Economics & Finance

The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program (PEP) produces estimates of the population for the United States, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities, towns, as well as for Puerto Rico and its municipios.

QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources. FRED, created and maintained by the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, goes far beyond simply providing data: It combines data with a powerful mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data.

The Economic Census is the official five-year measure of businesses in the United States providing comprehensive statistics at the national, state, and local levels. It serves as the benchmark for current economic activity, such as the Gross Domestic Product and Producer Price Index.

The AIES provides the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues, expenses, and assets on an annual basis. This survey replaces the following seven annual business surveys: Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES); Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS); Annual Survey of Manufacturers (ASM); Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS); Manufacturers' Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO); Report of Organization (COS); and Service Annual Survey (SAS).

The Census of Governments identifies the scope and nature of the nation's state and local government sector; provides authoritative benchmark figures of public finance and public employment.

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, search states, cities or MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for recent BLS data on labor, employment, and prices.

Includes descriptions and links to surveys about employment and unemployment, prices and living conditions, compensation and working conditions, productivity and technology, employment projections, and international statistics.

The Current Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States.

SIPP is a nationally representative longitudinal survey that provides comprehensive information on the dynamics of income, employment, household composition, and government program participation. SIPP is also a leading source of data on economic well-being, family dynamics, education, wealth, health insurance, child care, and food security. The survey interviews individuals for several years and provides monthly data about changes in household and family composition and economic circumstances over time.

The National Bureau of Economic Research maintains an extensive collection of historical CPS public use tapes for its research staff. All of the data is available for download.

From the Center of Economic Policy, the goal of CEPR's Data Resource Project is to make consistent, user-friendly versions of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), Current Population Survey (CPS), and other datasets we use here at CEPR available to all interested policy researchers and academics.

The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.