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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:

C ensus 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 Solutions
Contains 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..

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. North Carolina residents with a borrower's card may access from off campus by visiting NCLive directly. Contact the Davis Library Service Desk for the NCLive password (instructions).
Coverage: Current information only

Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Data
Datasets 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 Atlas
Social mobility data, the result of a collaboration between researchers at the Census Bureau, Harvard University, and Brown University.

PolicyMap
Access 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.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Social Explorer
U.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.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
SimplyAnalytics
Create 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.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Many types of data for regions, states and local areas.
See their Regional Data by state, or check out their extensive
Data Tools

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