Community Development Tools (In Alphabetical Order by Site)

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Web site(s)

• Income and Earnings [ http://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/ ]

Key Data Variables Available:

• Income and employment by industry
• Farm & Non farm proprietors

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Web site(s)

• Labor Force Data [ http://www.bls.gov/lau/ | http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=la]
• Wages and Employment [ http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en ]

                                   
Key Data Variables Available:

• Unemployment rate, civilian labor force
• Wages and employment by industry (NAICS code)

Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS)
Web site(s)

• Adult Literacy Rates [ https://www.casas.org/lit/litcode/Search.cfm ]

Key Data Variables Available:

• Estimated Adult Literacy Rates Level One and Level Two

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Web site(s)

• Crime Rates [ http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm ]

Key Data Variables Available:

• No. of violent and property crimes

Trust for America’s Health
Web site(s)

• Health Statistics (statewide) [ http://healthyamericans.org/state/ ]

Key Data Variables Available:

• Obesity, Diseases, Uninsured
  
  

 U.S. Department of Agriculture
Web site(s)

• Economic Research Service [ http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/MicropolitanAreas/ ]
• Census of Agriculture [ http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/ ]

Key Data Variables Available:

• Metropolitan Status (as of 2003)
• Metropolitan Status (as of 2003)
• Rural Urban Continuum Codes
• Urban Influence Codes
• County Typology Codes (2004) – dependent on certain industries
• Creative Class County Codes
• Natural Amenity Scale
• No. of farms, total cropland, government payments

U.S. Census Bureau
Web site(s)

• Population:
  
  • Decennial [ http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en ]
  • Annual [ http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/ ]
• Commuting Patterns [ http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting.html ]
• Poverty Level Estimates [ http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/county.html ]
• Business Patterns [ http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml ]
• Housing [ http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/ ]
• Health Insurance [ http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/sahie/ ]
• Attainment and School Enrollment (select browse data sets) [ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/ ]
  
  
  

Key Data Variables Available:

• Racial and Ethnic Composition; Age Distribution (Age Groups)
• Family Structure; Population, Age, Sex, Race, Ethnicity Estimates
• Number of residents working in same or different county
• Estimated no. of housing units; housing stock
• Number of uninsured; number of individuals in poverty
• No. of establishments by industry (NAICS Code); no. of employees
• Educational Attainment, population 25+ years; students enrolled by grade