in America, is hard to
imagine," says Glenn King, chief of the Census Bureau's
Statistical Abstract staff.  "The 1996 Abstract covers it all.
In nearly 1,500 tables it lists a smorgasbord of events in
America.  There are data on social, economic, and recreational
topics--to name a few," he said.
      Some examples of what happens on an average day in America
include:
     -    Nearly 11,000 babies are born, about 7,000 marriages
          take place, and over 3,000 divorces occur.
     -    170,000 personal injuries; 1.9 million visits to the
          doctor; 84,000 hospital admissions, and 37,000
          outpatient surgeries take place.
     -    27 million transactions occur at Automated Teller
          Machines, and $2 billion in new residential mortgage
          loans are made.
     -    3,710 new homes are started, of which 2,948 are one
          unit structures.
     -    202 million chicken eggs are laid and 2 million gallons
          of ice cream, and 69 million pounds of beef are
          produced.
     -    495 million pieces of mail are handled by the U.S.
          Postal Service.
     -    $12 is spent on food, $28 on housing, $17 on
          transportation, and $15 on health care per household.
     -    Over 33,000 cars are manufactured; 18,000 auto
          accidents occur.
     -    346 million shares are traded on the New York stock
          exchange, and 401 million shares are traded on the
          NASDAQ.
     This year's Statistical Abstract once again carries 91
tables on the U.S. Industrial Outlook.  The International Trade
Administration provides the estimates and export and
import data for this section.
     The 1996 Statistical Abstract is available from the
following:  The National Technical Information Service (stock no.
PB96-965801, $30 for softbound cover and PB96-965301, $35 for
hardbound) by calling 703-487-4650 and the U.S. Government
Printing Office (stock no. 003-024-08809-6, $40 for softbound
cover and 003-024-08810-0, $47 for hardbound) by calling
202-512-1800.
                             -X-
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                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Demographic:
"Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1995."  These
statistical tables show information on the marital status of the
nation's population and their living arrangements.  The data are
from the March 1995 Current Population Survey.
"Census of Population and Housing, 1990:  Subject Summary Tape
File, The Older Population of the United States."  This CD-ROM
and tape file provides population and housing statistics for
people aged 60 and over on education, employment status, income
and poverty, marital status, race, and work disability status.
The figures are shown for the nation, regions, divisions, and
states.
"Population Trends:  Russia."  This brief features data on the
population size and trends of Russia by region including age and
sex structure, fertility and mortality rates, contraceptive use
and abortion rates.
Historical Housing Tables.  Two new sets of historical housing
tables will be available on our Internet site.  One set provides
state data for owners and renters who moved 15 months prior to
each decennial census from 1940 to 1990 (recent movers).  The
other set shows state data for one-person households (both owners
and renters) for census years 1960 to 1990.
Economic:
1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey.  Three separate reports
covering merchant wholesale and retail trades and service
industries present data for the U.S. on capital expenditures,
depreciable assets, and operating expenses, as well as measures
of value produced (e.g., value added) for merchant wholesale and
retail trades.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters:
     Edition #237 of Profile America (for air the week of 11/18)
     notes that while most of the nation has grown tremendously,
     some counties topped out in population in colonial times;
     that almost three quarters of Americans drive to work alone;
     and that only 3 percent of workers are allowed paid
     maternity leave.  The farm feature highlights that in an era
     of specialization, cattle are present on a majority of
     U.S. farms.
     Edition #238 (for air the week of 11/25) looks at the ways
     Americans heat their homes; that the productivity of the
     nation's farmers is such that agricultural products are a
     key part of our exports; and the huge growth in airline
     travel.  The agricultural feature profiles the various
     sweeteners we use at home and in commercial firms.
     The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     is contained in each week's edition of Profile America.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EST on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  It
also is available by telephone at 1-800-639-7347 (tape #721, for
demographic feature; #722, economic; #723, "Uncle Sam's Almanac;"
and #724, "Just a Minute" farm feature); and on Internet at:
http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24 hours a day on our
fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic:
"1996 Statistical Abstract of the United States."  This edition
carries some 1,468 tables on a smorgasbord of subjects such as
population, health, income, recreation, labor force,
communications, manufacturing, and business.  Since 1878, the
Abstract has been America's national data book.  (Press Release
Document No. 1192)
Economic:
"Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises--Summary."  This
report contains the number of firms, and receipts for
minority-owned (including Hispanic, African American, Asian,
Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native) firms for
the nation and local areas. (Press Release Document No. 2128)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's  Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
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        FAMILY COMPOSITION CHANGING, CENSUS REPORT SHOWS
     Significant changes in America's household and family
composition have occurred in the past 25 years with a smaller
than ever proportion of traditional two-parent families with
children,  according to a new report, "Household and Family
Characteristics:  March 1995," P20-488, issued today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  Also, childless couples,
single-parent families, and people living alone have become
increasingly common, the report said.
     "The increasing diversity of household types continues to
challenge our efforts to measure and describe American society,"
says Ken Bryson, author of the report.  "The 'typical' household
is an illusion," he added.
     Following are other changes from 1970 to 1995, for America's
households and families:
        1970                                   1995
Married couples with children      Married couples with children
made up 40 percent of              make up 25 percent of
households.                        households.
There were 3.14 people per         There are 2.65 people per
household.                         household.
One out of every five              Only one out of every 10
households had five or more        households has five or more
people.                            people.
People living alone made up        People living alone make up
one-sixth of households.           one-fourth of the households.
5.6 million families were          12.2 million families are
maintained by women with no        maintained by women with no
husband present.                   husband present.
1.2 million families were          3.2 million families are
maintained by men with no          maintained by men with no wife
wife present.                      present.
Two out of three households        Four out of five households
were in metropolitan areas.        are in metropolitan areas.
44 percent of families had no      51 percent of the families
own children under 18 at home.     have no own children under 18
                                   at home.
     A "household" is an individual or a group of people who
occupy a housing unit, whereas a "family" is a group of two or
more people, one of whom is the householder, living together, who
are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
     Information in this is report is based on March Current
Population Survey results for 1970, 1980, 1990, and 1995.  The
Current Population Survey is a monthly household survey used
primarily to collect information on the nation's work force, and
is subject to sampling error.
                               -X-
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industries, and institutions.
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                    MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1996
Census 2000 Publicity Office                           CB96-203
301-457-2000
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                       **MEDIA ADVISORY**
           CENSUS BUREAU TO RELEASE RESEARCH RESULTS
      ON RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN QUESTIONS FOR CENSUS 2000
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will release results
of testing alternative versions of questions on race and Hispanic
origin from the 1996 National Content Survey (NCS) and discuss
findings from the report on the subject 9:00 a.m. on Thursday,
December 5th in the Francis Amasa Walker Conference Center at the
Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. The briefing
will be part of the meetings of the Census Advisory Committee on
the African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian
and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations to be held on
December 5th and 6th at the Census Bureau.
     The report, "Findings on Questions on Race and Hispanic
Origin Tested in the 1996 National Content Survey," focuses on
the effects that three alternative questionnaire forms to the
1990 census questionnaire form had on how people answer the
questions on race and Hispanic origin.  The alternatives included
questionnaires that:
-    added a multiracial category in the race question;
-    placed the Hispanic origin question immediately before the
     race question; and
-    combined both of these changes.
     The NCS is part of the Census Bureau's research and testing
program for Census 2000; results from it will be considered in
developing the race and Hispanic origin questions included in
Census 2000.  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and its
Federal Interagency Committee for the Review of Racial and Ethnic
Standards will consider findings from the NCS, and research
conducted by other federal agencies, in their review of Federal
standards for race and ethnic reporting set forth in Statistical
Policy Directive No. 15.  Final recommendations will be made by
the OMB in the Spring of next year.
Note: Because of limited seating, contact Kim Higginbotham, on
301-457-2000, if you plan to cover this event.
                               -X-
December 2, 1996
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                    MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1996
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                       **MEDIA ADVISORY**
           CENSUS BUREAU TO RELEASE RESEARCH RESULTS
      ON RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN QUESTIONS FOR CENSUS 2000
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will release results
of testing alternative versions of questions on race and Hispanic
origin from the 1996 National Content Survey (NCS) and discuss
findings from the report on the subject 9:00 a.m. on Thursday,
December 5th in the Francis Amasa Walker Conference Center at the
Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. The briefing
will be part of the meetings of the Census Advisory Committee on
the African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian
and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations to be held on
December 5th and 6th at the Census Bureau.
     The report, "Findings on Questions on Race and Hispanic
Origin Tested in the 1996 National Content Survey," focuses on
the effects that three alternative questionnaire forms to the
1990 census questionnaire form had on how people answer the
questions on race and Hispanic origin.  The alternatives included
questionnaires that:
-    added a multiracial category in the race question;
-    placed the Hispanic origin question immediately before the
     race question; and
-    combined both of these changes.
     The NCS is part of the Census Bureau's research and testing
program for Census 2000; results from it will be considered in
developing the race and Hispanic origin questions included in
Census 2000.  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and its
Federal Interagency Committee for the Review of Racial and Ethnic
Standards will consider findings from the NCS, and research
conducted by other federal agencies, in their review of Federal
standards for race and ethnic reporting set forth in Statistical
Policy Directive No. 15.  Final recommendations will be made by
the OMB in the Spring of next year.
Note: Because of limited seating, contact Kim Higginbotham, on
301-457-2000, if you plan to cover this event.
                               -X-
December 2, 1996
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         CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES 1995 TABULATIONS ON THE
       MARITAL STATUS AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF AMERICANS
     Statistical tables that show information on the marital
status of the nation's population and their living arrangements
were released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
The data are from the March 1995 Current Population Survey.
     The 1995 tabulations provide information such as:
     -    Nearly 3 out of 10 (27 percent) children under 18 lived
          with only one parent.
     -    Approximately 4 million grandchildren lived in the home
          of their grandparents.
     -    There were 3.7 million unmarried-couple households.
     -    One-third of people aged 25 to 34 had never been
          married.
     -    32 percent of persons 65 and over lived alone.
     Copies of the tables can be found on the Internet at
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/prod/www/titles.html.  Paper copies
of the tables, along with related historical tables entitled,
"Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1995" (PPL-52),
can be obtained from the Census Bureau's Public Information
Office on 301-457-3030.
                               -X-
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December 6, 1996          **TIPSHEET**                  TP96-22
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Demographic:
"How We're Changing:  Demographic State of the Nation:  1997."
This is an overview of major demographic findings previously
released by the Census Bureau since January 1996, including
national population projections, households and families, school
enrollment, child care, program participation, health insurance,
income, poverty, and homeownership.
"The Foreign-Born Population:  1996."  This report provides data
on the foreign-born population in the United States, by country
of origin, state of residence, citizenship, race and Hispanic
origin, age, education, income, poverty status, labor force
status, and more.
"New Estimates of Poverty and Median Household Income for States
and Counties:  1993."  Estimates of the total number of poor
persons, the number of related children ages 5 to 17 years old in
poor households, and the median household income for all states
and 3,143 counties for March 1993.
"Census of Population and Housing, 1990:  Subject Summary Tape
File, The Older Population of the United States."  This CD-ROM
and tape file provides population and housing statistics for
people aged 60 and over on education, employment status, income
and poverty, marital status, race, and work disability status.
The figures are shown for the nation, regions, divisions, and
states.
"Eurasia Bulletin Autumn 1996."  This bulletin will soon be
released on the Internet in PDF and HTML versions.  The PDF
version has graphs and the HTML version has text only.  This
bulletin profiles the Ukraine, gives 1990 data on scientists and
engineers in Japan, and looks at present and future developments
in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Economic:
"Annual Survey of Communications:  1995."  Tabulations from this
report feature data on telephone communications, electronic mail,
facsimile transmissions, telex services, the radio and television
broadcasting industries, and cable and other pay television
services for 1994 to 1995.
"1992 Census of Service Industries, Subject Series, Sources of
Receipts or Revenue" (SC92-S-4).  This report provides 1992 data
on businesses in service industries for the nation, states, and
metropolitan areas.   A few of the service industries covered in
the report's 61 tables include--motion picture and film services,
health services, advertising, and computer programming.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters:
-    Edition #239 of Profile America (for air the week of 12/9)
     notes that one of the key American exports is large civilian
     aircraft; reports on where the ingredients for our
     traditional holiday meals come from; and that most college
     students take more than four years to earn their bachelor's
     degree.  The farm feature notes the states where items on
     our holiday table originate.
-    Edition #240 (for air the week of 12/16) notes that half of
     all 3 and 4 year-olds are enrolled in nursery school; which
     metro areas have the highest and lowest home ownership
     rates; and the proportion of the population who smoke has
     dropped--much more for men than for women.  The agriculture
     feature tracks the increased production of pork.
-    The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     is contained in each week's edition of Profile America.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EST on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  It
also is available by telephone at 1-888-639-7347 (tape #721, for
demographic feature; #722, economic; #723, "Uncle Sam's Almanac;"
and #724, "Just a Minute" farm feature); and on Internet at:
http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24 hours a day on our
fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
"1994 State and Local Government Employment."  The Internet
address for this information is:  http://www.census.gov/govs/www
and look for Annual Public Employment and Payroll.
"1994 Large Local Government Employment."  The Internet address
for this information is:  http://www.census.gov/govs/www and look
for Annual Public Employment and Payroll.
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic:
"Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1995."  These
statistical tables show information on the marital status of the
nation's population and their living arrangements.  The data are
from the March 1995 Current Population Survey.  (Press Release
Document No. 1195)
"Household and Family Characteristics:  March 1995."  This report
provides a detailed look at the changing structure of American
households during the 25-year period, 1970-1995.  The information
is available at the national level only.  (Press Release Document
No. 1193, Report Document No. 1194)
"The Number of Persons in States and Counties with Specific
Disabilities."  These tables provide information on the
characteristics of persons with disabilities in the nation,
states, counties, and metro areas.  (Press Release Document No.
1196)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030 or
faxed to 301-457-3670.
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Robert Bonnette
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     CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES TREND DATA ON MOVERS AND LONERS
     During the past 30 years (1960 to 1990),  Americans who
moved the most were in Nevada and Alaska, while people who lived
in New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island were the least likely
to move.  This is according to tables entitled, "Recent Movers,
1960-1990," released today by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau.
     Also released today were tables on people living alone,
entitled, "Living Alone, 1940-1990."  These data show that in
1990, four out of 10 households in the District of Columbia had
only one person, far higher than any state.  New York, Colorado,
Nebraska, and North Dakota had the highest ratios, where just
under three out of 10 lived alone.  One-person households were
least likely to be found in Hawaii and Utah.
     In 1940 and 1950, the states with the highest frequency of
one-person households were generally in the far West, while the
states with the lowest live-alone ratios were generally in the
South.
     Copies of these tables can be obtained from the Public
Information Office on 301-457-3030, or on the Internet at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/censhsg.html
                               -X-
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Jack Moody
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         REFRESHMENT SALES ACCOUNT FOR OVER ONE-FOURTH
      OF MONEY SPENT AT MOVIE THEATERS, CENSUS BUREAU FINDS
     Americans spent almost $1.5 billion at refreshment stands
and vending machines in the nation's 6,358 motion picture
theaters in 1992.  That amounted to 26 percent of the $5.7
billion spent at theaters.
     This is according to a report entitled, "1992 Census of
Service Industries, Subject Series, Sources of Receipts or
Revenue" (SC92-S-4), released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau, that details some useful findings from the 1992
Economic Census on the nation's service industries.
     Some interesting national facts from the report include:
     -    Sales from rentals of prerecorded video tapes,
          cassettes, and disks were $4.3 billion at the 22,000
          outlet stores in 1992.
     -    The nation's 9,000 physical fitness centers, including
          gyms and athletic clubs, had receipts of $3.8 billion
          in 1992.
     -    Revenues at public golf courses totaled $2.3 billion.
     The report includes 61 tables that provide data on service
industries for the nation, states, and metropolitan areas.
Sources of receipts or revenue also are available for service
industry groups such as laundry, cleaning, garment services;
advertising; hospitals; and computer programming, data
processing, and other related services.
     The report also is available on the Internet.  The address
for this information is:
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                               -X-
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           CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES 1990 CENSUS CD-ROM
                   ON NATION'S 60+ POPULATION
      A new CD-ROM and tape file entitled, "Census of Population
and Housing, 1990:  Subject Summary Tape File (SSTF 19), The
Older Population of the United States," will be released today by
the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  SSTF 19 was created
through a cooperative agreement with the Administration on Aging.
      Data on education, employment status, income and poverty,
marital status, race, and work disability status for those age 60
and over will be included.  The figures are shown for the nation,
regions, divisions, and states.
      In addition to the Subject Summary Tape File 19, other
products that are available include:  Census of Population and
Housing, 1990:  Special Tabulation Program (STP 14), Special
Tabulation on Aging, and Public-Use Microdata Sample on the Older
Population (PUMSO).  These products also are available on tape
file and CD-ROM.
      The CD-ROMs and tape files for any of these products can be
ordered from the Census Bureau's Customer Services Office on
301-763-INFO(4636).
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                   THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1996
Census 2000 Publicity Office                      CB96-216
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                       **MEDIA ADVISORY**
         CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK
           FOR UNPRECEDENTED PAID ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will award a 100
million dollar contract to an advertising firm(s) by late summer
of 1997 to create, produce and place a paid advertising campaign
for Census 2000 and its prototype dress rehearsal in the spring
of 1998.   A draft statement of work outlines what the Census
Bureau is seeking for its national advertising campaign in
support of the next decennial census.  The draft statement of
work for the Census 2000 advertising campaign is now available
from the Census 2000 Publicity Office.
     "We believe a paid advertising campaign will have the
greatest impact for Census 2000," says Census Bureau Director
Martha Farnsworth Riche.  "The Census Bureau's paid advertising
campaign must not only create powerful and effective messages to
motivate everyone to promptly fill out and return their census
questionnaires, but must also be properly targeted to maximize
our advertising dollar."
     The Census Bureau is encouraging response from the
advertising industry to its initial description of the Census
2000 paid advertising campaign by January 10.  A pre-solicitation
conference to more fully describe the effort will be held for
potential contractors in February 1997 at the Census Bureau
headquarters.
     A copy of the draft statement of work may be obtained by
sending a written request to: Census 2000 Publicity Office, Room
3685-3, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 or fax
301-457-2992.
                               -X-
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         BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT
                    TOPS $549 BILLION IN 1994
     Businesses with five or more employees invested $549.3
billion for new and used capital goods in 1994, a 12 percent
increase from 1993, according to a new report by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  Capital goods are items
that are ordinarily depreciated by businesses, including
buildings and other structures, machinery and equipment,
furniture and fixtures, computers and vehicles.
     The data are relied upon to identify trends in capital
expenditures by businesses, develop monetary policy, analyze
business asset depreciation, and improve estimates of capital
stock for productivity analysis.  Industry analysts use the data
for market analysis, economic forecasting, product development,
and business planning.
     Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Everett Ehrlich says,
"The Annual Capital Expenditures Survey data released today are a
good example of how the Census Bureau is working to keep our
economic statistics on pace with a rapidly growing, dynamic U.S.
economy.  The rapid expansion of capacity they depict is part of
the success story of the U.S. economy.  The numbers are valuable
to private sector decision-makers and government policy-makers
alike."
     Expenditures for buildings and other structures amounted to
$168.1 billion, with $155.3 billion spent on new structures.
Expenditures for equipment amounted to $376.3 billion, with
$358.5 billion going for new equipment.   Purchases of new
structures and equipment together amounted to $513.8 billion, or
93 percent of the total capital expenditures for 1994.
     The report entitled, "Annual Capital Expenditures: 1994,"
ACE/94, provides information on capital investment by nonfarm
businesses, in new and used structures and equipment, for
94 industry categories.   The report contains data published for
the first time by the Census Bureau on capital expenditures for
specific types of structures and classifications of construction
(construction of new facility, acquisition of existing facility,
remodeling, renovation, or modernization of existing structures).
     The data in this report are subject to sampling variability
as well as nonsampling variability.  Sources of nonsampling
variability include errors of response, nonreporting, and
coverage.  Measures of sampling variability, presented as
relative standard errors, are shown in the publication tables.
     The report also is available on the Internet.  The address
for this information is:
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                               -X-
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MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
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Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Demographic:
"State Population Estimates:  1996."  The tabulations show total
population estimates for each state from July 1, 1990 to July 1,
1996.
"National Projected Population Total:  1997."  The January 1,
1997 New Year's Day projected population total for the nation
will be released.
"Property Owners and Managers Survey:  1996."  The Internet
tables will provide information from the survey on single- and
multi-unit owners and managers of property, year structure
build, monthly rent and so on for the nation as a whole.
"How We're Changing:  Demographic State of the Nation:  1997."
This is an overview of major demographic findings previously
released by the Census Bureau since January 1996, including
population projections, educational attainment, and child care.
The figures are shown at the national level.
"Survey of Market Absorption, Second Quarter 1996."  This report
presents data on the rate at which newly-built,
privately-financed, nonsubsidized, unfurnished apartments are
rented and sold at selected monthly intervals.  There also is
information on the asking rent of new rental and asking price of
condominium apartments.  The figures are shown at the national
level.
"Eurasia Bulletin Autumn 1996."  This bulletin will soon be
released on the Internet in PDF and HTML versions.  The PDF
version has graphs and the HTML version has text only.  This
bulletin profiles the Ukraine, gives 1990 data on scientists and
engineers in Japan, and looks at present and future developments
in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters:
-    Edition #241 of Profile America (for air the week of 12/23)
     notes that Americans' love of travel generates $7 billion in
     revenue for the nation's travel agencies yearly; that even
     though single-family housing starts turned down recently,
     1996 is still a good year for construction; and that Santa
     has some helpers--2,500 toy and sporting goods factories in
     the U.S.  The agriculture feature notes the increasing
     popularity of ham as a holiday meal.
-    Edition #242 (for air the week of 12/30) looks at the status
     and definition of the traditional family, how inflation is
     computed; and the percentage of built-up land in the
     nation is much less than you'd expect.  The agriculture
     feature is on ducks and geese on holiday menus.
-    The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     is contained in each week's edition of Profile America.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EST on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  It
also is available by telephone at 1-888-639-7347 (tape #721, for
demographic feature; #722, economic; #723, "Uncle Sam's Almanac;"
and #724, "Just a Minute" farm feature); and on Internet at:
http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24 hours a day on our
fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
"1996 National Content Survey."  Findings on questions on race
and Hispanic origin tested in this survey are now on the
Internet.  The Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/96natcontentsurvey.
html
"Changing the Way the United States Measures Income and Poverty."
The Internet address for this paper is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povmeas/chincpov.html
"Detailed Historical Income Tables."  The Internet address for
these 1995 updates from the Current Population Survey is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/income/histinc/incperdet.html
"Recent Movers and Living Alone, 1940-1990."  The Internet
address for these historical housing tables is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/censhsg.html
"Marital Status and Living Arrangements:  March 1995."  The
Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/ms-la.html
"Household and Family Characteristics:  March 1995."  The
Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic:
"Census of Population and Housing, 1990:  Subject Summary Tape
File, The Older Population of the United States."  This CD-ROM
and tape file provides population and housing statistics for
people aged 60 and over on education, employment status, income
and poverty, marital status, race, and work disability status.
The figures are shown for the nation, regions, divisions, and
states.
"Supplement to the American Housing Survey for Selected
Metropolitan Areas in 1993."  Within 149 pages, this report
contains information for seven selected metropolitan areas on
such subjects as household and housing characteristics by family
type, as well as information on neighborhoods and changes in
housing inventory.  The seven metro areas are:  Boston, MA-NH;
Detroit, MI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; San Francisco-Oakland,
CA; San Jose, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL; and Washington,
DC-MD-VA.
Economic:
"Annual Survey of Communications:  1995."  Tabulations from this
report feature data on telephone communications, electronic mail,
facsimile transmissions, telex services, the radio and television
broadcasting industries, and cable and other pay television
services for 1994 to 1995.
"1992 Census of Service Industries, Subject Series, Sources of
Receipts or Revenue" (SC92-S-4).  This report provides 1992 data
on businesses in service industries for the nation, states, and
metropolitan areas.   A few of the service industries covered in
the report's 61 tables include--motion picture and film services,
health services, advertising, and computer programming.
"Special Tabulations Prepared by Census Bureau."  For information
on special demographic and economic tabulations prepared by the
Census Bureau, contact Rose Cowan in the Decennial Programs
Coordination Branch on 301-457-2408 or the Income and Poverty
Information Staff on 301-763-8576.
"Annual Capital Expenditures:  1994" (ACE/94).  This report
provides information on capital investment by nonfarm businesses,
in new and used structures and equipment, for 94 industry
categories.
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030
or faxed to 301-457-3670.
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                     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1996
Public Information Office                             CB96-223
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Gregory Spencer
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      U.S. POPULATION TOTALS 266.5 MILLION AS 1997 BEGINS,
                       CENSUS BUREAU SAYS
     As Americans ring in the New Year, the January 1, 1997
population of the United States is projected to number
266,499,365, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said
today.  During the past year, the nation's population increased
by 2.3 million people or 0.9 percent.  Net migration from
overseas accounted for one-third of the growth, Census Bureau
officials said.
     The Census Bureau based its January 1, 1997 figure on a
projected 3.8 million births, 2.3 million deaths, net
international migration of 809,000, and net return to the U.S. of
American citizens (including armed forces) of 27,000 during 1996.
     Births and deaths are expected to remain at about the same
levels in 1997.  Therefore, America's population is projected to
grow by an additional 2.4 million persons during the year, due
primarily to natural increase or an excess of births over deaths.
     The New Year's Day population total represented a 7.1
percent increase over the April 1, 1990 census total of
248,718,291.  The projections do not include U.S. citizens--
armed forces or civilian--who live abroad.
                               -X-
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              POPULATION GROWTH REMAINS FASTEST IN
       WESTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     States with the fastest population growth rates continued to
be concentrated in the West and South, according to 1996
population estimates released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.
      Nevada was again the nation's fastest growing state,
increasing by 4.5 percent or 70,000 people between July 1995 and
July 1996.  Other top growth states were Arizona (2.9 percent),
Utah (2.2 percent), and Colorado, Georgia, and Idaho, all of
which grew by 2.0 percent.
     Overall, population growth in the West was 1.4 percent.
California's population grew faster than the nation's for the
first time since 1991-92.  The state had the greatest net
domestic outmigration (259,000) of any state (more persons moved
out of the state than moved in from other states).  However, this
loss was more than offset by having the nation's largest
population gains from international migration (246,000) and
natural population change (births minus deaths), at 328,000.
     The South's growth rate of 1.2 percent ranked it second to
the West.  The South was the only region to show population
growth from net domestic inmigration (382,000).  In addition
to Georgia, the South included two other states among the 10
fastest growing:  Texas and North Carolina each had a growth rate
of 1.7 percent.  The District of Columbia lost population but at
a slower rate than in 1994-95 (-2.0 percent versus -2.4 percent).
     Growth in the Midwest was at 0.6 percent for the third year
in a row.  Minnesota remained the fastest growing state in the
region at 0.9 percent, an increase of more than 43,000 people.
     The Northeast as a whole grew at a rate of 0.1 percent.  New
Hampshire was the fastest growing (1.2 percent) state outside the
West and South, ranking fourteenth.  With a growth rate of 0.7,
Vermont was the second-fastest growing state of the Northeast and
ranked thirtieth overall.  Three of the region's states lost
population--Rhode Island decreased by 0.1 percent, while both New
York and Pennsylvania had slight decreases of less than 0.1
percent.
     The nation's population is estimated to have increased from
262.9 million on July 1, 1995 to 265.3 million on July 1, 1996, a
growth rate of 0.9 percent.  Both natural change (1,549,000) and
net international migration (856,000) contributed to the growth.
     State population estimates and demographic components of
change data are available on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/statepop.html
                             -X-
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
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industries, and institutions.
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January 3, 1997           **TIPSHEET**                 TP97-01
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Demographic:
"Property Owners and Managers Survey:  1996."  These Internet
tables will provide information from the survey on single- and
multi-unit owners and managers of property, year structure built,
monthly rent and so on for the nation as a whole.
Economic:
"1992 Census of Manufactures, Subject Series, General Summary."
This report provides information on employment and value of
shipments for manufacturing businesses for the nation, states,
and metropolitan areas.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters:
-    Edition #243 of Profile America (for air the week of 1/6/97)
     looks at the great drop in the number of school districts in
     the U.S. since 1940; that the Christmas trees which
     brightened our homes this holiday season were grown in all
     50 states; and that the number of laws proposed by each
     Congress has dropped more than half in the last 20 years.
     The agriculture feature notes that there are some 15,000
     Christmas tree growers in the U.S.
-    Edition #244 of Profile America (for air the week of
     1/13/97) looks at a day in the life of America, noting among
     other things that 3,700 homes are started each day; that the
     number of working Americans earning wages at poverty-line
     levels has increased; and that New York has the highest
     ratio of police officers to citizens.  The agriculture
     feature notes that the next Census of Agriculture will move
     from the Census Bureau to the Department of Agriculture.
-    The 5-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria Informativa"
     is contained in each week's edition of Profile America.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EST on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  It
also is available by telephone at 1-888-639-7347 (tape #721, for
demographic feature; #722, economic; #723, "Uncle Sam's Almanac;"
and #724, "Just a Minute" farm feature); and on Internet at:
http://www.census.gov.  Mail distribution by cassette also is
available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24 hours a day on our
fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
Survey of Market Absorption, Second Quarter Completions 1996.
The Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/soma.html
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Demographic:
"State Population Estimates:  1996."  The tabulations show total
population estimates for each state from July 1, 1990 to July 1,
1996.  The Internet address for this information is:
http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/statepop.html
(Press Release Document No. 1200)
"National Projected Population Total:  1997."  The January 1,
1997 New Year's Day projected population total for the nation.
(Press Release Document No. 1199)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030 or
faxed to 301-457-3670.
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Patrick Duck
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             NEW CENSUS BUREAU MANUFACTURING REPORT
      SHOWS $3 TRILLION IN '92 U.S. MANUFACTURERS SHIPMENTS
     A report entitled, "1992 Census of Manufactures, Subject
Series, General Summary" (MC92-S-1), was released today by the
Commerce Department's Census Bureau.  It  is the last in a series
of reports from the 1992 Census of Manufactures.
     The findings include:
     -    U.S. manufactures shipped over $3 trillion in goods in
          1992.  Three major groups--chemicals, transportation
          equipment, and food products--accounted for 37 percent
          of the shipments.
     -    Over 18 million people were employed in the
          manufacturing industry in 1992, 3.9 percent below the
          19 million employed in 1987, the year of the previous
          Census of Manufactures.
     -    Between 1987 and 1992, 26 states gained jobs in
          manufacturing, while 25 lost manufacturing jobs.  Texas
          gained the most jobs (39,000), followed by Wisconsin
          and Alabama (32,000 each).
     These data are compiled from over 380,000 manufacturing
organizations in 20 major industry groups representing products
such as:  food, apparel, lumber, chemicals, computers, and
transportation equipment.   The report features detailed data for
the nation, states, and metropolitan areas.
     The report also is available on the Internet at:
www.census.gov/prod/1/manmin/92sub/
                               -X-
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
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industries, and institutions.
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       CENSUS BUREAU ADDS "ZIP" TO LOCAL BUSINESS RESEARCH
     1994 economic data for over 39,000 ZIP codes are available
on a new CD-ROM released today by the Commerce Department's
Census Bureau.  The ZIP Business Patterns disk, the first in an
anticipated annual series, produces for each ZIP code data on the
number and size of businesses for hundreds of industries.  Data
also are provided on the number of employees and payroll for each
ZIP code.
     The disk comes with easy-to-use Windows software that
enables users to view, print, or extract data by ZIP code.
Orders for the disk, which sells for $90, should be directed to
the bureau's Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636).
                               -X-
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau
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January 17, 1997          **TIPSHEET**                  TP97-02
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Economic:
"1992 Census of Governments, Employment of Major Local
Governments."  These Internet tables will provide employment and
payroll data for counties; selected municipalities and
townships,  school systems, and special district governments.
"1992 Census of Governments, Compendium of Public Employment."
These Internet tables will provide employment and payroll data by
government function for the nation, states, and types of
governments.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters:
-    Edition #245 of Profile America (for air the week of January
     20) looks at the expected continued growth of population in
     the Western and Southern states; that three-quarters of all
     goods travel around the country by truck; and that Spanish
     has replaced French as the language most studied by college
     students.  The agriculture feature notes that more pounds of
     almonds were harvested than any other tree nut.
-    Edition #246 (for air the week of January 27) notes that
     people in Alaska and Nevada tend to move more than the
     average, those living in Northeast states move less; that
     there are almost 50,000 lodging places in the U.S.
     generating $70 billion a year in revenues; and that
     automobile ads are the most common form of TV advertising.
     The farm feature looks at the most popular nut crops.
-    The five-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria
     Informativa" is contained in each week's edition of Profile
     America.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EST on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  It
also is available by telephone at 1-888-639-7347 (tape #721, for
demographic feature; #722, economic; #723, "Uncle Sam's Almanac;"
and #724, "Just a Minute" farm feature); and on Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/radio/.  Mail distribution by
cassette also is available.  Verbatim scripts are available 24
hours a day on our fax-on-demand line at 301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
"1992 Census of Governments, Finances of Special Districts."
Special districts' statistics on revenue, expenditure, debt, and
financial assets of special district governments for fiscal year
1992.  The Internet address for this information is:
http://www.apsd.census.gov:80/Pubs/html/govrnmnt.htm
"1992 Census of Governments, Finances of County Governments."
County governments statistics on revenue, expenditure, debt, and
financial assets of county governments for fiscal year 1992.  The
Internet address for this information is:
http://www.apsd.census.gov:80/Pubs/html/govrnmnt.htm
"1992 Census of Governments, Finances of Municipal and Township
Governments."  Municipal and township governments statistics on
revenue, expenditure, debt, and financial assets of municipal and
township governments for fiscal year 1992.  The Internet address
for this information is:
http://www.apsd.census.gov:80/Pubs/html/govrnmnt.htm
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
Economic:
"Business/Economic Data by ZIP Codes."  The CD-ROM contains
business/economic data for over 32,000 ZIP codes and is a useful
tool for anyone who markets to businesses or analyzes local
economies.  (Press Release Document No. 2133)
"1992 Census of Manufactures, Subject Series, General Summary."
This report provides information on employment and value of
shipments for manufacturing businesses for the nation, states,
and metropolitan areas.  The Internet address for this
information is: http://www.census.gov/prod/1/manmin/92sub/
(Press Release Document No. 2132)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
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       CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS ON ASSETS, EXPENSES, CAPITAL
    EXPENDITURES OF U.S. RETAIL, WHOLESALE, AND SERVICE FIRMS
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau has released three
reports on the nation's merchant wholesale, retail, and service
businesses and organizations from the 1992 Economic Census.
     The three reports are:
     -    "1992 Census of Wholesale Trade--Measures of Value
          Produced, Capital Expenditures, Depreciable Assets, and
          Operating Expenses" (WC92-S-2)
     -    "1992 Census of Retail Trade--Measures of Value
          Produced, Capital Expenditures, Depreciable Assets, and
          Operating Expenses" (RC92-S-2)
     -    "1992 Census of Service Industries--Capital
          Expenditures, Depreciable Assets, and Operating
          Expenses" (SC92-S-2)
     All three reports show operating expenses, depreciable
assets, and capital expenditures for 1992 at the national level
only, for detailed kinds of business and legal forms of
organization.
     Each industry report contains the following:
     -    Basic operating expenses such as annual payroll,
          employer costs for fringe benefits, depreciation
          charges, lease and rental payments, and costs of
          purchased utilities, office supplies, advertising,
          repair services, legal services, data processing
          services, and accounting services.
     -    Change in depreciable assets, including capital
          expenditures, acquisition value of beginning- and
          end-of-year assets, and sold/retired assets.
     -    Retail and wholesale reports also contain information
          on cost of goods sold, gross margins, value added, and
          net income produced.
     -    Related operating statistics reproduced from other
          reports such as sales, purchases, and inventories.
     A summary table from each report is available on the
Internet at:  http://www.census.gov/pub/agfs/www/aes.html
                               -X-
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
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   EMBARGOED UNTIL:  10 A.M. EST, JANUARY 30, 1997 (THURSDAY)
Public Information Office                               CB97-16
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Pete Fronczek
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        NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF SINGLE-UNIT RENTAL PROPERTY
           OWNERS SAW NET LOSS, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
     Approximately 29 percent of the owners of single-unit rental
properties lost money last year, according to tabulations from
the 1996 Property Owners and Managers Survey recently released on
the Internet by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau.
Fifty-five percent of the owners made a profit, or broke even,
and 17 percent were unsure of their losses or gains.
     Other highlights include:
     For single-unit rental properties--
     -    About eight out of 10 single-unit rentals were managed
          by the owner of the unit and two out of 10 owners
          employed a manager or management company to run the
          property.
     -    The overwhelming percentage of single-unit rentals (88
          percent) was owned by individual investors, including
          joint ownership by two or more individuals, such as a
          husband and wife.
     -    Approximately six in 10 owners of single-unit rentals
          either would not acquire the unit again, or are not
          sure if they would acquire the unit if it were
          available today.
     For units in multi-unit rental properties--
     -    Approximately two-thirds of the units in multi-unit
          properties were managed by a resident or nonresident
          manager or a management company, while one-third was
          managed by the owner of the property.
     -    Approximately two in 10 units in multi-unit properties
          were handicapped accessible.
     -    Almost nine out of 10 of the units in multi-unit
          properties had owners/managers who reported that they
          handled maintenance problems immediately and practiced
          preventive maintenance.
     -    Owners/managers, at properties representing nearly
          two-thirds of all units in multi-unit properties,
          rejected prospective tenants in the last two years.
     The tables also provide information on year structure built,
monthly rent, yearly operating costs, sources of down payments,
and length of current management.
     The Internet address for the tables is
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poms.html
     Additional information from the survey, sponsored by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and conducted by the
Census Bureau, will be released by the Census Bureau in the next
few months.  An announcement on its availability will be provided
on the Public Information Office's bimonthly Tipsheet.
                               -X-
The Census Bureau--preeminent collector and provider of timely,
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United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau
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industries, and institutions.
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January 31, 1997        **TIPSHEET**                 TP97-03
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            TipSheet:  Upcoming Census Bureau Reports
                    and Activities
                            UPCOMING
Demographic:
None to report.
Economic:
"1995 Service Annual Survey."  These Internet tables will provide
national data on operating receipts of taxable firms and revenue
and expenses of firms exempt from federal income taxes for
service industries such as personal, business, health,
recreation, lodging and legal services.
"1995 State Government Finances."  These Internet tables will
provide information on revenues, expenditures, indebtedness, and
cash/securities for the nation and the 50 state governments.
"1992 Census of Governments, Compendium of Government Finances."
These Internet tables will  provide revenue, expenditure, debt,
and financial assets data for federal, state, and local
governments for fiscal year 1992.
"1992 Census of Governments, Compendium of Public Employment."
These Internet tables will provide employment and payroll data by
government function for the nation, states, and types of
governments.
Here's the latest for Radio Broadcasters:
-    Edition #247 of Profile America (for air the week of
     February 3) notes that twice as many people now live alone
     as in 1970; that less than one percent of homes don't
     have any kind of heating equipment; and that there are
     620,000 doctors in the country.  The agriculture feature
     notes that the home states of the Super Bowl teams lead the
     nation in producing milk and cranberries.
-    Edition #248 (for air the week of February 10) notes that a
     growing number of children live with their grandparents;
     that radio and television broadcasting is holding its own in
     the face of competition from cable and the Internet; and
     that our media habits greatly favor electronic over print
     media.  The agriculture feature notes the growing importance
     of California in producing dairy products.
-    The five-minute Spanish-language program "Galeria
     Informativa" is contained in each week's edition of Profile
     America.
Profile America is heard via satellite each Monday from 11:15 to
11:45 a.m. EST on Satcom C5, Transponder 19, Channel 13-1.  It
also is available by telephone at 1-888-639-7347 (tape #721, for
demographic feature; #722, economic; #723, "Uncle Sam's Almanac;"
and #724, "Just a Minute" farm feature); and on Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/radio/
Mail distribution by cassette also is available.  Verbatim
scripts are available 24 hours a day on our Fax-on-Demand line on
301-457-4178.
                         NEW ON THE NET
"Historical Census Data."  We now have an extensive assortment of
historical census data on our web site such as state population
estimates from 1900 to present, population and housing unit
counts for counties from 1900 to 1990, and centers of population
from 1790 to 1990.  For a full listing of what's available, call
PIOs 24-hour Fax-on-Demand line on 301-457-4178 and request
Document No. 3000.
"1992 Census of Governments, Employment of Major Local
Governments."  These Internet tables provide employment and
payroll data for counties; selected municipalities and
townships, school systems, and special district governments.  The
Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html
                        RECENTLY RELEASED
"Census Facts for African American History Month and Valentine's
Day."  This document will provide intriguing, previously released
facts pertaining to these two events from the Bureau's
demographic and economic subject areas.  We plan to provide
similar factsheets commemorating selected events or holidays
occurring in future months.
Demographic:
None to report.
Economic:
"1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey."  Three separate reports
covering merchant wholesale and retail trades and service
industries present data for the U.S. on capital expenditures,
depreciable assets, and operating expenses, as well as measures
of value produced (e.g., value added) for merchant wholesale and
retail trades.  The Internet address is:
http://www.census.gov/pub/agfs/www/aes.html  (Press Release
Document No. 2134)
For a complete listing of news releases, radio transcripts, and
what's on the Press Office's Internet page, call our 24-hour
Fax-on-Demand number on 301-457-4178.  Questions or comments
about any of the above information should be directed to the
Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030
or faxed to 301-457-3670.
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January 31, 1997                                       CB97-FS.01
MEMORANDUM FOR      Reporters, Editors, News Directors
From:               LaVerne Vines Collins
                    Chief, Public Information Office
Subject:            Facts for African American History Month and
                    Valentine's Day
Each month, we plan to provide previously released facts
pertaining to selected events or holidays occurring that month.
Questions or comments about any of these facts should be
directed to the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on
301-457-3030, faxed to 301-457-3670, or e-mailed to
pio@census.gov
         CENSUS FACTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
Education:
-    In 1995, 74 percent of African Americans aged 25 and over
     had at least a  high school diploma and 13 percent held at
     least a bachelor's degree, up from 51 percent and 8 percent,
     respectively, in 1980.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-148.html)
-    The proportion of African Americans aged 25 to 29 who had
     completed high school improved significantly from 1985 to
     1995--from 81 percent to 87 percent, while the share of
     young adult Whites in the same age group remained
     unchanged--at about 87 percent.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-148.html)
-    High school dropout rates for African American and White
     students in 1994 were around 5 percent.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-179.html)
Income and Poverty:
-    Between 1994 and 1995, the median income of African American
     households rose 3.6 percent in real terms to $22,393, while
     the median income of White households increased 2.2 percent.
     (The difference between these percentage changes was not
     statistically significant.)  The income of Asian and Pacific
     Islander households was unchanged; the small sample sizes
     for this population do not allow us to determine that there
     are any differences in their income changes from those for
     other racial or ethnic groups.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-159a.html)
-    The poverty rate for African Americans declined between 1994
     and 1995, from 30.6 percent to 29.3 percent.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-159a.html)
Population:
-    On October 1, 1996, there were an estimated 33.7 million
     African Americans in the United States, comprising 12.7
     percent of the total population.  Their median age was
     29.4 years.
     (www.census.gov/population/estimate-extract/nation/
     intfile3-1.txt)
-    It's projected that the African American population will
     grow more than twice as fast as the White population between
     1995 and 2050.  The African American population would
     increase 2 million by 2000, 7 million by 2010, and 17
     million by 2030.  By the middle of the next century, the
     African American population would nearly double its present
     size to 61 million.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-176.html)
-    The African American share of the total U.S. population is
     expected to increase from 12.6 percent in 1995 to 12.9
     percent in 2000, 14 percent in 2020, and 15 percent in
     2050.  (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-176.html)
-    After 2016, more African Americans than non-Hispanic Whites
     are expected to be added to the U.S. population each year.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-176.html)
Businesses:
-    The number of African American-owned businesses increased
     from 424,165 in 1987 to 620,912 in 1992--growing 46 percent,
     or 20 percentage points more than U.S. businesses as a
     whole.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-29.html)
-    African American-owned business receipts increased from
     $19.8 billion in 1987 to $32.2 billion in 1992, an increase
     of 63 percent.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-29.html)
-    Receipts for African American-owned firms averaged $52,000
     per firm, compared with $193,000 for all U.S. firms.
     Fifty-six percent of African American-owned firms had
     receipts under $10,000.  Less than 1 percent had receipts of
     $1 million or more.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-29.html)
-    The New York metro area had the most African American-owned
     firms, with 39,404, followed closely by Washington, D. C.
     (37,988) and Los Angeles (32,645).
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-29.html)
Marital Status:
-    In 1980, 45 percent of all African American women 15 years
     old and over were currently married; by 1995, the figure had
     declined to 38 percent.  For African American men, the
     corresponding figures were 49 percent and  43 percent.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-200.html)
Child Care:
-    In 1993, about four in 10 African American preschoolers were
     cared for by grandparents or other relatives besides their
     fathers while their mothers worked, compared to only about
     two in 10 White children.  Care by grandparents was
     especially important to African American families,
     accounting for one-fifth of all arrangements used for
     preschoolers.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-61.html)
-    African American preschoolers were less likely to be cared
     for by nonrelatives or in organized child care facilities
     than White preschoolers (48 percent compared to
     54 percent).  (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-61.html)
                CENSUS FACTS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY
-    In 1994, 2.4 million marriages and 1.2 million divorces took
     place in the United States. That means 6,500 marriages and
     3,300 divorces on a typical day.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-192.html)
-    Nevada had both the Nation's highest marriage rate (96.3
     marriages per 1,000 population) and divorce rate (9.0
     divorces per 1,000 population) in 1994.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-192.html)
-    In 1995, there were 118 unmarried men age 18 to 34 for every
     100 unmarried women that age.
     (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-200.html)
-    In 1995, 13.6 million persons age 25 to 34 had never been
     married, representing 33 percent of all persons in the age
     group.  (www.census.gov/Press-Release/cb96-200.html)
-    The value of Valentine cards shipped in 1992 totaled $210
     million. (www.census.gov/prod/1/manmin/92mmi/92manuff.html,
     then click on "27C Greeting  Cards; Bookbinding; Printing
     Trade Services Industry.")
-    There were 27,341 florists in the United States in 1992,
     employing 122,000 people and selling $5.7 billion worth of
     merchandise during the year.  Cut flowers accounted for
     $3.6 billion worth of these sales.
     (www.census.gov/prod/1/bus/retail/92subj/
     index.html#RC92-S-3, then click on "Merchandise Line
     Sales--United States.  Full document."  Also,
     www.census.gov/prod/1/bus/retail/92area/92ret.html, then
     click on "United States.")
-    In 1994, 51,200 people worked for companies that
     manufactured candy and other confectionery products or
     chewing gum.  These companies shipped $10.9 billion in
     goods during the year.
     (www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html#mm, then click on
     "1994 Annual Survey of Manufactures:  Statistics for
     Industry Groups and Industries. Document.")
-    There were 10,100 people in 1994 who worked for companies
     that manufactured chocolate and cocoa products.  This
     industry shipped $3.2 billion in goods during the year.
     (www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html#mm, then click on "1994
     Annual Survey of Manufactures:  Statistics for Industry
     Groups and Industries.  Document.")
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                      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
Public Information Office                              CB97-24
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     CENSUS BUREAU NAMES JOHN C. HALTIWANGER CHIEF ECONOMIST
     The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today named John C.
Haltiwanger as it's Chief Economist.  At the same time,
Haltiwanger will hold the position of professor of economics at
the University of Maryland.
     "Dr. Haltiwanger is one of the nation's leading experts in
the fields of applied microeconomics and economic measurement,"
according to Census Bureau Director Martha Farnsworth Riche.  "As
Chief Economist at the Census Bureau, he will direct our Center
for Economic Studies and guide the economic program staff in
managing the theoretical soundness and analytical utility of
their data products.  He also will identify opportunities for
making improvements in such products," Riche said.
     Haltiwanger received his BS in applied mathematics and
economics from Brown University, and his PhD in economics from
Johns Hopkins University.
     He has published extensively in professional journals.  His
recent book, "Job Creation and Destruction," co-authored with
Steven J. Davis and Scott Schuh, presents a fresh perspective on
the dynamics of employment in our economy.  The empirical
analysis in this work is primarily based on tabulations from the
Longitudinal Research Database at the Center for Economic
Studies.
     Haltiwanger can be reached at Washington Plaza II, Room 211,
Washington, D.C. 20233 and on 301-457-1848 or jhaltiwa@census.gov
                               -X-
The Census Bureau--preeminent collector and provider of timely,
relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the
United States.  In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a
decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau
provides official information about America's people, businesses,
industries, and institutions.