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LEHD and OnTheMapFrom Jobs to Transportation

Matthew GrahamGeographer

U.S. Census Bureau

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LEHD and the LED Partnership

• Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program– Generating new data from existing data– Join administrative records with census & survey data

• Local Employment Dynamics Partnership– Federal-State Data Sharing Partnership– Workers: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage

Records– Firms: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

(QCEW)

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Integrating Data

• Workers: – UI Wage Records– Decennial, ACS– Other Sources

• Firms: – QCEW– Business Register– Other Sources A

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Data Products

• Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)– County, Metro/Micro, State statistics on

employment, hiring, separations, earnings, etc. with detailed characteristics

– Updated and released quarterly for all partcipating states.

• LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES)

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LODES/OnTheMap

• LODES– Annual, Census Block-level data– Home-Work Relationships + Characteristics– 48 States, 8 Years– Downloadable

• OnTheMap– Web application to deliver LODES– Multiple kinds of analyses– Plus Spinoff Applications

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The Job Frame

• Job– Link Between People/Workers and Firms1

• Firm/Establishment Characteristics– Location, Industry, Ownership, Age2, Size2

• Worker Characteristics– Location (Home), Age, Race, Ethnicity,

Education, Sex2

• Job Characteristics– Earnings

1. Currently for state UI-covered jobs only.2. Expected for release with 2010 data.

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LODES Structure

• OD– Home Block & Work Block– Total, Age (3), Earnings (3), Industry (3)

• Work/Home Margins– Home Block or Work Block– Total, Age (3), Earnings (3), Industry (3) by

Age (3), Earnings (3), Industry Sector (20), Race (6), Ethnicity (2), Education (6)

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Important Points

• Data Sources• Confidentiality Protection

– Noise Infusion– Synthetic Data Methods

• Comparability• Local Knowledge

Work Location Data

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OnTheMap Analyses

• Area Profile• Area Comparison• Distance/Direction• Destination• Inflow/Outflow• Paired Area

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Future Advances

• 2010 Data Release– Federal Workers– Firm Age & Size– NH & DC

• Longer Term– Self-Employed Workers– Full National Coverage (complete w/ MA)– Other Employment Statistics

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Information/Data/Tools

• LEHD Program– http://lehd.did.census.gov/

• LODES Data– http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/onthemap/

• OnTheMap– http://lehdmap.did.census.gov

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Contact

• LODES/OnTheMap Questions– CES.OnTheMap.Feedback@census.gov

• OnTheMap Email List– Signup:

http://lists.census.gov/mailman/listinfo/lehd-onthemap– Email: lehd-onthemap@lists.census.gov

• Other Questions– matthew.graham@census.gov

Thank you!