This recently released 58-page report from the Census Bureau offers a detailed summary of "retail sales, purchases, accounts receivable, and inventory" from January 1990 to December 1999.

The Census Bureau has released the 1996 Annual Survey of Manufactures -- Value of Product Shipments which shows the "value of all products shipped by the nation's manufacturers.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the US Department of Commerce, is the self-proclaimed "nation's accountant." BEA provides figures on the national, regional and international economic accounts. National accounts data include gross domestic product (GDP), input-output accounts, and gross product by industry. Regional accounts data include information on gross state product and...

The Census Bureau released a Census Brief titled "Manufactured Exports Approach $500 Billion a Year," which looks at the manufactured exports of United States.

The US Census Bureau has made available the state publications for the 1995 version of its annual County Business Patterns 1995 series (Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format only). Data available include employment, payroll, and number of establishments by Standard Industrial Code category. Establishments are further broken down by nine employment size classes ranging from 1-4 to 1,000 or more. The US...

The Census Bureau has released the 1996 Service Annual Survey which provides estimates of receipts, revenue, and other financial information for services industries. Tables are available for travel and lodging services, personal services, business and professional services, automotive repair and parking services, motion pictures and recreation services, health services and social services.