Getting Started…
Kentucky:
Finding Economic Data Online
at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
UK Department of Community and
Leadership Development
Julie N. Zimmerman, Associate Professor. Updated: November 2011
www.ca.uky.edu/SNARL
By The Numbers
Whether you are comfortable using the web or you have not had the chance to explore it very
much, finding your way around a data website can still be confusing at first.
This issue of “Getting Started...” is designed to help you find economic data at the
Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/).
County economic data are available under the category ”Regional Economic Accounts Data”
through the program called “State and Local Area Personal Income.” The Bureau of Economic
Analysis also has a program that turns the numbers into narratives with their program called
“Bearfacts” (http://www.bea.gov/regional/bearfacts/).
“Getting Started…” is a series of graphical website instructions designed to help in finding and using data from the internet.
Copies of this publication and others are available online at: http://www.ca.uky.edu/snarl. Just click on “Kentucky: By the Numbers.”
http://www.bea.gov
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Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
1. Click on the tab named “Regional” 1. Click on “Local Area Personal Income and Employment” 3
Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Warning If you use the “back” button on your browser at any point after this, you will always be brought back to this page. If this happens, don’t forget to re‐select “County Personal Income and Employment” 1. Click on “County Personal Income and Employment” 1. Click on “Total Full‐Time and Part‐Time Employment by Industry” 4
Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
1. Select “NAICS” for data after 2001. (Data prior to this time used a different classification system for delineating industries) 2. Click “Next Step” 5
Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
1. Scroll down and select “Kentucky” 2. Click “Next Step” 6
Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
1. Select your county (I selected Allen County) 2. Select a year (I selected “All Years”) 3. Click “Next Step” 7
Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Here are your data To see data for all counties in Kentucky for a particular item, click on the “Line Code” next to it. (I’ll click on the code next to “Total Employment”) 8
Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
A new screen appears with data for the state and every county for the item you selected. (I clicked on the line code next to “Total Employment”) There are a lot of different options available. Click on “OPTIONS” to change the year or county. You can also make a chart, download the data or print a hard copy 9
Finding Economic Data Online at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
The BEA website also has data on employment, personal income,
compensation, and personal transfer receipts.
For more on the data available from the
Bureau of Economic Analysis, go to:
http://www.bea.gov
Other graphical website instructions are available… Getting Started… Finding County Level Data Using the NEW American FactFinder Website Getting Started… Finding Unemployment Data Online at the Bureau of Labor Statistics Getting Started… Finding Agriculture Data Online in the Census of Agriculture These are under “Publications” on the Kentucky: By the Numbers website. If you need additional help, contact:
Dr. Julie N. Zimmerman
Associate Professor, Rural Sociology
Dept. of Community and Leadership Development
500 Garrigus
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0215
[email protected]
http://www.ca.uky.edu/snarl
Kentucky: By the Numbers is a program of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service in the Department of Community and Leadership Development at the University
of Kentucky. Primarily known for the data series by the same name, the program also provides publications and other resources for those interested in finding data on
their county. Data and resources are available on the Kentucky: By the Numbers section of the SNARL (http://www.ca.uky.edu/snarl) website. For more information
contact your local Cooperative Extension office or Julie N. Zimmerman, Department of Community and Leadership Development, 500 Garrigus Building, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0215. Email: [email protected].
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