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Demography
Population Data, Bureau of the Census |
Census 2000 Demographic Profiles, Missouri Census Data Center, Missouri Secretary of State |
Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture |
AmeriStat, Population Reference Bureau |
Living Cities Census Series, Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution |
Census Notes and Data, FannieMae Foundation |
Historical Census Data, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia |
Race and Ethnic Distributions in the United States, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
Metropolitan Racial and Ethnic Change, Lewis Mumford Center, State University of New York at Albany |
Multiracial Patterns, University of Southern California |
Latino Population Counts, Inter-University Program for Latino Research |
KIDS COUNT Census Data Online, Annie E. Casey Foundation |
Statistical Information on Older Persons, Administration on Aging |
Demographic Data on Single People, American Association for Single People |
Journey to Work, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Household and Population Proxies, Internal Revenue Service $ |
Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics |
Migration Data, Internal Revenue Service $$ |
Immigration and Alien Resident Data, Immigration and Naturalization Service |
American Religion Data Archive, Pennsylvania State University |
Religious Affiliation, Adherents.com |
Religious Centers, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University |
Decennial Census Data, GeoLytics $$ |
American Demographics $$ |
Employment
Employment by Place of Residence |
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Metro Area Labor Force Data, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
American Community Survey, Bureau of the Census |
Decennial Census of Population and Housing, Bureau of the Census |
Historical Census Data, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia |
American FactFinder |
Labor Force and Employment Time Series and Forecasts, Economagic.com $ |
Earnings and Employment Data, Social Security Administration |
Unemployment Insurance Activity, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor |
Union Affiliation of Workers, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Jobs by Place of Work, by Industry |
Regional Economic Information System (REIS), Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Current Employment Statistics (CES/790), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
State Labor Market Information Agencies |
County Business Patterns, Bureau of the Census |
Metro Business Patterns, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Bureau of the Census and Small Business Administration |
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Economic Census, Bureau of the Census |
Nonemployer Statistics, Bureau of the Census |
Mass Layoff Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Metro Economies in the Wake of 9/11, Milken Institute |
Occupation
Labor Force by Occupation |
Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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State Profiles, America’s Career Infonet |
Occupational Projections, State Labor Market Information Agencies |
American Community Survey (ACS), Bureau of the Census |
Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
Decennial Census of Population and Housing, Bureau of the Census |
Wages by Occupation |
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), Bureau of Labor Statistics and State (LMI) Agencies |
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National Compensation Survey–Wages, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Income
Personal and Money Income |
Regional Economic Information System (REIS), Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Money Income Data, Bureau of the Census |
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Median Family Income, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Individual Income Tax Returns, Internal Revenue Service |
Bankruptcy Filings, American Bankruptcy Institute |
Poverty and Income Distribution |
Poverty Data, Bureau of the Census |
Poverty and Income Distribution Studies, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |
Low-Income Working Families, Economic Policy Institute |
State Minimum Wages Laws, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
Child Poverty Facts, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University |
Income and Hardship Data, Urban Institute |
Total Payroll, by Industry |
Regional Economic Information System (REIS), Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
State Labor Market Information Agencies |
County Business Patterns, Bureau of the Census |
Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Bureau of the Census and Small Business Administration |
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Economic Census, Bureau of the Census |
Earnings and Employment Data, Social Security Administration |
Average Annual, Weekly, and Hourly Earnings, by Industry |
Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
State Labor Market Information Agencies |
Current Employment Statistics (CES/790), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), Bureau of Labor Statistics and State (LMI) Agencies |
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National Compensation Survey–Wages, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Salary Tools, SalaryExpert.com $ |
Salary Wizard, Salary.com $ |
Metro Business Patterns, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Transfer Payments |
Transfer Payments, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Data on Federal Social Security Programs, Social Security Administration |
Unemployment Insurance Benefits, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor |
Unemployment Insurance, Economic Policy Institute |
Welfare Data, Department of Health and Human Services |
Welfare Information Network |
TANF Analyses, Center for Law and Social Policy |
Assessing the New Federalism, Urban Institute |
Food and Nutrition Service Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Workers’ Compensation, National Academy of Social Insurance |
Assets |
State Asset Development Report Card, Corporation for Enterprise Development |
Output & Trade
Economic Outputs |
Gross State Product, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Gross State Product Time Series and Projections, Economagic.com |
Gross Metropolitan Product, U.S. Conference of Mayors |
Economic Census, Bureau of the Census |
Input-Output Models |
Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II), Bureau of Economic Analysis $$ |
IMPLAN Regional Input-Output Modeling, Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc. $$ |
Regional Economic Models, Inc (REMI) |
Regional Business Conditions and Activity |
The Beige Book of Current Economic Conditions, Federal Reserve Board |
Regional Outlook, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Regional Business Conditions Index, Institute for Supply Management |
Bizminer Vitality Review, Brandow Company, Inc. $ |
Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Bureau of the Census and Small Business Administration $ |
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State Business Climate Rankings, Site Selection |
Entrepreneurial Hot Spots, Inc. |
Best Cities for Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur |
Best Places for Business and Career, Forbes and Milken Institute |
High-Growth Company Index, National Commission on Entrepreneurship |
Corporate Headquarters, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergerstat $$ |
Characteristics of Business |
State Business Profiles, Entrepreneur |
Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Bureau of the Census and Small Business Administration $$ |
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Longitudinal Data Bases, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census $$ |
County Business Patterns, Bureau of the Census |
Economic Census Geographic Area Series, Bureau of the Census |
1992 Enterprise Statistics, Bureau of the Census $ |
Small Business Economic Statistics and Research, Small Business Administration |
Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, Bureau of the Census |
Women-Owned Businesses, Center for Women’s Business Research |
Minority Business Activity, Milken Institute and Minority Business Development Agency |
Nonemployer Statistics, Bureau of the Census |
Self-Employment, Social Security Administration |
International Investment and Trade |
Foreign Direct Investment, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Foreign Trade Statistics, Bureau of the Census |
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration |
Tariff and Trade DataWeb, U.S. International Trade Commission State Trade Information, Office of the United States Trade Representative Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER), University of Massachusetts $$ |
Manufacturing Export Growth, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
NAFTA and Jobs, Economic Policy Institute |
International Transportation Statistics, Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
Prices
Cost of Living |
Consumer Price Index (CPI), Bureau of Labor Statistics |
DataMasters |
Salary Calculator, Homefair.com |
Cost of Living Comparator, Money Magazine |
Yahoo! City Comparison |
State Cost of Living Index, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
Basic Family Budget Calculator, Economic Policy Institute |
House Price Index, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index, Freddie Mac |
Bank Interest Rates, Bankrate.com |
Cost of Living Index, ACCRA $ |
Cost of Living Index, Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, Missouri Department of Economic Development |
Daily Fuel Gauge Report, American Automobile Association |
Affordability Index, techies.com |
Cost of Living, Economy.com $$ |
Cost of Doing Business |
Business Climate Comparisons, Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, Missouri Department of Economic Development |
City Business Tax Study, Vertex, Inc. |
Cost of Doing Business, Economy.com $$ |
Consumer Expenditures |
Consumer Expenditure Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Consumer Spending, Claritas $$ |
Consumer Expenditures, ESRI Business Information Systems $$ |
Consumer Expenditures, USADATA.com $$ |
Lifestyle Market Analyst, SRDS $$ |
Profiles of Individual Charitable Contributions, National Center for Charitable Statistics |
Economic Assets
Debt Finance and Venture Capital |
FDIC Statistics on Banking, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Aggregate Reports, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council |
Small Business Finance, Small Business Administration |
SBA Loan Activity, Small Business Administration |
Credit Union Data, National Credit Union Administration |
Venture Capital Profiles, Venture Economics |
MoneyTree Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Venture Capital Investments Data Base, Mercury Center, San Jose Mercury News |
Recent Venture Industry Statistics, National Venture Capital Association |
Venture Funding Reports, Growthink Research $ |
Venture Capital Disbursements by Metro Area, Center for Economic Development |
VentureXpert, Thomson Financial Securities Data $$ |
National IPO Database, Hale and Dorr |
Research and Advanced Technology |
Division of Science Resources Studies, National Science Foundation |
Useful Stats, State Science & Technology Institute |
State Profiles of Federal R&D, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Federal R&D Activities, Science and Technology Policy Institute, RAND |
Funded Federal Research, Community of Science |
SBIR/STTR Awards, Small Business Administration |
R&D Support in Health, National Institutes of Health |
Federal R&D Funding Projections, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative |
American Research Universities, TheCenter, University of Florida |
Patents Awarded, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
State Science and Technology Indicators, Office of Technology Competitiveness, Technology Administration |
RaDiUS, Science and Technology Policy Institute, RAND $$ |
Regional Techline, CHI Research, Inc. $$ |
AUTM Licensing Survey, Association of University Technology Managers $$ |
Education and Training |
American Community Survey |
Educational Attainment, Bureau of the Census |
Education Watch Online, The Education Trust |
National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education |
CyberEducation, American Electronics Association $ |
Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data, Bureau of the Census |
School Statistics, Sperling’s BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc. |
The School Report, Homefair.com |
State Report Cards, Education Week |
State of Literacy in America, National Institute for Literacy |
School Segregation Patterns, Civil Rights Project, Harvard University |
International Archive of Education Data, National Center for Education Statistics and University of Michigan |
Higher Education Facts and Figures, Chronicle of Higher Education |
Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY $ |
Measuring Up, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education |
Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching |
College and University Rankings, U.S. News and World Report |
Data Reports, National Education Association |
SAT Program Data, College Entrance Examination Board |
High School Student Academic and Career Preferences, National Research Center for College and University Admissions |
College Access and Affordability, Lumina Foundation for Education |
Data on Science and Engineering Education, National Science Foundation |
Business School Rankings, Business Week |
Historical Census Data, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia |
Adult Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education |
Standardized Program Information Reports for JTPA, Employment and Training Administration |
Physical Infrastructure and Land |
National Transportation Atlas, Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
Airport Capacity Benchmark Report, Federal Aviation Administration |
Airport Traffic, Airports Council International |
Highway Statistics Series, Federal Highway Administration |
Infrastructure by State, American Society of Civil Engineers |
The Road Information Program |
Urban Mobility Study, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University |
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior |
State Environmental Atlas, Environmental Protection Agency |
MetroScan, Transamerica Intellitech $$ |
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER), Bureau of the Census |
Public Land Statistics, Bureau of Land Management |
Water Systems and Supply Information in Reclamation Areas, Bureau of Reclamation |
Quality of Life
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Housing Data, Bureau of the Census | |||||||||
HUD User Data Sets, Department of Housing and Urban Development | |||||||||
U.S. Housing Market Conditions, Department of Housing and Urban Development | |||||||||
House Price Index, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development | |||||||||
Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index, Freddie Mac | |||||||||
Metropolitan Area Housing Prices, National Association of Realtors | |||||||||
Home Price Check, Domania, Inc. | |||||||||
The State of the Nation’s Housing, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University | |||||||||
Housing Opportunity Index, National Association of Home Builders | |||||||||
Rental Housing Affordability, National Low Income Housing Coalition | |||||||||
Housing Needs Table, Department of Housing and Urban Development | |||||||||
Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors | |||||||||
On-line Information Systems, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council | |||||||||
1940 Census of Housing, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia | |||||||||
Case-Shiller-Weiss Home Price Index $$ | |||||||||
Environment | |||||||||
Scorecard, Environmental Defense Fund | |||||||||
Environmental Data, Environmental Protection Agency | |||||||||
Environmental Maps (E-Maps), Department of Housing and Urban Development | |||||||||
Links to Sources of Environmental Statistics, Council on Environmental Quality | |||||||||
Environmental Reports, U.S. Public Interest Research Group | |||||||||
Spatial Data Sources, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | |||||||||
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior | |||||||||
Conservation Databases, National Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture | |||||||||
Drought Monitor, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |||||||||
Recycling America’s Land, U.S. Conference of Mayors | |||||||||
Sprawl Reports, Sierra Club | |||||||||
Urban Sprawl, Fannie Mae Foundation | |||||||||
Commercial Office Sprawl, The Brookings Institution | |||||||||
Urban Mobility Study, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University | |||||||||
Transportation Facts, Surface Transportation Policy Project | |||||||||
Reports, Environmental Working Group | |||||||||
Farming on the Edge, American Farmland Trust | |||||||||
Threatened State Park Systems, National Park Trust | |||||||||
Climate Data, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration | |||||||||
Averages and Records, The Weather Channel | |||||||||
Extreme Weather Sourcebook, National Center for Atmospheric Research | |||||||||
Climate Data, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration | |||||||||
Averages and Records, The Weather Channel | |||||||||
Monthly Climate Profiles, Sperling’s BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc. | |||||||||
Wildland Fires, National Interagency Fire Center | |||||||||
Wildland Fire Mapping, Geo-Spatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC) | |||||||||
Municipal Solid Waste State Data, Environmental Protection Agency | |||||||||
Criminal Justice | |||||||||
Bureau of Justice Statistics | |||||||||
Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation | |||||||||
City Crime Rates and Comparisons, Sperling’s BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc. | |||||||||
Relocation Crime Lab, Homefair.com | |||||||||
Top Vehicle Theft Areas, National Insurance Crime Bureau | |||||||||
Most Stolen Vehicles, CCC Information Services | |||||||||
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan | |||||||||
State and City Crime Rankings, Morgan Quitno Press $$ | |||||||||
Health | |||||||||
Health Workforce Data, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||
National Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||
State Health Facts Online, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation | |||||||||
State Health Ranking–2000 edition, UnitedHealth Group | |||||||||
Community Reports, Center for Studying Health System Change | |||||||||
Health Care Cost and Utilization, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $
Health and Long-Term Care, AARP Research Center $ |
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Prescription Drug Use, Express Scripts, Inc. | |||||||||
Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||
State Health Department Data, CDC | |||||||||
Health Data, healthfinder®, Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||
Health Analyses, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities | |||||||||
Health Insurance Statistics, Bureau of the Census | |||||||||
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Data, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||
Regional Health Insurance Trends, Health Cost Index Report, Milliman USA $ | |||||||||
Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured, Employee Benefits Research Institute | |||||||||
Health Insurance and Access to Care, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research | |||||||||
Medicaid Enrollees and Expenditures, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured | |||||||||
Health Action Tool Kit, Families USA | |||||||||
Child Health, American Academy of Pediatrics | |||||||||
Kid-Friendly Cities Health Improvement Report Card, Population Connection | |||||||||
Playground Safety, U.S. Public Interest Research Group | |||||||||
Reproductive Health, Alan Guttmacher Institute | |||||||||
Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||||||
Highway Fatalities and Injuries, National Center for Statistics & Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | |||||||||
Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety, National Safety Council | |||||||||
Pedestrian Fatalities, Surface Transportation Policy Project | |||||||||
Health Care State Rankings, Morgan Quitno Press $$ | |||||||||
Area Resource File, Quality Resource Systems for the Health Resources and Services Administration $$ | |||||||||
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care in the United States, Dartmouth Medical School $$ | |||||||||
State-Level Databook on Health Care Access and Financing, The Urban Institute $$ | |||||||||
Health Care Organization Rankings, U.S. News & World Report | |||||||||
Social Welfare |
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Assessing the New Federalism, The Urban Institute | |||||||||
ChildStats, Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics | |||||||||
Children in the States, Children’s Defense Fund | |||||||||
KIDS COUNT, Annie E. Casey Foundation | |||||||||
Statistics on Children, Youth and Families, Child Trends | |||||||||
The Right Start, Annie E. Casey Foundation and Child Trends | |||||||||
Child Trends DataBank, Child Trends | |||||||||
National Data Analysis System, Child Welfare League of America | |||||||||
Focus on States, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | |||||||||
Food Insecurity and Hunger, Food Security Institute, Center on Hunger and Poverty, Brandeis University | |||||||||
Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors |
Industry Sectors
Cross-Industry Data |
Cluster Mapping Project, Harvard Business School |
Industries Information, International Trade Administration (ITA) |
Economic Census, Bureau of the Census |
Industry Statistics and Data Analysis, U.S. Business Reporter |
Business.com |
Agriculture and Natural Resources |
National Agricultural Statistics Service, Department of Agriculture |
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture |
State Fact Sheets, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture American Farmland Trust |
USDA Economics and Statistics System, Cornell University |
Historical Census Data, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia |
Environmental Working Group |
Drought Monitor, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Forestry Data, U.S. Forest Service |
Fisheries Statistics and Economics, National Marine Fisheries Service |
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy |
Petroleum Industry Statistics, American Petroleum Institute $$ |
Energy Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey |
Mineral Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey |
Economic Census – Mining, Bureau of the Census |
Commercial Uses of Public Lands, Bureau of Land Management |
Energy |
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy |
E-GRID, Environmental Protection Agency |
Electric Industry Statistics, Edison Electric Institute $$ |
Economic Census – Utilities, Bureau of the Census |
Solstice, Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology |
Daily Fuel Gauge Report, American Automobile Association |
Construction |
Construction Statistics, Bureau of the Census |
Construction Cost Calculator, RealEstateJournal, Wall Street Journal |
Real Estate Market Reports, CB Richard Ellis |
Construction Market Rankings, FW Dodge Real Estate Group $ |
Building Permit Time Series and Forecasts, Economagic.com $ |
MarketBeat, Cushman & Wakefield $$ |
Housing Statistics, National Association of Home Builders $$ |
Manufacturing |
World Class Communities for Manufacturing, Industry Week |
Annual Survey of Manufactures, Bureau of the Census |
Economic Census – Manufacturing, Bureau of the Census |
Longitudinal Manufacturing Databases, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census $$ |
Historical Census Data, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia |
Ward’s Automotive Yearbook $$ |
Information and Telecommunications |
Economic Census – Information, Bureau of the Census |
IT Salary Advisor, InformationWeek |
Telephone, Computer, and Internet Use, National Telecommunications and Information Agency |
Telephone Industry Statistics, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Communications Commission |
Wireless Market Analysis, Telephia $$ |
America’s Most Wired Cities, Yahoo Internet Life |
Best States for E-Commerce, Progressive Policy Institute |
Internet Statistics Toolbox, Cyberatlas |
Internet Geography, Zooknic Internet Geography Project |
Internet Activity, MIDS $$ |
State Cable Industry Data, National Cable Television Association |
Advanced Technology Industries |
Technology and the New Economy, Progressive Policy Institute |
New Economy Indices, Milken Institute |
State Science and Technology Indicators, Office of Technology Competitiveness, Technology Administration |
High Tech and Info Tech Metros, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota |
Metro Areas and the New Economy, United States Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties |
High-Tech Hot Spots, Entrepreneur’s Business Start-ups |
High Tech Studies, Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Brookings Institution |
Federal R&D Activities, Science and Technology Policy Institute, RAND |
Cincinnati’s Benchmarking Technology Study, Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. |
Advanced Technology Industry Statistics, American Electronics Association $ |
Wholesale and Retail Trade |
Retail Sales Index, TeleCheck Services, Inc. |
Economic Census – Wholesale Trade, Bureau of the Census |
Economic Census – Retail Trade, Bureau of the Census |
Retail Sales Estimates, Bureau of the Census |
Transportation and Warehousing |
Intermodal Transportation Database, Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
Transportation Facts, Surface Transportation Policy Project |
Highway Statistics Series, Federal Highway Administration |
Journey to Work, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Civil Aviation Statistical Resources, Federal Aviation Administration |
Airline Information, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
Air Travel Consumer Report, Aviation Consumer Protection Division, Department of Transportation |
International Air Passenger and Freight, Office of Aviation and International Affairs, Department of Transportation |
Airport Traffic, Airports Council International |
Airline Industry Facts and Figures, Air Transport Association $ |
National Transit Database, Federal Transit Administration |
Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Economic Census – Transportation and Warehousing, Bureau of the Census |
International Transportation Statistics, Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
Finance |
Economic Census – Finance and Insurance, Bureau of the Census |
FDIC Statistics on Banking, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Aggregate Reports, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council |
National Information Center, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council |
Small Business Lending, Small Business Administration Bank and ATM Fees, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Mortgage Market Reports, Mortgage Bankers Association of America $$ |
Venture Capital Profiles, Venture Economics |
MoneyTree Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Venture Capital Investments Data Base, Mercury Center, San Jose Mercury News |
Recent Venture Industry Statistics, National Venture Capital Association |
VentureXpert, Thomson Financial Securities Data $$ |
National IPO Database, Hale and Dorr |
Insurance |
Statistical Reports, National Association of Insurance Commissioners $$ |
Workers’ Compensation Premium Rates, Workers Compensation Division, Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services |
Medicaid Enrollees and Expenditures, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured |
Publicly-funded Health Insurance for Children, American Academy of Pediatrics |
Regional Health Insurance Trends, Health Cost Index Report, Milliman USA $ |
Housing and Real Estate |
Economic Census – Real Estate, Bureau of the Census |
House Price Index, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development |
Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index, Freddie Mac |
Home Sales Data, National Association of Realtors |
Home Price Check, Domania, Inc. |
Risk of Housing Price Decline, PMI Mortgage Insurance, Inc. |
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership , Bureau of the Census |
Survey of Real Estate Trends, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Real Estate Market Reports, CB Richard Ellis |
Regional Overviews, RealEstateJournal, Wall Street Journal |
Office and Industrial Real Estate Market Trends, CoStar Group |
Office Market Reports, Insignia/ESG |
Office Leasing Trends, Julien J. Studley, Inc. |
Reis.com, Reis, Inc. |
Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Trends, Cushman & Wakefield $ |
Market Reports, Grubb & Ellis $ |
Commercial Real Estate Market Indicators, F.W. Dodge $ |
Mortgage Market Reports, Mortgage Bankers Association of America $$ Trends in Commercial Real Estate Values, Integra Realty Resources $$ Commercial Real Estate Reports, Real Capital Analytics $$ |
Commercial Office Sprawl, The Brookings Institution |
Healthcare |
Economic Census – Services, Bureau of the Census |
State Health Workforce Profiles, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, Department of Health and Human ServicesData and Statistics, Health Care Financing Administration
Health Care Cost and Utilization, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $ Physician Workforce Ratios for Child Health, American Academy of Pediatrics |
Education |
Child Care Establishments, Bureau of the Census |
National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education |
Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data, Bureau of the Census |
Data Reports, National Education Association |
Teacher Salary Trends, American Federation of Teachers |
Higher Education Facts and Figures, Chronicle of Higher Education |
Trends in Affordability of Public Higher Education, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education |
Travel and Tourism |
American Travel Survey, Bureau of Transporation Statistics |
Tourism Industries Office, International Trade Administration $ |
US Travel Data Center, Travel Industry Association of America $$ |
Other Services |
Profiles of the Nonprofit Sector, National Center for Charitable Statistics, The Urban Institute |
Sports Participation, National Sporting Goods Association |
Public Administration and Taxation |
Federal, State and Local Governments, Bureau of the Census |
Census of Governments, Bureau of the Census |
Vital Statistics on American Politics, Congressional Quarterly |
Grading the States, Governing |
State Fiscal Reports, National Association of State Budget Officers |
State Revenue Reports, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York |
State Budget and Tax Data, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |
State Tax Rates, Structure, and Burden, Federation of Tax Administrators |
State Finance Data, Tax Foundation |
Distributional Analysis of State Tax Systems, Citizens for Tax Justice |
State Lottery Fast Facts, North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries |
State Tobacco Settlements, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids |
Development Report Card for the States, Corporation for Enterprise Development |
Unemployment Insurance Program Finances, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor |
Workers’ Compensation, National Academy of Social Insurance |
Digital State Survey, Center for Digital Government and Government Technology |
Best States for E-Commerce, Progressive Policy Institute |
Research Collection of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, University of North Texas Libraries |
Competitive Cities Report Card, Reason Public Policy Institute |
City Business Tax Study, Vertex, Inc. |
Local and State Property Tax Collections, Tax Foundation |
Local Tax Capacity, Metropolitan Area Research Corporation |
Digital Cities Survey, Center for Digital Government |
Criminal Justice System Data, Bureau of Justice Statistics |
State and City Criminal Justice Data, Morgan Quitno Press $$ |
Death Penalty Facts, Death Penalty Information Center |
Data and Statistics, Health Care Financing Administration |
Publicly-funded Health Insurance for Children, American Academy of Pediatrics |
National Data Analysis System, Child Welfare League of America |
Federal Expenditures, Bureau of the Census |
The Federal Budget and The States, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
Vocational and Adult Basic Education Grants, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education |
Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures, Tax Foundation |
Congressional Earmarks for Higher Education, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
Federal Employment Statistics, Office of Workforce Information, Office of Personnel Management |
Tax Stats, Internal Revenue Service |
Federal Earned Income Tax Credit, The Brookings Institution and the Progressive Policy Institute |
Federal Procurement from Small Businesses, Small Business Administration |
Statistical Reports, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts |
Federal Elections Data, Federal Election Commission |
Military |
Personnel and Expenditures Data, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, Department of Defense |
Defense Almanac, Department of Defense |
Veterans Data, Department of Veterans Affairs |
Firm Listings
General |
Corporation Public Records, BRB Publications, Inc. |
Corporate Listings and Information, Dun & Bradstreet $$ |
InfoUSA.com, InfoUSA, Inc. $$ |
Hoover’s Online, Hoover’s, Inc. $ |
Book of Lists, American City Business Journals $$ |
EDGAR Database of Corporate Information, Securities and Exchange Commission |
EdgarScan, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
US Business Reporter |
Companies, Business.com |
InSite2, Intelligence Data $$ |
Global Access, Primark Corporation. $$ |
Manufacturing |
Industrial Who’s Who on the Internet |
Manufacturers’ News $ |
Harris InfoSource $$ |
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers |
Iron and Steel Establishments, American Iron and Steel Institute |
Technology |
OneSource CorpTech Profiles, OneSource $$ |
Research Centers and Services Directory, Gale Group $$ |
Biotechnology Business Directory, Biotechnology Industry Organization |
Biotechnology Company Register, National Biotechnology Information Facility |
Biotech Companies, BioSpace |
Biotech Companies, Bio-Link, City College of San Francisco |
Software and Information Industry Companies, Software and Information Industry Association $$ |
Finance |
National Information Center, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council |
FDIC Institution Directory, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
Nonprofit |
Database of Nonprofit Organizations, GuideStar, Philanthropic Research, Inc. |
Healthcare |
Nursing Homes, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health & Human Services |