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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– [email protected]
• OnTheMap Email List– Signup:
http://lists.census.gov/mailman/listinfo/lehd-onthemap– Email: [email protected]
• Other Questions– [email protected]
Thank you!