APDU Bi-Weekly – December 14, 2023

December 14, 2023

FEATURE

Last Bi-Weekly Newsletter of 2023

This marks the APDU’s final bi-weekly newsletter of 2023. We would like to thank all our readers who continue to engage with and find value in this publication. We would also like to thank the many staff and partners who make this newsletter possible, including Andrea Sybinsky, Cameron Njomo, and Flora Yapi.

If you are not already an APDU member, we encourage you to consider becoming one to support this resource and others produced to share knowledge and build connections among public data users.

2023 Year–End Accomplishments

As we transition into the new year, we would also like to take this opportunity to reflect on APDU’s accomplishments for this year. If you couldn’t attend yesterday’s Annual Business Meeting, check out our most recent blog post for some of the highlights.

NEWS

Commerce CDO Outlines Need for Data To Keep Pace With Emerging Technology

Job Openings Fall to 32-Month Low, as the Labor Market Tightens From Boom Times

Musings from Mackinac Bridge: Three Ways to Measure Economy Offer Different Perspectives

National Native American Heritage Month: Celebrating Tribal Identity with Data

Statement by Acting Secretary of Labor Su on November Jobs Report

The Census Bureau Wants to Change How It Asks About Disabilities. Some Advocates Don’t Like It

These States Are Bringing In More Residents Than They’re Losing

Understanding the Math Behind Recent Inflation Trends

U.S. Adds Jobs in November as Labor Market Remains Slow but Steady

U.S. Economy Grows 5.2% In Third Quarter; Higher Interest Rates Eroding Momentum

COVID-19 NEWS

Flu on the Rise, RSV Peaking, but COVID-19 Taking Deadliest Toll in U.S., Health Officials Say

One in Seven Adults Report Experiencing Long COVID-19

U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise as New Variant Spreads

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Equitable Data Toolkit

DATA VISUALIZATION

Visualizing $97 Trillion of Global Debt in 2023

UPCOMING WEBINARS

National Center for Health Statistics 

Suicide Mortality in Puerto Rico: 2001-2021 Data

December 15, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Census Bureau

Methodology Updates for the Vintage 2023 Estimates

December 18, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau

Best Practices When Using American Community Survey Data

January 17, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Census Bureau 

A Thematic Session on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Evidence from the Microdata

January 31, 2024

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

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EVENTS

American Statistical Association

2024 American Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice 

February 27 – 29, 2024

New Orleans, LA

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DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022
• Gross Domestic Product by Industry Second Quarter 2023 and Comprehensive Update
• Gross Domestic Product by State, 2nd Quarter 2023
• Gross Domestic Product (Second Estimate) Corporate Profits (Preliminary Estimate) Third Quarter 2023

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• BJS Statement on the Release of Redacted Mortality in Corrections (MCI) Data
• Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2023
• Prisoners Executed
• Prisoners in 2022 – Statistical Tables

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• 10 Major Occupational Groups With Higher-Than-Average Wages Projected to Grow Faster Than Average
• An Improved Estimate of Self-Employment Hours for Quarterly Labor Productivity
• Celebrating National Family Caregivers Month with BLS Data
• Employment and Average Wages Increased in All of the 10 Largest Counties From June 2022 to June 2023
• Employment Up In 34 States Over the Year Ending October 2023
• Real Average Hourly Earnings Up 0.8 Percent for Year Ending October 2023
• Total Factor Productivity Up In 9 Out of 21 Major Industries in 2022
• Unemployment Rates Higher in 223 Metro Areas in Year Ended October 2023

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 12/01/2023
• November 2023 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.5%) Falls Below the November 2022 Level (4.6%) But Rises Above the Pre-Pandemic November 2019 Level (3.3%)
• October 2023 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Up 0.1% from the Previous Month and Down 0.9% from the Same Month Last Year
• U.S. Airlines’ October 2023 Fuel Cost per Gallon Down 0.8% from September 2023; Aviation Fuel Consumption Up 2.9% from Pre-Pandemic October 2019
• U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Gained 4,516 Jobs in October 2023; Employment Remains 8.8% Above Pre-Pandemic October 2019

Census Bureau

• Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release
• Census Bureau to Host Embargo for 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• Household Income in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2022
• How County Poverty Rates Changed From 2013-2017 to 2018-2022
• Most Americans Speak Only English at Home or Speak English “Very Well”
• Most Parents Don’t Have Any Formal Child Care Arrangements
• Poverty in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2022
• U.S. Poverty Rate Varies by Age Groups

Economic Research Service

• America’s Farms and Ranches at a Glance: 2023 Edition
• Unpriced Corn Inventories Higher Than Other Commodities After 2019 Harvest, Study of Pandemic-Related Situation Shows
• World Agricultural Output and Productivity Growth Have Slowed

Energy Information Administration

• Associated Natural Gas Production Has Tripled Since 2018 in Top Three Permian Oil Plays
• Coal Generation Decreased in 2022, but Overall U.S. Emissions Increased
• Global CO2 Emissions Rise Through 2050 in Most IEO2023 Cases
• New Pipelines Will Bring Significant Volumes of Natural Gas to New LNG Export Terminals
• New Renewable Fuel Standard Volume Targets Facilitate Renewable Natural Gas Production
• The United States Begins the Winter With the Most Natural Gas in Storage Since 2020

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• USDA To Conduct the 2023 Census of Aquaculture

National Center for Education Statistics

• 2018‒19 Common Core of Data (CCD) Dropouts Public-Use Data Files, version 1a
• 2019 NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS) User’s Guide and Technical Report
• Nation’s Private School Enrollment Did Not Change from 2019-20 to 2021-22 School Year
• PISA 2022 U.S. Highlights Web Report

National Center for Education Statistics

• 2018‒19 Common Core of Data (CCD) Dropouts Public-Use Data Files, version 1a
• 2019 NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS) User’s Guide and Technical Report
• Nation’s Private School Enrollment Did Not Change from 2019-20 to 2021-22 School Year
• PISA 2022 U.S. Highlights Web Report

National Center for Health Statistics

• Characteristics of Mothers Admitted to Intensive Care Units During Hospitalization for Delivery of a Live-born Infant: United States, 2020–2022
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2020
• Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–June 2023
• Life Expectancy Increases, However Suicides Up in 2022
• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adults: United States, 2021–2022
• Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2020–2021
• Provisional Estimates of Suicide by Demographic Characteristics: United States, 2022
• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Received an Influenza Vaccination During the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Race and Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022
• QuickStats: Average Number of Stroke Deaths per Day, by Month and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2021

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2022
• Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey 2022
• Publications Output: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons
• R&D Expenditures at U.S. Universities Increased by $8 Billion in FY 2022
• Research Funding for U.S. Doctorate Recipients at Research-Intensive Institutions
• SED-UMETRICS Linkage Technical Report

Statistics of Income Division

• SOI Bulletin: Fall 2023

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings

• New Census Projections Show Immigration Is Essential to the Growth and Vitality of a More Diverse Us Population

Pew Research Center

• Wealth Surged in the Pandemic, but Debt Endures for Poorer Black and Hispanic Families

Urban Institute 

• Proposed Census Changes Would Drastically Undercount Disabled Americans

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 Economic Analysis

• Direct Investment Surveys: BE-605, Quarterly Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States-Transactions of U.S. Affiliate With Foreign Parent (January 8, 2024)

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death (January 8, 2024)
• National Prisoner Statistics Program: Maternal Health Supplement (NPS-MatHealth) (January 22, 2024)
• Census of Jails (COJ) (February 9, 2024)
• National Prisoner Statistics Program: Maternal Health Supplement (NPS-MatHealth) (January 22, 2024)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) Cooperative Agreement Application Package (February 6, 2024)
• Consumer Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary (January 2, 2024)
• CPS Disability Supplement (January 26, 2024)
• General Inquiries to State Agency Contacts (February 2, 2024)
• Labor Market Information (LMI) Cooperative Agreement Application Package (February 6, 2024)
• National Compensation Survey (January 8, 2024)
• Producer Price Index Survey (January 2, 2024)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Report of Passengers Denied Confirmed Space (January 8, 2024)

Census Bureau

• Building Permits Survey Program (January 30, 2024)
• Comment Request American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey (December 19, 2023)
• Current Population Survey, Fertility Supplement (February 6, 2024)
• Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing (December 18, 2023)
• Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) (January 16, 2024)
• National Survey of Children’s Health (January 16, 2024)
• Quarterly Services Survey (QSS) (February 6, 2024)
• Quarterly Summary of State & Local Government Tax Revenues (February 6, 2024)
• School District Review Program (February 5, 2024)
• State and Local Government Finance Collections, and Public Employment and Payroll Collections (January 22, 2024)

Economic Research Service

• Corn and Soybean Grower Survey (December 26, 2023)

Energy Information Administration

• Residential Energy Consumption Survey (January 2, 2023)
• Uranium Data Program (January 2, 2023)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Milk and Milk Products Surveys (February 5, 2024)
• Water Use Survey (January 19, 2024)

National Center for Educational Sciences

• 2020/25 Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS:20/25) Field Test (December 28, 2023)
• School Pulse Panel 2024–25 Preliminary Field Activities (January 4, 2024)

National Center for Education Statistics

• Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 (ECLS–K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School Recruitment (December 22, 2023)
• National Center for Education Statistics – National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2025 Long-Term Trend (LTT) (December 29, 2023)