CIC News: Manufacturing and Trafficking

A program of the Community Service Council

In This Issue

Capital Expenditures

Child Sex Trafficking

Issue: #465

March 6, 2017

The Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma, a program of the Community Service Council, provides access to data generated from the US Census Bureau and through the Community Service Council's Data and Systems Development Task Forces.

2015 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

Manufacturing was the nation's leading investor in capital expenditures in 2015 with $239.6 billion spent for structures and equipment, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey.

Businesses invested $1,638.6 billion in new and used buildings, structures, machinery and equipment (including computer software), up $40.7 billion (2.5 percent) from 2014. This is the fourth consecutive year total spending has increased. Other top investors included mining, finance and insurance, real estate and rental and leasing, information, and utilities.

Child Sex Trafficking

Child sex trafficking involves the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, or advertising of a minor child for the purpose of a commercial sex act. Traffickers often prey upon a child's vulnerability and use psychological pressure and intimidation to control the child for financial benefit relating to their sexual exploitation. Purchasers of children for sex encompass all racial, socio-economic and cultural statuses. Child sex trafficking has devastating consequences for its minor victims, including long-lasting physical and psychological trauma, disease or even death.

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Until Next Week,

Jan Figart

Census Information Center

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