Recent releases from the Census Bureau:
–Security and Commodity Exchange Revenue Nearly $9 Billion in 2007: Securities and commodities exchanges employed 8,852 people with nearly $1.4 billion in annual payroll and more than $8.9 billion in revenue in 2007, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau as part of the 2007 Economic Census Industry Series
–Residential Vancancies and Homeownership: National vacancy rates in the first quarter 2009 were 10.1 (+ 0.4) percent for rental housing and 2.7 (+ 0.1) percent for homeowner housing, the Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau announced
–Census Bureau Releases Data Showing Relationship Between Education and Earnings: workers with a bachelor’s degree earned about $26,000 more on average than workers with a high school diploma, according to new figures that outline 2008 educational trends and achievement levels. Educational Attainment in the United States: 2008 is a series of tables containing data by characteristics such as age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, occupation, industry, nativity, citizenship status and period of entry. The tabulations also include historical data on mean earnings by educational attainment, sex, race and Hispanic origin.