I'm pleased to be able to announce the "arrival" of the Historical Statistics of the U.S.: Colonial Times to 1970 as part of the backfiles we have put up. It is linked to from the Statistical Abstracts page at:
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/index.htm .
Andrea Sevetson
U.S. Census Bureau
Marketing Services Office
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andrea.sevetson@census.gov
I don't see anything earlier than the Civil War area ...
Posted by: niq at November 29, 2004 09:44 PMNice to have, but could someone please break the news to the MSFT-loving government that ZIPping PDFs is NOT an improvement? And that they really need to spend the $200 to get a decent scanner?
niq - Population, p. 8 of section 2 of doc 1, goes back to 1790. Just as a quick example.
Posted by: Ken Houghton at November 30, 2004 06:08 AMniq, also see the file at http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/CT1970p2-13.pdf for colonial and pre-federal data. I've been wanting a handy pocket-sized reference for this data -- much more convenient than having to go to London. Thanks, Brad!
Posted by: WatchfulBabbler at November 30, 2004 07:05 AMNice!
Nice. On a related note, Brad, I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on the new Index of U.S. Industrial Production put out by Joseph Davis in the latest Quarterly Journal of Economics?
Posted by: Bernard Guerrero at December 1, 2004 09:55 AM