MGT 8123: Strategic Business Consulting

Industry Focus quickly reports the top industries for an area, age group or sex. It allows users to focus in on a particular industry to see how it ranks among others and look at the characteristics of those who work in that industry. Like QWI Online, Industry Focus is based on eight quarterly workforce indicators, including total employment, measures of change such as job flow, new hires and separations, and average earnings.

Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) Online include total employment, measures of change such as job flow, new hires, and separations, and average earnings. QWI Online provides detailed demographics, detailed geography and state totals, NAICS sector, 3- and 4-digit industries, and more.

The Census Bureau conducts nearly one hundred surveys and censuses every year. Data from the following surveys and censuses are available in Data.Census.Gov (formerly American FactFinder): Decennial Census; American Community Survey; Puerto Rico Community Survey; Economic Census; Population Estimates Program; Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM); County Business Patterns (CBP) and ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP); and Nonemployer Statistics (NES) Data Sets.

County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. This data is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for other statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses.

ZIP Code Business Patterns data are available shortly after the release of County Business Patterns. It provides the number of establishments by employment-size classes by detailed industry in the U.S.

Facts about people, business, and geography by state, county, and city. QuickFacts includes statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with more than 5,000 people.

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations. The latest version of the online abstract is 2012; it was discontinued after that year.

Data collected includes: Population & Housing Census (every 10 years); Economic Census (every 5 years); Census of Governments (every 5 years); American Community Survey (annually); Demographic, Economic, and other surveys; and Economic Indicators (various release schedules).

Provides demographic data on a neighborhood basis.