Industry Selection

All economic products in AFF use the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which is a hierarchical code scheme where the most detailed description of an industry is based on a six digit code. There are four higher levels of reporting based on the first 5, 4, 3, and 2 digits of NAICS.

In addition to NAICS, analysis based on other product or commodities codes are reported in three products:

    - Economic Census
    - Annual Survey of Manufactures
    - Commodity Flow Survey

Click here for information about the codes used in these data products.

Industry selection involves choices about both industry description and reporting level. 

• In the left menu click on Industry Codes and an overlay window will appear.
  
• The list of available industries will reflect any selections you have already made in the main AFF window.
• The main AFF window will not be impacted by your industry selections until you finalize your selections.
• If the Code Type filter is listed as filter, you can filter to limit to NAICS or any other code scheme.  If it does not appear then data by NAICS is the only option. 
• For NAICS there is an additional filter, Code Year, which can be used to choose a particular release of NAICS.  More information about NAICS releases is on the NAICS main page.
• To shorten the list based on level of reporting use the radio buttons for code levels (all, individual, group) which are listed under the Industry code filter options.
  
  • Group entries can be either:
      -all totals for all industries at a particular Level of reporting
           (e.g. the ALL-L3 group selects subsectors totals for all industries.
             ALL-L4 all Industry Groups. etc.; typing just 00 selects all sectors),
     
       -all totals for a selected industry at a selected level
           (e.g. the ALL-L3-11 group selects all subsectors within NAICS 11 sector.)
     
       -all totals at or below a specified level (sector, subsector, industry group)
            (e.g. the ALL-113 group selects codes at all levels within subsector 113.)
• To shorten the list based on description of the industry or industry group by use either the
                                       SEARCH BOX,    FILTER OPTIONS,  or   A COMBINATION.
  
  • Filter Options (best option as filters display codes and industry description)
  • When working with NAICS you can shorten the list of tables using the Industry Sector and Industry Subsector filters. These display lists, which are easy to browse, of industry codes with brief descriptions.
    
  • For a complete description of a code click on the code number in filter list.
  • If you are interested lower levels of reporting then use the Industry Level  filter.
  • Search box
    • A search or browsing are you only options when using a product code scheme; searching can be useful for NAICS when you are familiar with industry names.
    • Enter text that describes the industry you want to search.  An auto-complete box will appear.  Selecting either what you type or what is suggested will shorten the list of available industries.
      
  • Search/Filter (an example)
    
    • If you know what level of reporting you want, say data a five digits of NAICS, first filter by Industry Level and then use the search box.
• Finalize Your Selections
  • Making a selection causes your choices to be moved to the "Your Selections" box on the main AFF selection screen.
  • Make selections by checking the box to left of any location you want to choose.
  • To finalize your selections use the Add button found above the list of choices to finalize your selection of geographies.