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STATISTICAL SOURCES

The following sites are comprehensive sources of information about the U. S. economy.  They include extensive regional information, including county-level data and statistics describing metropolitan statistical areas.

• www.bea.gov

• www.censusscope.org

• http://factfinder.census.gov

• www.econdata.net

These sites provide educational materials and other types of analytical information to help the user understand local and regional economic development issues:

• www.uwex.edu/ces/cced

• http://www.nabe.com/publib/links/regional.htm

• www.ruraleship.org

The next couple of sites are fun places to visit for general information about all kinds of subjects in economics:

• www.economagic.com  (especially the unemployment maps)

• http://economics.about.com/money/economics/