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Key executives, sales volume, number of employees, and parent and subsidiary relationships for over 13 million U.S., and 1 million Canadian, businesses.

From Bay Area Marketing Partnership, a program of the Bay Area Economic Forum,
co-sponsored by the Bay Area Council and the Association of Bay Area Governments.

Population, housing, historical, and other demographic data.

Provides a variety of statistical reports for cities and counties on their Research Facts & Figures page.

A report from the East Bay Economic Development Alliance and the United Way of the Bay Area

Get a Fact Sheet for Your Community - city/town, county or zip with 2005-2007 data estimates.

This recently redesigned site provides Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject plus tutorials to help you search and create specific reports

Information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. The most recent data tables are for 2007, and were made available on November 26, 2008

Provides access to the latest CPI figures, as well as historical data.

The Economic Census is the official site by Census Bureau. It helps providing industry statistics of your local areas in order to facilitate organizations' making informed business decisions.

This website posts monthly economic indicators that the U.S. Census tracks.

Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.

It also covers International Statistics

The gateway to the 2000 census for facts on people and businesses.

From the University of Michigan Documents Center - a very comprehensive current site

Provides simple-to-use charts, maps and graphs for demographic information from the University of Michigan’s Social Science Data Analysis network.

A detailed explanation of demograpahics and how demographics can be used in your business.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts compiles statistics on bankruptcy filings for each quarter ending December, March, June and September. Quarterly and 12-month statistics are available approximately 2 months after the close of a quarter.

Includes a pdf version of the most recent Economic Report of the President as well as full-text search engine which allows the user to search reports back to 1996 for terms. Includes statistical tables produced as an appendix to the report.

Provides a state-level overview of key economic variables. Also includes economic information for selected metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Includes access to employment and unemployment data.

The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values.