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WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2014
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today released additional national-level data from the 2012 Economic Census Industry Series reports for the accommodation and food services sector of the economy. This release includes new statistics on the nation's 63,896 accommodation businesses (NAICS 721), which reported sales of $195.4 billion and employed nearly 2.0 million people in 2012.
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The data from the 2012 Economic Census (as well as historical information from prior economic censuses) are available at census.gov through the American FactFinder tool. Reference information about the economic census (including a schedule that shows when state and local area data will be released) is available on the 2012 Economic Census home page.
All dollar values are expressed in current dollars, i.e., they are not adjusted for price changes. The statistics presented include data only for businesses with paid employees. For more information about the design methodology of the economic census (including information on comparability, confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error and definitions), see http://www.census.gov/econ/census/help/methodology_disclosure.
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