OCT. 3, 2024 — The U.S. Census Bureau next week is set to hold a series of events to recognize the manufacturing sector’s importance and vast contribution to the nation’s economy. The weeklong celebration begins on Manufacturing Day, observed annually (the first Friday in October since 2011) to showcase the benefits and potential of modern manufacturing and spur interest in manufacturing careers.

The Census Bureau has a Manufacturing Week homepage with valuable manufacturing statistics and data products, and plans to post about the observance on its social media accounts throughout the week. The website features a wide range of resources, including:

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• Bracing for an Active Hurricane Season
• Exploring Two “First Look” Economic Datasets
• Internet-Based Services Drove Information Sector Growth
• From Great Resignation to Great Reshuffling
• Small Business Week 2024: How Small Businesses Impact Our Economy
• Bridge Collapse Could Affect Over a Million People in the Baltimore Area
• How Parents Coped with the Infant Formula Shortage
• Seven Annual Economic Surveys Combined into One
• How Many U.S. Businesses Offer Health Insurance to Employees
• Legal Sports Betting a Growing Source of Tax Revenue for Many States
• How the Real Estate Market Relies on Census Data

• Number of U.S. Breweries by Employment Size Ranges: 2019-2022
• U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey
• Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data
• Annual Imports and Exports Through Ports Along the Texas Gulf Coast
• Business Formation Statistics
• Business Formation Statistics by State
• Annual Business Applications by State and County
• Monthly State Retail Sales
• Celebrating July 4th
• Cannabis Excise Sales Tax
• Global Market Finder: An Interactive Tool for U.S. Exporters

View the Manufacturing Week homepage for more manufacturing visualizations. 

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• How the COVID-19 Pandemic Prompted More People to Change Jobs
• Exploring Census Data: Minority Businesses and Equitable Data
• Puerto Rico Data Resources
• Using CBP and NES to Make Informed Business Decisions
• Mom and Pop Shops Lead Job Recovery From Economic Downturn After Covid
• Credit Insurance as a Risk Mitigation Tool for International Trade
• Navigating the Annual Integrated Economy Survey (AIES)

Stats for Stories provides a one-stop shop for timely and relevant statistics and resources about observances. The manufacturing edition includes datasets from a variety of surveys, including the American Community Survey, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Annual Business Survey, County Business Patterns, Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, International Trade, Quarterly Financial Report, and Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales.

Conducted every five years, the Economic Census is the Census Bureau’s most comprehensive source of information on U.S. employer businesses and the economy, and has been collecting statistics on the nation’s manufacturing sector since 1810. Data collection for the 2022 Economic Census began last year. The Census Bureau plans to release the Geographic Area Statistics data this December.

The Census Bureau also publishes manufacturing statistics from other sources, including the Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM), multiple economic indicators, the Annual Business Survey (ABS), and experimental data products such as the Small Business Pulse Survey, Business Formation Statistics, and the new Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS). 

In March, the Census Bureau launched its newest survey, the 2023 Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES). The AIES will provide key yearly measures of economic activity, including the only comprehensive national and subnational data of business revenues, employment, expenses, and assets on an annual basis. The Census Bureau plans to begin releasing AIES data next summer. More information is available on the AIES website and in the Introducing the Annual Integrated Economic Survey video.

Check out Manufacturing Week for a complete list of and more details about Census Bureau manufacturing data.