BUS 495o: New Venture Planning
Course Instructor: Jon Bartley
Librarian: Katherine Dexter Willis
Government Web Sites
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Census 2000
- The federal government takes a decennial census, and for intervening years
the bureau produces population
estimates.
- You can locate demographic data for small geographic units using Census data.
- There are two census forms, short and long. The long forms are asked of
about 17 percent of the population.
- 2000
questions
- 1990 questions
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U.S. Economic Censuses
- Every five years (in years ending in 2 and 7) the Census Bureau conducts a
series of censuses focused on business activity grouped in 18 broad NAICS
classifications.
- Nation-wide data in the economic censuses is released for each covered
industry.
- Data for smaller geographic areas is also available, for state, county,
and metropolitan areas.
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State Data Centers
- A directory of internet sites that have state-specific economic data.
- State Data Centers are a cooperative venture between states and the Census
Bureau.
- North Carolina's SDC has a data
server called LINC.
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Department of Labor Statistics
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for
the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and
statistics
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Current Industrial Reports
- "Since 1904, the Current Industrial Report (CIR) program has been
providing monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity. The
primary objective of the CIR program is to produce timely, accurate data on
production and shipments of selected products.
- "These surveys measure manufacturing activity in important commodity areas
such as textiles and apparel, chemicals, primary metals, computer and
electronic components, industrial equipment, aerospace equipment, and consumer
goods."
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County Business
Patterns
- County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides state and
county economic data by industry.
- It has payroll and establishment data, the latter by very specific NAICS
codes.
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Zip Code Business Patterns
- "ZIP Business Patterns presents business counts, by size, for hundreds of
industries....plus summaries by ZIP code (without industry breakdown) for
employment ..."
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