• Which areas have the fastest growing populations?
• What is the average value of houses in my neighborhood?
• How do shoe sales in my area compare with sales in other parts of the country?
• How many acres of wheat did farmers grow in my county?
• How much money did my county government spend on road maintenance last year, and how did that compare with the neighboring counties?
• How well do imports and exports balance in U.S. trade with the Mideast?

Population, housing, business, agriculture, government finances, foreign trade—the Bureau of the Census gathers data on these and many other subjects, as illustrated in this Factfinder.