Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Online Toolset

For the Workforce Information inRegional Economic Development Conference

ETA Regions 4 and 6, Phoenix, ArizonaApril 10-11, 2008

Matthew Grahammatthew.r.graham@yahoo.com

GeographerLEHD Program

U.S. Census Bureau

Overview of Session

• Whirlwind Tour of LED

• Using the Tools– QWI Online– Industry Focus– OnTheMap

• Other Data Resources

• Q & A

Local Employment Dynamics

• Voluntary partnership between states and Census Bureau

• States supply quarterly worker and business wage records

• Census Bureau merges state records and other data to produce information about jobs, workers, industries and your local economy

The Concept – Data Integration

• Use existing data to link multiple sources• Create new data and products• Reduce cost and respondent burden• Make data available while protecting confidentiality

New data and products

LEHD & LED

The LED Partnership• Local Employment Dynamics (LED)

– 48 state partners, including DC– 3 states yet to join - CT, MA, NH

• Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) – 43 states under Regular Production– 3 states under Experimental Production

• OnTheMap– 17 states in Version 1, completed December 2006– 42 states in Version 2, completed September 2007– Up to 46 states in Version 3, coming in 2008

Local Employment Dynamics’Online Tools

http://lehd.did.census.gov/

QWI Online

• 8 QWIs, including:– Employment– Earnings– Hires– Separations– Turnover

• Analyzed by:– Geography, industry, gender, age, and time

Links to available states

Shows most recent quarter of data

NAICS and SIC option

QWI Online – Flagship Product

Interactive QWI OnlineEntries updated instantaneously8 age categories 2-, 3-, and 4-digit

NAICS code

QWI Online “Pivot” or Comparison Tables

Industry FocusRanking and multiple indicator selection

Select age and gender

State, county, Workforce Investment Areas (WIA), metro areas

Industry Focus provides…

Easy, intuitive selection criteria and economic indicators for your geography, work force, and industry.

Click on industry to see workforce characteristics.

OnTheMap

• An online mapping tool currently featuring:– 42 states– Shows where residents work and where workers

live, with reporting capabilities

• Includes cross-state work flows and many geographic layers:– Counties, cities/towns, Metro areas, 110th

Congress, WIAs, WIRED Regions, Tribal Lands, etc.

• Version 3 bring rolled out this summer…

Where do people who live in the path of the tornado work?

OnTheMap: Where People Go to Work

Where do workers employed at jobs located in the path of the tornado live?

OnTheMap: Where Workers Live

Cross-Border Labor Shed Using Concentric Circle Analysis

Report from Concentric Circle Analysis

OnTheMap Key Points• Not yet national in scope.• Does not include military, self-employed, or

federal workers.• Data in OnTheMap is refreshed annually. Not

all states supply data at the same rate.• OnTheMap reports top 10 cities/towns, top 10

counties, and top 3 states for sheds.• OnTheMap shows cross-state labor sheds for

all available partner states.• OnTheMap shows commute sheds only within

states, not across state boundaries.

Other Resources for LED’s Data

• Downloadable OnTheMap data– Origin-Destination Tables & Area

Characteristics to Census Block level.

• Downloadable QWI data

• Older Worker Profiles

• eLearning Modules

Contact Us• Program Manager:

Jeremy.S.Wu@census.gov

• Marketing and Training:

Colleen.D.Flannery@census.gov• General Comments/Suggestions

did.local.employment.dynamics@census.gov • Website

http://www.census.gov(Local Employment Dynamics)

http://lehd.did.census.gov