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Business Blog: Census
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Census creates website to help business
Posted: 08/08/2007
Clifford G. Cumber
I've loved the Census ever since first coming to this country right in the swing of the count of 2000.
For an information junky, which I sort of am, it's pure grade facts and figures.
So, when I got an e-mail from the Census Bureau that they'd launched a new
website just for businesses, you can imagine my woop of joy (quietly, inside my head).
The Census Bureau built the site "to
help businesses understand the economic census and how it benefits them," according to its e-mail.
The economic census is conducted every five years and more than 4 million businesses will get forms later this year for the 2007 Economic Census.
It's full of nifty data. Like, did you know:
Drinking places accounted for $14.9 billion in revenue in 2002? That's an increase from $12.3 billion in 1997, even though the number of establishments has declined from 52,825 in 1997 to 48,856 in 2002.
However, the number of employees increased from 321,294 to 335,837. Oh, and 42 percent of 2002's sales were in beer and ale.
Fascinating.
You can even drill down to the local level. For instance:
The 201 manufacturers in Frederick County with their 8,190 employees accounted for shipments worth $2.67 billion.
The greatest income from shipments was in food manufacturing, which includes livestock and agriculture, at $402.4 million, second only to computer and electronic products at $165 million.
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Census releases veteran-owned biz stats
Posted: 07/03/2007
Joseph M. de Leon
The U.S. Census released a report today based on a 2002 survey that shows characteristics of veteran entrepreneurs. The survey, of 20.5 million business owners, showed 3 million are veterans.
The report doesn't say if the following traits make them more successful, but does reveal these details:
They're more educated.
About 4 percent of veteran entrepreneurs didn't graduate high school, compared to about 6 percent of non-veteran business owners.
About 19 percent of veteran entrepreneurs have postgraduate degrees compared to about 17 percent of non-veteran business owners.
They tend to be older.
About 68 percent of veteran owners were age 55 or over, and 32 percent were 65 or older.
Among all business owners of firms completing the survey, 31 percent were 55 or older.
They've been in business longer.
About 55 percent of veteran entrepreneurs originally established, purchased or acquired their firm before 1990.
About 36 percent of non-veteran business owners originally established, purchased or acquired their firm before 1990.
They're more likely to work at home.
More than half, 52 percent, of veteran-owned businesses were home based.
Less than half, about 49 percent, of non-veteran owned firms were home based.
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UPDATE 10:20 a.m.: Other Non-Employer Census Statistics, 2005
- Georgia and Utah had increases of 7.6 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively, to round out the top five states in the growth of self-employed business people.
- The District of Columbia led the nation in receipts with a gain of 15.5 percent.
- Among the nation’s most populous counties, Los Angeles County, Calif., had 799,108 nonemployer businesses, with Cook County, Ill., second at 380,457. Miami-Dade, Fla., followed at 296,456.
- Counties with increases in nonemployer business growth included Orange County, Fla. (9.4 percent); Clark County, Nev. (9 percent); Miami-Dade (8.6 percent); Tarrant County, Texas (8.4 percent); Gwinnett, Ga. (8.4 percent); and Hillsborough, Fla., and Mecklenburg, N.C. (both at 8.3 percent).
Source: Census Bureau.
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Census: Lone wolf business grows in D.C.
Posted: 06/26/2007
Clifford G. Cumber
Some interesting statistics this morning from the Census Bureau about that big old capital city over to our east there, which in 2005 was leading the nation in the number of “lone wolf” businesses -- that is, the number of people who go into business for themselves, without a payroll:
The District of Columbia led the nation in the growth of certain small businesses, with a 9.6 percent increase between 2004 and 2005, followed by Nevada at 7.7 percent and Florida with a 7.6 percent growth rate.
Among the fastest-growing of those industries were search portals (41.2 percent), Internet service providers (16.6 percent), nail salons (18 percent), electronic shopping and mail-order houses (12 percent), recreational vehicle dealers (12.1 percent) and landscaping services (11.1 percent).
Lone wolf business grew in 2005 with an average of 2,356 people a day going into business for themselves, reaching a total 20.4 million, with receipts worth $951 billion. Lone wolves account for 78 percent of the nation’s 26 million or more firms, a Census Bureau statement said.
All goes to show that small business really does drive the economy.
The report.
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