This appendix provides a list of some key sources for standard economic data. Much of
the data available through these sources is organized using Standard Industrial
Classifications (SIC). The data described in this appendix can be obtained using a variety
of methods: the Internet, CD-ROM, and printed literature. For each data source, we
describe the following: how to access the data, the level(s) for which the data were
collected (e.g., state, county, municipality), the type of data, the date of the most
recent data available, the frequency of the data collection, the date first collected,
limitations concerning the data that might be useful to know, and contact information. The
information in this appendix is organized under the following headings:
- General Regional Economic Profiles
- Agriculture
- Consumer -- Spending and Goods Price Movements
- Employee/Employer -- Payroll, List Sales, Receipts, and Number of
Employees
- Employee/Employer -- Employment, Earnings, and Working Conditions
| Source: |
- Regional Economic Information System
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| How to access: |
- Internet
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| Level: |
- state, county, and metropolitan statistical areas
|
| Type of information: |
- average per capita income, derivation of total personal income, earnings by source, type
of employment by industry, and BEARFACTS (a generalized annual county report). Also has
icons to click to other government databases.
|
| Most recent data available: |
- 1995
|
| Frequency of collection: |
- annual
|
| Date first collected: |
- 1969 (online)
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| Limitations: |
- general information
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| Contact: |
- http://www.govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/reis-stateis.html
|
| Agriculture |
-
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| Source: |
- Census of Agriculture (HD1769.C46)
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| How to access: |
- CD-ROM, paper, and Internet
|
| Level: |
- county
|
| Type of information: |
- land use and ownership, operator characteristics, crops, machinery and equipment,
livestock, fertilizer, poultry, chemicals, market value of products, energy expenditures,
irrigated land, production expenses, type of organization, farm programs, and corporate
structure. (The census includes as a farm every place from which $1,000 or more of
agricultural products were produced and sold or normally would have been sold during the
census year.)
|
| Most recent data available: |
- 1997
|
| Frequency of collection: |
- 5 years
|
| Date first collected: |
- 1982 (Internet), 1860 (paper)
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| Contact: |
- Federal Depository Library
- or
- Gene W. Danekas, State Statistician
- Ellington Agricultural Center
- Box 41505
- Nashville, TN 37204-1505
- 1-800-626-0987
- T: (615) 781-5300
- F: (615) 781-5303
- Or
- To order TN statistical publications: http://www.nass.usda.gov/tn/rlsetoc.htm
- http://www.nass.usda.gov/tn/rptfrm98.txt
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| Source: |
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- (National Agricultural Statistics Service)
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| How to access: |
- Internet, paper (orderable), and CD-ROM (orderable)
|
| Level: |
- nation, state, and county
|
| Type of information: |
- a variety of data relating to agriculture
|
| Most recent data available: |
- 1998
|
| Frequency of collection: |
- varies; some monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.
|
| Data first collected: |
- varies
|
| Limitations: |
- historical data are limited on some topics
|
| Contact: |
- http://www2.hqnet.usda.gov/nass
- or
- 1-800-727-9540
|
| Consumer -- Spending and Goods
Price Movements |
| Source: |
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
- Consumer Expenditure Survey (L2.3:2425)
- CPI Detailed Report (HD6983.A23)
|
| How to access: |
- paper and diskettes (Consumer Expenditure Survey)
|
| Level: |
- selected metropolitan statistical areas
|
| Type of information: |
- buying habits of American consumers based on a household survey
|
| Most recent data available: |
- 1998
|
| Frequency of collection: |
- Annual
|
| Date first collected: |
- 1888-91 (Consumer Expenditure Survey)
- 1913 (CPI Detailed Report)
|
| Limitations: |
- limited level of data; diskettes are Lotus 1-2-3 or ASCII
|
| Contact: |
- Federal Depository Library
- or
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- (202) 606-6900
|
| Employee/Employer -- Payroll,
List Sales, Receipts, and Number of Employees |
| Source: |
- Economic Census 1992
|
| How to access: |
- Internet, paper, and CD-ROM
|
| Level: |
- state, county, and metropolitan statistical area
|
| Type of information: |
- retail trade, wholesale trade, taxable service industries, manufacturers, mineral
industries, and minority-owned businesses
|
| Most recent data available: |
- 1992
|
| Frequency of collection: |
- 5 years
|
| Date first collected: |
- 1810
|
| Limitations: |
- some data are presented using Standardized Industry Codes
|
| Codes Contact: |
- Federal Depository Library
- or
- http://www.govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/econ-stateis.html
|
| Source: |
- County Business Patterns (HC101.A184)
|
| How to access: |
- paper and CD-ROM
|
| Level: |
- state and county
|
| Type of information: |
- annual data on establishments by employment size and payroll, also includes data on some
economic activities not covered in other censuses such as banking, real estate, and
insurance
|
| Most recent data available: |
- 1995
|
| Frequency of collection: |
- annual
|
| Date first collected: |
- irregular intervals from 1946, annually from 1964
|
| Limitations: |
- data arranged using Standardized Industry Codes
|
| Contact: |
- Federal Depository Library
|
| Employee/Employer -- Employment,
Earnings, and Working Conditions |
| Source: |
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
|
| How to access: |
- Internet and paper
|
| Level: |
- national, state, and metropolitan statistical area
|
| Type of information: |
- labor force, employment and unemployment, prices and living conditions, consumer
expenditures, compensation, working conditions, safety and health, productivity,
employment projections, and occupational outlook
|
| Most recent data available: |
- monthly and 1997
|
| Frequency of collection: |
- monthly (Monthly Labor Review) or annually (Handbook of Labor Statistics;
HD8064.A3 before 1989, then HD8051.A63 after 1997)
|
| Date first collected: |
- 1987 (Online), 1973 (paper version, Monthly Labor Review)
|
| Limitations: |
- different release dates for different sets of data
- Handbook of Labor Statistics wasn’t published between 1989 and 1997
|
| Contact: |
- http://www.dol.gov
- http://www.bls.gov
- or
- Department of Labor Regional Office:
- Region IV-Atlanta
- Room 500
- 1371 Peachtree Street, NE
- Atlanta, GA 30367-2302
- (404) 347-4416
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Appendix
A