Census Bureau

URL: http://www.census.gov/

American Factfinder covers labor force, occupation, and industry through the Decennial Census and American Community Survey sections of Data Sets
Employment by industry to the county and occasionally city level also appears in the 2002 Economic Census; to the county and metropolitan area level in County Business Patterns
There is a separate section for government employment in the Census of Governments and current government surveys
Search under Subjects A-Z for a complete listing of available data
Economic Census
- Censuses of construction, manufactures, minerals, retail trade, service, transportation and wholesale trade industries
Additional Economic Series
- County Business Patterns (establishments and payrolls by industry for states, counties, and zip codes, 1994+)
- Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (by type or industry)
- Building Permits (by county or place since 1996)
- E-Commerce (E-sales in manufacturing, retail, wholesale and service industries since 1999)
- Current Industrial Reports (shipments by manufacturing industry) regularly update the Economic Censuses
- International Trade Data (exports and imports with U.S. cross-classified by country and commodity since 1996 by SITC or NAICS code)
Census Bureau Classification Systems
- Includes links to the various classification systems used by the Bureau, including SIC, SITC, and NAICS