Online Resources for Local Employment and Economics Data

November 14, 2012
Jeff Matson, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs

This session will examine a wide variety of data on employment, income and poverty available at the local neighborhood level. Designed for beginners and those not familiar with interactive data applications, we will combine the presentation with hands-on demonstrations of easy-to-use web sites designed to give participants tools they can use to quickly find relevant information, generate reports, and create other data products (maps, charts, tables) for use in their work. Time for questions and answers to specific data needs will be provided as well. Finally, we will also discuss the uses, benefits and limitations of the various data sources and wrap up with a guide to local resources that attendees can utilize back in their home communities.