Business Administration and Management

The mission of BEA is to produce and disseminate accurate, timely, relevant, and cost-effective economic accounts statistics that provide government, businesses, households, and individuals with a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of economic activity. BEA's national, regional, and international economic accounts present basic information on such key issues as U.S. economic growth, regional economic development, and the Nation's position in the world economy.

United States Federal Government "fact-finding agency" covering the fields of labor economics and statistics. Reports on employment and unemployment, inflation and prices, pay and benefits, productivity and technology, spending and time management, etc. The site also provides tools for analyzing or viewing data.

Organized under the Department of transportation, the BTS collects information about all aspects of travel and transportation in and into the U.S: personal travel, public transportation, and even freight. Data available covers air. land, and sea transportation and is available by region, mode of travel, and subject..

Highlights from the latest U.S. Economic Indicators, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Construction, County and City Data Book, County Business Patterns, Statistics of U.S. Businesses, Current Industrial Reports, Economic Data Programs Overview, Economic Census and Surveys, Governments, Income and Poverty, International trade, Research, Statistical Abstract of the United States, Data Access Tools.

The County Business and Demographics Map offers an interactive text interface for locating all types of bueinsss and demographic data from the CBP programs and the 2010 US Census. It also offers a wide variety of data for states and counties, including the number of business establishments by industry as well as demographic data. Map interface allows searching by county or state or simply by clicking on the map. Data are displayed in tabbed tables and geographic locations can be compared. Links to other useful data sources are provided as well (as reviewed in Choice, Feb. 2013).

The County Business Patterns data base provides county, state, and national level business data for 1977-1995. Statistics include number of establishments, payroll (annual and 1st quarter), number of employees, and number of establishments by size class for 2 digit SIC industry groupings. The data is collected annually by the Bureau of the Census.

A guide to regional economic activity that includes hundreds of links to socioeconomic data sources. This well-organized site provides links to information provided by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and others. Not all links provide access to free information, but this is clearly indicated when applicable.

Compilations of economic indicators for the United States gathered by the US Census department. Includes such indicators as Gross Domestic Project, employment and wage statistics, productivity measures, prices, money and security markets. Also includes some international economic statistics. Searchable.

FedStats, which has been available to the public since 1997, provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information.

The OFFSTATS database provides access to free statistics from official sources on the web. Web links are arranged by country, region or subject. All of the content of the database is held in the public domain and is available through the Internet. Many data are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files.