Bureau of Economic Analysis

"The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is an agency of the Department of Commerce. Along with the Census Bureau and STAT-USA, BEA is part of the Department's Economics and Statistics Administration.

The mission of BEA is to produce and disseminate accurate, timely, relevant, and cost-effective economic accounts statistics that provide government, businesses, households, and individuals with a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of economic activity. BEA's national, regional, and international economic accounts present basic information on such key issues as U.S. economic growth, regional economic development, and the Nation's position in the world economy."

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
Bureau of Labor Statistics timeseries data that can be viewed in several formats. Data covers employment, prices and living conditions, compensation and living conditions, and productivity and technology.

Census Bureau Economic Information
"Highlights from the latest U.S. Economic Indicators, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Construction, County and City Data Book, County Business Patterns, Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Current Industrial Reports, Economic Data Programs Overview, Economic Census and Surveys, Governments, Income and Poverty, International trade, Research, Statistical Abstract of the United States, Data Access Tools, Browse our FTP site for Economic Data."

County Business Patterns
"The County Business Patterns data base provides county, state, and national level business data for 1977-1995. Statistics include number of establishments, payroll (annual and 1st quarter), number of employees, and number of establishments by size class for 2 digit SIC industry groupings. The data is collected annually by the Bureau of the Census."

EconData.Net
"Your guide to regional economic activity on the Web. We have more than 350 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider, pointers to the Web's premiere data collections, and our own list of the ten best sites for finding regional economic data." This site is well organized and provides links to information provided by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as other reputable sources. Some of the sites it links to charge for their information, but this is clearly indicated next to the link.

Economic Indicators
Compilations of economic indicators for the United States. Includes such indicators as Gross Domestic Project, emplyment and wage statistics, productivity measures, prices, money and security markets. Also includes some international economic statistics. Indicators are available monthly from 1998 to the present. Searchable.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies."

Economy Track
Economic information collected by USA today marketplace for the United states economy. Consists of : Economy reports, statistics, forecasts, factory orders, federal reserve reports, housing starts, gross domestic product (gdp), Leading Economic Indicators Index, prices, productivity, Retail sales, Trade, Unemployment, and related links.

FAOSTAT Statistics Database
"FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: production, trade, food balance sheets, food aid shipments, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest products, fishery products, population, and agricultural machinery."

Federal Reserve Board
This is the Web site for the Federal Reserve Board (the Fed), which governs the twelve Federal reserve banking districts. This site includes links to all the federal reserve banks and other related federal agencies. Most helpful are the current interest rate statistics, some of which are released almost daily, others monthly or quarterly. They include bank prime rates, foreign exchange rates, U.S. government securities rates, conventional mortgage rates.

FedStats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
"More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use. FedStats' major features include: An 'A to Z' index that provides direct access to detailed data listings in 275 categories; A keyword search capability that enables users to search Web sites linked to FedStats; 'Fast Facts' links, which allow users to visit either the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms or an on-line version of the most frequently requested tables from the Statistical Abstract of the United States; An 'Agencies' heading that allows users to link to the Web sites of Federal statistical agencies, or select from a menu of predetermined key words for those agencies; A 'Programs' heading that offers 14 groups of agency data program summaries, in areas ranging from agriculture to transportation; A 'Regional Statistics' heading that offers data that is broken down into geographic areas -- frequently at State or county levels; and Links to agency contacts, press releases, and government statistical agencies outside the United States.

The Gallup Organization
This site contains links to various polls, reports, trends and audits of public opinion conducted by The Gallup Organization. The main page and the "Poll" link contain the majority of useful free information. The site contains a search function.

Infonation
"InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. In this first menu, you can select up to seven countries. Then, you can proceed to the data menu where you will be able to select statistics and other data fields." You can get statistics on geography, economy, population, and social indicators.

International Telecommunication Union
The ITU is an international organization dedicated to helping coordinate the government and private sectors in developing and operating telecommunications technology. The website provides free electronic copies of its reports and free statistics such as telephone lines by country, number of PCs per country, and telecommunications indicators.

National Statistics: The Official United Kingdom Statistics Site
"This site contains the latest comprehensive range of official UK statistics and information about statistics as well providing free access to a selection of recently released publications in downloadable pdf format. Our site is organised around themes to help you find things more easily. Themes are a simple way of classifying the huge variety of official statistics produced. They resemble chapters in a book. There are 13 separate themes, and each theme deals with a distinct and easily recognisable area of national life. The site also includes a soon-to-be-expanded selection of the latest economic indicators. This table will be refreshed as soon as possible after the release of new figures." Includes basic and advanced search features.

North American Industry Classification System
"The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is replacing the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS will reshape the way we view our changing economy." The site explains how NAICS will affect data users with correspondence tables that can take you from SIC to NAICS or vice versa. There are also sections on the development and implementation of NAICS.

Salary.com
This web site contains all kinds of information relating to compensation. Their "Salary Wizard" lists salary statistics for hundreds of positions.

Social Statistics Briefing Room
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal social statistics. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Social Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies." Includes crime, demographic, education and health statistics.

Statistical Resources on the Web
"Meta-index to statistical web sites and individual statistical publications arranged by broad subject category from the University of Michigan Documents Center." Subjects covered include: agriculture; business and industry; consumer; cost of living; demographics; economics; education; energy; environment; finance and currency; foreign economics; foreign governments; foreign trade; U.S. government finances; health; housing; labor; military; politics; science; sociology; transportation; weather. Nicely annotated.

Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
Links to government statistical agencies in the United States and in several dozen countries around the world.

Statistics in Japan
Offers comprehensive statistical data on Japan and also links to other statistics Websites. Includes demographic, health, political and social statistics.

U.S. International Trade Statistics
The Foreign Trade Division formulates and develops overall plans and programs for the collection, processing, review, linkage with other economic data, and dissemination of statistical data regarding various aspects of the export and import trade of the United States and foreign trade shipping. Includes Schedule B Commodity Classification, Schedule C Country and Territory Designations, Schedule D U.S. Customs Districts and Schedule K Foreign Ports.

The Virtual Statistical Assistant
"The VSA employs a decision tree technique designed to help determine which statistical techniques are most appropriate for a given research design. Just follow the prompts and the VSA will guide you through the process of selecting the appropriate statistic. If you are not satisfied with the decision tree model utilized in this version of the Virtual Statistical Assistant you might try the grid selection model which is provided as an alternative method in this virtual assistant." Focuses on social science research.