Industry Data Sources: Government

The U.S. Government agency responsible for collecting and publishing the bulk of industry statistics is the U.S. Census Bureau, a division of the Commerce Department. Every five years (years ending in 2 and 7), a comprehensive Economic Census is conducted to gather details about economic activity by sector and by state. In the intervening years, the Census Bureau conducts Annual Surveys of a sample of corporations. NAICS is being used for the first time for reports from the 1997 Economic Census, and reports will continue to be released until the 2002 Economic Census is conducted.

Other U.S. agencies that collect and publish statistical data for industries include the Agricultural Marketing Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service, both of the Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior.

Other Sectors

1997 Census of Agriculture
Agricultural Statistics (1994-2001) (Also available in print at DANA, DGLSS REF HD 1751 .A43; LSM DOCREF A 1.47)
AMS Market News (Agricultural Marketing Service)
1997 Economic Census Data - Geographic Area Series
1997 Economic Census - Construction - Industry Series
Construction Statistics
1997 Economic Census - Mining - Industry Series
Mineral Commodity Summaries
Mineral Industry Surveys
Minerals Yearbook (Vol. 1: Metals and Minerals; Vol. 2: Area Reports: Domestic; Vol. 3: Area Reports: International) from the U.S. Geological Survey. (Also available in print at DANA, LSM REF TN 23 .U612)

Other Sources

American Statistics Index (ASI). Comprehensive index for statistical publications of the U.S. government. Detailed abstracts give subjects, time periods, and geographical areas covered by the data. Indexes cover author, title, category, subject, and agency report number. (ALEX REF; DANA REF Index Table A)
Statistical Reference Index (SRI). Index to American statistical publications published by private organizations, trade associations, universities, and state government agencies (not the Federal government). (ALEX REF; DANA REF Index Table A)
LexisNexis Statistical (Rutgers-restricted Access) Online equivalent to the American Statistics Index, the Statistical Reference Index, and the Index to International Statistics.
TableBase (Rutgers-restricted Access) This database specializes exclusively in tabular data on companies, industries, products, and demographics. Find market share, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, production and consumption statistics, imports and exports, usage and capacity, number of users/outlets, trends and more.

Ka-Neng Au, 11 Dec 2002