CT Open Data Guide: Economy

Connecticut Department of Labor Research Office http://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/research.asp - a reliable source for a wide range of frequently-updated data related to businesses, wages, employment, and other topics at the town level within Connecticut.

Spotlight on Poverty: Connecticut page with key data on poverty and economic need, as well as links to articles and studies on the subject.https://spotlightonpoverty.org/states/connecticut/

United Way 2-1-1 Reports: Contains reports by topic area about calls to Connecticut’s free information and referral service, which helps improve access to various services.https://uwc.211ct.org/professionals/reports/

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston New England Economic Indicators Page: http://www.bostonfed.org/economic/regional/index.htm

Measure of America, at measureofamerica.org, is a tool for understanding the distribution of well-being and opportunity throughout America. The American Human Development Project provides easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding the distribution of well-being and opportunity in America and stimulating fact-based dialogue about key issues: health, education, and living standards.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Stats, at https://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Stats-2, is a website with a wide range of tables that describe and measure the U.S. tax system. One particularly interesting dataset is the IRS income (SOI) data at the ZIP code level: https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-individual-income-tax-statistics-zip-code-data-soi. These data show ZIP Code-level data on selected income and tax items, based on individual income tax returns filed with the IRS and are available for Tax Years 1998, 2001, 2004 through 2013. The data include Number of returns, which approximates the number of households; Number of personal exemptions, which approximates the population; Adjusted gross income, Wages and salaries, Dividends before exclusion, and Interest received and are useful for neighborhood-based comparisons of income.

Related to the above, the Brookings Institution Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) interactive and resources page, at http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/eitc, provides users with access to IRS data on on all tax filers and on filers who claim the EITC are available for all ZIP codes, cities, counties, metropolitan areas, states, state legislative districts, and congressional districts in the United States.

OnTheMap, at onthemap.ces.census.gov, is based on data from the Census Bureau and state partners in the LED partnership. The LED partnership develops information about local labor market conditions at low cost, with no added respondent burden, and with the same confidentiality protections afforded census and survey data. OnTheMap includes data that is highly useful for developing information regarding jobs, wages, and commuting patterns. Related to this, the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics program, has a wide variety of useful data products, particularly the QWI and LED extraction tool, at http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/

The Connecticut Open Data Portal has a Business section, with raw data on topics such as brownfields, sales, and tax credits, at https://data.ct.gov/browse?category=Business

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Housing and Income data, with longitudinal data on housing permits by town: https://portal.ct.gov/DECD/Content/About_DECD/Research-and-Publications/01_Access-Research/Exports-and-Housing-and-Income-Data