Economic statistics terminology · MLC-0116

Economic statistics terms: N (100)

• NAICSAcronym for North American Industry Classification System, an industrial classification system used by the...
• NAICS codeThe North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is a supply-based, or production-oriented system...
• NAPCS collection codeThe North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) collection codes represent various types of products...
• NAPCS collection code sales, value of shipments, or revenue as % of industry sales, value of shipments, or revenue (%)NAPCS collection code sales, value of shipments, or revenue as a percent of total sales, value of shipments...
• NAPCS collection code sales, value of shipments, or revenue as % of total sales, value of shipments, or revenue of establishments with the NAPCS collection code (%)Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of a NAPCS collection code as a percent of total sales, value of...
• Narrative profileNarrative profiles provide text and bar charts to display highlights of selected social, economic, housing...
• National defense and international relationsIncludes activities of the Federal Government associated with national defense and international relations...
• National Emergency ProductionThe maximum level of production that a plant could expect to attain and sustain for one year or more under...
• National Processing CenterThe permanent Census Bureau processing facility in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Until 1998, it was called the...
• NationalityThe status of belonging to a particular nation by birth, origin or naturalization.
• Native bornPeople who were born in the United States or in one of its outlying areas, such as Puerto Rico or Guam, or...
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderA person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. This...
• Nativity statusNativity status refers to whether a person is native or foreign born.
• Natural increaseBirths minus deaths. The rate of natural increase expresses natural increase during a specified time period...
• Natural resourcesConservation, promotion, and development of natural resources, such as soil, water, forests, minerals, and...
• nature-of-injury-or-illnessPhysical characteristic of a disabling condition, including a broken bone, sprain/strain, cut/laceration, and...
• Near EastThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Near visual acuityClarity of vision at approximately 20 inches or less, including the use of computers.
• N.E.C.Acronym meaning, "Not elsewhere classified."
• NECTAsNew England City and Town Areas; geographic areas that are delineated by the Office of Management and Budget...
• N.E.S.O.I.An acronym, which means "Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included."
• Net change in assetsIncrease or decrease in the value of assets.
• Net domestic migrationThe difference between domestic in-migration to an area and domestic out-migration from the same area during...
• Net expenses ($1,000)Net expenses represent total expenses less grants and transferred contributions and similar payments of...
• Net international migrationAny change of residence across the borders of the United States (50 states and District of Columbia). The...
• Net long-term debtLong-term debt outstanding minus long-term debt offsets.
• Net migrationNet domestic migration plus net international migration. The net migration rate expresses net migration...
• Net migration rateThe difference between the number of migrants entering and those leaving a country in a year, per 1,000...
• Net number of migrantsThe difference between the number of migrants entering and those leaving a country in a year. A positive...
• Net ReceiptsDerived by subtracting the materials held at the end of the previous month from the sum of materials used...
• Net value of construction work ($1,000)This item includes the receipts, billings, or sales for construction work done by building contractors, heavy...
• net-change-in-liabilitiesIncrease or decrease in monetary obligations.
• New England City and Town AreaAn alternative set of geographic entities, similar in concept to the county-based core based statistical...
• New England City and Town Area (NECTA) DivisionA city or town, or group of cities and towns, delineated within a NECTA, provided that the NECTA contains a...
• New England County Metropolitan AreaFormerly, a county-based alternative to the city-and-town-based metropolitan statistical areas and...
• New entrantsUnemployed people who have never previously worked.
• New HiresThe estimated number of workers who started a new job and were not employed by that employer during the...
• New Houses for SaleA house is considered to be for sale when it is being built to be sold and a permit to build has been issued...
• New Houses SoldA house is considered sold when either a sales contract has been signed or a deposit accepted. Included in...
• New OrdersA new order is a communication of an intention to buy for immediate or future delivery. Orders data are not...
• New Residential ConstructionMonthly survey which provides national and regional data on the number of new housing units authorized by...
• New Residential SalesMonthly survey which provides national and regional data on the number of new single-family houses sold and...
• Newly Industrialized CountriesThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• NIPAAcronym for National Income and Product Accounts, the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ economic account that...
• Nominal DollarsAn unadjusted value reflecting the current price of merchandise, it does not include adjustments to reflect...
• Nominal outputValue of goods and services produced, expressed in current dollars.
• Noncapitalized ExpendituresNoncapitalized expenditures include expenses made during the year for ICT equipment including computer...
• Non-City-Style AddressA mailing address that does not use a house number and street or road name. This includes rural routes and...
• Noncommercially insured retirement planPlan requiring an employer to have liquid assets corresponding to the projected liability.
• Noncontiguous States (Non-Con) StatisticsStatistics on shipments from the U.S. Virgin Islands and other U.S. possessions (Guam, America Samoa, and...
• Nondurable goodsProducts that are able to be used only for a relatively short time (life expectancy of less than 3 years)...
• Nondurable manufacturing sectorPortion of the manufacturing sector that includes manufacturing establishments primarily engaged in the...
• NonemployerA nonemployer business is one that has no paid employees, has annual business receipts of $1,000 or more ($1...
• Nonemployer StatisticsAnnual series that provides sub-national economic data for businesses that have no paid employees and are...
• Nonfamily householdA nonfamily household consists of a householder living alone (a one-person household) or where the...
• Nonfarm business sectorPortion of the total economy that excludes general government, private households, nonprofit institutions...
• Nonfinancial corporate sectorPortion of the total economy that includes only corporate businesses and excludes the financial sector.
• Nonfinancial corporationsCorporations in the business sector, excluding unincorporated businesses and those corporations classified as...
• Nonguaranteed debtLong-term debt payable solely from pledged specific sources--e.g., for earnings of revenue- producing...
• Non-Hispanic White AloneIncludes people who reported White and no other race group and did not report being of Hispanic origin.
• Noninstitutionalized populationNoninstitutional group quarters are facilities that house those who are primarily eligible, able, or likely...
• Nonlabor paymentsOutput minus compensation. Contains profits, consumption of fixed capital, taxes on production and imports...
• Non-Merchant WholesalersWholesalers that are defined as Agents and Brokers.
• Non-Petroleum ProductsAll products except petroleum products.
• Nonproduction bonusesPayments to employees that are not directly related to their productivity.
• Nonprofit institutionsEstablishments operated on a not-for-profit basis as defined by U.S. tax law.
• NonrelativesThis category includes any household member, including foster children, not related to the householder by...
• Nonresponse biasError in estimates that results from missing data.
• Nonresponse errorError in estimates that results from missing data.
• Non-Response Follow-upAn operation whose objective is to obtain complete survey information from housing units for which the Census...
• Non-Sampling ErrorTotal survey error can be classified into two categories - sampling error and non-sampling error. Errors that...
• Nonsampling errorIncludes all factors other than sampling error that contribute to the total error of an estimate.
• Nonunion workersWorkers who are neither members of a union nor represented by a union at their job.
• North Africa and South West AsiaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• North AmericaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• North America (defined as Canada and Mexico only)The Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• North America except HispanicThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• North American Free Trade AgreementThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• North American Industry Classification SystemThe North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical...
• North American Product Classification SystemThe NAPCS is a demand-oriented product classification system. Currently in development, NAPCS will be use to...
• North American Treaty Organization (NATO) AlliesThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• NortheastConnecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and...
• Northern AfricaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Northern AmericaThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Northern EuropeThe Census Bureau has many programs and surveys that provide data according to geographical regions...
• Not in labor forceNot in labor force includes all people 16 years old and over who are not classified as members of the labor...
• Not in the labor forceAll individuals who are neither employed nor unemployed.
• Not seasonally adjustedNot subjected to the process by which a data series is adjusted to account for seasonal economic factors.
• N.S.P.F.An acronym, which means "Not Specifically Provided For."
• Number of EmployeesThis item includes all full-time and part-time employees on the payrolls of operating manufacturing...
• Number of employees (ECON)This definition of paid employees is the same as that used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Forms 941...
• Number of establishmentsAn establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted, services are provided, or...
• Number of establishments by primary method of receiving bulk liquid productsNumber of establishments primarily receiving petroleum product deliveries by specified mode (barge, pipeline...
• Number of establishments in business at end of yearNumber of establishments in business at the end of the census year.
• Number of establishments with NAPCS collection code as % of industry establishments (%)Number of establishments with NAPCS collection code as a percent of the number of establishments in the...
• Number of firmsA firm is a business organization or entity consisting of one or more domestic establishments (locations)...
• Number of workers in family in designated calendar yearThe term "worker" as used for these data is defined based on the criteria for Worked in designated calendar...
• Number of workers in family in the past 12 monthsThe term "worker" as used for these data is defined based on the criteria for Worked in the past 12 months.
• Number of workers involvedNumber of workers who are idled for at least one full shift in establishments directly involved in a stoppage.
• Numeric population changeNumeric population change is the difference between the population of an area at the beginning and end of a...

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