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Business Travel Costs (Runzheimer International)
- Inflation projections for air, lodging, meals, and ground transportation
- Business travel costs for selected cities
Census Bureau
- Data from the 1992 Censuses of agriculture,construction,manufactures,retail trade,wholesale trade, and service industries
- See Economic Censuses on this web page for additional information
- Establishments, employees, payrolls, and sales or shipments for NAICS industries
- Most data for national and state levels; some county, metro area, and city data
- Full text industry and geographic area series reports in pdf format
- Data also available American Factfinder
- List of two-digit NAICS codes and 1997 economic census reports from the Census Bureau's web site
- Projected two digit equivalencies for the SIC number and corresponding report in the 1992 economic census
- Searches Census CD-ROMS by geographic area, commodity or data set and displays specified data
- Provides links to other data with common geography (e.g. a search of a street address identifies census tract and links to selected data)
- Titles include the Annual Survey of Manufactures, Building Permits, Census Tract Street Locator, County Business Patterns, USA Counties, and Merchandise Foreign Trade
County Business Patterns
- National, state and county data on the number of establishments, employment, and payroll by four digit SIC number for all industries through 1997; uses NAICS code beginning 1998
- Issued on an annual basis
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Census Bureau Interative Data Base provides searching by industry within a county and
comparative data
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Zip Code County Business Patterns is searchable by zip code and provides industry data
with comparisons between states
- Full text of printed reports is also available from the Census Bureau web site
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County Business Patterns from the University of Virginia provides 2-digit SIC data since 1977
- Corresponding CD-ROM in the Documents Center (DoX11)
- Current issues of the paper copy are located in the Documents Center (HD 7106 .U5 A2-Stat.Ref.) with older issues since 1946 in the Graduate Library Stacks
Current Industrial Reports
Dismal Scientist
- Most current leading economic indicators, date of next release, analysis, and monthly figures for previous year
- Includes consumer credit and confidence, prices, savings, housing starts, durable goods orders
- Links to original government sources of the indicators
- Forecasts of economic indicators for next two years (e.g. expected consumer price index)
- 130 business, demographic, labor, income, real estate, and vital statistics variables for states
- Examples are gross state product and health insurance coverage
- May be viewed or states may be ranked
- 60 demographic, labor, income, and real estate variables for 257 metropolian areas, which may be viewed or ranked
- Extensive list of links to economic data
Economic Censuses
- Censuses of agriculture, construction, manufactures, mineral industries, retail trade, service industries, transportation and wholesale trade are conducted at five-year intervals ending in 2
and 7; the financial services survey was new in 1992
- Data includes number of establishments, employees, payrolls, and sales or shipments
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Historic Economic Census Locations at the University of Michigan
- Spreadsheet listing the paper and CD call numbers as well as URLs for all economic censuses, 1810 to present
- 1992 Census of Agriculture, Retail Trade, Manufactures, Minority-Owned Businesses et al. provide establishments and payrolls for up to four-digit industries for U.S., states, counties, MSAs,
places of 2500+, and zip codes
- Includes sales data by five-digit zip code
- Sales data is unavailable on the corresponding CD-ROM
- Excellent and clear description of the Censuses, their history, questions asked and how the data is reported
- Includes links to the data and its updates
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Standard Industrial Classification Manual from OSHA/NTIS is a numerical classification used by the Census Bureau for
presenting data
- See Metropolitan Statistical Areas for the names and county components of MSAs in the 1987 and 1992 Economic
Censuses
- CD-ROMS in Documents Center: place data (Do 60) and zip code data (Do 56)
- Paper copies in Documents Center and Graduate Library
Economic Development Web Site (UMinn)
- Charts compare national data sources (County Business Patterns, REIS, BLS) for subject coverage of employment and earnings factors and for usability
- Links to state economic development data
- Principles of economic development and data analysis
Economic Time Series (Ted Bos)
- Monthly, quarterly and annual data often dating back to the 1940s
- Economic indicators, corporate profits, index of industrial production, manufacturing orders, retail sales
- Data in ASCII format for easy access but may also be manipulated
FedStats
- Comprehensive listing to statistical programs of over 70 federal government agencies
- Arranged by agency or program; includes explanatory material and contacts
- Search engine indexes individual statistical tables by keyword or agency and provides direct connection
Government Information Sharing Project (Oreg.St.)
- Census of Agriculture, Retail Trade, Manufactures, Minority-Owned Businesses et al. provide establishments and payrolls for up to four-digit industries for U.S., states, counties, MSAs and
places of 2500+
- U.S. Imports/Exports History, 1991-95
- U.S.A. Counties (1969-94)
- Regional Economic Information System (1969-94)
- Choose a single geographic area by selecting text or clicking on a colorful map
- May search variable by keyword or choose the default of "all data"
Gross Domestic Product (U.S.)
- Value of goods and services produced within the United States
- Data can be found in the Bureau of Economic Analysis and most web sites on this web page and the Comprehensive Economics Web
Sites page and
- Foreign data may be found in the Foreign Economics web page
Gross State Product
- Value of goods and services produced by labor and property within a state
- Bureau of Economic Analysis provides data by state and industry beginning 1977
- Gross state product by broad industry sector also appears in Chapter 14, Income and Wealth, of Statistical Abstract of the United
States
Minority and Women-Owned Business
- National, state, county, metropolitan area and place data on all minority-owned businesses for 1997
- Number of establishments, employment, and payrolls by two-digit SIC
- Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Women business owners
Regional Economic Information System, 1969- (BEA)
- Personal income by source, per capita income, income by two-digit SIC industry, full and part-time employment by industry, and regional economic profiles
- Data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas 1969 to present
State of the Cities
- Central city and metropolitan area data for over 300 areas in the U.S.
- 1970, 1980 and 1990 Census data includes population, housing, occupation, income, education, poverty, race, and family characteristics
- Labor force and unemployment data since 1990
- Central city and metropolitan area data from County Business Patterns for 4-digit SIC industries
- Choose file, then area, and then data table
State Personal Income, 1969-95 (UVa)
- Personal income and fulltime/part-time employment by industry
- Industries, data, and years available from pull-down menus
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