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Business & Economy Resources

View Census Academy resources about the topic of Business & Economy including Data Gems, courses, and webinars.

Business & Economy Data Gems

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How to Get a Statistical Snapshot of Your Community with a Narrative Profile
In this Data Gem, we will show you how to create a narrative profile using American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates.
Tutorial
When to Use QuickFacts, a Tool That Gets You Data Fast!
If you are looking for popular current statistics, QuickFacts is a good place to start.
Tutorial
USA Trade Online Data Tool
Follow along with this Data Gem, where we show you how to track international trade commodities over time using the data tool, USA Trade Data.
Tutorial
Locate and Analyze your Customers and Market with CBB
Learn to select and visualize variables for your industry which enable you to evaluate ideal locations, learn about your customer base, and more.
Tutorial
How to Access Retail Sales Data for the Nation and States
In this Data Gem, we demonstrate the Monthly State Retail Sales Tool, which easily allows you to compare year-over-year retail data by sector.
Tutorial
How to Access, Map, and Compare Detailed Veteran Data
Learn how to access our tables that contain veteran data, including the Veteran Profile from the ACS and the veteran business ownership data from the ABS.
Tutorial
PART 2: How to Create an Area Comparison Analysis to Visualize Jobs
Learn how to visualize the comparison of the counts of workers employed or living in each area within your primary selected area in OnTheMap.
Tutorial
How to Access Income Data Tables and Reports from the CPS ASEC
This Data Gem covers some basic information about how different types of income (personal, household, and family) are measured.
Tutorial
How to Access Poverty Data Tables and Reports from the CPS ASEC
This Data Gem also helps you understand what data are found in the Official Poverty Measure versus the Supplemental Poverty Measure.
Tutorial
How to Use the COVID-19 Data Hub
This Data Gem will explore the new COVID-19 Hub and the resource page developed by the Census Bureau.

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Census Data Tools (Part 2 of 2)

Learn about Census Trade Data Tools for expanding business opportunities globally.

Census Data Tools (Part 1 of 2)

Learn about several Census Data Tools for expanding business opportunities domestically and internationally.

3 Graphs and 2 Maps About Jobs and Telework During the Coronavirus

This webinar looks at neighborhood-level telework potential and its relationship with income and population density.

Modernizing Construction Indicators

This webinar reviews the U.S. Census Bureau’s vision for the future of construction.

Introducing Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) Explorer

This webinar introduces the BDS Explorer - a new - web-based analysis tool that enables comprehensive access to the full depth and breadth of the BDS dataset.

Financing/Credit Insurance

This webinar includes dialogue between SBA's National Director of International Trade Finance, an EXIM Regional Manager, and a bank that works with both.

How You Can Leverage Census Bureau’s New Building Permit Visualization Tool

This webinar demonstrates how anyone can engage this tool to understand building permit trends across one or multiple markets.

Exploring Census Data Webinar Series: Manufacturing

This webinar dives into business data on the manufacturing industry and explores the relationship of manufacturing with other sectors of the economy.

The Critical Role of the Economic Census Bridge

This webinar explores the Economic Census Bridge and Comparative reports that provide useful NAICS-based data.

Job Opportunity Tool

This presentation dives into how Redfin used a combination of public and private data to create the Redfin Opportunity Score.

Franchising in America: Key Data from the 2017 Economic Census

This webinar provides an overview of the data published in the 2017 Economic Census Franchise Statistics report.

Recent Cross County Commuting Patterns

This presentation explores different analyses of cross-county commuting patterns in North Carolina.

Using LODES Data to Explore the Impact of the CARES Act

This presentation illustrates how increased granularity provides a more nuanced interpretation of impact and more.

Exploring Census Data: Expanding Your Markets

Subject matter experts present economic and demographic data valuable for business expansion, both domestically and internationally.

Business Formation Statistics

This webinar reviews the data, visualizations available to the public, and will field questions about the Business Formation Statistics.

Impact of Pandemic on the American Community Survey

This webinar explains and answers questions related to the impact of the pandemic on the American Community Survey (ACS).

Economic Censuses and Surveys

An overview of economic censuses and surveys, and demonstration of how the resulting data can be used by business owners and policy makers.

Spatial Shifts in Daytime Population Due to COVID

Geospatial distribution of workers has far reaching implications for commuting data, consumer spending behaviors at restaurants, retail, and services, and more.

Starting a Small Business: Key Census Data and Tools for Entrepreneurs

Census Bureau’s subject matter experts dive into our business and demographic data that you may find valuable when considering the purchase of a home.

The Effect of Hurricanes on Individuals’ Employment and Earnings

This presentation examines effects on the earnings of affected workers over the short and long term using job-level data to compare the evolution of earnings.

The Logistics of Growing Global eCommerce

This webinar focusses on the logistics of global e-commerce, including payment and shipping in the electronic environment.

The Spatial Structure of U.S. Metropolitan Employment

This presentation uses high-resolution data based on unemployment insurance wage records to show employment of U.S. metropolitan areas.

Data Summit: Economic Recovery — Workforce Patterns

This webinar will teach data users how to analyze commuting patterns and workforce characteristics at the state and sub-state geographic levels.

Innovation at Census: Experimental Data Products

This webinar dives into innovative statistical products developed to provide timely economic data.

Census Trade Tools: Global Market Finder & USA Trade Online (SPANISH)

This webinar provides a live demonstration of Census Trade Data tools and how to successfully navigate to find data to grow global business operations.

Improving Access to Key Census Data: What's New on the COVID Data Hub and CBB

This webinar provides an update on the latest changes to the COVID-19 Interactive Data Hub, and what's new in version 3.3 of CBB and what's coming in v3.4.

Taking America’s Pulse: the COVID-19 Pandemic

This webinar explores the impact of COVID-19 on education, housing and food security, business closures, furloughs, and the supply chain.

Using Census and Zillow Data to Understand COVID-19’s Impact on the Housing Market

This presentation demonstrates how the Zillow Economic Research Team regularly pairs Census data with Zillow’s local housing market data in their research.

Advanced ACE Export Reports Webinar (SPANISH)

This webinar provides an advanced tutorial to the export reports feature in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

A New Measure of Multiple Jobholders in the U.S. Economy

This presentation looks at measures of multiple jobholding using the U.S. Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics data.

Selected Findings from the 2017 Economic Census of Island Areas

This webinar provides an overview of the data published in the Economic Census of Island Areas and provide selected findings for all 5 territories.

Foreign Trade Regulations Webinar - Day 2 (SPANISH)

Day 2 discusses types of transactions, repairs, replacements, and penalties.

Foreign Trade Regulations Webinar - Day 1 (SPANISH)

Day 1 covers legal requirements, fundamentals of an export shipment, and data elements.

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