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Demographic Data
The government collects a wide range of data for Thompkins County and the city of Ithaca including demographic and economic information. Use the resources below to access this data.
- County Business PatternsAn annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. This series includes the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll. This data is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for other statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. Businesses use the data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets. Government agencies use the data for administration and planning.
- State & County QuickFactsProduced by the United States Census Bureau, provides population, business, and geographic data for Tompkins County. Specifics include: population by age, household income, educational attainment, retail sales per capita, accommodation and food services sales, number of minority owned businesses, and more.
- American FactFinderA product of the US Census, American Factfinder provides Census data in user friendly format. This includes the American Community Survey (yearly population estimates between Census decennial periods), American Housing Surveys, Annual Economic Surveys, Decennial Census, Economic Census, County Business Patterns, and more.
- SimplyAnalyticsWeb-based mapping application to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States by state, county, city, census tract, and block-group levels. Create a new map or ranking and select a variable. Options include census data (age, race, gender, educational level, income, etc.), consumer expenditure data (how much money people in this county spend on specific products and services), business counts (number of business in an area by business types), retail sales and sales potential, and more.