Local Employment Dynamics Update

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Local Employment Dynamics Update

• CIC/FSCPE/SDC Joint Steering Committee Meeting
• February 21-23, 2007
• Jeremy Wu, Ph.D.
• Assistant Division Chief
• LEHD/DID
• U.S. Census Bureau

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LED Partnership

• Local Employment Dynamics (LED)
• 44 state partners, including DC
• 2 states in the approval process - NY, OH
• 5 states yet to join - CT, MA, NE, NH, SD
• Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) production
• 37 states under Regular Production
• 4 states under Experimental Production
• On The Map
• 17 states in version 1, completed December 2006
• Up to 44 states in version 2, phased release in
  2007

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QWI Production

• Upgraded to 2005 CBSA geo-vintage
• Back-coded NAICS-based QWI before 2001
• Cease SIC-based QWI beginning 2007Q3
• Converting to only secure FTP file delivery by
  states
• Began DVD distribution through MSO

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On The Map v.1LEHDs online dynamic mapping tool

• 17 states online
• Completed 12/2006

• Where do workers live?
• Where do people work?
• Companion reports on age, earnings, and
  industry
• First synthetic data product

• User select areas
• Block is base unit for display block group is
  base unit for report
• Modular geographic layers such as community
  colleges and zip codes

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Florida Example on Assessing Recent Tornado
Impact
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Illinois Example onBRAC Consolidation and
Recruitment
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Pennsylvania Example onAging Workforce by
Industry
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Missouri and Illinois Example on Bridge Project
in St. Louis
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On The Map Version 2

• Up to 44 LED partner states
• Add 2004 data to 2002-2003 data
• Cross-state patterns for all states
• Enhanced multi-year reports
• Additional geographies
• Will become available in phases between March and
  September 2007

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Elements of HotReports
CHARTS/GRAPHS
MAPS
DYNAMICALLY UPDATED TEXT
TABLES
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LED Steering Committee Action Planfor 2007

• Taking the program national
• Enhancing data quality
• Providing training
• Building stability and user base
• Reaching covenant for innovation

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Contact Us
Program Manager Jeremy.S.Wu_at_census.gov General
Comments/Suggestions dsd.local.employment.dynamics
_at_census.gov Website http//www.census.gov
(Local Employment Dynamics) http//lehd.did.census
.gov