Economic statistics terminology · MLC-0116
Economic statistics terms: G (61)
- Gas supplyOperation and maintenance of gas supply systems including acquisition and distribution of natural gas.
- GayThe Census Bureau does not collect information about sexual orientation. Refer to "unmarried partner."
- GenderIn general discussions, the concept of "gender" is often confused with the concept of "sex," and the terms...
- General debtAll debt other than that identified as having been issued specifically for utility purposes.
- General expenditureAll government expenditure other than the specifically enumerated kinds of expenditure classified as utility...
- General expenditure, N.E.C.General expenditure for purposes and activities not falling within any standard functional category and...
- General ImportsMeasures the total physical arrivals of merchandise from foreign countries, whether such merchandise enters...
- General local government supportAmounts distributed to local governments without restriction of function or purpose to which applicable.
- General Merchandise, Apparel and Accessories, Furniture and Other Sales (GAFO)GAFO represents sales at stores that sell merchandise normally sold in department stores. GAFO includes the...
- General obligation debtLong-term full faith and credit obligations other than those payable initially from nontax revenue. Includes...
- General public buildingsProvision and maintenance of public buildings not allocated to particular functions.
- General revenueAll government revenue except liquor stores revenue, insurance trust revenue, and utility revenue. The basis...
- Generalized System of PreferencesA framework under which certain developing countries are given preferential tariff treatment to their...
- Generic drugGeneric counterpart of a brand-name drug such that the generic drug has exactly the same pharmacological...
- GeocodeSet of longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates identifying the location of an establishment.
- GeocodingThe assignment of an address, structure, key geographic location, or business name to a location that is...
- Geographic Area SeriesThis Economic Census report provides data for individual industries at the U. S., state, county, place and...
- Geographic comparison tablesThese tables in American FactFinder provide basic measures for decennial census 100-percent and sample...
- Geographic ComponentA geographic component is the portion of a geographic area (e.g., Alabama) that meets a location-based test...
- Geographic discrepenciesThe following types of shipments are included for statistical purposes in special CBP port groupings and are...
- Geographic entityA geographic area of any type, legal or statistical, such as a state, county, place, county subdivision...
- Geographic IdentifiersIn the American FactFinder, the codes, names and some basic geographic data relevant to the geography chosen...
- Geographic Identifiers Table (G001)Contains geographic identifier information (codes, names and some basic geographic data relevant to the...
- Geographic Summary LevelA geographic summary level specifies the content and the hierarchical relationships of the geographic...
- Geography Quick ReportDisplays all industries for a geographic area using data collected during the Economic Census. Economic Census
- Gini IndexThe Gini index, or index of income concentration, is a statistical measure of income inequality ranging from...
- GoodsMerchandise, supplies, raw materials, and products or any other item identified by a Harmonized System code.
- Goods sector (PPI)Industries that primarily produce physical products, including agriculture, natural resources and mining...
- Goods-producing sectorGroup of industries that include agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; mining, quarrying, and oil and...
- Go-outside-home disabilityReferred to in the American Housing Survey, a person with a go-outside-home disability has difficulty doing...
- Government administrationComprises the functions of Financial administration, Judicial and legal, and General public buildings; and...
- Government employmentPublic sector employment broken into three types: federal, state, and local.
- Government enterpriseLegal entity created by the government in order to participate in commercial activities on the government's...
- Government Printing OfficeA federal agency responsible for producing, procuring, and disseminating printed and electronic publications...
- Government subsidy for repairs and alterationsIn the American Housing Survey, data were collected for units who had a major repair in the last two years...
- Governmental Taxes and License FeesPayments to governmental agencies for taxes and licenses, business and property taxes and excludes income...
- Grade in which enrolledThe level of enrollment in school: nursery school or pre-school, kindergarten, grades 1 to 12, college and...
- Graded (or graduated) vestingEmployee entitlement whereby the employee's share of nonforfeitable retirement benefits is increased, as...
- Grandparents as caregiversGrandparent(s) who provide most of the basic care of their grandchildren on a temporary or permanent live-in...
- Grants and transferred contributions ($1,000)Grants and transferred contributions and similar payments of tax-exempt establishments.
- Great Circle DistanceThe shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere over the surface of that sphere.
- Green jobsJobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural...
- Gross domestic productMarket value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period.
- Gross manipulationSeizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with the hand(s).
- Gross MarginThe measure of gross margin represents total sales less cost of goods sold.
- Gross margin ($1,000)Sales on own account less cost of goods sold. Data are shown in thousands of dollars ($1,000).
- Gross margin as percent of sales on own account (%)Gross margin (sales on own account less cost of goods sold) over sales on own account (sales made by a firm...
- Gross National ProductThe market value of goods and services produced by labor and property supplied by U.S. residents, regardless...
- Gross outputCurrent dollar value of output produced. Includes sales or receipts, commodity taxes, changes in inventories...
- Gross profit ($1,000)Gross margin plus commissions received less operating expenses. Data are shown in thousands of dollars...
- Gross profit as percent of total sales (%)Gross profit over total sales, value of shipments, or revenue expressed as a percent.
- Gross rentThe amount of the contract rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities (electricity, gas, and...
- Gross rent as a percentage of incomeGross rent as a percentage of household income is a computed ratio of monthly gross rent to monthly household...
- Gross reproduction rate per womanThe average number of daughters that would be born alive to a hypothetical cohort of women if they lived to...
- Gross ShipmentsThe quantity or value of physical shipments from domestic establishments of all products sold, transferred to...
- Group QuartersThe Census Bureau classifies all people not living in housing units as living in group quarters. A group...
- Group Quarters (GQ) FacilitiesA GQ facility is a place where people live or stay that is normally owned or managed by an entity or...
- Group quarters populationIncludes all people living in group quarters instead of housing units. Group quarters are places where people...
- Growth ratePercent change in the value of a measure over a given period.
- GuamThe Census Bureau treats Guam as the statistical equivalent of a state for data presentation purposes. The...
- Guarantors of primary mortgagesAs used in the American Housing Survey, this item refers to the federal government agencies that currently...
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