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tKh40rr C '/7 1* P01PULJ1T11D 9 E.G F"" MWa6.. November 1996 OSD 96-80 NO 1 ,4 Economic census Sampler� p�er Hi_ghli_ghts at a Glance... � This"Sampler" is intended to be a collection of some of the most commonly asked business and Diana Telschow industry questions that Demography receives from the general public. Questions such as— The Demographer's Office at Minnesota Planning an swers more than 10,000 requests each year for census ■ How many governmental units are and related federal information.This sampler,the third there in Minnesota? ...page two in a continuing series, is a collection of answers to some ■Are retail sales increasing or decreasing? of the most commonly asked business and industry ...page three questions. The first and second issues focused on infor- mation released from the population and housing cen- ■ Is the service sector of the economy growing? sus. This issue samples information available from the ••page four • 1992 economic, agriculture and governments censuses ■ How many businesses are owned by and related programs, including statistics on minority women? ...page five and women-owned businesses. ■What are the largest manufacturing The economic census and related programs provide de- industries? ...page five tailed facts about the national economy and are released once every five years in years ending with two and ®Are Minnesota farms getting bigger or seven. The 1992 economic census is the most recent smaller? ...page six available;the next economic census will be conducted in 1997. The eight industries of the economic census are: retail trade; wholesale trade; service industries; finan- What are SIC codes? cial, insurance and real estate industries; transporta- The Standard Industrial Classification coding system is tion, communications and utilities; manufactures; used to classify business establishments by the type of mineral industries; and construction industries. To activity they report.This system enumerates the entire achieve full coverage of the economy, also reference the field of economic activity into 10 broad divisions. Each agriculture and government censuses and related pro- division is subdivided into two-digit major groups,three- grams including statistics on minority- and women- digit industry groups,and four-digit industries. owned businesses. All of these reports are released by the U. S.Department of Commerce,Bureau of the Cen- sus and can be found on the U.S. Census home page at: http://ww-,v.census.gov/ Demographic information and the Economic Census Sampler are available from the Demographer's Office at Minnesota Planning, from the 69 Minnesota Data Center members located throughout the state, and at'Minnesota Planning's World Wide Web site: http:H • www.mnplan.state.mn.us