The 2012 Statistical Abstract
The National Data Book
Information & Communications
This section presents statistics on the various information and communications media: publishing, including newspapers, periodicals, books, and software; motion pictures, sound recordings, broadcasting, and telecommunications; and information services, such as libraries. Statistics on computer use and Internet access are also included.
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Information Sector Services & Media Usage
1128 - Information Industries-Establishments, Employees and Payroll [Excel 42k] | [PDF 55k]
1129 - Information Sector Services--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [Excel 38k] | [PDF 56k]
1130 - Information Industries--Establishments, Revenue, Payroll, and Employees by Kind of Business: 2007 [Excel 52k] | [PDF 55k]
1131 - Information Industries - Establishments, Employees, and Payroll by State: 2007 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 55k]
1132 - Utilization and Number of Selected Media [Excel 40k] | [PDF 64k]
1133 - Multimedia Audiences-Summary: 2010 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 64k]
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Internet Usage
1144 - Internet Publishing and Broadcasting--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [Excel 33k] | [PDF 52k]
1155 - Household Internet Usage In and Outside of the Home, by Selected Characteristics: 2010 [Excel 60k] | [PDF 58k]
1156 - Household Internet Usage In and Outside of the Home by State: 2010 [Excel 62k] | [PDF 62k]
1157 - Internet Access and Usage: 2010 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 62k]
1158 - Adult Computer and Adult Internet Users by Selected Characteristics [Excel 37k] | [PDF 56k]
1159 - Internet Activities of Adults by Geographic Community Type: 2011 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 56k]
1160 - Typical Daily Internet Activities of Adult Internet Users [Excel 32k] | [PDF 56k]
1161 - Online News Consumption, by Selected Characteristics [Excel 30k] | [PDF 56k]
Internet Service Providers, Data Processing, & Libraries
1151 - Internet Service Providers, Web Search Portals, and Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services--Estimated Revenue [Excel 38k] | [PDF 51k]
1152 - Public Libraries by Selected Characteristics: 2008 [Excel 32k] | [PDF 63k]
1153 - Number of Public Libraries and Library Services by State: 2008 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 59k]
1154 - Public Library Use of the Internet [Excel 35k] | [PDF 58k]
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
1139 - Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries--Estimated Revenue and Sources of Revenue [Excel 36k] | [PDF 61k]
1140 - Recording Media-Manufacturers' Shipments and Value [Excel 37k] | [PDF 61k]
Publishing Industries
1134 - Publishing Industries-Estimated Revenue by Source and Media Type [Excel 35k] | [PDF 52k]
1135 - Daily and Sunday Newspapers-Number and Circulation [Excel 31k] | [PDF 68k]
1136 - Daily and Sunday Newspapers-Number, Circulation, and by State [Excel 38k] | [PDF 68k]
1137 - Book Publishers' Net Shipments [Excel 27k] | [PDF 53k]
1138 - Software Publishers-Estimated Revenue, Expenses, and Inventories [Excel 36k] | [PDF 53k]
Radio and TV Broadcasting and Cable TV
1141 - Radio and Television Broadcasting-Estimated Revenue and Expenses [Excel 34k] | [PDF 57k]
1142 - Cable and Premium TV--Summary [Excel 38k] | [PDF 57k]
1143 - Cable and Other Subscription Programming--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [Excel 32k] | [PDF 52k]
1150 - Cable and Other Programming Distribution--Estimated Revenue and Expenses [Excel 28k] | [PDF 51k]
Telecommunications
1145 - Telecommunications Industry-Carriers and Revenue [Excel 34k] | [PDF 60k]
1146 - Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers--Estimated Revenue [Excel 32k] | [PDF 60k]
1147 - Telephone Systems-Summary [Excel 46k] | [PDF 55k]
1148 - Average annual Telephone Service Expenditures by All Consumer Units [Excel 28k] | [PDF 55k]
1149 - Cellular Telecommunications Industry [Excel 33k] | [PDF 55k]
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