(In Alphabetical Order by topic)

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/hhes/commuting/)
• 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.