WHATSNEW.TXT Staff of the National Crosswalk Service Center (NCSC) will use this file to post changes and additions to the files developed by the center in support of the Workforce Information Database. Please check back often. Date Change 12/24/08 We've updated the population estimates found in the \STATES folder subdirectory for each state. We added the national and state estimates for 2008. See the README.TXT file in the state directory for file names and database versions. 12/16/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through November 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 12/05/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the Workforce Information Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LAB2124.TXT and LAB2124.TXT contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 2.1-2.4. NOTE: We no longer routinely produce tables for versions 1.1 or 2.0. We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through November 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 11/25/08 We've added new geography information in the \NONSTD folder. The file GEOG09.ZIP contains OMB's revisions to statistical areas released in their Bulletin 09-01 on 11/20. 11/19/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through October 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 11/18/08 We've added an \EDUCATION folder to this server. The folder now contains a document that describes education tables (SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS, PROGCOMP and SUPPLY) extracted from U.S. Department of Education files by the National Crosswalk Service Center. State-specific extracts are available via requests to the NCSC. 11/07/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the Workforce Information Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through October 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 10/16/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through September 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 10/09/08 We've updated the content of the PERIODYEAR variable in the OESW23 and OESW24 files in the \NATIONAL folder. The files had contained the value of '2006' for some records. 10/03/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the Workforce Information Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through September 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 09/27/08 We removed records for two occupations from the May 2007 OES wage estimates found in the \NATIONAL folder. For information about the need to remove the records, see http://www.bls.gov/oes/#notices 09/16/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through August 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 09/12/09 We updated the CES23 and CES24 files to include the update the PRELIM variable and add missing content to the EARNINGS field. 09/10/08 We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through August 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 09/08/09 We updated the CES23 and CES24 files to include the latest monthly updates. The latest month's estimates were not included in the file uploaded on 9/5/08. 09/05/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the Workforce Information Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. 08/05/08 We've added national data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program for use in the Workforce Information Database. The new files contain the annual data for 2007 for versions 2.2-2.3 and 2.4 of the database. They are found in the \NATIONAL folder. See the README.TXT file in that folder for file names and more information. 08/01/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the Workforce Information Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developedfiles (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files containestimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through July 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 07/03/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the Workforce Information Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developedfiles (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files containestimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through June 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 06/13/08 We've replaced the BEA income files in the \STATES folders to include new information. We've included revised state and national estimates for 1969-2007 as well as county, metropolitan and other statistical estimates for 1969-2006. File names are BEAINC2x.TXT and BEAINC2X.DBF. They are formatted for use in versions 2.1-2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. You'll find links to files and information for your state at http://www.xwalkcenter.org/wfinfodb/stfiles.html NOTE: These files are updated versions of the files originally uploaded on 5/22/08. The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through May 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 06/06/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the Workforce Information Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developedfiles (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files containestimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through May 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) We've temporarily removed the state-specific BEA income files from our server. Some of the national and statistical area estimates that should have been revised in the files were not updated in those versions. 05/22/08 We've updated the BEA income files in the \STATES folders to include new information. We've revised state estimates for 1969-2007 and county estimates for 1969-2006. File names are BEAINC2x.TXT and BEAINC2X.DBF. They are formatted for use in versions 2.1-2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. You'll find links to files and information for your state at http://www.xwalkcenter.org/wfinfodb/stfiles.html 05/14/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through April 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. We've formatted the May 2007 OES estimates for use in the OESWAGE and WAGE tables of the Workforce Information Database. The files can be found in the \NATIONAL folder. See the readme.txt file in that directory for file names and more information. 05/05/08 We updated the structures of the LABFOR11, LABFOR20 and LAB2124 files to correct variables that were in the wrong sequence. 05/02/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through April 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 04/29/08 We've placed updated military crosswalk tables in the \VER24 directory. Download MILX0408.ZIP. Note that due to structure changes, the content won't work with earlier database versions. 04/16/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through March 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 04/10/08 We've updated the Census Bureau Median Family income estimatesfor the U.S. and states. State-specific files can be found in the state directories in the \STATES folder. National and state data are for 1984-2006. County estimates are for 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997-2005 for counties. The data are formatted for use in the Workforce Information Database, Version 2.0-2.4 INCOME table) 04/09/08 We've updated the content of the MATRIX04.ZIP file in the \NATIONAL folder. The OCCPRJ tables in the archive files contained truncated values in some numeric fields. Those values have been corrected. 04/08/08 We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through February 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) We've updated the content of the CESCODE.DBF and CESCODE.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. We've added four records for series in the internet and employment services industries. Records for those industries are found in the BLSCES data files. 04/04/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. 03/31/08 We've updated the population estimates found in the \STATES folder subdirectory for each state. We added the national, state and county estimates for 2007. See the README.TXT file in the state directory for file names and database versions. 03/08/08 We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through February 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 03/07/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. 02/20/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through January 2008. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 02/19/08 We've added content to the MATOCCODTY variable in the OCCDIR table in the MATRIX06.ZIP in the \NATIONAL directory. This variable identifies the occupations as based on either the OES or SOC and is used by some applications. 02/04/08 We've updated the comprehensive CES tables in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through January 2008. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data, and industry series are based on the 2007 NAICS beginning with this release. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 02/01/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) See the notice about the change to the 2007 NAICS found in the readme.txt file in the \NATIONAL directory. The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. 01/27/08 We've updated the content of the CPI2124 files in the \NATIONAL directory. The new files contain corrected values for the PCTCHGM variable. 01/16/08 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through December 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 01/04/08 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through December 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 01/02/08 We've modified the contents of the GEOG and SUBGEOG tables found in the \NONSTD\NEWGEOG.ZIP file to include the Office for Management and Budget's 2008 revisions to Statistical Areas. See the README.TXT file in that directory for file names. 12/20/07 We've added the national employment projections data from BLS to the \NATIONAL folder. The archive file MATRIX06.ZIP contains the projections in a Visual FoxPro database. The file MATRIX06.DOC describes the content. 12/14/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through November 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 12/07/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through November 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 11/15/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through October 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 11/02/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through October 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 11/01/07 We've placed updated military crosswalk tables in the \VER24 directory. Download MILX1007.ZIP. Note that due to structure changes, the content won't work with earlier database versions. 10/17/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through September 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 10/09/07 The BEA income estimates for use in Versions 2.1-2.4 of the Workforce Information Database have been updated to include revised estimates and to add estimates for Combined Statistical. Areas. State-specific files have been created for each of the states and are located in directories in the \STATES folder. See the readme.txt file in your state directory for more information. 10/05/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through September 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 09/19/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through August 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 09/07/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through August 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 09/04/07 We've added a FoxPro version of the NAICCODE lookup table containing codes, titles and descriptions from the 2007 NAICS revision. Download NAICS07.ZIP from the VER24 folder. 08/15/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through July 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. Files are formatted for use in Versions 2.3 and 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. 08/13/07 We've added an Access database containing Version 2.4 of the Workforce Information Database. Look for the file and a readme.txt file in the VER\ACCESS folder. 08/06/07 We've updated the content and format of the LAB2124 files found in the \NATIONAL directory. The files uploaded on 08/03/07 included formatting and content errors. 08/03/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table in version 2.3. We've also developed files (CES24.DBF and CES24.TXT) for version 2.4. The files contain estimates for Jan. 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2124 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.4 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES23.DBF and BLSCES23.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The files in the BLSCES24.DBF and BLSCES24.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.4 of the ALMIS Database.The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through July 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the files BLSCES23.ZIP and BLSCES24.ZIP.) 07/31/07 We've added national data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program for use in the Workforce Information Database. The new files contain the annual data for 2006 for versions 2.2-2.3 and 2.4 of the database. They are found in the \NATIONAL folder. See the README.TXT file in that folder for file names and more information. 07/06/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through June 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 06/22/07 We've added employment and wage estimates from the May 2006 Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey to the \NATIONAL folder. Both FoxPro and delimited text files are provided for versions 2.2 and 2.3 of the OESWAGE and WAGE tables. Estimates are provided for occupational totals and down to the five-digit NAICS level. See the README.TXT file in that folder for file names and more information. 06/04/07 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through May 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 06/01/07 We've updated the contents of the BEA income files in the state directories. See the readme.txt file in a state directory for file names and other information. We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 05/15/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through April 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 05/09/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23 tables that were uploaded to our surver on 05/04/07. The updat4d files contain employment estimates for production and female workers and hours and earnings data. These data were originally omitted due to file content changes by BLS of which we were unaware. 05/09/07 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through April 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 05/04/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 04/17/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through March 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 04/09/07 We've updated the population estimates found in the \STATES folder subdirectory for each state. We added the national, state and county estimates for 2006. See the README.TXT file in the state directory for file names and database versions. 04/06/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through March 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 03/29/07 We've added additional records to the MATXNAIC tables found in \NATIONAL\MATRIX04.ZIP. These additional records were omitted in the earlier version of the table. 03/23/07 We've added a later version of the military-to-SOC crosswalk to the \NONSTD folder. The new file is named MILX1106.ZIP, and a description can be found in MILX1106.PDF. 03/16/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through February 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 03/09/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through February 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 02/28/07 We've updated the contents of the Lay Titles files formatted for use with version 2.3 of the Workforce Information Database to include revisions released today. You'll find the new files in the LOOKUP and XWALK subdirectories of the \VER23\FOX and \VER23\TXT directories. 02/26/07 We've updated the Census Bureau Median Family Income Estimates for the U.S., states and counties. State-specific files can be found in the state directories in the \STATES folder. National and state data are for 1984-2005. County estimates are for 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997-2004 for counties. The data are formatted for use in the Workforce Information Database, Version 2.0-2.3 INCOME table) 02/21/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through January 2007. The monthly indexes beginning with January 2007 will be displayed with three decimal places. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 02/06/07 The BEA income estimates for use in Versions 2.1-2.3 of the Workforce Information Database have been revised to add estimates for 2006 for the U.S. State-specific files have been created for each of the states and are located in directories in the \STATES folder. See the readme.txt file in your state directory for more information. 02/02/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through January 2007. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 01/18/07 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through December 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 01/12/07 We've updated the prototype content to the population demographics file found in the \NONSTD directory. The file now contains population counts from the 1990 census and estimates from the 2002-2005 American Community Survey (ACS). Census counts are included for the U.S., state, counties and cities. ACS data are included for the U.S., state and available counties and cities. The prototype data, developed for testing with new applications, relate to Iowa. 01/09/07 We've updated the population estimates found in the \STATES folder subdirectory for each state. We added the national and state estimates for 2006. See the README.TXT file in the state directory for file names and database versions. 01/08/07 We've updated the contents of the prototype geography files found in the \NONSTD folder. The revised files contains core-based statistical areas including revisions released by the Office of Management and Budget on 12/18/06 in OMB Bulleting 07-01. 01/05/07 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through December 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 12/15/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through November 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 11/29/06 We've corrected content found in the CPI FoxPro files in the \NATIONAL folder. The content of the CPISOURCE field may have been missing when imported into some applications. 11/17/06 We've added two resources to the \NONSTD folder. These files include structures and additions to suggested variable values for a new population demographics table and a change to geography tables dealing with new types of statistical areas. See the README.TXT file in that directory for file names and more information. 11/16/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through September 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 11/03/06 The contents of the files found in the M05OESW.ZIP file have been updated. A number of records in each of the files had bad values in the WPCTRELERR field. Those values have been replaced with zeros, which is the legitimate content of those cells. We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through October 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 10/27/06 We've added national data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (ES-202) for 2005 to the \NATIONAL folder. Both FoxPro and delimited text files are found in the file INDUS05.ZIP. The data are formatted for use in the INDUSTRY table in versions 2.2 and 2.3 of the Workforce Information (ALMIS) Database. 10/06/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through September 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 09/12/06 We've reloaded files containing BEA Income data to the individual state directories. Rankings for all areas have been recalculated. 09/01/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 08/16/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through JuLY 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 08/04/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through July 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 07/19/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through June 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 07/07/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through June 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 06/26/06 The contents of the CESCODE tables in the \NATIONAL, \VER23\FOX26\LOOKUP and \VER23\TXT\LOOKUP have been updated. We removed 17 records for which the titles were incomplete that have no data in the comprehensive CES file released monthly by BLS. 06/23/06 We've added a Visual FoxPro version of the O*NET 10.0 Database to the files on our server. This database version was released today by the National O*NET Center. Look for more information on our Non-standard ALMIS Database Information page at http://www.xwalkcenter.org/xw_news.html#how 06/14/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through May 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. We've updated the contents of the CESCODE files found in the \NATIONAL and \VER23 directories. The files now contain records for all of the series found in either the CES23 or BLSCES tables. In addition, we've editied the long series titles in the file to complete the 300+ titles that were truncated or otherwise incomplete. 06/05/06 We've added national estimates from the May 2005 Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey. The files contain employment and wage estimates for occupational totals and occupations by 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-digit NAICS industry. The files can be found in the \NATIONAL folder. See the readme.txt file in that directory for file names and other information. 06/02/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through May 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 05/23/06 We've updated the contents of the BEA income estimates that we uploaded on 5/19. A number of records had an incorrect value of "00" in the PERIODTYPE field. The correct value for annual data is "01" Users should modify their tables or download new tables from the NCSC server. 05/22/06 We've updated the contents of the BEA income estimates that we uploaded on 5/19. A number of records had an incorrect value of "2" in the INCSOURCE field. The field should always contain a value of "3" for BEA files. Users should modify their tables or download new tables from the NCSC server. 05/19/06 The BEA income estimates for use in Version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database have been revised to add estimates for 2005 for the U.S. and states and 2004 for all substate areas. State-specific files have been created for each of the states and are located in directories in the \STATES folder. See the readme.txt file in your state directory for more information. 05/17/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through April 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 05/05/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've corrected the percent distribution variables (PCTESTIND, PCTESTOCC, PCTPROJIND, and PCTPROJOCC) in the national IOMATRIX files found in the MATRIX04.ZIP in the \NATIONAL folder. In our original files, the industry and occupation distributions were reversed. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through April 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 04/26/06 The military lookup and crosswalk files for use in Version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database have been revised. (NOTE: Structures found in earlier versions of the database are not adequate for the files' contents.) Revised files are MOCCODE, SVC and MPC in the LOOKUP directories and MOCXSOC in the XWALK directories. The files have been revised in both the FOX26 and TXT folders. 04/21/06 We've updated the population estimates found in the \STATES folder subdirectory for each state. We added the county estimates for 2005. See the README.TXT file in the state directory for file names and database versions. 04/19/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through March 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 04/10/06 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through March 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 04/07/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 03/22/06 We've updated HUD income estimates. For the first time, we've included county and metropolitan statistical area estimates. State-specific files that also contain the national data can be be found in the folders in the \STATES directory. See the readme.txt in the state directories for file names and time coverage. 03/16/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through February 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 03/10/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through February 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 02/28/06 We've updated the content of O*NET Lay Titles files to include the February 2006 update. Delimited text and FoxPro 2.6 versions of the LAYTITLE and LAYTXOCC tables are available. look in \ALMIS\VER23\FOX26\XWALK and \ALMIS\VER23\FOX26\LOOKUP for the FoxPro tables, and in \ALMIS\VER23\TXT\XWALK and \ALMIS\VER23\TXT\LOOKUP for the text versions. 02/22/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through January 2006. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 02/17/06 We've added draft content to the MATXNAIC tables found in the MATRIX04.ZIP file in the \NATIONAL folder. 02/10/06 We've modified the contents of the INDCODES found in the TXT\ADMIN and FOX\ADMIN directories under the VER22 and VER23 folders. We've removed extraneous trailing zeros so that the contents will be comparable to the content of the respective NAICCODE tables. 02/03/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through the most recent month. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include the most recent data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through January 2006. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 01/27/06 We've added draft content to the MATXSOC tables found in the MATRIX04.ZIP file in the \NATIONAL folder. 01/23/06 We've added the Office of Management and Budget's latest revisions to Metropolitan Statistical Area, Micropolitan Statistical Area and Metropolitan Division definitions. The OMB document that describes the changes, OMB Bulletin # 06-01, was released December 5, 2005. The new files, found in GEOG06.ZIP, can be found in the \NATIONAL directory. 01/19/06 We've added updated Census income estimates to the state folders found in the \STATES directory. The estimates include data through 2004 for the U.S. and states and through 2003 for counties. See the README.TXT file in your state's directory for file names, etc. 01/18/06 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through December 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 01/17/06 We've updated the population estimates found in the \STATES folder subdirectory for each state. We added the national and state estimates for 2005. See the README.TXT file in the state directory for file names and database versions. 01/09/06 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through December 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 01/06/06 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through December 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include December data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 01/05/06 We've formatted information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics national employment projections for 2004-2014 for use with the ALMIS Database, version 2.3. The files can be found in the \NATIONAL folder. See the file MATRIX04.DOC in that folder for file names and other information. Note that the MATXNAIC and MATXSOC tables are not yet populated. 12/15/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through November 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 12/03/05 Invalid values in the PCT10 field (1.000E+16) in the N04OESW.ZIP file in the \NATIONAL folder were replaced with zeros. The previous contents reflected missing values, generally for teachers for whom BLS doesn't publish hourly wages. Values in the PCT10 field were reset to be consistent with the file's content of other fields with missing values. 12/02/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through November 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include November data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through November 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 11/29/05 We've added geography files that contain Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area and Metropolitan Division configurations for revised definitions of those areas released by the Office of Management and Budget in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The files are named GEOG03.ZIP, GEOG04.ZIP and GEOG05.ZIP. They can be found in the \NATIONAL folder. See the readme.txt file in that directory for more information. 11/19/05 We've added files that contain wage and employment estimates from the Nov. 2004 OES Survey to the \NATIONAL folder. See the README.tXT file in that folder for file names and content information. 11/16/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through October 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 11/09/05 We've updated the contents of our Non-standard ALMIS Database information page (http://www.xwalkcenter.org/almisdb/nonstd.html) to include prototype structures and database files for information from state job benefit surveys and the 2000 census EEO files. 11/08/05 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through September 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 11/04/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through October 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include October data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 10/17/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through September 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through September 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 10/07/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through September 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include Septembert data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've corrected the values for the OWNERSHIP variable found in the INDUS04.ZIP files found in the \NATIONAL folder. 09/15/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through August 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 08/05/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through August 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include August data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through August 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 08/29/05 We've updated the contents of the URL files in the \NATIONAL folder with updated addresses for Hawaii, Kansas, Mississippi and New York. 08/08/05 The LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 uploaded on 8/5 lacked the estimates for the latest month. That omission has been corrected in the current files. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through July 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 08/05/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through July 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include July data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 07/27/05 We've updated the content of O*NET Lay Titles files to include the July 2005 update. Delimited text and FoxPro 2.6 versions of the LAYTITLE and LAYTXOCC tables are available. look in \ALMIS\VER23\FOX26\XWALK and \ALMIS\VER23\FOX26\LOOKUP for the FoxPro tables, and in \ALMIS\VER23\TXT\XWALK and \ALMIS\VER23\TXT\LOOKUP for the text versions. 07/19/05 We've added files that contain wage and employment estimates from the May 2004 OES Survey to the \NATIONAL folder. See the README.tXT file in that folder for file names and content information. 07/15/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through June 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 07/09/05 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through June 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 07/08/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through June 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include June data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 06/15/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through May 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. (NOTE: MONTHLY PERCENT CHANGE VALUES WERE CORRECTED IN CPI23 FILES AT 2:30 CDT ON 6/15/05) 06/07/05 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through May 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 06/03/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through May 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include May data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the contents of the URL file in the \NATIONAL folder with updated addresses for Massachusetts and Missouri. 05/18/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through April 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 05/17/05 We've updated the contents of the BEA income tables found in the individual state directories in the \STATES directory. In addition to the national, state, metropolitan area and county estimates found in earlier editions of this file, the files now include micropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions and combined statistical areas. Use of this file will require inclusion of records from ftp://ftp.xwalkcenter.org/almis/nonstd/newgeog.zip since the data contain records for new area types. The MSA estimates use the new definitions for all estimates in the file. National and state estimates are for 1929-2003. All others are for 1969-2003. 05/10/05 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.2 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through April 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 05/06/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through April 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include April data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 04/22/05 We've updated the population estimates found in the \STATES folder subdirectory for each state. We added the county estimates for 2004. See the README.TXT file in the state directory for file names and database versions. 04/20/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through March 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 04/19/05 We've corrected the data for 1999 found in the HUD Income tables in the \NATIONAL folder. See the README.TXT file in that folder for file names and other information. 04/11/05 We've corrected the name of the POPSOURCE variable in the POPULA2X.DBF files in the state folders. The file posted on 4/8 included an extraneous "D" in that variable name. 04/08/05 The contents of the population tables in the \STATES folders have been updated to include natiional and state counts for 2004. See the readme.txt file in each state directory for file names and database versions. 04/06/05 We've updated the contents of units of analysis files in the FOX26 and TXT folders. The prototype NCSC units of analysis are groupings of related occupations and training programs. The ANALYSIS file is found in the DATA directory. The CLUSCODE file is found in the LOOKUP directory. CLSXPROJ, CLSX1990 and CLSX2000 are found in the XWALK directory. CLSX1990 and CLSX2000 are different versions of the CLSXSUPL ALMIS table, using the 1990 and 2000 versions of the CIP respectively. For general information about the units of analysis files, their development and content, see the file UADescription.doc in the ftp://ftp.xwalkcenter.org/DOWNLOAD/units folder. 04/05/05 We've updated the contents of the national and state HUD income tables found in the \NATIONAL folder. The files now contain estimates for 1989 and 1996-2005. See the README.TXt file in that directory for file names and other information. 04/01/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through March 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include March data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 03/31/05 We've updated the content to the MOCCODE, SVC and MPC tables in the \VER23\FOX26\LOOKUP and \VER23\TXT\LOOKUP directories to include information from the Department of Defense February 2005 crosswalk update. We've also updated the contents of the MOCXSOC in the \VER23\FOX26\XWALK and \VER23\TXT\XWALK directories. 03/23/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through February 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 03/16/05 We've updated the contents of the ONETCODE lookup tables for versions 2.2 and 2.3 of the ALMIS Database by adding a record for code 39901101, Nannies. This occupation was added in version 6.0 of the O*NET database. The addition was not included in the NCSC standard lookup files. Both text and FoxPro 2.6 versions of the files were updated. 03/04/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through February 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include February data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 02/23/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through January 2005. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 02/04/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through January 2005. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include January data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. We've updated the contents of the URL file in the \NATIONAL folder with updated addresses for Arkansas and Virginia. We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.2 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through January 2005. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 01/19/05 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through December 2004. We've also included a table formatted for use in Version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. We've updated the contents of the URL file in the \NATIONAL folder with an updated address for Wisconsin. 01/18/05 We've added updated Census income estimates to the state folders found under the \STATES folder. The Census estimates include data for 2001 and 2002. See the README.TXT file in your state's directory for file names, database versions, etc. 01/07/05 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through December 2004. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include December data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 12/03/04 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through November 2004. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include November data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 11/29/04 We've updated the structure documents and databases for the QWI and JVS tables in the \NONSTD folder. You'll find ZIP files that contain MS Access and Visual FoxPro databases and FoxPro files. See the readme.txt file in that directory for more information. 11/05/04 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through October 2004. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include October data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 10/19/04 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through September 2004. We've also included a table formatted for use in Version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 10/15/04 We've updated the contents of the ALMIS Database INDUSTRY table that you'll find in the \NATIONAL folder with 2003 data. Tables are available in FoxPro and comma-delimited text for versions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2-2.3. See the README.TXT file in that folder for file names and more information. 10/12/04 We've modified the MS Access (both Access97 and Access2000) versions of the ALMIS Database, Version 2.3 to add the remaining referential integrity. The files are found in the \VER23\ACCESS folder. See the README.TXT file in that folder for more information. 10/08/04 We've updated the contents of the CES23.DBF and CES23.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through September 2004. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include September data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LAB2123 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.3 respectively. 10/06/04 We've added an Access97 version of the database to the \VER23\ACCESS folder. That database is contained in the archive file 97ALM23.ZIP. 09/21/04 We've added tables, with content wherever possible, to the new TXT and FOX26 directories in the \VER23 folder. Many of the crosswalk and lookup tables are populated with the prototype, standard values. We've also populated the related OCCCODES and INDCODES tables in the \ADMIN directory. 09/16/04 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through August 2004. We've also included a table formatted for use in Version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 09/09/04 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.2 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through August 2004. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 09/08/04 We've added structure and related documents for Version 2.3 of the ALMIS Database to the new \VER23 folder. Watch that folder for additions as we add FoxPro and text files using the new structure. 09/03/04 We've updated the contents of the CES22.DBF and CES22.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through August 2004. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include August data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LABFOR22 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.2 respectively. 08/17/04 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through July 2004. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 08/16/04 We've updated the content of the LAYTITLE.ZIP file in the \NONSTD directory. The file contains the National O*NET Center's compilation of common job titles related to O*NET and SOC occupations. See the file LAYTITLE.DOC for information about the file's structure. 08/09/04 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.2 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through July 2004. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) The contents of the URL file in the \NATIONAL folder were tested, and no broken links were found. 08/06/04 We've updated the contents of the CES22.DBF and CES22.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through July 2004. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include July data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LABFOR22 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.2 respectively. 07/30/04 We've updated the contents of the NEWGEOG.ZIP file in the /NONSTD folder. The GEOG and SUBGEOG tables no contain values to match the Combined Statistical Area (CSA) estimates found in the BEA income tables uploaded on 07/27. 07/27/04 We've updated the contents of the BEA income tables found in the individual state directories in the \STATES directory. In addition to the national, state, metropolitan area and county estimates found in earlier editions of this file, the files now include micropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions and combined statistical areas. Use of this file will require inclusion of records from ftp://ftp.xwalkcenter.org/almis/nonstd/newgeog.zip since the data contain records for new area types. The MSA estimates use the new definitions for all estimates in the file. National and state estimates are for 1929-2003. All others are for 1969-2002. 07/16/04 The CPI files in the \NATIONAL folder have been revised to include the latest monthly estimates. The files contain data through June 2004. See the README.TXT file in that directory for more information. 07/13/04 We've updated the contents of the MATR0212.ZIP file in the \NATIONAL directory. The OCCPRJ tables contain revision to the total job openings due to growth and total replacement needs made by BLS. 07/08/04 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.2 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through May 2004. Note that while the data extend back to 1939, most industry detail begins with 1990 data. (The FoxPro and comma-delimited text versions of the file can both be found in the file BLSCES.ZIP) 07/02/04 We've updated the contents of the CES22.DBF and CES22.TXT files in the \NATIONAL folder. These files contain NAICS-based estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program for use in the ALMIS Database CES table. The files contain estimates for January 2000 through June 2004. (NOTE: The files CESHIST.DBF and CESHIST.TXT contain NAICS-based estimates for 1939 through 2002. All SIC-based estimates can be found in the file CESBYSIC.ZIP) The monthly Current Population Survey data for use in the LABOFRCE table have been updated to include June data. Files named LABFOR11, LABFOR20 & LABFOR22 contain updates for the LABFORCE table in versions 1.1, 2.0 and 2.1-2.2 respectively. The contents of the URL file in the \NATIONAL folder were tested, and no broken links were found. 06/10/04 We've updated the content of the LAYTITLE.ZIP file in the \NONSTD directory. The file contains the National O*NET Center's compilation of common job titles related to O*NET and SOC occupations. See the file LAYTITLE.DOC for information about the file's structure. 06/08/04 We've updated the comprehensive CES table in the \NATIONAL folder. The data in the BLSCES.DBF and BLSCES.TXT files were formatted by BLS for use with version 2.2 of the ALMIS Database. The tables contain data beginning in 1939 for 1,000+ industry series (versus 146 series in the CES22 tables produced by the NCSC). The files now contain data through May 2004. Note