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U.S. Census Bureau

Rich with data and news about many sectors of the United States, now with mobile app access. Economic indicators to inform business decisions, forecasts for trending information decisions. Special Topics and Newsroom provide timely topics and facts.

Newsroom, Stats of the Day, Latest News & Reports from surveys and analysts, research & surveys all on the landing page. Explore:

Quick Facts about people, business, geography with fast demographics per state/county/cities [downloadable]
Topics on Business, Economy, Education, Employment, Housing, Health & Insurance, Income & Poverty, International Trade, Population, Federal/State/Local governments topics, data, structures
County Business Patterns, the annual series for subnational economic data by industry, small areas, changes over time
Publications, Tools, Infographics, Maps, and more
Find data with Quick Facts, Easy Stats, or the American Fact Finder as well as traditional data with new interactive maps

Check the Director's Blog, the Global Reach Blog, Random Samplings Blog, Research Matters Blog

Use traditional Economic Indicators with historic time series, tools, & notations on percentage changes by date

KSL Databases & Data Sources

Statista This link opens in a new window
Categorized into market sectors, Statista provides access to statistical data and comparisons for an eclectic, wide-ranging, and continually updated array of topics, using both publicly accessible and proprietary sources. About 20 percent of the total data in Statista comes from sources available free online, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Census. But the data also includes numerous other exclusive sources including industry, marketing, and trade groups. The chief types of data are related to marketing, demographics, and government information.
Sage Data This link opens in a new window
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.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

National, international, regional, industry and integrated topics with data for annual and quarterly, as appropriate, from BEA. News, Publications like Survey of Current Business and Papers by Topic, GDP, are noted resources.

Interactive data and tools make it easy to download and look at your topic on your own.
Homepage gives timely statistics on trade, GDP, Personal Income changes, trade & transaction dollars/deficits
Videos illustrate consumers, industries, and more
BEA Blog posts almost daily on spending, growth, trade gaps & other topics that provide information to inform other national events such as elections and political activities
Pages are well-designed for new users with search features, generous hyperlinks, FAQs & help options, including Contact information, and email subscription services to keep you up to date on your topic areas