Librarian for Human and Organizational Development
Gov and Other Websites for U.S. Statistics and Data
The following websites are quality resources for data and statistics:
- American Community SurveyOngoing survey that provides data every year giving communities and businesses the current information they need to plan investments and services. Product of the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Belmont Data Collaborative: Online Data PlatformHas aggregated community level data (Data Warehouse), a mapping visualization tool that pulls directly from the data warehouse (RoundTable), and are developing a collaboration tool (Relight – coming Fall 2022) that will allow individuals and teams to work together to try to solve complex community level problems .
- Bureau of Economic AnalysisProvides economic data for the U.S., including data on international trade.
- Bureau of Labor StatisticsAlthough there is mostly domestic statistics, you will find some foreign labor statistics and import/export price indices.
- Business Formation StatisticsThe Business Formation Statistics (BFS) are an experimental data product of the U.S. Census Bureau developed in research collaboration with economists affiliated with Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, University of Maryland, and University of Notre Dame. The BFS provide timely and high frequency information on new business applications and formations in the United States.
- CDC - Centers for Disease ControlSocioeconomic data on emerging economies.
- County and Zip Code Business PatternsIndustry economic data by U.S. county or zip code.
- Data.govMachine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
- Energy Administration InformationU.S. direct investment abroad (and vice versa), international transactions, data on multinational companies.
- Fed In PrintProvides access to research published by the Board of Governors and all 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Coverage includes the core economic reviews, as well as specialized regional and international publications, working papers, and annual report essays. Also included are selected speeches, community development publications, and conference papers.
- FedStatsStatistics from more than 100 US government agencies.
- FRASERThe Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research includes current and historical data and statistics on the U.S. economy.
- IPUMSIPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts. Data and services available free of charge.
- NTIS: National Technical Information ServiceMission: Provide innovative data services to federal agencies, through joint venture partnerships with the private sector, to advance federal data priorities, promote economic growth, and enable operational excellence.
- State Data Center (SDC) ClearinghouseCensus State Data Centers are statistical agencies, state demographers, and data-providing organizations from 56 states and U.S. territories. They partner with the Census Bureau to provide expert analysis, training, and extension of Census products and data in their respective states.
- U.S. Cluster MappingProvides over 50 million open data records on industry clusters and regional business environments in the U.S. to promote economic growth and national competitiveness.
- U.S. Department of CommerceBureau of Economic Analysis - GDP, personal incomes, corporate profits, state and local incomes, industry output, industry GDP.
- USA.GOV: StatisticsLanding page that leads to statistics across many US government agencies.
- USDA Agricultural Data and StatisticsIncludes data from the Economic Research Service (ERS,) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS.)
- USDA Market DataComprehensive market and trade data research and reports. Users can utilize the numerous databases to search by product or country.
- USITC Interactive Tariff and Trade DatawebU.S. import statistics, U.S. export statistics, U.S. tariffs, U.S. future tariffs and U.S. tariff preference information from the United States International Trade Commission.
