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2014 Income and Poverty

Small area income and poverty estimates were released by the U.S. Census Bureau on December 9.

Click here for details.

A Note from the Director

I want to wish you all safe travels and happy holidays! I look forward to connecting again in 2016!

Sincerely,

Melissa Stefanini

TN SDC Network

The State Data Center Program is a national cooperative program with the U.S. Census Bureau. Data Centers in each state assist the Bureau by disseminating Census data and other federal data sets and information.

Each Data Center has an internal statewide affiliate network to further assist in disseminating data to local users. These affiliates also have local information and expertise to offer.

Visit TN SDC for a full listing of affiliates.

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Census Holiday Statistics

Below are highlights from the U.S. Census Bureau's recent release of holiday statistics, The 2015 Holiday Season.

Retail sales in department stores across the nation were estimated to be $24.5 billion in December 2014.
Department store sales as a percentage of total 2014 sales were 14.2 percent and jewelry stores were 18.2 percent.
Retail sales by electronic shopping and mail-order houses totaled $48.3 billion in December 2014.
The U.S. imported $1.2 billion in Christmas tree ornaments and $163.3 million in artificial Christmas trees from China between January and September 2015.
The U.S. Postal Service surpassed its own projections by 11.5 percent in package deliveries in December 2014.

To see a full list of holiday statistics and the data sources, visit the Census Newsroom.

5-Year American Community Survey Data Dashboards

On December 3, the 2014 five-year American Community Survey (ACS) data was released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This marks the first time that two non-overlapping five-year ACS estimates can be compared (2009 and 2014).

The TN State Data Center has prepared three dashboards with TN specific highlights from the survey. Slide the year filter to see how the TN population is growing, aging, and becoming more educated.

Click here to view dashboards.

Other Current Census Releases

November 2015 New Residential Construction HERE
October 2015 Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales HERE
November 2015 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services HERE
Third Quarter 2015 Services Survey HERE
October 2015 Monthly Wholesale Trade HERE

For all other Economic Indicators, visit http://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/index.php.

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