| 2012 Economic Census - Economic Census US Economic Class of Customer | The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and response is required by law. In October through December of the census year, forms are sent out to nearly 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries. Respondents were asked to provide a range of operational and performance data for their companies.This dataset presents data for a variety of industry-specific topics for establishments of firms with payroll. Presentation of data varies by kind of business. | 2012 | ecnclcust | Aggregate | geographies | variables | groups | sorts | examples | documentation | http://api.census.gov/data/2012/ecnclcust |