US Census Business Formation Statistics
US Census Business Formation Statistics
By U.S. Census Bureau
Measure of business initiation in the United States
Product type
Dataset
Update frequency
Weekly
Updated
Sep 26, 2022
Delivery method
Download
Metadata is available for each file version of the dataset. A JSON file can be downloaded once you subscribe to the dataset. The information below is an example of the metadata included in each JSON file.
Dataset file name: (USCBFS) US Census Business Formation Statistics/bfs_region_apps_weekly_nsa.csv
Key Statistics
Total records
3,236
Missing values
0.978%
Duplicate rows
0%
Columns
Columns
12
Categorical
1
Numeric
11
Date/time
0
Correlations
Correlations
10
Correlated columns
YY_BA_NSA and YY_WBA_NSA, WBA_NSA and CBA_NSA, HBA_NSA and WBA_NSA, YY_BA_NSA and YY_HBA_NSA, YY_WBA_NSA and YY_CBA_NSA, BA_NSA and HBA_NSA, YY_HBA_NSA and YY_WBA_NSA, HBA_NSA and CBA_NSA, YY_HBA_NSA and YY_CBA_NSA, YY_BA_NSA and YY_CBA_NSA
Column name | Type | Unique values | Min value | Max value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | numeric | 16 | 2006 | 2021 |
Week | numeric | 53 | 1 | 53 |
BA_NSA | numeric | 1,587 | 670 | 64870 |
WBA_NSA | numeric | 571 | 200 | 11560 |
HBA_NSA | numeric | 975 | 340 | 20760 |
Fregion | numeric | 4 | 1 | 4 |
CBA_NSA | numeric | 554 | 180 | 10310 |
YY_BA_NSA | numeric | 2,193 | -89.25 | 756.72 |
YY_HBA_NSA | numeric | 2,172 | -88.33 | 700 |
YY_WBA_NSA | numeric | 2,182 | -85.53 | 520 |
YY_CBA_NSA | numeric | 2,151 | -88 | 711.11 |
Region | categorical | 4 | 1 | 2 |