Urban and Regional Policy: Statistics
and Data Sets

"Select the type of analysis you need:

1. County-by-county analysis accesses a base
of 1,600 variables (updated Jan, 2010).

2. Year-by-year analysis for selected variables for
up to 50 years, for all counties and the state.

3. Unemployment statistics reports the latest
figures from the BLS (updated monthly).

4. Shift-Share analysis delivers an employment
report for major economic sectors since 1990.

5. Land price analysis accesses a base of over
2 million property transactions, 1997 to 2006 "

Economy - Transportation Services Index, Personal Spending on Transportation, Transportation Employment, and U.S. Surface Trade with Mexico and Canada.

Fuel Prices - Retail Gas Prices, Retail Diesel Prices, Jet Fuel, Railroad Fuel.

End-User Prices - Air Travel Price Index, Amtrack ticket prices and yields, Freight Rail Yeilds.

Passenger Usage - U.S. Airline Passengers, Airline Revenue, Amtrack Ridership, Amtrack Revenue, Transit Ridership.

Freight Usage - Air Carrier Cargo Revenue, Rail Freight Revenue.

System Performance - Highway Vehicle Miles Traveled, Air Carriers On-time Performance, Amtrack On-Time Performance, Inland Waterway Commercial Vessel and Two Delay.

Capital Expenditures - Highway Construction Cost Index, State and Local Government Transportation Construction Value.

All U.S. unless otherwise indicated.

Files available as html, Excel, or CSV.

Past reports available back to 2003.