U.S. Census' website
This site contains various employment, housing, and other demographic information based on the Census, and other reports compiled by the bureau, including various surveys and estimates not directly tied to the decennial survey.

U.S. Department of Labor's website
This site includes labor statistics, forms, reports, regulations (and related papers and FAQ's), updates and various other content.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
This site is devoted to national statistics and reports on housing demographics.

International City/County Management's economic development resources
This site provides a number of publications free for download to non-ICMA members (some content requires password access allowed only to members).

Connecticut-specific Links

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development's main website
This website contains volumes of information concerning Connecticut and its communities. The "Research" portion maintains statistics on Connecticut housing, population, employment, tax and related information.

Connecticut Policy and Economic Council
This website provides comparative information on Connecticut municipalities.

Datahaven
DataHaven is an interactive data resource primarily concerning 22 communities in South Central Connecticut, providing easy access to over 400 indicators of community well-being in Greater New Haven and links to extensive web-based data sources. DataHaven was designed as a resource to support community planning, needs assessment, and market analysis by public, non-profit, and business entities.

It is a community project led by a volunteer Board of Directors with the funding and in-kind support of the United Way of Greater New Haven, the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, Yale University, Connecticut Voices for Children, the Regional Growth Partnership, Holt, Wexler & Farnam and the Connecticut Policy and Economic Council.

Connecticut Economic Resource Center's website
CERC is a nonprofit company specializing in economic development and marketing for local, regional, state and utility economic development entities. Funded by 10 of the state’s utility and telecommunications companies in partnership with state government, CERC also markets the state as a competitive business location. It's website features a number of online resources and links, as well as descriptions of additional consultant services available.

Connecticut Department of Labor's website
This site includes Connecticut-specific versions of the information included on the U.S. Department of Labor's site (see description above).

Connecticut Development Authority's website
This site provides information on business financing, incentives for expansion and relocation, brownsfields-cleanup, and more.

Connecticut Office of Policy and Management's website
On this site, note, in particular http://www.opm.state.ct.us/publicat.htm , which contains numerous publications and databases produced by OPM. This section includes a downloadable version of OPM's Municipal Fiscal Indicators, providing statistical profiles of each Connecticut town (grand list, revenues and expenditures, fund balances, bond ratings, etc.) as well as statewide rankings.

The Connecticut Economy's website
This site contains an archive of issues of The Connecticut Economy, A University of Connecticut Economic Review, which provides an ongoing analysis and evaluation of data, condition, issues, and developments of the Connecticut economy and its several sub-regions that are not available from any other single source. Back issues date from 1993.

The CenterEdge Project's website
The Project, led by the Office of Urban Affairs of the Archdiocese of Hartford in collaboration with numerous other groups (religious, environmental, business, civil rights, educational, government and civic-minded organizations), works to educate as many people as possible about disparities created by Connecticut's long-term pattern of development in each metropolitan area of Connecticut. The coalition worked with Ameregis and the Metropolitan Area Research Corporation (MARC) headed by Myron Orfield, based in Minneapolis to produce a report available for download on the site, which includes maps, analysis and policy recommendations.