Data & Resources - Websites for finding data

The following links are to sites for obtaining data:

U.S. Census Bureau

• Census Bureau Main Page
  http://www.census.gov
• Gateway to Census 2000
  http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
• American Factfinder: “Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data”
  http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
• American Community Survey: “A new nationwide survey designed to provide communities a fresh look at how they are changing.”
  http://www.census.gov/acs/www/

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce

• BEA Main Page
  http://www.bea.gov/
• Regional Economic Information System: Annual estimates for counties, economic areas, and metropolitan areas on employment and earnings, wages and salaries, and compensation by industry
  http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

• BLS Main Page
  http://www.bls.gov/
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics
  http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm

Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• ERS Main Page
  http://www.ers.usda.gov/
• ERS Briefing Rooms on a variety of topics:
  http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/