US Census Bureau's New State Retail Sales Data from 2019 to 2022
Dataset Description
Context
The Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS) is the Census Bureau's new experimental data product featuring modeled state-level retail sales. This is a blended data product using Monthly Retail Trade Survey data, administrative data, and third-party data. Year-over-year percentage changes are available for Total Retail Sales excluding Non-store Retailers as well as 11 retail North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) retail subsectors. These data are provided by state and NAICS codes beginning with January 2019.
Content
Geography: US
Time period: 2019 - 2022
Unit of analysis: US Census Bureau's Monthly State Retail Sales Data
Variables
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| fips | 2-digit State Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code. For more information on FIPS Codes, please reference this document. Note: The US is assigned a "00" State FIPS code. |
| state_abbr | States are assigned 2-character official U.S. Postal Service Code. The United States is assigned "USA" as its state_abbr value. For more information, please reference this document. |
| naics | Three-digit numeric NAICS value for retail subsector code. |
| subsector | Retail subsector. |
| year | Year. |
| month | Month. |
| change_yoy | Numeric year-over-year percent change in retail sales value. |
| change_yoy_se | Numeric standard error for year-over-year percentage change in retail sales value. |
| coverage_code | Character values assigned based on the non-imputed coverage of the data. |
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| coverage_code | Character values assigned based on the non-imputed coverage of the data. |
| coverage | Definition of the codes. |
Acknowledgements
Datasource: United States Census Bureau's Monthly State Retail Sales
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