This recently published interactive map of the U.S. Census Bureau draws on data from the County Business Patterns program to highlight annual statistics for businesses with paid employees within the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

The business statistics here are viewable on the national, state, and county levels, however, the data does not include statistics on self-employed businesses or employees of private households.

Visitors can use icons on the map to learn about the states that have the most auto repair stores, electronics shops, and gas stations. Visitors can then click on each icon to look at a more detailed map.
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County and Business Demographics

Coverage: Worldwide, by country, economic region and geographical region

Years Covered: From 1980 to 2016 forecasts

Indicators: Over 50 indicators from our database of 1,000 are currently display by Econ Stats

Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook, Internet World Statistics, The Heritage Foundation and Transparency International

Last Updated: 1st August 2011

Economy Watch

Markets Data Center, a free resource from the Wall Street Journal, provides detailed data for stock indices, stock quotes, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, Treasurys, commodities, currencies, calendars and economy, earnings, and more. "Recently, access to historical data for over 30 of the most popular tables in the MDC has been made available."

"Approximately 10,000 business dissertations and masters theses have been loaded into ABI/INFORM®;. Dissertations were chosen from the following subject areas: Business Administration, Economics, [and] Education/Business. Most dissertations/theses come from the date range 1999 to 2002". NOTE: I believe newer dissertations will be added. Speak with or contact a Reference Librarian (914) 637-7716 for more information.

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Find information about U.S. and Canadian companies and their brands. The site enables searching by company name, product or service, or brand name. It provides business contact information, Web site, brief business description, number of employees, year founded, export markets, import markets, and more. Includes information from Thomas Register.

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