New county forecasts from Woods & Poole
Woods & Poole Economics has just released its detailed county economic and demographic forecasts in a new format called Desktop Data Files. Each file, on a single 5 1/4" or 3 1/2" disk, contains data for the U.S., as well as all states, all counties, and all metropolitan areas for all years from 1969 to 2010 for any one of more than 160 variables. Desktop Data Files can be imported into most desktop marketing systems and other regional databases to give users access to Woods & Poole's long-range regional forecasts in conjunction with their own data.
The 160 variables include population by race, sex, and age in five-year cohorts, Hispanic population, personal income by source, employment and earnings by industry, retail sales by kind of business and households by number, size, and income. Woods & Poole will aggregate data to create special variables, e.g. total population age 20-34.
Desktop Data Files are in ASCII format and can be imported into any database or spreadsheet software. State and county names and FIPS codes are included in the comma-delimited files so that the forecasts can be easily combined with other regional data.
For further information contact Woods & Poole Economics, Inc., 1794 Columbia Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20009.
Free report on Americans 65 and over
The U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) and the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) have released a demographic report, "A Profile of Older Americans," that examines geographic distribution, marital status, education, living arrangements, racial and ethnic composition, employment, income, housing, and health and health care issues for persons 65 years of age or older. For a free copy, send a postcard to: Profile of Older Americans (D996), AARP Fulfillment (EE0107), 1909 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20049. For multiple copies, write Program Resources Depart-ment, AARP, 1909 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20049.
Book profiles U.S. women
Oryx Press has published the Statistical Handbook on American Women, a compilation of and guide to demographic, economic, social, and health statistics on women in the United States. More than 400 tables and charts are included. Brief, one-sentence highlights of key trends and data conclusions precede the tables and charts. The volume's editor, Cynthia M. Taeuber, is chief of the Age and Sex Statistics Branch of the Population Division of the Bureau of the Census. For more information contact the Oryx Press, 4041 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85012-3397.
Warehouse club panel established
National Retail Tracking Index (NRTI), a division of the market research firm the Ehrhart-Babic Group, has established a national syndicated distribution panel of warehouse clubs. The move was implemented due primarily to the mounting importance of these membership clubs, and increased client demand for a sample representation of these high volume, no frills, warehouse-like outlets. According to Ehrhart-Babic sources, membership clubs have a total sales volume from a universe of 400+ stores approaching $20 billion.
NPDC/Trinet provide business data
An agreement between National Planning Data Corporation (NPDC) and Trinet, Inc. enables NPDC to provide business data in the form of summarized and customized reports, based on the Trinet raw database of SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes. The NPDC "Trinet Business Data Reports" will allow business decision makers to increase accuracy in analysis and forecasting. NPDC has developed an assortment of summary reports from a specially selected, partial list of 326 SIC codes. Standard geographies for which these data are available include: state, county, census tract/minor civil division, 5-digit ZIP codes and yellow pages directories. The business data available in summary reports are categorized by number of establishments, estimated total number of employees, estimated total sales, and number of establishments with fewer than 20, 20 to 49, and 50 or more employees. For more information, call 800-876-NPDC or write NPDC, Sales & Marketing Dept., re: Trinet Info., P.O. Box 610, Ithaca, NY 14851-0610.