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Finding Economic Census Data Using Data Tools

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Finding Economic Census Data Using Data Tools

The Census Bureau conducts over 100 surveys each year to measure the nation's people, places, and economy. Over 40 of these cover business activity on the local and national levels. These data can help entrepreneurs and existing business owners start and grow their businesses and help regional planners promote smart business growth in their communities. The tools below (presented from the easiest to use to the most comprehensive) provide access to the data from the Economic Census.

Finding Economic Census Data Using Quickfacts

Quickfacts provides demographic, business, and geographic statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

QuickFacts Help

Information on What’s New and FAQs, including tips on how to use the Table, Map, and Chart views and other features.

Finding Economic Census Data Using Census Business Builder

Census Business Builder

CBB is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau and other sources.

Census Business Builder Help and FAQs

Help with using CBB, including system requirements, and access to Overview and How-To tutorial flyers.

Finding Economic Census Data using Data.Census.Gov

Advanced Search Guidance [<1.0 MB]

Tutorials for using data.census.gov

Finding Economic Census Data Using the Census API

Access to Census datasets via Application Programming Interfaces, including a Discovery Tool that lists all datasets available and a developers forum.

Census Data API Help

A User’s Guide that instructs developers and researchers on how to use the Census Data API to request data from the U.S. Census Bureau datasets.

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