State Fact Sheets: Data Download

Release Date

Data Files

• Microsoft Excel .xls files are available for each fact sheet. Select a fact sheet from the Product Overview page and then select the Excel file at the top right of the fact sheet that is displayed.

• A Microsoft Access data base file containing data for all states is available. Download StateFactSheets_ACCESS97.mdb (MS Access 97; 708KB) and then open the Data Relationships view to see how the tables are related and to find a particular variable.

Data Sources

The data are from a variety of sources.

• Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Regional Economic Information System, April 2008, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
• 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
• Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
• Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.