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Support @ KFBS
- Contact KFBS Library staff Stephanie Willen Brown or Erica F.
- Email: Researchtools@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
- More resources: http://guides.lib.unc.edu/busi-grad
Support @ UNC
- Research Data Toolkit & Library Data Services Including:
- Michele Hayslett - help finding data
- Lorin Bruckner - help visualizing data
- Phil McDaniel - help with GIS
What is in this guide?
Resources for students taking MBA 858 with LaChaun J. Banks.
This page includes links to resources to find data about cities; other pages include how to:
- Census Data
- Business Data & Statistics - tips on finding data
- N.C. Data Sources - data specific to N.C.; often this type of data is available for other states.
Data for Cities
- Census Business Builder (CBB)Selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau.
Example: Number and percentage of women-owned employer businesses by state
- Data Axle Reference SolutionsContains directory information for millions of U.S. and Canadian businesses and consumers. Search by company name, geographic area, industry codes (NAICS/SIC), sales volume, etc.
Under U.S. Businesses, use Advanced Search to filter by ownership characteristics (minority-owned, female owners) along with the geography filter.
Create custom lists of up to 250 records that you can download to Excel. Note: Users are not permitted access from IP addresses outside of the U.S..
- Housing & Urban Development (HUD) DataDatasets on various housing-related topics, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, fair market rents, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population. From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Opportunity AtlasSocial mobility data, the result of a collaboration between researchers at the Census Bureau, Harvard University, and Brown University.
- PolicyMapAccess social, economic, health and demographic data about U.S. communities and markets in this online mapping tool. View data on map, in table or chart format, and download those data that are openly available. Reports provide a summary snapshot of an area: Community Profile, Community Health Profile, Rental Housing Report, and Housing Mortgage Report.
- Social ExplorerU.S. and international data from 1790 to present. Data includes U.S. census data, Market Profile Data, and World Development Indicators from 1970-2015. Create maps or download data into Excel.
- SimplyAnalyticsCreate maps, tables, and rankings from over 30,000 demographic, consumer spending, and psychographic variables. Covers the U.S. from states to neighborhood levels. Create your own optional account to save your searches and favorite variables and locations.
Data analysis and mapping tool with U.S. demographic, housing, employment, business, consumer spending, marketing data from government sources, EASI Analytics, Nielsen Scarborough, and SimmonsLOCAL Consumer Insights. Export data in spreadsheet or shapefile format, and export maps as images.
Note:Access is limited to 5 concurrent users.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMany types of data for regions, states and local areas.
See their Regional Data by state, or check out their extensive
Data Tools
Your Librarian
Michele Hayslett
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Data Management
Numeric Data
Census Data
Locating Data
If you would like to request we acquire data, please carefully read the guidelines at http://library.unc.edu/data/purchase/.
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Data Management
Numeric Data
Census Data
Locating Data
If you would like to request we acquire data, please carefully read the guidelines at http://library.unc.edu/data/purchase/.