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Community Development Resources: Datasets Links

Guide for Community Development classes

Demographic Links

 

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/2020-census-main.html

Official site of the Census Bureau; can choose data by category or geographic location.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bls.gov/home.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics official site; collects and analyzeslabor economic statistics.Data includes employment and unemployment, payroll, consumer price index, producer price index.Keyword searching is available.

 

County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/

Available from Census Bureau. Includes information from County Business Patterns, Business Register, Annual Company Organization Survey, Economic Census, Annual Survey of Manufactures, Current Business Survey, administrative records of the IRS, Social Security Administration, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data available back to 1988. Information available by industry.

Statistical Abstract of the United States 

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/time-series/statistical_abstracts.html

Annual government publication contains social and economic statistics for the U.S. and selected international data. Data are retrievable from numerous tables which are divided into subjects such as population, vital statistics, education, energy, and agriculture.

White House Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/fsbr.html

Good source for locating popular economic and demographic information available from various government agencies.

Vital Statistics of the United States http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/vsus/vsus.htm

National Center for Health Statistics site. Contains data on births, deaths, and life expectancy, and health

 

 

 

 

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