Upcoming Economic Development Related Conferences , Long Beach, CA ,Pittsburgh ARC Event: T . San Antonio TX (October 22-25) , Atlanta GA (November 15-17) Reports, Tools and Data Select USA Issues Report on the Role of FDI in High Tech Industries Select USA has announced the release of a new report: . This report highlights the role foreign direct investment (FDI) plays in U.S. high-tech industries, from employment to research and development spending. To view SelectUSA's first industry-focused report, FDI in Manufacturing, Census Has New Tools for Using Data from American Community Survey In conjunction with its release of the last week, the Census Bureau provided these updates. New Data Exploration Platform The U.S. Census Bureau is currently working to streamline online data dissemination to be more customer-driven and user friendly by creating one centralized and standardized platform to underlie the search on . Beginning September 14, some 2016 American Community Survey statistics, including detailed tables, data profiles, subject tables, and comparison profiles, will be available on the preview site at , in parallel with the data released on American Factfinder. We encourage you to take a look at and provide your thoughts on our work in progress at . New Data Visualization The U.S. Census Bureau has a new way for people to explore ACS data through two new data visualization tools. The allows to explore ACS data for all 50 states. The includes a bar graph and map of the U.S. highlighting ACS characteristics for all 50 states Census Bureau Reports on Job Creation by Startups: 2M jobs in 2015 In 2015, the nation’s 414,000 startup firms created 2.5 million new jobs according to data from the Census Bureau’s . In contrast, this level of startup activity is well below the pre-Great Recession average of 524,000 startup firms and 3.3 million new jobs per year for the period 2002-2006. Other highlights include: Job creation in the United States totaled 16.8 million with job destruction equaling 13.7 million. Job creation minus job destruction equaled net job creation of 3.1 million in 2015. Young firms (those less than 6 years old) accounted for 11 percent of employment and 27 percent of job creation.
Upcoming Economic Development Related Conferences , Long Beach, CA ARC Event: T ,Pittsburgh . San Antonio TX (October 22-25) , Atlanta GA (November 15-17) Reports, Tools and Data Select USA Issues Report on the Role of FDI in High Tech Industries Select USA has announced the release of a new report: . This report highlights the role foreign direct investment (FDI) plays in U.S. high-tech industries, from employment to research and development spending. To view SelectUSA's first industry-focused report, FDI in Manufacturing, Census Has New Tools for Using Data from American Community Survey In conjunction with its release of the last week, the Census Bureau provided these updates. New Data Exploration Platform The U.S. Census Bureau is currently working to streamline online data dissemination to be more customer-driven and user friendly by creating one centralized and standardized platform to underlie the search on . Beginning September 14, some 2016 American Community Survey statistics, including detailed tables, data profiles, subject tables, and comparison profiles, will be available on the preview site at , in parallel with the data released on American Factfinder. We encourage you to take a look at and provide your thoughts on our work in progress at . New Data Visualization The U.S. Census Bureau has a new way for people to explore ACS data through two new data visualization tools. The allows to explore ACS data for all 50 states. The includes a bar graph and map of the U.S. highlighting ACS characteristics for all 50 states Census Bureau Reports on Job Creation by Startups: 2M jobs in 2015 In 2015, the nation’s 414,000 startup firms created 2.5 million new jobs according to data from the Census Bureau’s . In contrast, this level of startup activity is well below the pre-Great Recession average of 524,000 startup firms and 3.3 million new jobs per year for the period 2002-2006. Other highlights include: Job creation in the United States totaled 16.8 million with job destruction equaling 13.7 million. Job creation minus job destruction equaled net job creation of 3.1 million in 2015. Young firms (those less than 6 years old) accounted for 11 percent of employment and 27 percent of job creation.
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