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Business and Industry Statistics

American Factfinder
Part of the US Census Bureau site, but can narrow down trends to a specific community (your town).
Bureau of Labor Statistics Sites on the Web
Provides links to the main U.S. Federal Statistical Agencies, state labor market statistics, and National Statistical Agencies for other countries
County Business Patterns
Provides "data is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for other statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses."
FDIC Bank & Data Statistics
Bank data, EX: Bank of America's market share in 2018?
FedStats
Provides statistics from over 100 government agencies. Options for searching are to use: the Topics A-Z for a listing of topics, sort by geographical area, sort by eBooks, or by the specific agency.
International Labor Statistics
The International Labor Organization (ILO) offers several tools and databases offering global labor statistics; labor laws, legislation, standards and recommendations; labor force survey results; and statics about child labor. The labor statistics portion of these tools is derived from the publication Yearbook of Labour Statistics and the accompanying Country Profiles volume. The most recent edition of this publication is *not* available on this site, but is available in print in the Reference Collection.
IRS.gov
This one is great for getting industry/sector balance sheets and income statements for the overall industry
US Census Bureau
Check out the Current Industrial Reports," for measures of manufacturing and industry from US.
US Economy at a Glance
Current and back data on economy; a go-to quick look.

Local and State Statistics

Mass Benchmarks
Click on the map to get some of the available data.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
has exactly what you'd expect: data of health concern for MA
Kaiser Family Foundation
Also provides Health stats for MA.
Diversity Data
From Harvard University, this site's focus is "describing over 100 measures of diversity, opportunity, and quality of life for 362 metropolitan areas."
Regional Economic Accounts
Part of Bureau of Economic Affairs: geographic distribution of U.S. economic activity and growth. EX: how much revenue did Florida's amusement industry produce in 2001?

Public Opinion Stats

Gallup Poll: Great reputation as a nonpartisan poll/survey examiner for news "based on US and world polls, daily tracking and public opinion research." Use the resources pull down, and go to topics A-Z, or just enter your basic terms in the search box.

Pew Institute: A nonpartisan site that uses polls/surveys to examine current issues and trends affecting America and the world. Use the search box to look for a specific item, or the topic index (tab at the top) or search by general overview. Scroll down in each issue, as there are several survey questions shown for each.