Regional Economic Data and Issues
Census Bureau
Census State Data Centers- a clickable map of the United States. Click on a state, and you will get a list of state data centers. This is a pathway to numerous sites.
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book- from the table of contents, you can download Adobe Acrobat files of parts of the book.
County Business Patterns- At the main page, select a state, and then select a county.
Decennial Census of Population and Housing
Economic Census - data available by states, metropolitan areas, counties, cities, and Zip Codes. 1997 data is now available.
Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics -- This new data set provides economic indicators -- including employment, job creation, wages, and worker turnover -- that can be queried by different levels of geography -- state, county, metro, and workforce investment area -- as well as by detailed industry, gender, and age of workers. You can query the data directly by using the QWI Online tool on this site.
Other Data Sources
America's High Tech Economy: Growth, Development and Risk for Metropolitan Areas. From the Milken Institute.
Association for University Business and Economic Research- state-by-state list of Web data sites maintained by AUBER.
BEA Regional Accounts Data - includes gross state product and personal income by state
Best Places for Business and Careers, Forbes Magazine and the Milken Institute.
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Center for Economic Development - Carnegie Mellon University
Center for Regional Economic Issues- Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
County and City Data Books - This resource provides WWW access to the electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books
Creighton University- Economic Conditions in the Mid-America and Mountain states.
EconData Net -the features of EconData.Net include: · 400 LINKS: The site provides links to numerous federal, state, commercial, and non-profit sources of regional data. Each link is followed by a short description of the data offered. (If you are familiar with our old site, the number of links has more than tripled.)
Economic Information Systems- provides national, state, county and metropolitan area economic analysis, forecasts, and market intelligence.
Economic Development Futures - Information and insights about where economic development is headed. A weblog by Don Iannone.
FRB of Atlanta - The Southeast Economy
FRB of Boston - New England Economic Information
FRB of Chicago - the Midwest Economy
FRB of Dallas- Regional Information
FRB of Kansas City - Regional Information
FRB of Minneapolis - Regional Information
FRB of New York - Regional Information
FRB of Philadelphia - Regional Information
FRB of San Francisco- Western Regional Information
FRB of St Louis- The Regional Economist
Geostats - they sell Census CDs, but there are also some free newsletters with useful information.
Global Insights - gateway to Global Insight regional reports.
Government Information Sharing Project- Census data, repackaged by Oregon State University.
Geospatial and Statistical Data Center- from the University of Virginia Library.
IRS Statistics of Income- different downloadable files, including income tax collections by state.
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation - A weekly e-mail broadcast of important economic and business news and commentaries for the Southern California. It also covers the international, U.S. national, and California State developments.
Regional Economics Application Library- a cooperative venture of the University of Illinois and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Regional Economic Data Tables- from the BEA , via the Louisiana Electronic Assistance Program.
Small Business Administration - State Small Business profiles
Small Business Administration - Metropolitan Statistical data by Major Industry
Small Business Administration - Industry by size of firm
Survey of Regional Economics- from Syracuse University. Including data sets, journals, literature search, modeling issues, and more.
