| Economic Census: Economic Census of the United States: Economic Census US Lines Data | 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 on major categories of products sold/services rendered for establishments of firms with payroll by kind of business. | 2012 | ecnlines | Aggregate | geographies | variables | groups | sorts | examples | documentation | http://api.census.gov/data/2012/ecnlines |