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The Analysis of Secondary Data

Secondary data are existing data collected for reasons other than the current project. The most common public sources for secondary data are listed below: National Sources of Secondary Data

Ask Dr. Census is an easy to use U.S. Census resources directory.
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/drcensus.htm
U.S. Census Population, Demographics and Housing summary files and population estimates.
http://www.census.gov
County Business Patterns a database of employment by county classified by the Standard Industrial Classification. http://tier2.census.gov/cbp/index.html
U.S. Census School Enrollement statistics.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html
Economic Census provides information about the nation's economy once every five years.
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/92profiles/www/92PROFIL.HTM
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis summarize state earnings and income statements.
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/data.htm
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) provides US historical economic and financial data.
http://www.stls.frb.org/fred

Regional Economic Information Center (REIS) database provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1997.
http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/reis Sources for Illinois Data

Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs community profiles
http://www.commerce.state.il.us/doing business/Locate/communit.htm

Illinois Department of Labor Security
http://lmi.ides.state.il.us

WIU's Electronic Atlas and Community Information System
http://retac.org

Laboratory for Comunnity and Economic Development
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~lced

Other ideas ??? send your comments, suggestions, and examples to lced@aces.uiuc.edu

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