Journalism - Reporting on Missouri Business: United States Government Resources

United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Missouri Economic and Labor Statistics

United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

• BEA Economic Areas  BEA's economic areas define the relevant regional markets surrounding metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas. They consist of one or more economic nodes - metropolitan or micropolitan statistical areas that serve as regional centers of economic activity - and the surrounding counties that are economically related to the nodes.

• GDP by State  Use the interactive tool to create tables based on economic data

• GDP by MSA   Create tables of economic data at the MSA level

Census Bureau Economic Statistics

• North American Industry Classification System - the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
• Economic Data for States
• Data by Survey
• County Business Patterns - Employment and payroll for establishments; employment size
• State Exports - Goods exported by state of origin
• Local Employment Dynamics - Quarterly employment, job creation, earnings by age, sex & sector
• Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) annual data series describes establishment–level business dynamics along dimensions absent from similar databases including firm age and firm size.
• Statistics for U.S. Business - by state, by industry, etc.