Here's a quick note on what's coming up to keep you up to date as we wrap up the month of November and begin December.





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?? The Week Ahead: Cyber Monday ??



Celebrating Black Friday [ [link removed] ]

In case you missed it, *Black Friday [ [link removed] ]* (the busiest shopping day of the year) was *November 25th*.

?? *Did you know? *2021 imports of apparel ($78.6B), computers ($94.6B), and toys ($29.8B) peaked in October and November.

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Celebrating Small Business Saturday [ [link removed] ]

On *November 26th*, we celebrated *Small Business Saturday [ [link removed] ]* honoring small businesses around the nation and all they do for their communities.

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In Q4 2021, e-commerce accounted for $244B of the $1.7T in total retail sales. [ [link removed] ]

For today, *Cyber Monday* [ [link removed] ], explore Census Bureau data on e-commerce and more.

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You May Be Interested In

* *New Business Formations [ [link removed] ]*
* *Monthly State Retail Sales [ [link removed] ]*
* *Monthly Comparisons for Selected State Tax Collections [ [link removed] ]*
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2017-2021 American Community Survey Pre-Release Webinar

Census Bureau to Host Webinar on 2017-2021 American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates [ [link removed] ]

The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to hold a webinar December 1 explaining how to access data and online resources from the 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS). The webinar will also provide tips for comparing ACS geographies and statistics over time.

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Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release

On November 23, the U.S. Census Bureau released data from the Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS), a survey that measures business conditions on an ongoing basis. The BTOS is the successor to the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), a high-frequency survey that measured the effect of changing business conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and other major events like hurricanes on our nation’s small businesses.

The BTOS increases the scope of the SBPS to include large single-location employer businesses (those with 500 or more employees). It provides insight into the state of the economy by providing continuous, timely data for key economic measures every two weeks.

*Explore Data* [ [link removed] ]




Census Bureau Releases New Report on Health Insurance by Race and Hispanic Origin [ [link removed] ]

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released a brief on health insurance coverage and the rate of uninsured in the United States by race and Hispanic origin. The brief uses 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates to describe how health care coverage — whether people have health insurance as well as the type of coverage they hold — varies across groups.

The report shows that disparities in health coverage by race and Hispanic origin persist despite data showing that differences in the uninsured rate between White, non-Hispanic individuals under the age of 65 and members of other race and Hispanic origin groups narrowed after provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were implemented in 2014.

*Discover More* [ [link removed] ]




2021 Service Annual Survey Data Now Available [ [link removed] ]

The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new data tables from the 2021 Service Annual Survey (SAS). The SAS table package provides statistics on revenue, payroll, sources of revenue, expenses, exports, inventory, revenue from electronic sources and other selected industry-specific data for service industries.

*Service Annual Survey* [ [link removed] ]




?? Happy Birthday, Illinois!

On *Saturday, December 3,* we will celebrate *Illinois' 204th anniversary [ [link removed] ]* of statehood.

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??* Did you know?* Illinois is the *24th* largest state by area and was the *21st* state to join the Union.


* ?? The state tree is the *White Oak*.
* ?? The state nickname is the *Prairie State*.
* ?? The largest city is *Chicago*.





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?? Upcoming Census Academy Webinars

Census Academy: Back to Data Basics Webinar Series [ [link removed] ]

* *November 30: An Introduction and Getting Started on data.census.gov [ [link removed] ]
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* *November 30: The Effects of the National War Labor Board on Labor Income Inequality (Co-authored with Chris Vickers) [ [link removed] ]*
* *December 1: 2017-2021 American Community Survey Pre-Release Webinar [ [link removed] ]*
* *December 5: Methodology Updates for the Vintage 2022 Estimates [ [link removed] ]
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* *December 8: Directorate Defense Trade Control and Bureau of Industry and Security - Modernizing Technology in Support of Collaboration [ [link removed] ]
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* *December 15: 2021 Annual Business Survey: Economic and Demographic Characteristics for Employer Firms and Business Owners by Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status [ [link removed] ]*

*More Upcoming Webinars* [ [link removed] ]




?? Releases This Week

*Monday: Preliminary U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products [ [link removed] ]*

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*Wednesday: Advance Economic Indicators Report (International Trade, Retail, & Wholesale) [ [link removed] ]*

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*Thursday: Construction Spending (Construction Put in Place) [ [link removed] ]*



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