County Business Patterns, from the U.S. Census, provides economic data by industry and number of employees. The County-level data includes the number of establishments by NAICS code, number of employees by sector, and annual payroll by sector.
Statewide visualizations and maps can be generated on this site to examine topics such as businesses, industries, the labor force, unemployment, wages, and several others.
APL’s Hmong Chartbook is the most detailed information source available in regard to the Hmong/HMoob population of Wisconsin.
This resource is instrumental in understanding labor market dynamics. LEHD data consists of job mobility, commuting characteristics, and quarterly workforce indicator datasets.
PolicyMap makes one of the most extensive lists of demographic and socio-economic variables accessible in one place—at nearly every level of geography imaginable. Current Census data exists alongside historical data of various types.
This resource aggregates local parcel datasets into a statewide file. The data includes typical attributes such as owner name, address, school district, assessed values, and property tax.
StatsAmerica is an extensive and up-to-date collection of data and indices related to economic and community development. The site is also a handy source of Census and other federal data at the County, Place, or MSA level.
The U.S. Census’ QuickFacts site provides a customizable table of common demographic and socio-economic statistics for the U.S., individual States and Counties, or cities and towns with populations of more than 5,000 people.
The United Way developed the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) metric to examine the group of households earning more than the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford the essentials for survival in the communities in which they reside.
The USDA conducts a census of U.S. farms and ranches at five year intervals looking at “land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income, and expenditures.”
