This resource provides tools to dynamically compare and manipulate tens of millions of statistical data series available in the Data-Planet repository. The interactive database allows users to create tables, maps, and figures from a variety data sources covering banking, criminal justice, education, energy, food and agriculture, government, health, housing and construction, industry and commerce, labor and employment, natural resources and environment, income, cost of living, stocks, transportation, and more. Data holdings for the United States are significant with some data available at state, county, or local geographies. International data, available at the country level, include population, food and agriculture, labor, trade, and more. Data are organized by subject and source.
Track the performance of your industry overtime. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts an Economic Census every 5 years. This data is strictly statistical in nature. No companies are named. However you will see how many establishments existed in your industry, the value of shipments or other relevant measures of productivity, number of employees etc. Data is available online from 1992 forward. Earlier data is available in print in the Government Documents collection at Kelvin Smith Library. http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/
Sample report for Ohio below.
