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Surveys and Programs Contributing to Public Sector
Surveys and Programs Contributing to Public Sector
The Census Bureau reports public sector information from several surveys and programs. It is important to understand that different surveys and methods, which are designed to meet different needs, may produce different results.
Background information and links to each survey or program’s website are provided below.
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Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (ASPEP)Provides state and local government data on full-time and part-time employment, part-time hours worked, full-time equivalent employment, and payroll statistics.
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Annual Survey of Public Pensions (ASPP)The Survey of Public Pensions provides revenues, expenditures, financial assets, and membership information for the defined benefit public pensions.
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Annual Survey of School System FinancesProvides statistics about the finances of elementary and secondary public school systems.
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Annual Survey of State Government Finances (ASFIN)State Government Finances provides a comprehensive summary of annual survey findings for state governments.
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Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC)The STC provides a summary of taxes collected by state for 5 broad tax categories and up to 25 tax subcategories.
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Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (ALFIN)Statistics on revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) for governments.
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Building Permits Survey (BPS)The purpose of the Building Permits Survey is to provide national, state, and local statistics on new privately-owned residential construction.
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Census of Governments (COG)Identifies the scope and nature of the nation's state and local government sector including public finance and public employment and classifications.
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Census of Juveniles in Resident Placement (CJRP)Collects detailed information on youth residing in detention, correctional, and other shelter facilities.
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Common Core of Data (CCD)Collects fiscal and non-fiscal data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the United States.
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Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)Data infrastructure for the next generation of statistics and research on the criminal justice system and the population that interacts with it.
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Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) LibraryOnline collections of audio, infographics, photos, publications, videos, working papers, etc.
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Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) ProgramUses spatial data to create geographic locale indicators, school point locations, school district boundaries, and other data to support spatial analysis.
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Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC)Distributes single audit reporting packages to federal agencies.
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Government Units Survey (GUS)The GUS collects current information to update the universe of county, municipal, township, special district, and school district governments.
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Justice Assistance Data SurveyThis direct survey of governments collects detailed justice expenditure data.
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Justice Expenditure and Employment ExtractsData include the expenditures and employment of the federal government, state governments, and a sample of county, municipal, and township governments.
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Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC)Provides a count of juveniles in state, county, municipal and privately run juvenile correctional facilities.
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Local Education Agency (School District) Finance Survey (F-33)Provides revenue and expenditure data for all school districts in the United States.
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National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)The nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization.
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National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) ProgramProduces annual national and state-level data on the number of prisoners in state and federal prison facilities.
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National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)Provides descriptive data on elementary and secondary education and provides a variety of statistics on the condition of education in the United States.
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Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)Provides detailed information on the characteristics of persons who had some type of contact with police during the year.
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Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS)The purpose of the Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS) is to determine how many principals in the base (NTPS) school year still work as a principal.
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Private School Universe Survey (PSS)Provides biennial data on the total number of private schools, teachers, and students; and provides a complete list of private schools.
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Public Libraries Survey (PLS)Provides statistics on the status of public libraries in the United States.
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Quarterly Summary of State & Local Tax Revenue (QTAX)The Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue provides quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level.
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Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions (QSPP)Provides national summary data on the revenues, expenditures, and composition of assets of the largest defined benefit public employee retirement systems.
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School Crime Supplement (SCS)Collects information about victimization, crime, and safety at school.
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School District Review Program (SDRP)The SDRP allows state officials to review the Census Bureau school district information and to provide the Census Bureau with updates and corrections.
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School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)Provides estimates of school crime, discipline, disorder, programs and policies.
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State Library Administrative Agencies Survey (SLAA)Provides state and federal policymakers, researchers, and other interested users with descriptive information about state library agencies.
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Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV)Collects administrative data based on allegations of sexual victimization by other inmates or staff that are reported to correctional authorities.
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Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS)The purpose of the Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) is to determine how many teachers in the base (NTPS) school year still work as a teacher.
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