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DMINews -- October 2008
Planned Topics • MetroDynamics Quarterly Establishments-Employment-Earnings Updates • County High Level Industry Quarterly Economic Analysis • Metro GDP Estimates & Projections • Pattern Analysis using MapView • Guide to Site Analysis • Assessing Accuracy of Place/County Demographic Estimates MetroDynamics Quarterly Establishments-Employment-Earnings Updates MetroDynamics (MD -- http://proximityone.com/md.htm) is updated with the detailed (subject matter data by maximum detailed NAICS category) 2008Q1 quarterly establishments, employment, and earnings (EEE) data based on employer reported data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ES-202 program. See http://proximityone.com/md1.htm for a description of subject matter included in MD. MD provides quarterly time series EEE data from 2004Q1 forward, then making a 17 quarter series. Use the optional MD feature to estimate suppressed data and use continuous quarterly measurements in your analyses. EEE-HI Database. Use the new U.S. by county "high level industry" EEE data (EEE-HL) for visual and tabular analysis. Updated quarterly, these data may be used with the HLIAnalyst (see below) to examine composition, patterns, and trends. County High Level Industry Quarterly Economic Analysis Updates The new HLIAnalyst integrated software and database tool enables uses to analyze county level quarterly economic high level industry trend data. The quarterly updated database enables users to examine employer reported "ES-202" data on establishments, employment and earnings with only a 7-8 month lag from the reporting period. Easy access to county (or custom aggregate) area economic trend data. Supported with on-demand graphic analysis/charts and analytical operations such as location quotient analysis. Metro GDP Estimates & Projections New to MetroDynamics (MD -- http://proximityone.com/md.htm) in the fall of 2008 are quarterly estimates and projections of metropolitan area gross domestic product (GDP). Developed by Proximity, these unique measures of the metro GDP provide a way compare and assess the overall economy. Pattern Analysis using MapView MapView is a re-usable mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) component used in several Proximity resources. MapView, a light version of the Proximity CommunityViewer GIS (CV -- http://proximityone.com/cv.htm) resource. This section will review use of MapView for pattern analysis as integrated into MetroDynamics (MD -- http://proximityone.com/md.htm). Guide to Site Analysis Use site analysis to, for example, count the number of students having certain attributes a certain distance from a school. Or, use site analysis to determine the demographic/market attributes of an area defined by a set of small areas such as ZIP codes, block groups, or census tracts. This item provides an update on using tools like the CommunityViewer site analysis operations to perform such tasks. Assessing Accuracy of Place/County Demographic Estimates As we get further from Census 2000, it becomes more difficult to produce good population estimates in a national estimates program. This is particularly true for areas that have have been experiencing change and smaller places. While we believe Census Bureau county/place/subcounty population estimates to be the best available, and they are official for use in allocation of Federal funds and other purposes, the question arises - how good are they? Unlike a census or statistical survey, there is no good way to estimate the error associated with these estimates. We compare population estimates based on the number of households estimated using U.S. Postal Service delivery statistics and related data to Census Bureau estimates for a selected set of areas. Additional Information Contact Proximity for more information about any of the topics reviewed in this section. |
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