Search or browse specific industries. A handy source when you want to find industry statistics quickly. The Economic Census provides a detailed portrait of the Nation's economy once every five years, from the national to the local level. Censuses of agriculture, construction, manufactures, mineral industries, retail trade, service industries, transportation and wholesale trade are conducted at five-year intervals ending in 2 and 7. The financial services survey was new in 1992.
Data includes number of establishments, employees, payrolls, and sales or shipments.
The 1997 Economic Census covers nearly all of the U.S. economy in its basic collection of establishment statistics. Censuses of agriculture and governments are conducted at the same time. Detailed conversion tables show how the shift will affect each industry, and identify where discontinuities in time series will occur. Current Industrial Reports Current Industrial Reports is a series of approximately 100 annual, quarterly, or monthly reports on specific industries. Data are limited, and cover only half the industries tabulated in the Census of Manufactures.