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Vintage Consistent Geography Documentation for the Longitudinal Business Database

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  • Melissa Chow
  • Marina Krylova
  • Kassandra McLean
  • Martha Stinson

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This paper describes the three types of geography variables available on the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) – original Business Register state and county codes, vintage consistent (VC) geocodes that place every establishment in a 2023 state and county, and time invariant geocodes that assign each establishment a single state and county across all years. We begin by discussing the assignment process used to create vintage consistent (VC) geography variables. Starting with the 2023 vintage of the LBD, all addresses across all years were geocoded using SAS routines to assign latitude and longitude which were then used to create VC state, county, and zip code variables based on 2023 geographic boundaries. We next describe the creation of the time invariant geography variables used for all geographic tabulations in the Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics. These are created by choosing the VC geocodes from the most recent Economic Census. We end by comparing the three types of geography variables and discussing the appropriate uses for each one.

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  • Melissa Chow & Marina Krylova & Kassandra McLean & Martha Stinson, 2026. "Vintage Consistent Geography Documentation for the Longitudinal Business Database," CES Technical Notes Series 26-47, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    • Handle: RePEc:cen:tnotes:26-47
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