APDU Weekly – December 8, 2022

December 8, 2022

FEATURE

Missed the Annual APDU Business Meeting? Watch the Recording Below!

Every year the APDU leadership offers insights into the Association’s mission, key accomplishments, educational opportunities, advocacy, financials and more. Watch this 30 minute session to learn more about APDU.

NEWS

Once Arcane Job Openings Survey Becomes Darling of Fed’s Eye 

Rural America Is Getting Older, With a Fifth of the Population Now Over the Age of 65 

Same-Sex Households in the U.S. Surpass 1 Million for the First Time, Data Shows 

Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on November Jobs Report 

The U.S. Gained 263,000 Jobs Last Month. It’s Good News for Workers, but Not the Fed 

USDA: Farm Income Soars to New Heights in 2022 

Vipin Arora Named New BEA Director 

COVID-19 NEWS

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Urban and Rural Spending Habits 

The Long Shadow of Long COVID 

U.S. COVID Cases Are Climbing Again as New Omicron Variants Spread

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Census Business Builder Revamped in Version 5.0 

County Employment and Wages (QCEW) Database Now Fully Updated Through 2nd Quarter 2022 

DATA VISUALIZATION

Mapped: Which Countries Have the Highest Inflation? 

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Project

2021 Annual Business Survey: Economic and Demographic Characteristics for Employer Firms and Business Owners by Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status

December 15, 2022 

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET 

More Information 

Center for Democracy & Technology and Georgetown’s Massive Data Institute 

Effectively and Safely Sharing Government Data With the Public 

December 15, 2022 

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET 

More Information 

EVENTS

American Statistical Association 

American Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice

February 2 – 4, 2023 

San Francisco, CA 

More Information

DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected under the First Step Act, 2022 

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Ability to Telework Available to 10.6 Percent of Civilian Workers in 2022
• California’s Jobless Rate Decreased 2.1 Percentage Points Over the Year Ended October 2022 
• Discontinuation of the Commissioner’s Statement 
• October Jobless Rates Down Over the Year in 264 of 389 Metro Areas; Payroll Jobs up in 95 
• Total Factor Productivity Increased in 15 Out of 21 Major Industries in 2021 
• Unemployment Rate 3.7 Percent in November 2022 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Air Travel Consumer Report: September Consumer Complaints Down 15.6% from August, Yet Remain Three Times Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels 
• U.S. Airlines’ October 2022 Fuel Cost per Gallon Down 1.2% from September 2022; Aviation Fuel Consumption Down 7.0% from Pre-Pandemic October 2019 
• U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate of 4.6% in November 2022 Was Below the November 2021 Level of 6.1% But Was Above the Pre-Pandemic November Level of 3.3% in 2019 

Census Bureau

• Census Bureau Reports on States With the Highest Percentage of Vacant Housing Units 
• Census Bureau to Embargo 2017-2021 American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates 
• What Languages Do We Speak in the United States? 
• Which States Have the Highest Percentage of Vacant Housing Units? 

Economic Research Service

• America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance: 2022 Edition 
• COVID-19 Working Paper: National Trends in Food Retail Sales During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) Retail-Based Scanner Data 
• Recent Report Provides a New View of Food Sector Sales and Employee Counts in Proprietary Data 
• World Agricultural Output Growth Continues to Slow, Reaching Lowest Rate in Six Decades 

Energy Information Administration

• EIA Expects Higher and More Volatile Wholesale Electricity Prices in the United States This Winter 
• Less U.S. Jet Fuel Consumption on Average in 2022 Than in 2019 
• More Ethanol Was Blended Into U.S. Gasoline Last Summer Than Ever Before
• U.S. Wind Generation Falls Into Regional Patterns by Season 
• West Coast Gasoline Prices Have Been Volatile This Year 

National Center for Education Statistics

• 2021 NAEP School and Teacher Questionnaire Special Study 

National Center for Health Statistics

• Drug & Alcohol Deaths on the Rise Among Older Americans 
• Drug Overdose Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000–2020 
• Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the January – June 2022 NHIS 
• Podcast – Healthy People 2020: Progress Towards Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities 
• Quick Stats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Living in Families That Were Food-Insecure in the Past 30 Days by Family Income and Urbanicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2021 
• Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January – June 2022 
• Wireless Substitution: State-Level Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2020 

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 

• Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2021 

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Pew

• The Long-Term Decline in Fertility—and What It Means for State Budgets 

Pew Research Center 

• For Today’s Young Workers in the U.S., Job Tenure Is Similar to That of Young Workers in the Past 

FEDERAL RULEMAKING AND CALLS FOR COMMENT

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. 

Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• 2022 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies (CLETA) (January 17, 2023) 
• National Inmate Survey in Prisons (NIS-4P) (December 15, 2022) 
• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 16, 2023) 
• Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: National Prisoner Statistics Program (December 23, 2022) 
• Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J) (December 28, 2022)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Consumer Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary (December 23, 2022)
•  Bureau of Labor Statistics – Report on Occupational Employment and Wages (January 9, 2023) 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 17, 2023) 

Census Bureau

• Automated Export System Program (January 20, 2023) 
• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 9, 2023) 
• Household Pulse Survey (December 10, 2022) 
• National Survey of Children’s Health Longitudinal Cohort (NSCH—LC) (January 20, 2023) 
• Resumption of the Population Estimates Challenge Program and Proposed Changes to the Program (December 22, 2022)
• Survey of Construction: Questionnaire for Building Permit Official (December 13, 2022)
• Survey of State Government Research and Development (December 30, 2022)

Energy Information Administration

• Electric Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys (December 21, 2022) 

Institute for Education Sciences

• Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School Recruitment (January 3, 2023) 
• Evaluating the Impact of the Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy (PLC-EL) (January 23, 2023)
• Evaluation of Transition Supports for Youth With Disabilities (January 9, 2023)
• IES Research Training Program Surveys (December 14, 2022)
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2024 (January 17, 2023) 
• National Evaluation of Title III Implementation (December 27, 2022)
• School Pulse Panel 2023-24 Preliminary Field Activities (December 27, 2022)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Cotton Ginning Survey (January 9, 2023)
• NASS Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 9, 2023) 
• Objective Yield Surveys (January 3, 2023)
• NCES Data Security Requirements for Accessing Restricted Use Data

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• 2023 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (February 6, 2023)
• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (December 30, 2022)