Data Archives - Building Rural Communities and Their Economies

The federal government releases data through a number of agencies. The majority of this data is available for counties and not communities. Some of this information is more easily accessed through other websites specifically for Oregon (see post here).

American Fact Finder

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

** Most of the data from the 1990 2000 Census and the American Community Survey are available on Oregon Explorer

This website stores data collected by the US Census Bureau. Available data sources include: American Community Survey, 2000 and 2010 Decennial Census, Annual Economic Surveys, Surveys of Governments, Economic Census, and Population Estimates. For an overview:

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/what_we_provide.xhtml

Bureau of Economic Analysis – Regional Economic Information Systems

http://www.bea.gov/regional/

** Most of this data is accessible through the Oregon Regional Economic Analysis Project

Data available for counties and metropolitan statistical areas. Key variables include employment by industry and components of total personal income, available from 1969 – current.

Accessing Data for Your Community

– Original material presented by Don Albrecht, Director of the Western Rural Development Center, Utah State University

Brief Overview

The theme this week was very straightforward, community based conversations about change are better when they use information about the community. Several state and federal agencies collect a different types of information. It is easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of data. To reduce some of the confusion, foundations and state agencies often develop their own websites to make it easier to use local data. Today’s presentation talked about a few national trends, but there is a lot of data available.

On this blog we will begin to break some of this stuff down. Check out posts tagged data. Access all data posts at once by selecting “Data” under the “Categories” box on the right.

Oregon Specific Websites for Community Data

Residents in Rural Oregon have access to a wealth of community data. Oregon State University maintains many of these websites– if you have a question we can help!

The Rural Communities Explorer

US Census and American Community Survey Data 1990, 2000, current

http://oregonexplorer.info/rural/AccessCommunityData

Oregon Regional Economic Analysis Project

County Level Economic Data from Bureau of Economic Analysis 1969-current

http://oregon.rea project.org/

Oregon Agricultural Information Network (OAIN)

County Level production and sales data for agricultural commodities

http://oain.oregonstate.edu/

Oregon Explorer Map Viewer

Map many different types of data

http://tools.oregonexplorer.info/oe_map_viewer_1_10_x/viewer.html?Viewer=OE

OLMIS – Oregon Labor Market Information System, Oregon Employment Department

Monthly, quarterly and annually updated data. Unemployment rates, civilian labor force, industry trends, and occupational data and projections.

http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/OlmisZine

Some Resources:

Background information on data sources

Vince Adams is the Coordinator for the Rural Communities Explorer. He also provides training sessions for community members who are ready to dive into the data. Vince has agreed to share the PowerPoint slides to another one of his presentations on how to and use data. Choose to view the PowerPoint in full color: Community Data Sources-color OR choose to print the slides from this black and white file which removes the dark background: Community Data Sources -bw

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Building Rural Communities and Their Economies

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