Business 1500 Class Page
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Christine Adams
Business Librarian
Maag Library Reference
(330) 941-3681
cmadams02@ysu.edu
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Maag Building Guide
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Table of Contents
Local Web Statistics
- BEARFACTS: Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Economic Accounts
Consists of computer-generated narratives for states, counties, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), and BEA Economic Areas. The narratives describe an area’s personal income using current estimates, growth rates, and a breakdown of the sources of personal income.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: National Compensation Survey: Ohio
NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings; compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. Detailed occupational earnings are available for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, broad geographic regions, and on a national basis.
>>Click on TXT or PDF link for “Youngstown – Warren – Boardman, OH-PA.”
- Census Bureau:
The Decennial Census occurs every 10 years, in years ending in zero, to count the population and housing units for the entire United States. Its primary purpose is to provide the population counts that determine how seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are apportioned.
- American Fact Finder
Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Get a fact sheet for your community, use the Population Finder to view population trends for your community, find an American Community Survey for your area, and much more.
- Census Bureau: American Community Survey
ACS is an ongoing survey that provides data every year — giving communities the current information they need to plan investments and services. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year.
- Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data:
- Selected Social Characteristics: 2010 Estimates:
- Selected Economic Characteristics: 2010 Estimates:
- Selected Housing Characteristics: 2010 Estimates:
- ACS Housing & Demographic Estimates: 2010 Estimates:
- Census Bureau: County Business Patterns / ZIP Code Business Patterns:
County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. This series includes the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll. ZIP Code Business Patterns data are available shortly after the release of County Business Patterns. It provides the number of establishments by employment-size classes by detailed industry in the U.S.
- Census Bureau: 2007 Economic Census
The economic census provides a detailed portrait of the United States’ economy once every five years, from the national to the local level.
- American FactFinder
- All sectors: Geographic Area Series: Economy-Wide Key Statistics: 2007:
- All sectors reports include some or all of these industries:
- Accommodation and Food Services
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- Educational Services
- Finance and Insurance
- Health Care and Social Assistance
- Information
- Manufacturing
- Other Services (Except Public Administration)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
- Retail Trade
- Transportation and Warehousing
- Utilities
- Wholesale Trade
- Census Bureau: Nonemployer Statistics
Nonemployer Statistics is an annual series that provides subnational economic data for businesses that have no paid employees and are subject to federal income tax. The data consist of the number of businesses and total receipts by industry. Most nonemployers are self-employed individuals operating unincorporated businesses (known as sole proprietorships), which may or may not be the owner’s principal source of income.
- View data in hypertext tables:
Select a state (then county) or select a metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area.
- 2009 Nonemployer Statistics
- 2009 Nonemployer Statistics in American Fact Finder:
- Census Bureau: Quarterly Workforce Indicators Online
The state Labor Market Information (LMI) agencies supply key data from unemployment wage records and from businesses each quarter. The Census Bureau merges the data from the LMIs with current demographic information. Eight labor force indicators published in QWI Online include total employment, measures of change such as job flow, new hires, and separations, and average earnings.
- Census Bureau: QWI Online (NAICS)
Select a state from the table to access NAICS-based statistics:
- Under Age Group/Sex tab, select Year, Quarter, Sex, Age Group. Select Geographic Grouping (Country or Metro), then select individual county or metro area.
- Under Education/Sex tab, select Year, Quarter, Sex, Education. Select Geographic Grouping (County or Metro), then select individual county or metro area.
- Under Race/Ethnicity tab, select Year, Quarter, Race, Ethnicity. Select Geographic Grouping (County or Metro), then select individual county or metro area.
- Census Bureau: Statistics of U.S. Businesses
Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) is an annual series that provides national and subnational data on the distribution of economic data by enterprise size and industry. SUSB covers most of the country’s economic activity. The series excludes data on nonemployer businesses, private households, railroads, agricultural production, and most government entities.
- Census Bureau: Survey of Business Owners
The Survey of Business Owners (SBO) provides the only comprehensive, regularly collected source of information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.
- FEDSTATS: MAPSTATS: Ohio
Select an individual county or city within Ohio to view people, business, and geography statistics.
- The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County: Business & Investment Center
The Business & Investment Center, located in the Information Services Department at the Main Library, is your source for information on business, finance, trade, demographics, import, export, marketing, and much more. The following databases may be of use to you when preparing your business plan:
- Business Insights Global (Remote access with Public Library barcode id#)
A fully integrated resource that combines an international perspective and research tools to access case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals and topical reference materials organized by country, company and industry.
- D&B Million Dollar Database (Remote access with Public Library barcode id#)
Find potential customers and contacts from U.S. and international leading public and private businesses. Limit your search by specific geographic area, business type, sales volume, employee size and more. Company information includes addresses, phone and fax numbers, ticker symbols, key officers, company profiles, executive biographies, number of employees, sales, links to websites, etc.
- DemographicsNow Library Edition (Remote access with Public Library barcode id#)
Provides access to demographic data for all states that can generate maps and reports including information on consumer expenditures, population, income, race, housing, employment, and Mosaic cluster groups by various geographic breakdowns. The Business & People module provides a comprehensive business and residential reference and research tool for information on over 23 million businesses and over 206 million people and 35 million households.
- Gale Power Search 2.0 (Remote access with Public Library barcode id#)
Simultaneously search: Gale Virtual Reference Library, General OneFile, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center and InfoTrac Small Business Collection. Create an account, create search alerts and RSS feeds, download audio versions of articles in MP3 format, translate articles into 11 languages, and much more.
- Local Market Audience Analyst (In library access only)
Available as part of the Standard Rate & Data Service (SRDS). This database delivers accurate, up-to-date marketing and demographic information. You can search conveniently, create contact reports and obtain additional information with direct links to media kits and audit statements.
- State of the Cities Data System (SOCDS)
The SOCDS provides data for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs. Information includes: detailed demographic and economic characteristics of the population from the 1970, 1980, 1990, & 2000 censuses; current employment statistics for city residents, including the latest available unemployment rates; information on jobs, business establishments, and average pay since the 1990s; data on violent and property crime rates collected by the FBI; information on local building permits; information on city and suburban government finances; and 1990 and 2000 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data.