đź“… The Week Ahead: Manufacturing Day and Week
Today, we begin a weeklong celebration of the manufacturing sector’s importance and vast economic contribution to the nation.
Learn more about Manufacturing Day, and be sure to keep an eye out for manufacturing facts and stats throughout the week.
The Census Bureau has created a Manufacturing Week homepage with valuable manufacturing statistics and data products, and will be posting historical facts about manufacturing on Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, and Facebook throughout the week.
America Counts: More Women in Manufacturing Jobs in Every Age Group
In the runup to Manufacturing Day on October 7, we look at the growing role of women in manufacturing.
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đź“Ś More Observances
Thursday, October 6, is German-American Day.
September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. This October, we celebrate Global Diversity Awareness Month, and we mark National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
National Energy Awareness Month and National Seafood Month also take center stage in October.
Additionally, October is Polish-American Heritage Month and Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month.
 Dynamics of Poverty Report Now Available
On September 29, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new report on poverty statistics from the 2018-2020 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). This report provides monthly, annual, episodic and chronic poverty rates over the 2017-2019 period to provide additional insight for measuring poverty in the United States. Monthly poverty rates can provide insight into changes in poverty within a year or over multiple years, while annual poverty rates provide insight into changes in poverty over multiple years. Episodic measures utilize the longitudinal nature of the SIPP to examine the share of individuals experiencing monthly poverty for at least two consecutive months over the 36-month reference period, while chronic poverty measures examine the share of individuals who were in poverty for each of the 36 months.
Late last week, the Census Bureau released the 2020 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) in the Census API, on data.census.gov, and on the BDS website. The BDS is an annual time-series, covering the years 1978 to 2020. The data provide measures of business dynamics, such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns for the economy overall and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics.
2021 American Housing Survey Data Now Available
The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released new housing data from the 2021 American Housing Survey (AHS) through the AHS Table Creator. This interactive data tool allows users to create custom tables of housing and demographic estimates for the nation, 25 metropolitan areas, and selected states.
The biennial AHS (conducted every two years) is the nation’s most comprehensive housing survey, providing current data on a wide range of housing subjects. Topics unique to the AHS include characteristics and physical condition of the nation’s housing units, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality, and home improvement activities.
In last week’s Hispanic Heritage Month blog post, Director Robert Santos talks about his journey of identity as a young Latino through the lens of the media.
Learn how television impacted some of his most formative years.
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