Federal Data Sources

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

• BEA Home Page
• Gross State Product
• Foreign Direct Investment (go to: C. Establishment Data from BEA-Census Link)
• Regional Economic Information System (REIS)

- Northeastern Louisiana University Site
- University of Virginia Site
- BEA Regional Data
• Regional Projections

-to discuss this discontinued series, call BEA staff at 202-606-5341

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

• BLS Region I (Boston) Home Page

- Boston Area Consumer Price Index Press Release
- Most Requested Series (includes latest CPI)
• Consumer Expenditure Survey
• Consumer Price Index Home Page
• Covered Employment & Wages (ES-202)
• Current Employment Statistics (ES-790)
• Current Population Survey
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
• National Compensation Survey 
• Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)

- 1998 Occupational Employment & Wage Data for Massachusetts
• Occupational Projections

- state projections
- for national data and background
- for description of new short-term forecasting effort 
• Producer Price Indices
• Surveys & Programs

Census Bureau

• U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
• U.S. Census Bureau, Boston Regional Office
• Ask the Experts
• American Community Survey
• American FactFinder
• American Housing Survey
• Annual Survey of Manufactures
• Building Permit Data (Residential)
• Census of Governments
• County Business Patterns
• Current Construction Survey
• Decennial Census of Population & Housing

- 1990
- 2000
- Selected Historical Census Data
• Economic Censuses:

- 1992 Economic Census
- 1997 Economic Census
• Foreign Trade Statistics
• Genealogy Information
• Geographic Services & Information
• Governments Data
• Housing Vacancies & Homeownership
• Income & Poverty Estimates
• International Statistical Agencies
• Map Stats
• PDF Publications
• Population & Housing Unit Estimates
• Population Projections
• Poverty Data
• Research Data Center Program
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• (TIGER) Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System

Other Federal Agency Links

• Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice

- Immigration and Naturalization Statistics
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

- CDC Wonder Public Health Information & Communication System
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
• Department of Agriculture

- Census of Agriculture
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- New England Agricultural Statistics Service
• Department of Commerce

- FedWorld
- STAT-USA
• Department of Education

- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• Department of Health & Human Services

- Poverty Guidelines, Research and Measurement 
• Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

- HUD online library
• Department of Transportation

- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
- National Transportation Data Archive
• Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
• Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

- EnviroMapper
- Environmental Data by ZIP Code
• Federal Depository Library Program

- Federal Depository Library Locator
• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)

- Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regional reports
- FFIEC Geocoding System
- FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Data
- FFIEC National Information Center
• Federal Government Agencies Directory, Louisiana State University
• Federal Reserve Board 

- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
- Regional Banks
• (FEDSTATS), Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
• General Accounting Office (GAO)

- GAO Report, "Formula Grants:   Effects of Adjusted Population Counts on Federal Funding to States"
• Government Printing Office (GPO)

- GPO Access
• International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce

- trade statistics
- industry statistics
• Library of Congress
• National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education
• National Institute of Standards & Technology

- Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
• National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies 
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Small Business Administration
• Statistics of Income Division, Department of Treasury
• Stat-USA, Department of Commerce
• U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior

- publications and data products
- National Atlas of the United States
- Fact Sheets (listed by state)
• U.S. Postal Service

- ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information
• The White House 

- Federal Agencies & Commissions