data.census.gov
In July 2019, data.census.gov became the primary way to access Census Bureau data, including upcoming releases from the 2018 American Community Survey, 2017 Economic Census, 2020 Census and more. As of July 1, 2019, all new data (and data previously released on American FactFinder) is being released on this new data platform. This resource provides data from most US Census Bureau surveys and programs. Access data from the American Community Survey, the Decennial Census, the Economic Census, annual Population Estimates, and annual economic surveys.
From the U.S. Census “Looking for help on how to start your search for Census Bureau data on data.census.gov? Watch this Census Academy video to explore two easy options to navigate the site.”
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Simmons Insights
Data on adult U.S. consumers includes attitudes and behaviors, media use, and buying habits. Covers a wide variety of products, brands and services.
Data includes consumer demographics (age, gender, income, etc.); consumer psychographics (behavior, attitudes); and buying and media habits. Create reports for marketing strategies, advertising choices, and other business decisions.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Labor, compiles a massive amounts of information and statistics on employment, productivity, inflation, consumer spending, wages, earnings aspects of the U.S. economy.
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Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition (Via Cambridge University Press)
“This definitive reference work contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations, all from the earliest times to the present.” Essays place the data into historical context, and the data can be downloaded in Excel or CVS. source: vendor website
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Euromonitor Passport
A great source for analysis and statistics on industries, markets, and countries from Euromonitor contains historical data starting in 1995 and 5 years of forecasts of market size (units and value) data for 330 consumer products in many countries.
Euromonitor Passport also contains
Historical and forecast economic, demographic and marketing statistics from 1977 to 2020.
Historic and forecasts of consumer lifestyle statistics including disposable income, consumer expenditure trends, eating and drinking habits, home ownership statistics and health data for 71 countries.
Key political and economic indicators for 205 countries.
More than 4,500 industry and market reports on global and country levels.
Special Note: Because of our license agreement, you will be asked for your UNC Onyen and password every time you use GMID, both on and off campus.
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SimplyAnalytics
Create maps, tables, and rankings from over 30,000 demographic, consumer spending, and psychographic variables. Covers the U.S. from states to neighborhood levels. Data sources include U.S. Census, Simmons LOCAL, and some Nielsen Scarborough data.
Create your own optional account to save your searches and favorite variables and locations.
Export high resolution map images. Data can also be exported in spreadsheet or shapefile format.
Commercial use and republication of the data are prohibited.
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UNData
UNdata provides simultaneous access to 14 statistical databases from the United Nations and other international organizations through one interface. Search or browse for data, create tables and download. Areas of coverage include agriculture, education, energy, industry, labor, national accounts, population, tourism and trade. Includes Millennium Development Goals indicators, and UN Key Global Indicators. Sources include UN Statistics Division, UN Population Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Labour Organization, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, World Tourism Organization, UNESCO. (Source Davis Library)
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