Demographic Data Sources

Demographic data is essential in gauging the strength of one community or area, as well as comparing the strengths of one community against another. Economic developers need to know where they stand in areas of cost of living, population, number of workers with degrees, amount of available land, avail-ability of labor resources, etc. in order to help their own area and to compete with other communities when trying to attract businesses. The following resources are a good place to find this data.

ACCRA
(p) (703) 998-3540. Cost of living survey and detailed city statistical profiles

AGS, Applied Geographic Solutions
(p) (805) 492-4765. Esti-mates and projections for states, metro areas, cities and zip codes

American Community Network
(p) (877) 866-9522. Standardized information on all US metro areas and counties Radius data and GIS maps are also supplied. Permits comparing and screening areas on various location factors Tier I searchable database free (200 data fields).

Anysite.com
Ring (demographics/ employment) data and drive-times for the entire US, Anysite Technologies, LLC, (p) (800) 489-8829

Business Geographics
GIS software, demographic data, and consulting, (p) (877) 447-6277

CACI
Demographic and employment data at various geographic levels, (p) (800) 795-7483

Census STF 1 & STF 3 Files
US Bureau of the Census, (p) (301) 457-4100. General socio-economic statistics and characteristics

Claritas
Demographics

County and City Extra Annual Metro
City and County Data Book, Berman Press, Lanham, MD,  Annual publication of statistical information for every state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district, and all cities with populations of 25,000 or more

Conway Data
Demographic information with search capabilities for metro area and counties, (p) (770) 446-6996

Development Alliance.com
Standardized demographic information for metro areas/counties, a joint venture of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and Conway Data, (p) (770) 446-6996

Disability, Bureau of the Census
U.S. Department of Commerce Decennial census data on the characteristics of persons with disabilities by state, metropolitan area, and county; and model-based estimates of the prevalence of specific disabilities for states and counties,

Easy Analytic Software
Detailed demographic and mapping data, (p) (888) 345-4271.

ESRI Business Information Solutions
Formerly known as CACI, demographics Editor & Publisher US

Expansion Management
Maintains a Web site with selected information on communities, (p) (913) 381-4800

Geographic Business Systems
Full service market analysis and research consultants for demo-graphic data and GIS mapping, (p) (201) 587-1717

Internal Revenue Service
Among data provided by the IRS, is both state and county migration patterns. Typically the information will be three years behind the current year. Office of the Privacy Advocate via phone (202) 283-7750 or The Office of the Privacy Advocate, 196 Baker Avenue, Concord, MA (p) (978) 371-4000. IRS charges a fee to access this data

Market Forecasts
Selected demographics for states, metro areas, and counties, (p) (888) 612-7095

NAICS
North American Industry Classification System Codes & descrip-tions

National Home Builders Association
Quarterly report on housing costs and affordability indices for most US metro areas, (p) (800) 368-5242

SRC
Demographics and maps for a variety of uses including market research. Data for US and Canada, 196 Baker Avenue, Concord, MA, (p) (978) 371-4000

SCR, LLC
131 North Glassell Street, Suite 200, Orange, CA 92866, (p) (888) 836-4274 or (714) 516-2400

State and Metro Area Data Book
US Bureau of the Census, (p) (301) 457-4100. General socio-economic statistics and characteristics.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
US Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration Bureau of the Census, (p) (800) 274-4447.