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Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Online Toolset
For the Workforce Information inRegional Economic Development Conference
ETA Regions 4 and 6, Phoenix, ArizonaApril 10-11, 2008
Matthew [email protected]
GeographerLEHD Program
U.S. Census Bureau
Overview of Session
• Whirlwind Tour of LED
• Using the Tools– QWI Online– Industry Focus– OnTheMap
• Other Data Resources
• Q & A
Local Employment Dynamics
• Voluntary partnership between states and Census Bureau
• States supply quarterly worker and business wage records
• Census Bureau merges state records and other data to produce information about jobs, workers, industries and your local economy
The Concept – Data Integration
• Use existing data to link multiple sources• Create new data and products• Reduce cost and respondent burden• Make data available while protecting confidentiality
New data and products
LEHD & LED
The LED Partnership• Local Employment Dynamics (LED)
– 48 state partners, including DC– 3 states yet to join - CT, MA, NH
• Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) – 43 states under Regular Production– 3 states under Experimental Production
• OnTheMap– 17 states in Version 1, completed December 2006– 42 states in Version 2, completed September 2007– Up to 46 states in Version 3, coming in 2008
Local Employment Dynamics’Online Tools
http://lehd.did.census.gov/
QWI Online
• 8 QWIs, including:– Employment– Earnings– Hires– Separations– Turnover
• Analyzed by:– Geography, industry, gender, age, and time
Links to available states
Shows most recent quarter of data
NAICS and SIC option
QWI Online – Flagship Product
Interactive QWI OnlineEntries updated instantaneously8 age categories 2-, 3-, and 4-digit
NAICS code
QWI Online “Pivot” or Comparison Tables
Industry FocusRanking and multiple indicator selection
Select age and gender
State, county, Workforce Investment Areas (WIA), metro areas
Industry Focus provides…
Easy, intuitive selection criteria and economic indicators for your geography, work force, and industry.
Click on industry to see workforce characteristics.
OnTheMap
• An online mapping tool currently featuring:– 42 states– Shows where residents work and where workers
live, with reporting capabilities
• Includes cross-state work flows and many geographic layers:– Counties, cities/towns, Metro areas, 110th
Congress, WIAs, WIRED Regions, Tribal Lands, etc.
• Version 3 bring rolled out this summer…
Where do people who live in the path of the tornado work?
OnTheMap: Where People Go to Work
Where do workers employed at jobs located in the path of the tornado live?
OnTheMap: Where Workers Live
Cross-Border Labor Shed Using Concentric Circle Analysis
Report from Concentric Circle Analysis
OnTheMap Key Points• Not yet national in scope.• Does not include military, self-employed, or
federal workers.• Data in OnTheMap is refreshed annually. Not
all states supply data at the same rate.• OnTheMap reports top 10 cities/towns, top 10
counties, and top 3 states for sheds.• OnTheMap shows cross-state labor sheds for
all available partner states.• OnTheMap shows commute sheds only within
states, not across state boundaries.
Other Resources for LED’s Data
• Downloadable OnTheMap data– Origin-Destination Tables & Area
Characteristics to Census Block level.
• Downloadable QWI data
• Older Worker Profiles
• eLearning Modules
Contact Us• Program Manager:
• Marketing and Training:
[email protected]• General Comments/Suggestions
[email protected] • Website
http://www.census.gov(Local Employment Dynamics)
http://lehd.did.census.gov