U.S. Census Bureau

New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized Unadjusted Units by State, Regions and Metropolitan Area

The international goods and services deficit was $74.6 billion in April, up $14.0 billion from $60.6 billion in March. April exports were $249.0 billion, $9.2 billion less than March exports. April imports were $323.6 billion, $4.8 billion more than March imports. 

The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey provides broad-based, monthly statistical data on economic conditions in the domestic manufacturing sector. The survey measures current industrial activity and provides an indication of future business trends.

The Population Estimates Program produces monthly population estimates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin for the United States. These estimates cover five different populations: resident population, resident population plus Armed Forces overseas, civilian population, civilian non institutionalized population, and household population.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate is the seasonally adjusted monthly value multiplied by 12.

Note: Seasonally adjusted houses sold are published at annual rates. 

Estimates of Monthly Retail and Food Services Sales by Kind of Business. Note: Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. Retail and food services total and other subsector totals may include data for kinds of business not shown. Information on sample design, estimation procedures, and measures of sampling variability can be found on the internet at http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/how_surveys_are_collected.html.

 Advance estimates are based on early reports obtained from a small sample of firms selected from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) sample. All other estimates are from the MRTS sample. GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443), clothing & accessories (448), sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, and book (451), general merchandise (452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores (4532). (Total sales estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)    Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability (coefficient of variation is greater than 30%), poor response quality. (total quantity response rate is less than 50%), or other concerns about the estimate's quality

Monthly Retail Trade Report: U.S. Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios Estimates of End-of-Month Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios by Kind of Business: 2015 Note: Estimates exclude food services.  Inventory estimates include data for auxiliary establishments; for example, warehouses servicing retail stores. Information on sample design, estimation procedures, and measures of sampling variability can be found on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/how_surveys_are_collected.html

This dataset covers both Seasonally Adjusted and Not Adjusted Estimates of Monthly Sales, Inventories, and Inventories/Sales Ratios of Merchant Wholesalers, Except Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices.   Note: Sales and inventory estimates are in millions of dollars. Ratios are in units.  Estimates are based on data from the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey, and have been bench marked using the results of the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey.  

U.S. Trade in Goods with World, Seasonally Adjusted 

US Trade By Selected Commodity