LibGuides: BUSN 484: Business Policy: Demographic Information/Statistics

Demographic Information

U.S. Census Bureau
The ultimate place to find comprehensive and detailed demographic information on the United States. Now includes Census 2010 data. Pay attention to the browsable index "Subjects A to Z" and the categories on the home page.

County Business Patterns (CBP)
"These data include counts of establishments by the employment size of the establishment" for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, micropolitan areas, counties, and zip codes.
Survey of Business Owners
Provides "information about characteristics of... businesses and their owners."
Industry Snapshots
"Key 2012 Economic Census data for all industries and geographic areas are available in a consolidated file."
Current Industrial Reports
"The Current Industrial Report (CIR) Program has been providing monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity for many years."

FedStats
"supports a community of practice for over 100 agencies engaged in the production and dissemination of official federal statistics, and provides the public with a showcase of information, tools and news related to official Federal statistics" (FedStats).
Doing Business
"The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 189 economies and selected cities at the subnational level" (Doingbusiness.org)

Statista This link opens in a new window
"Statista.com is one of the first statistic portals in the world to integrate data on over 80.000 topics from over 18.000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data," (Statista.com).

RMA annual statement studies by Robert Morris Associates
Call Number: Reserve
Publication Date: 2012
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Bizstats
Provides financial benchmark and profitability for numerous industries, with emphasis on small business.
Yahoo!Finance: Industry Center
Free financial ratios divides by sector and industry. Basic ratios for about 100 companies, with data provided by Reuters. Only current ratios are available.
Quarterly Financial Report (Census Bureau)
Estimates of industry financials, including selected financial and operating rations (i.e. ROA, ROE). Data for 34, primarily manufacturing, industries.