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http://connect.ala.org/node/215317
Part 2 slides and recording will also be
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Nonemployer Statistics: Down to country level
◦ www.census.gov/econ/nonemployer
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Franchise Report: US only, 5 digit NAICS
◦ factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2007_US/00
CFRA1
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Concentration=Establishment & Firm Size
◦ www.census.gov/econ/concentration.html
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Industry Portal
◦ www.census.gov/econ/isp/index.php
◦ http://www.census.gov/econ/census/snapshots_center
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Rail Industry Statistics
◦ www.rita.dot.gov/bts/data_and_statistics/by_mode/rail.html
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2007 NOT all in AFF
Mining (Subject Series: General Summary:
Detailed Statistics)
Construction (in AFF)
Manufacturing (in AFF)
Annual Wholesale Trade Report
Annual Retail Trade Survey Historical Data
Annual Services Report
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Think of a product and list all the industries
that “touch” that product. Take that list and
find the NAICS code for that industry. Hint:
use
www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/index.html
Identify a town in which a relative lives and
determine what Metropolitan/Micropolitian
Area or County do they live in, and then find
a map of that Area. Hint: use
www.census.gov/econ/census07/www/geogr
aphy/geography_changes.html
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Use AFF’s Guided Search to find an Economic
Census table for an industry from Question 1
and an area from Question 2. Hint: use
factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/i
ndex.xhtml
Find an industry sector that has changed
between the 2002 and 2007 Census. Hint:
use Bridge Report from
www.census.gov/econ/census07/www/defini
tions.html
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Q5: Find the 2007 Survey of Business Owners
(US Only), use the Modify Table option and
filter “All owners of respondent firms” with
“Less than high school graduate”. Advanced:
Once you have your 63 rows, find the Industry
Sector where women have the highest “Number of
owners of respondent firms with or without paid
employees.”
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Q6: Using the 2007 EC table, find out how
much money hotels made in the Albany
Metropolitan Area. Download the data.
Create a Bookmark to share. Advanced: Using
a different table, which state has the more
guestrooms: Texas or Florida?
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Q7: Of the hotels in the US, which of the top
five products/services returns the most
money to a Hotel/Casino?
Q8: What is the most current data on how
many hotels are in the Albany Metropolitan
Area? Advanced: What do you believe is their
current revenue? Explain why. Hint use:
http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html
or AFF
Q9: Using BLS data, find the inflation rate for
the cost of operating hotels between
December 2007 and December 2012. Since
then, is Inflation going up for this industry?