Datasource Links Housing Department of Housing and Urban Development Monthly and annual permit data for counties and cities from the Census Bureau’s Building Permits Survey are available on the Census Bureau’s website or from this tool https://socds.huduser.gov/permits/ U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) https://www.huduser.gov/portal/home.html Economic and Business Data U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) National, regional, industry data addressing economic growth, economic development, and inter-industry relationships http://www.bea.gov/ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Labor market activity, working conditions, and other labor changes http://www.bls.gov/ U.S. Economic Census A profile for American business, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau every 5 years https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census.html Oregon Employment Division Labor force and employment statistics https://www.qualityinfo.org/ Education National Center for Education Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/ Oregon Department of Education School enrollment summaries (Oct. 1) https://www.oregon.gov/ode/reports-and-data/students/Pages/Student-Enrollment-Reports.aspx Health Center for Disease Control (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ Oregon Center for Health Statistics Births, Deaths, and other vital records http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/VitalStatistics World Health Organization (WHO) World health statistics http://www.who.int/gho/en/ Immigration Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration statistics http://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics General Population Data National Survey of Families and Households http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/nsfh/ U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ Explore Census Data: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/ Statistical Abstracts http://www.census.gov/library/publications/time-series/statistical_abstracts.html Current Population Survey (CPS) http://www.census.gov/cps/ Public Use Microdata Series (PUMS) Data http://usa.ipums.org/usa/ U.S. Population Estimates http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Migration Data http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats-Migration-Data Population Reference Bureau (PRB) http://www.prb.org Portland State University (PSU) Population Research Center (PRC) Annual Population Estimate https://www.pdx.edu/prc/population-reports-estimates Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) Population Forecasts https://www.oregon.gov/das/OEA/Pages/forecastdemographic.aspx Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) Population estimates, forecasts, and projections www.ofm.wa.gov/pop Oregon State University—Rural Communities Explorer http://oregonexplorer.info/rural/ International Data Sources CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/ Eurostat European economic and demographic statistics http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat United Nations (UN) Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm United Nations (UN) Yearbook https://www.un.org/en/yearbook Miscellaneous Data.gov http://www.data.gov/ Child and family statistics for the U.S. http://www.childstats.gov/ Bureau of Transportation Statistics Statistics on all forms of transportation in the United States http://www.bts.gov/ General Social Survey (GSS) http://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/general-social-survey.aspx Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)—University of Michigan http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/