The U.S. Census Bureau has now released the first local area data from the 2007 Economic Census.  The data are for states, counties, cities and metro areas in ten states in the West and New England, and include retail trade, accommodations, and rental and leasing sectors, among others.

When will data be published for Arkansas?   Remaining local area data will be published, state by state and sector by sector, across the next eight months, with everything to be complete in August 2010.  We can't project exact publication dates, but what we can do is send you an e-mail as soon as the data become available.

Sign up today for our Notify Me service at http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/www/notifyme/states.php.  Select each sector for the states you are interested in, or check off just the sectors that interest you-as many or as few as you want.  We will send you an e-mail every time one or more of your state/sector selections appears.  Each e-mail will include urls so that you can go straight to the data.

The economic census provides comprehensive industry, geographic, and product detail about U.S. businesses every 5 years.  It is the only source of data on sales or receipts by industry for local areas nationwide.

For more information about the census, visit business.census.gov .   

Questions?  Contact Paul Zeisset, Bob Marske, or Laurie Torene at 301-763-2547 or e-mail econ@census.gov.