Education
Web site(s)

• Attainment and School Enrollment (select browse data sets) [ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/ ]
• Adult Literacy Rates [ https://www.casas.org/lit/litcode/Search.cfm ]

Key Data Variables Available:

• Educational Attainment for population 25 years and over
• No. of students enrolled by grade
• Estimated Adult Literacy Rates

Economic
Web site(s)

• Commuting Patterns [ http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting.html ]
• Wages, Income, Earnings, Employment, and Occupation: 
                  
  • http://www.bls.gov/lau
    
  • http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en
    
  • http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=en
    
  • http://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/
    
  • http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
    
  • http://online.onetcenter.org/

• Poverty Level Estimates [ http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/county.html ]
• Business Patterns [ http://censtats.census.gov/cbpnaic/cbpnaic.shtml ]
• Rurality [ http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Rurality/MicropolitanAreas/ ]
• Census of Agriculture [ http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/ ]
  
  

Key Data Variables Available:

• Unemployment rate, civilian labor force; Number of residents working in same or different county
• High growth occupations; skills, education, and training required
• Wages, income, and employment by industry (NAICS Code)
• No. of establishments by industry (NAICS Code); no. of employees
• No. of individuals in poverty 
• Metropolitan Status
• No. of farms, total cropland, government payments

Population
Web site(s)

• Decennial [ http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en ]
• Estimates [ http://www.census.gov/popest/datasets.html ]

Key Data Variables Available:

• Racial and Ethnic Composition
• Age Distribution (Age Groups)
• Family Structure
• Population, Age, Sex, Race, Ethnicity Projections/Estimates

Social
Web site(s)

• Crime Rates [ http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm ]
• Housing
  • http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/
  • http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

• Health Insurance [ http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/sahie/ ]
• Health Statistics (statewide) [ http://healthyamericans.org/state/ ]
• Nonprofit Organizations [ http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/tablewiz/states.php ]
  
  

Key Data Variables Available:

• No. of violent and property crimes
• Estimated no. of housing units; housing stock
• Number of uninsured
• Obesity, diseases
• Number of non profits, amount of donations, etc.