📅 The Week Ahead: Cyber Monday
In case you missed it, Black Friday (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.
On November 26th, we celebrated Small Business Saturday honoring small businesses around the nation and all they do for their communities.
For today, Cyber Monday, explore Census Bureau data on e-commerce and more.
You May Be Interested In
 2017-2021 American Community Survey Pre-Release Webinar
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.
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.
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.
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.
🎂 Happy Birthday, Illinois!
On Saturday, December 3, we will celebrate Illinois' 204th anniversary of statehood.
🔎 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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