Annual series of information about businesses without paid employees that are subject to federal income tax. Most nonemployers are self-employed individuals operating very small unincorporated businesses, which may or may not be the owner's principal source of income. These firms are excluded from most other business statistics (the primary exception being the Survey of Business Owners).
The Economic Census of Island Areas (IA) provides periodic and comprehensive data for economic activity and structure for Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) and American Samoa.
The Census of Governments identifies the scope and nature of the nation's state and local governments; provides authoritative benchmark figures on public finance and public employment; classifies local government organizations, powers, and activities; and measures state and local fiscal relationships.
