(More than) 10 Databases You Can Use Today

Steve DoigCronkite School

FOREIGN TRADE

MEDICAL DATA

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

CONSUMER PRICES

WELFARE

STATE/LOCAL ECONOMY

SPORTS ECONOMICS

INTERNATIONAL DATA

DATA ARCHIVES

Steve Doig (@sdoig)and

Evan Wyloge (@evanwyloge)

(More than) 10 databases to use in your reporting

right away

Bureau of Economic Analysishttp://www.bea.gov/

Subagency of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics

Administration

Provides in-depth analysis of key economic metrics

Slices data by industry and different geographies (national, state, metro area, local

area)

Bureau of Economic AnalysisCan answer questions like:

What industry has grown/contracted the most in my metro area/state?

Bureau of Economic AnalysisCan answer questions like:

What kind of change has there been in personal income or personal expenditures

in my metro area/state?

Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

Part of the Center for Economic Surveys at the U.S. Census Bureau

Combines federal, state and Census Bureau data on employers and employees,

under the Local Employment Dynamics Partnership, producing more granular and

employment data than what’s collected by any of those agencies alone.

Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

Has a nice visual dashboard for exploring the data

Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

Provides links to every state’s LED website

Every state does it differently.

In Arizona, the Arizona Corporation Commission keeps the records, and has a

decent online lookup.

But the larger database is available. It includes things like dates, addresses, names

of principals, etc.

Corporate Filings

Corporate Filings

Registration & Licencing

Often untapped resources.

Remember, if there’s any kind of licensing or registration required for an industry,

there’s a database of information where those are maintained.

Registration & Licencing

Registration & Licencing

Arizona has some interesting agencies, boards and commissions...

Political Influence

Most states provide some kind of public lobbying disclosure, but… they’re all

different, so digging into these requires some legwork.

Arizona provides a lobbyist registration lookup online, but not the actual lobbying

disclosures. Requires a request to the Secretary of State’s office.

Learn how to get it, though, and you

should find some interesting stories.

Political Influence

Most states provide some kind of campaign finance data, but… again each state is

unique in how it handles the data, so it requires effort to figure out how it’s

maintained and structured.

Arizona’s Secretary of State provides some summary data and PDF reports, but the

good stuff has to be requested.

Political Influence

Political Influence

Political Influence